Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23
l WOMAN'S WORK.

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 Rev. T. K. Bseeshhee,rs e,syu was left at home few days to keep house. He came sout oi the experience with a higher idea of wo. mans work and worth. Hear what he says 'A'' - c,,+-ys,-se
 The quiet fidelity with which 'sshe will dishwater her life away for Him." is Q marvel of endurance and grace. 'a Just here Is the servitude of woman heaviest;-no sooner is her work done than it requires to be done again. Man works up jobs, ends them, and takes his pay. This pay can be translated into somethino else desirable A man works all day, and draws pay for his days work. This pay allures him, as oats a horse homeward bound Thus men work by terms and jobs, and although work is endless as to quantity, yet when cut nr thus into: terms and jobs, we men gt heartily on our journey and count oul milestones. -@7.d1 y'oE20e'''t 'V1> J.'o0
 snNot socwith our mates. .ssShe" nends our, socks, and we put our, irrepressible toe upon the darned spot, and she darns ii again. ''She" washes for the family and the family makes haste to send
 back the same garments to be washed again. ''She" puts Q the room in order, and we get it ready to be "red up again. The same socks, the same washing, the same room every time. She has nc successive jobs. no terms, no pay day. no tally-stick of life. s.She" washes the same dish three-hundred &Bd sixty fye-yes, three times three hundred and sixty five times every year. No wonder she breaks it and is glad of itl What relief to say, ss.Iv'e done that .dishl''s4 st5 .8 a..I. . =
 Not only have We washed dishes, but we also cooked and served aud helped eat 8 meal (with 'bsted appetite because of cook
 lng)s and now; We are 4 astounded at the number of thoughts. and steps, and acts, aud processes involved in very plain SUD- per. Only two of us, jolly cronies, caring nothing for style, and needing only very plain supper. And we had it. and with it came wisdom. -
 Gentlemen aiI, all! We go into room and see table readyset It seems to us fifty to two hundred seperate things, taken ''her" to wash and put back whence they came. There is a plate of biscuit. To that plate of simplicity we with our hands and feet brought.together new quick fire for baking, namely, kindiing wood, raking the stove, and hod of coal Flour from the bin, shortening from the gravy drip down cellar, salt from one box, sugar from another, soda from the jar, acid (muriatic) from bottle, g spoon, 2 pitcher..of water, dripping pan, and tin pan for mixing these ingredients; and after all happening to forget the things for ten minutes, We burned the biscuit half through in way which we men reckon quite unpardonable in a cook. Meanwhile, that one plate of biscuit added to the eternal dish wash, two spoons, two pans, one plate, and , little cup. Just little piece of steak contribu- ted eight pieces to the dishwash. A few strawberries sentin six pieces to be got ready to soil again. Four eggs impressed themselves on six separate articles.
 Gentlemen, we began at ten minutes of six, and a quarter to eight we found our selves triumphant-everything cleared away except the dishcloth. You see we washed up the bread pan, the sink pan. and the dish, scalding them all land our fingers tool, and dried them off with the dish cloth. Now, where on earth can we go to wash that dish rag Not in clean pan! Not over the clean dry sink! We stood aghast for five minutes, and then wadded up the rag. round like a ball, and tucked it into the far corner of the sink, and shut down the cover. Our sink has 8 cover. But that rag, though hidden, was heavy on our conscience. 9sShe'' never world have done so. We have seen clean dish cloths, but how they washed them, passes our skill. x
 And so, as We said, ''she" is away, leaving us to thought and good resolutions. We shall be a wiser and better man for at least two days after her return ( And whenev- CT we stop to think. shall rank a successful housekeeper and home maker. as worker second to none on a scale of achievement and deserving. Her services are like the air, the rain and the suDs shine, indispensa- bIe, yet too often enjoyed without thanks giving. ng.-Fdnily Record. ~