The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-08-22

[ can see, but her mother thinks she will come
to after awhile.
| She cant bear to see me in my shirt sleeves
no, matter how clean and white, but insists up
on my wearing linen dustcr, for she has
learned that it 'is disgusting to eat with a man
in his shirt-sleevcs.' She is right down ashamed
of her mothers hands because they show that
she has been n hard-working woman all her
lifc Our homemade striped carpets that have
always been my pride, aro mot fit to bo scen'
Sho won't let Bob or Dick run about bnrc-
footed, for she says they look like bcggars
She has written their names in their spelling
books Bobbie and Dickie aud written hers
Nancie Smythc. She says she would rather
not eat with scrvants-thati is our hired man and
| woman, who have lived with us six years, and
| were born and raised on the next farm, It
makes her sick to smell pork and cabbage
She has not forgotten how TO milk, but if any
body rides by whom she is milking, she gots
! behind the cow and hides her head, as if
| she was stealing the milk. have stood these
things without saying much until last Sunday;
when she insisted upon our hired people sit
ting up in tho gallery, because VIC needed oil
our pew room. = M
hired two pcws, to have room for ALL /
knew she expected two boarding school misses
to mako;ea visit, and was planning to got our
mcn-folks out of sight. bolted out ut this,
and had regular blow-up, and told Nancy
she was getting to big-fcclng entirely for
farmers daughter. She staid at home from
church and cried all day. hate crying
women more than long drought. SO shan't
scold her again and don't want to be hard
OH the girl, but what am to do? am
willing to let her feed the chickens in gloves,
and spell all our names wrong, and I'd just as
lief have the boys wear shoes but when it
comes to ovcrturning everything, and being
ashamed of hcr 1ltber, mother and hnmc, 1 am
discouraged. I have bought her piano. and
let her learn music two years for she is natu-
rally musical. She came near tainting one
night when the Squirc's son just out of college
aud whiskcrcd chap from the city, was here
bscausc l said: 'Comc Nance, give us tune
on the piany.' saw something wrong but
could not guess what, for l had on my dustcr,
and wasn't tipping my chair back, Ga vulgar
trick Nancy calls it.) The next day my
wife told mo what was to pay. must say
like my old fashioned way of pronouncing MS
we'll as her new fashioned way Of spclling-
And only this morning after breakfast, when
her ma told her to shake the tablc-cloth, what
does she do but take it away through the
long hall and out the back door, for fear sono
l. ~. "a. ..
where she had for ton years. I've got new
boughten carpet for the parlor, aud now she
wants tho front windows cut down to tho floor.
Yesterday she camo to mo to know if she
might teach district schoo? NO. said |,
why do you want to teach? am able to,
keep six girls like you, if had them. No,
can't think Of you tcaching.' Upon this she
began to cry again, and cant stand woman
tears so l said teach and, she is going to
teach all Winter and Summer, in little bit
of a schoolhousc, not as good as my pig house,
Tor fear she will get tanned and frccklcd, and
spoil her hands helping her mother
Now, Mr.. Editor, have given up Nancy,
but have three fine girls growing up. am
able and willing to give thom all good
education, for | believe in it, in spite of the
dreadful blunder have made l would like
to know if you eau tell me of any place where
a farmers daughter can get good education
and not lose hcr senses. can't stand it to
have our other girls get too biz for our old
fashioned farm house; want them sensible,
wcll-informed women, but set down my foot
against having them all turn school teachers
john Sn,iM IN Nemork Adrcrtiscr.