Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-03-18
LFrom the ohio Farmer1
How Sally Washed Windows.

hleib W me lllAl so many women
consider washing windows such i
very formidable task. heard /
? lady say last week: "The coaI
smoke is so dense on my windows
" can scarcely see through them,
bnt washing them is such a dread
that wait. Perhaps ! shall wait
till spring" Her idea Of washing
windows was to carry both parts 70
.. the kitchen, where boiler Of hot
water and one wash-tult-perhaps
two-are deemed requisite. Then
I for rinsing, "all out. doors" is by
. many considered one of the essen
) tials of a clean window.
, One spring hired a stout, intel
: ligent, experienced girl to clean my
Eouse. She looked capable, and so
she proved in most points. She
confded to me her opinion on va
rious matters connected with house
cleaning. Among other things she
said: IF there's anything in this
world that / despise and abominate,
it's a dirty-clean winder."
/ was satisfied; I was more than
satisfed--I was elatcd. Bright
windows are a special weakness of
mine. The other kind give me the
hypo. This year / wasn't strong
enough to do them myself, and in
view of former experience with
help" / tried to reduce my antici-
Ipations. But here was girl who
was "posted." l could have clasp
ed her by the hand and cried, "Eu-
reka.
related the circumstance to
Powhattan, the same evening, and
gave him my opinion that the girl
would prove a jewel. Her name
was Sally Jewell. "Who would
suppose" said I, "that IA young
lady of her somewhat limited ac-
vantages, would have made a re-
mark so original, so acute, so--in
fact-so-"
"Epigrammatic ?" said Powhatan
interrogatively.
"Yes-cXactly," 1 answered -
"that's just the word l couldn't
think Of" Powhattan remarked
that 1 had better defer my ecstacies
| till the cleaning was done.
We went at it next day, and my
help got through with the wood
work and the carpet shaking in the
parlor and dining-room with very
respectable success. Then she at
tackled the windows. Oh, Disar-
pointment, thy name is Sally jew
| ell. First she took all out togeth-
er, and by that means some of the
parts got badly mixed. She car
ricd them to the kitchen, where ev-
erything but the cook-stoye was
soon afoat in the soap-suds with
which she deluged the windows;
holding each over a tub. "But,'
as she sagely remarked, whats a
tub? I'd ruther be out doors any
time, where amt afraid to make
slosh."
So for rinsing, she conveyed
them at arms length into the back
yard, where she set them up against
the fences, the wood pile, the we'll
curb and the wheelbarrow. Then
she drew amazing quantities of wa
ter, and standing at a little distance,
hurled it at them from tin wash
basin. couldn't make an accurate
calculation, bnt judged that on an
average about four pailsfull was the
allowance for each window.
After they had drained "a SPELL"
she put all back in their places,
with some difficulty, owing to their
having swollen during their length
ened soaking. 1 looked at them
shortly after. The paint had soft
ened and run down the glass in
streaks, great drops of water had
dried on the unwiped panes, and in
all the corners of the sash little
pools were quietly soaking paint
and wood; what was still worse,
the putty in several places was fax
ing off l closed the blinds and
dropped the curtains, and Pow
haitian never asked me any ques-
tons.
My way is this; l first roll up or
take away the curtains, and brush
off every bit of dust. Then car
~ to the room a basin of hot suds,
soda is better than soap for glass;
! covered tin pail containing clear
lot water and plenty of cloths. I
never wash the outside of the up
Der half Of the window. Wind
10th aboHt your busting brush or
)room, and rub hard, reaching out
rom inside. The rains will do the
est. Take out the lower half,
wiring a cloth from the hot suds,
ill it will not drip, and wash thor
1ughly, using little stick, or bet
.er a brush for the corners. II
very dirty go over them twice in
his way. Then wiring another
2loth out of the clear water and rub
hem again 10 take off the soap
Finish with polishing cloth or soft
paper. Old linen handkerchiefs or
napkins fine enough not to lint, are
The best things | know of for this
use. The only particular care req
lisite is not to wait until the panes
ire quite dry before polishing;
ret they should be but slightly
moist.
There is no need OF leaving the
'oom unless to replenfAh the water.
10 ned of any Ting more than
newspaper to he spread on the car
yet where you stand. With a
rood fire in the room and q shawl