The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18
Nu1slin Delaney's People
Clean HOuoo,

MUSLIN Delaney's People
Clean House.
OurrespectSd contributor Mr.. Mus
lin Delaney appears to be enjoying .
heap Of trouble just about now, # |
the complaints set forth in the ~abl. /
lowing letter from hat gentleman /
have any foundation ID iact. i
Nh. EpfToAs We coinmencedI
cleaning house the other day ! that
10, didn't but our folks did.
BY the way, you are mot acquain-
ted with tho sharer OF my joys and
SORROWS, are your
She Is an estimable woman, and
lheuss cleaning 10 her strongsst suits
If thsro h . period in tke whols
year to which she looks forward with |
Joyful anticipation, that's Il, $50
She seems 10 enjoy II even more |
thsn moving, and that's saying 81
great deal.
Il ffeshens her mp wonderfully,
and brings her out in force.
And lot her alone for making the
most OF il, Too. 5-s. 4 g.,ia
ASS general thing she keeps 1t up
for about . fortnight. sa ,5gf VI
II isn't that the house requires
any cleaning, you will understand.
1t's Internal nonsense. 'isi ~ a34
Every man knows perfectly well
that there 10 no use In il, and that
this stirring things up, and putting
them oil back in the wrong place is
. wicked invention.
But the women will do it-you
can't prevent them. sag i df.a. /
As in the case Of tho Ancient
Mariner, "thst agony returns" upon
them ct regular intervals, and until
the sacrifioe has been made. and the
ordeal passed, there 10 literally ssnae
luck ABBOTT the house.
And melancholy marks me for il
own. 5s.'
Because / know that, however 1
may repent what has passed, / can
BY no possibility avoid what il 70
come. ~
Inasmuch Is We don't move this
year, We are cleaning house more
than usual. ....ft, <,
! During the early part of last week
the carpets were ordered to beshaken
and beaten regularly every day since.
/ But I don't think they are much
dirtier now than they were when on
the door. .,;9f...t ~, -, 5, Z,
They were hung up on clothes
lines which were stretched ACROSS
the yard like the warp in . weaver'e
loom.
| Yesterday, when attempting to
split e stick Of wood, l caught the
AZ over one OF these lines. s.'s1
i Whereupon ] witnessed . FREQ ex'
hibition BY "all star performers"
| At the conclusion Of which | do
livered short address TO an Appre
ci:tive audience consisting OF the
mistress Of the house and the servant
girl. lq., ~
And emphatiosl!y declined to pick
up the carpets and pillow cases out
Of the wet. asa.
1t is hardly necessary TO say that
We live IN IN atmosphere Of dust,
and that everything smells Of burnt
straw and tastes like soap suds. s5i
Il | had almost forgotten to say that
the servant girl has acquired . right
OF property in my fne boots and
broad.brimmed Panama hat.
And that she wears them about
! the house and yard while laboring t.
enhance tho misery OF oil except hel
mistrcss. @4is{ 6
i And contributing her share toward
the general discomfort. 2f5 fei n
4 The parlor chairs havea equity
i appearance, in consequence of their
legs being swathed in clothes. 81 !,
II And the only available thing I car
find upon which TO cit down. is :
piecc Of board covered with bath
brick dust, previously used for soour
ing knives. ,.s-.....i .i.s
The naked floors and stairs presen,
. cheerlese appearances, and every
foot fall has desolAte sound. a
But whom | reflect that al Thu
serves to render happy her whom
once made afidsvit TO cherish, / an
reconciled in . degree. n.
Little piles of dirt are swept int<
, corners, and mops and pals and tub
are set like traps for me TO stumbl'
. over and fall into, and ruin my tenn
|, per. .'. r.
II OF course the bedsteads hay,
been taken down, and l have no
. whereon 70 lay my head, except til,
, floor.
Il As a consequence, ! have taken ,
. violent cold !; l speak through MI
!. more, and every bone in my bod
. aches.
1 would venture to remonstrat,
,, against some things; but it wouldn'
do any good. =
might object even to the tempo
rary deposit of my choice books il
: empty Hour barrels, with molases
tiuas and such. 1t ~
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