Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-11-24
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WANTED, A GIRL.

Dleu dOWn all tle sugar they COuld
~ lay hands on and helped themselv
to the sweetmtats generally with,
out leave or license. We couIdn't
stand the piIl'ering Of Our sacharine.
= They didn't grow any swerter for
ay it either but sonred and loft. One
ne got mad because her mistress CHI
he ded her for combing her hair In the
nd kitchen while dinner was being pre-
As pared She left. SO we were saw.
ie ea the trouble OF separating the
ID hairs for one plate and the butter
is for another. One began to steal
y everything she could lay her hands
1t on as soon as she got into tho
house. Bless me. no W her pockets
did stick out! We lcctured her
g kindly. She done some better but
did't stay. We took another from
E q dirty hovel and tried to bless her
a Then we proposed washing some
I Of the fth from her person, 49,
. She wouldn't stand that. A prop
s osition for thorough abolition in
e one Of Taylors Baths sent her out
Of the house double quick. She
? staid five days and might have staid
+ longer had she overtame her n.y.
3 drophobia tendencies and submit.
ted to little water She needed it
sadly We said hydropathy was
better than hydrophobia, ard so we
parted The last one staid twelve
hours. We only asked of her to
stay all night, the first night, when
with an awful pout she clandest'nely
threw her "punkin-seed hat out of
window, went out and put it on,
and then like Byron's Arabs, "si-
lently stole away" We havn't
seen her profile since. Our neigh
bors say it is well she left and that
she and the sest of her tribe are,
well never mind what. Thus
the dear little missis have all cut
stick, and we are left solitary and
alone to wash our own dishes and
rock our own baby, who, of course,
is the antocrat of the house.
Wanted. a girl. Yes, a girl. Not
a brainless, senselcss, useless thing
made up Of daintiness, pride, vani-
ty, laziness, tinseI, dress, and show,
but one of the old fashioned girls
such as our mother used to have,
when you and l were boys A
girl that knows how to do work
and isn't too proud to be told when
she don't. A girl that will do all
the work that Il generous and in
dulgent mistress may impose upon
her without cternally grumbling.-
A girl that won't work five and
half days in the week and then ask
pay for seven. A girl that won't
drop into the rocking chair and
''laze' the minute a thing is done,
but will ask what the next thing is
hats to be done. and diligently
proceed to do it. A girl that for
good pay will take some interest in
her employers fairs, and not shirs
at every opportunity. A girl that
when plainly told how to do
hing, will do it a second time with
)ut being told. A girl that con-
iding employer can trust out Of
ler sight over night and won't feel
Worried about the result A girl
hat won't play the tash'o a1le game
If eye servant" the minute your
,ack is turned. 4 girl that won't
legIect .be baby and leave him
qualling in his carriage while she
iangs ca the front gate looking out
or some beau. A girl that will
eep herself clean and tidy, and if
he don't know how, will suffer her
mistress to tell her how, without
,outing. A girl that don want to
% home three nights in the week,
mt will stay where her work is to
C done, and her wages are paid
er. A girl tat will keep her fin
.ers cut Of the sugar bowl, and her
mpudence out Of the parlor. a
.irl that won't ransack all the house
umage every drawer, and steal half
he think IS f left in charge of the
omiciIe single hour. A girl that
ont "put on airs" nor nor spoil,
permitted to sit at meals with the
lmily. A girl that gives some
roofs of honoring her parents at
ONE some evidence that she his
een taught by them to obey her
uperiors. A girl that will tell Meth
r white lies nor black, but be hon
st and faithful before God and
nan A girl that had rather be out
'om home earning her own clothes
nd something besides, th;n to play
le lady at home compel fail er to
ress her, and leaving mother to do
Il the drudging, 'tramps,' thro' he
r,6t5 day an night to how ! ow
oft and light her brain is, and to
vhibit her gewgaws to winking and
airing young gents eon9Fegfted
! the corners.
Good housewives and maidens,
re we too cxacting? Does any
ody else long to find sueh girl?
oes anybody know where such a
ri can be fornd in these last days?
lould the rare prize he discovered
ease report the case to'your Won
ring servant #%#
Pat at a Shlpwreck.
A r,orfy Of yOUpo man yvnrn falI