The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-19
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saying anything about Il. Ne more
hired girls come into this house. i
don't want any more women about It's
bad enough 70 have you aud the girl
we've got foolng around trying to re-
construct this family into peticoat.
ooraoy, and getting up women's rights
conventions in the kitchen, without
having another intelligence office rep
resented here BY a red-haired siren,
who viii gorge herself with my market
ing, and then think she is doing mo a
personal kindness to stay aud keep the
place
But you know, wilkins
Yes / know / know don't intend
to have it know you are an able
bodied woman, with muscle like
heathon gladiator, and such an abso-
lutte physical and intellectual fitness
for the wash-tub that I'm sorry | was
ever fool enough 70 take you out Of
your normal sphere.
"Ain't you ashamed to talk like
! that p"
"But you get none Of my revenue to
pay wages with, mind that now. Why
don't you turn to yourself and do some
of the work, instead of loafng around
all day and making signs to that aban
doned blackguard of lawyer over the
way, who kisses his hand to you when
he knows I'm down town. III smash
the whole head Off"
"Mr. Wilkins, that's perfectly scan
dalous-"
'No, / don't want any imported fe-
male around here, you know, making
snug harbor Of my house, while she is
waiting for some affectionate sport or
another TO court her, and having her
spoting the milkman, and trying to
kindle aifre in his bosom, and keeping
the front door open every morning and
freezing the family while she sparks
him Not much, | say no emigrant
shall locate around here, and take sniff
ters out of my cooking wine and old
ale, until she gets as tight as the mon
ey market, and goes to sprawling
around in the parlor when we havo
company I like girl to be sociable,
but don't want to soc the thing run
in the mud, you understand" ?"
"Nr Wilkins. you talk Like
81 say its against my principles 10
encourage any class Of women who go
around the house absorbing promiscu-
ously dry goods. ! don't want any
weak sisters brought here to annex my
handkerchiefs, and to be constantly
making Christmas presents Of my shirts
to their relations No exile Of Erin
shall meander around in my under-
clothes, if can help it, do you under
stand and dor't intend any Genius
Of Libery who wears number nine bro
gans, and doesn't change her socks
more than once per annum, shall stand
up on the outside Of my front wind
ows and pretond to wash them, while
she souses water on every new high hat
she gets the first chance at"
"Mr. Wilkins, no hired girl ever"
''No, and am not anyways anxious
to have any female around who alb
serbs all my conversations at the table
and then takes broom under a miser-
able pretense Of sweeping, and gets out
and holds conversations in the back al
/ lev with the girl next door, who tells
her folks, and they tell the people |
talked about, and the first thing you
know I'm engaged in the manly art Of
self-defense with some man OF other,
and very likely come home with black
eye and bloody nose.
but, Wilkins. you needn't"
'I'm reasonable man, Mrs Wilk-
ins, but III be hanged if I'm going to
spend my cash supporting viyacious
i female, who never does stroke Of
work, but goes foraging around IN the
cellar, altering pies at single bite in
to the shape Of new moon and very
likely blowing out the gas, and filing
the house with it, and running a risk
OF lifting the whole concern up Like a
balloon and floating it Off into space.
/ won't submit to it ] don't care
about going up yet. Tn no second adj
vent man, I'd ike you to observe"
! 'aThere's no danger Of any such
aBut / toll you there is danger.
There's danger that some Of my inno-
cent and Joyous Children will have their
young affections bighted for life--ac-
tually blighted for life, Mrs. Wilkins.
Ii was only last Monday that our pres
ent hifod girl told me that Bueephalus
Alexander had been sending her yalen-
4tys.s stof;,.,, that II ehe Iaved him ua