Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-09
The Household.

The Household.
h,,,.bold, Of East Tennessee compare wen
=. ,,,., of She beat parts OF the country 10 sucn
-, =, indIrtrv economy, a simple and "noi0-
,o,,. mode of living home affections, nos p'1Ai'''
In ,b,.s rrsa. essentials Of good and HAPPY "Oli-O
U. va claim that the TONES Of RAst Tenness'0 nv
h.hind mona But we claim further, that Win ou,
un.ouslled advantages Of climEto, season. BOIL
D,o5nc,,on, We may have and ought 10 Dave 'n0
,.ns Al, uu, attractive and delghpoms n''D"
,,..d, and households In all Ihe Uni'ed o'A''7'
Tn. grs., mails points that 60 to make Pe'''e'
Lo,,.,r. ,b... health comfort oonVon'ence' HO""
- aud bosuty. II sithor ons OF 'no'e Ve
to, IA, hono f.ii, 50 be what It ougn' 70 Oe'
-, -r.,,..,.a our winters are SO short
and 40 mild that ibsrs Is no housing W
,,ovs- heated rooms, in An atmosphere nc
ON tho Sahara and almost IS mepni'ic 40 '""' VI '"O
,l-,,,o dol Cane Open hrePlaces are iouhu every
-,,ro -,tovss Except cooking-stoVes) almost no
49, Not d.y comes in abe whole year Whlcn
,ick child in doors by ia severity OF
=, r-l..5 .bere are few winter days among us
81 which people don't keep their doors open Again,
A.. ,,roner boat, arc tempered by our elevation
.,o,. The ,es and By the GOODNESS OF the air upon
,,,,t,ins 10 right and mountains 10 left Of us,
a., .ctpsIIv We suffer less with heat long as our
,,,m season is, chan fOks living between She Ohio
.,d Tho presi lakes. We confidently affirm that
,b.re !, greater number of days. out Of the years
,br.s hundred and sixty-hve, that invitSs man
abroad and LEES number that drive him In than
cso he found elsewhere in the whole United States,
with the possible exception Of marrow belt along
,be east zst Of Florida where the trade winds blow
or the sen.
Then again our SOIL slough not 90 fat and rich as
that Of Middle Illinois is good-goOd enough and
tis of oil sorts and kinds-bOttoms, undulstng up
lands knobs, ridges coves terraces and table lands
Such varieties Of soil, every one being peculiarly
GOOD for something's corn, grass, wheat fruit
and such eIcellencss of climate, give unrivslled
abundance Of everything that grows in forest, field,
orchard Or garden. The outdoor work Of the gar
den frequently can be begun before the rst day of
March; and often there lie something still left green
in II as late as the last day of November. Here
then is the Rmplost chance, the most urgent invita-
,ion, and the fullest security for a variety and an
abundance unknown almost anywhere else.
Ana further; what 3 mutipleE wealth Of sdOrn-
p,tnt Is EASILY poasible in yard and garden We
cah grow almost everything out Of doors, from she
oak to the 6g BA1y plants and shrubs, which in
New York must be housed during half or two-thirds
Of the year, with us stand in the open the year
round, with little il any winter protection.
Yss we East TennefseeanS can, with moderate
amount OF labor combined with and guided by skill,
management and good taste, have the healtheSt and
the most beautiful homes that man Reed wish
homes stored with the most varied abundance
homes sllsd with and surrounded by comforts and
convenience endless and numberlses. But haze we
such1 DO We thu average come anywhere near
having them 2 There's but answer to the Ques-
uoR; We have them NOT. Our people haven't
Thought on these things have not strven for them;
do not know what 10 do to gain thom in short are
totally uneducsted in the whole matter A choice
home !. not inside In day; neither is a satisfactory
way aud habit and course of home life established
in a month. But a start towards both can be made
In day, and daily step can be taken in the road
that leads to the ideal VIII ich the intellect and the
affections build for u.s. True the effort must cover
multitude Of details in the lSrdOr, the kitchen, the
living ROOM the garden and the fruit yard it must
bring within It's regard whatever concerns tho food,
The clothing, the furnishing the working and the
playing the ,oiing and the resting the culture Of
tbe manners and OF tho taste, the reading and the
music The thing is indeed, endless but II can be
taken hold Of at any point, and one thing will lead
oasly and pleasantly 10 another.
Such thoughts ~ these are often in our mind but
tho occasion of presenting tham now is the pleasure
and satisfaction we bnve been onjeying in locking
over, in the family of frieRd, the years Gle Of
luarto monthly called THE HOUSEHOLD, a paper
devoted wholly and extensively TO everything that
tends towards making homes heslthy, comfortable
beautiful and happy. Every number contains more
Or less Of articles about food and cookery about
furniture and dress about tho mutitudinous ways
II adjoining rooms; shout books and reading; about
home manners, conduct and happiness; about the
care Of infants Of children, and of the sick. This
ono years volume is a storehouse Of teaching, hints
and suggestions upon all those and many more
topics, which interest father, mother son and daugb
Ter At any rate, our estimate Of Il was 90 high
hat we Immediately sent OF to the publisher Mr..
George Z. Crowell, BrSttleboro, Vermont) the sub
lcription for the volumes Of 1868 and 1853. The
back Numbers for 1865 are just as valuable now as
when fresh frnin the press, and we want the file
complete. If our growing-up daughters could read
but one paper that paper should be The HOUSE
HOLD. L. comes at one dollar year.