Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08

ii with bundle, or pastes it over with
newspaper, and then ruShes TO GLACIERS,
who of course is not at home, or who says
he will come and mend it Immediately
and doesn't come meanwhile the wind
blowing in gives the baby the Group, and
| the mother a severe cold.
The handy man, on The contrary, has
his diamond, his measuring rule. his put
", all in readiness at moments notice,
and the replacing of u square OF glass is
an affair of quarter OF an hour, before
he goes to his office or store.
There springs Il leak in a joint of wa
ter pipe. The handy man has his solder
ing tools and kettle. and it is stopped in
a moment, while the unhandy man is run
ming up town Tor plumber.
The handy man has no small bills TO pay
to any kind Of mechanic, for he stops ev-
cry leak in It's commencement, ,andrsplac-
es every screw the moment it is loose.
\ piece ofvenccring starts on the side
board door The handy man has an in
visible brad of precisely the size TO drive
in its place-it is done in a moment. The
unhandy man sees the crack widening
day by day. in imbecilc despair Final
", the moulding falls off and leaves q
long, uusightly seam.
There is one loose screw in one of the
hinges of the wardrobe door-ihc door
will not shut, the difficulty increases day
bv day. until the whole hinge is loose,
and finally the door hanging by its whole
weight on the lower hinge. and assisted
bv lhc un,kilful hands OF green Erin,
tears off altogether, with such wreck
and crush rs 10 make it necessary TO send
the wardrobe 10 the cabinet maker. or
bring the cabinet maker to the wardrobe
What journeys and contemplations OF the
haple>S. unhandy man how he iorgets it
one day. and calls the next, and finds the
cabinet maker ont and how miserable he
is when his wife tells him about the dust
that gets in on her new bonnet; and nj
last when nj, the planetary powers seem
10 agree. and the cabinet makeri> NJ home
and ha, time 10 come out, then he declares
it is piece of work that must be done at
the shop. and forthwith enSucS such 4
confusion that one distractedly doubts
whether wardrobe IS a convenience
that pays for allitstroublc. The number
of things that are 20 be- routed out ot a
wardrobe, the ineNpresSible confusion
while the wardrobe IS gone, the delays OF
the cabinet maker. who, having got It TO
his shop. waits un;ill he has a leisure
hour before he attends to it-alI these
form a domestic picture that may be con-
ceivcd. but over which we draw veil.
In like manner there Is leak some
where in the roof of the house, and every
time that it rains. through this leak in
some mysterious manner, the water drops
down through the ceiling of the rooms
The unhaudy man is eXhorted by his
wife that this ought 10 be attended to.
He promises TO attend TO it and [orgets 1t
he never thinks of il until it begins TO
rain, and the wa'er begins to drop, and
pals and tubs are in requisition TO catch
the supertluous moisture. Then, ago
nizcd and penc,ent, he flies to house
carpenter. who promises to come, and
lorgcts it likewise; and so on through
successive showers and tloodingS. till IL
nally there comes IN nv avalauche ot plas-
tcring, which ruins the carpets and FUR
nilure underneath, aud makes the queS-
ton of mcndiug the root no longer doNp pit
full. Repairs of some two hundred dol
lars have now TO be done, on account o!
the leak which the handy man would have
stopped in two hours.
The handy man not only can do all
these things which properly belong 10
mems department. but, in ease ofsickneSs
or other causes that disable the female
part of his household, he can distinguish
himself in their peculiar department, lie
can cook nicely-hc can make bread ana
bake it so as thereafter 10 be enabled 10
instruct the cook in many points which
have escaped lIibernian observation. He
can set table and cut bread with nice
ty that has been supposed peculiar to ie-
male hands alone.
Nor is it to be supposed from all this
that the handy man is unmanly. Some
of the most diStinctiyely manly men we
ever recollect 10 have seen, had this Pc
culiar accomplishment of universal hand
mess. And the woman 10 whom proyi-
dence has awarded such jewel ought to
give thanks for it specially upon her
knees. for she has no idea how much OF
the wear and tear of her lie he saves
her.
We have insisted so far on handlness
in men. AS general thing there is more
of this property in women than IN
men, but there is very great want oil
cultivation of this faculty among women.
The ordinary class of servants which we
receive into our houses are unhandy to
| degree that amounts TO a fine art. They
are really injurious in finding wrong ways
of doing u thing. Placed, as we have
described, in houses full of delicate and
critical con:riyances which require only
thoughtful and nice handling TO keep
them in good working order. they are'
| snrnn OF thnm unite remarkable in their