The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-12-08

fall, it will grind to powder'-or
to that effect"
whether the quotation is literal
ly correct, or not, one of these cakes
weighs about pound, and would
grind ones toes to mince-meat,
should it fall on them"
"This apple-sauce is quite UNI e
what you make, my dear; 1 believe
you leave out the parings, and cores,
and decayed portions; but those are
about all she has saved. Well, there
is one consolation: what we lose
somebody's swine gains"
"Poor consolation that, husband.
And look at this tea! There is no
color in tit has not been half
stepped"
"Stop, my dear! This is but her
way of making tea. You know she
had new method of preparing cof-
fee this morning, pouring in the
milk before setting the cof6ee-pot on
the table. 1t is new to us, or to you
rather; for 1 had drank coffee thus
made, but not in the city; it was in
the country, at the house where the
chief dish on the table, was a six
quart milk-pan full of cucumbers
sliced in onnyclabber."
"Ha! ha! ha! Husband, that was
a delicious repast."
"Good as any when one knows no
better"
"True, when ignorance is bliss, it
is folly to be wise By the way,
husband, speaking of this apple
sauce-think you that you can
guess how the girl set out to make
it? You shake yonr head-well, I
told her she would find a porcelain
kettle under the sink, and don't you
believe she took the dinner pot~
"My dear, am prepared to be-
lieve almost anything"
"It is well that you are; but you
would hardly believe that when I
pointed out the porcelain kettle, she
said she thought it was one that had
been used to try out lard, and that
the white lining was cold fat stick
ing to the sidesp
"My dear, it requires a large
stretch of credulity to believe that,
but 1 am obliged to swallow any
thing you say, as law and gospel,
you know"
"Now you are jesting, husband.
But can tell you it is no light mat
ter"
"The biscuit are not at all events"
"But joking aside, what shall I
doY'
"Do, my dear2 Why ask meP
Were I in your place, shold get
competent girl, ORR"
"Or do the work yourself, you
were too polite to say. 1 think I
shall discharge this girl at all events,
and try to get a better one; but how
shall 1 know? This girl said she
cuold cook, and wash, and iron well;
that she had been over year with
Mrs. Bingham, wife Of the commits
sion merchant, and since that nearly
a year at the c. House, in the /
dining-room and kitchen; and see
how well she fills her recommend! /
Her cooking would disgust starv-
ing man; and your shirts must be
done up again before they can be /
worn. l can't believe she ever saw
Mrs. Bingham: and as for her ever
working in the dining-room at the
c. House, she cannot SET a table
properly. The only thing she can
do passably is to make beds"
MY dear, I fear you are neither
sufficiently charitable nor willing
to believe. While listening to your ac-
count of matters, 1 have been think
ing: this is my conclusion; and you
will see that it is quite in harmony
with the girls assertions: she was
probably children's, nurse at Mrs.
Bingham's, and an assistant cham
bermaid at the c. House. AS
for extravagant pretentions in cook
ing; you must consider that she
thought it would be very fine thing
to work fer a family of two at as
many dollars a week. Then all peo-
ple-and some of them above US in
social rank-are not so particular as
we are, my dear, about what they
eat. Only so they can go and come
when they please, have no care, and
make a stunning impression abroad,
hey have little sohcitude concern
ng matters back of the second par
or. Don't be too severe upon this
poor girl for putting her best foot
II mean not to be uncharitable,
husband, but 1 declare that l can
lot see that the girl has any best
'oot."
The foregoing is an evening tete
.-tete that occurred between Mr..
md Mrs. Talmadge, a well-to-do
aWyer, and his accomplished wife,
md shows one phase of the dark side
If housekeeping.
In my next the subject will be cor /
inued, and the readH- -
riala - - - VIZ So0 Un0
-, u Dlrs. Talmadge in doing her
work, herself.
1t will be observed that ! have not