Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-05-11
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Wretched aud desOlate he was: how i'll
Ijured and majestic we, as wife and moth
er; and how self abashed the poor fellow
was made to feel for even 'WOndp 'up1
where his newspaper could be. II aai-
/ ly was so, wasn't it, I don't thf II
was one bit fair ON our part. I for one,
am going to reform.
/ This year I mean to 90 to work svs-
/ tematically, so that John shall have no
/ idea of what my right hand dOeth. John
/ is one of the daZed kind. He's lOrdlv
enough all the year round, genial enough
( tOO-a blithsOme, strong, balanced man.
/ with flowers in all his granite crevices.
I l love him with my whole heart until
the house IS upset in tn q spring, and it's
time to take up the hesittng-rOom CARPETS:
then-well you all know what voJr
dazed man is at such times-he Is inst
pitiful, and that is all we can saw. But
it shall be no longer ifI can HELM it.
mean to think OvermatteIs carefully be-
fore l begin, and plan the campaign 90
skillfully that only by the delicious,
sOapy, limy, clean OdOr of everything.
the added neatness and sweetness. the
rOOminess OfOnce cum bered shelves. ana
the shiny, Open-windOW aspect of his
home, shall he waken t. the fact shat
house-cleaing has taken p 'c.,-that the
| brOom-spirIt has come, seen, CONQUERED
and gone.
This shall be done by IaisIrelv taking
up one room at a time, or at most, two.
by never bring on with the new broom
before I am off with the old: bv havfno
no army of hOUse-cIeaners who ~7usf
rush through the entire premises in or
/ der to meet other engagements: by let
ting my own two hOuSema:ds, with Mrs.
Snapp's assistance, work at it in the lat
ter part of each week / ma put out nv
washing for o fortnight or 50 IL let the
girls give all that extra time rest and
hOuse-cleaning), and by tim * Il. @ var
iOUs processes so that inevitable dis.
Rreeableness shall always occur during
Johns absence. I think the thing can
be done, our girls are willing and
hearty, and I can rest them when the
worst is over, by q dress or two from
my scanTy stock, or a suitable gift of
money. Surely, if John and 7 can aE-
ford anything in the way Of Ixury, we
can indulge in this method of exercisi1 y
the demon. srH00gUloEe5s
is the grand Dutch an lual -.se-ciean-
ing; we have a right t. the word, since
we follow the custom.
Another thing, sisters. It IS we'll
enough to get through with this busf-
ness before the weather, becomes too
warm, but on the other hand, we in the
country especially, must be careful not
to take down our stoves TOO soon. Moth
ing is more cherries than a room too
early put in its summer array-thiu
white curtains, mating and AN Lermat-
ically-sealed stOve-pipe or fire place. too
often cheat us Of half the sweetness Of
spring by making us realize its occasion
al chilliness. Many time have
known an entire family TO be made un-
comfortable throughout the latter part
Of April and May, just because of the
ruling opinion that it wOuI never do to
have a fire, after the hOuse-cleaning
was over. Such a web in the brain of
few housekeepeTs is quite enough to
make neighbOThOOd 'Unhealthv.l The
true miasma that troubles them is in the
trail of the dismantled stove carried too
soon to the garret or rCellar.-Haur55 and
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