Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-10-05

when 1 forcibly compiled him to dis
mount from it, had ample opportunity
to exercise my smiling patience, sublime
dignity and heroic fortitude." Whether
or not I improved my opportunities pro-
perly, will leave you to judge for your
self But for two whole years how
mother did it" seemed to be the watch
word of Charles existence, and was the
bette noir of mine.
So long as Charlie and were in Para
disc the house kept itself, and very nicely
it did it too, but by the time we were
ready to come back to earth the perfect
servants, who had been taking such good
care of themselves, and our two daft selves
into the bargain, were found to be sadly
The discovery came upon
us gradually 1 thind my husband noticed
the decadence as soon as l did, but l
wasn't going to invite his attention to the
fact; and he, suppose, thought that l
thought that every thing was just as it
should be.
One of Charles inherited manias was
for early rising-a habit which would
have bsen highly commendable and un-
deniably invaluable in a laboring man, but
which struck me, who had an equally
strong mania for not rising early, as ex.
tremely inconvenient and the least little
bit absurd. Charlie got up early simply
because "mother did it before him; and
after he had risen at earliest dawn and
dressed himself, he had nothing better to
do than walk out on the front gallery,
locate himself in big wicker chair, tilt
his char back and elevate his feet to the
top of the banisters, and stare out over the
cotton fields. This position he would
maintain, probably, about twenty minutes.
Then the pangs of hunger would render
him restless, and he would draw out his
watch to note the time of day. The next
step in the formula would bring him back
to my room door while I was still sllepily
try ing to reconnect the broken links of a
dream, from which vain effort he would
startie me into wide awake reality by a
stentorian "Lulie, Lulie! Come, wife
it's breakfast-lime."
Upon which, instead of "heroic forti-
tude," would treat him to little cross
please yell at the cook, Charlie, and
not at me. I'm sure if people aosU get
up at such unearthly hours, they should
expect to be kept waiting for their break
fast"
Then the spirit of unrest would impel
Charlie toward the back door, where
would hear him commanding, e1horting,
entreating.
Mentally registering VOW to give my
husband dose of Mrs. Winslow's sooth-
ing syrup on the coming night, l would
relinguish all hope of another nap, get up
and dress myself, and join my roaring lion
on the front gallery, where we would
both sit meekly waiting for the allied
forces of kitchen and dining-room 10 de-
eide upon the question of revictualing US.
"Lulie," said Charlie to me one morn
ing at the breakfast table, things are get.
ting all out of gear about this house, some
how or other"
put down the cofee-pot'with a re-
signed thump, and asked my lord, with an
injured air, to please explain himself.
swell, when mother was alive never
knew what it was to sit down to my break.
fast later than six o'clock in summer OF
seven in winter"
"How did she manage it, Charlie?"
asked, very meekly.
"Why, by getting up early herself. No
servant on the face of the globe is going
to get up at daybreak and go to work in
earnest when she knows her mistress is
sound asleep in bed 1 will tell you how
mother did: she had pretty good-sized
bell that she kept on table by her bedside,
and every morning, as soon as her eyes
WoIo opeH, sHO moulu give BULL O P0ai
with that old bell that every servant on
the premises knew that Mistiss was awake
and up,' and bestirred themselves accord
ingly. There was no discount on mother
that was the way she made father a rich
man, too."
"But, Charlie, you're already rich
man, and why on earth should we get
out of bed at daybreak Just because your
mother and father did so before us?"
"Of course. Lulie," said Charlie, the
least little bit celdly, "I have no desire il
the world to force you to conform to my
views; only told you how mother did it.
Reader, you know how / loved Charlie
and after that out-larked the lark,in early
rising; and although Charlie and did lit
tie m9re than cape in each others face
for an hour or two, and wish breakfas
would come, and wonder what made then
take SO long, he was perfectly satisfist
that we were both on the road that was t.
make US healthier, wealthier and wiser
Among other points on which my hus
band and l were mutually agreed was
liking for good strong coffee, and we ais
held in common one decided opinion, ant
that was, that our coffee was gradual,
becoming anything but good and strong.
Charlie broached the subject first. "Lu
lie, our coffee is getting to be perfectly un
drinkab.e," said he one morning, puttinl
his cup down with face of disgust.
''It is, indeed, Charlie; it's perfectl
villainous Mllly ought to be ashamed Q
herself. I shall speak to her again afte
breakfast"
Maybe you don't give out enough CO.
fee?" suggest Charlie.
az don't know how much Milly takes,
| 7 rop1ipd ipnoooutlry
| "Takes! Do you mean to say that yo
don't know how much coffee goes out {
your pantry, Lulie? 1 don't wonder W
never have any fit to drinki'
| III had been of an argumentati turn,
would have asked Charlie to explain hoy
giving the cook carte blanche in the maj
ter of quantity should have such a disa
trous effect in the matter of quality. But
was not of an argumentative turn, SO
TOOK no notice of his queer logic.
"Why should I bother about ever
spoonful of coffee, Charley? You assure
me, when first came here, that every Sc
want you had was as honest as you or
and Pm sure Milly knows better than {
how much coffee she ought to take"
"Well," said Charlie, with sigh
mock resignation, "thet may be the Wa
they do things now a-days, but remen
Der exactly how mother managed ID hay
good coffee" Here the hobby broke in
brisk canter. 81 recollect she had
little oval wooden box, that held, l su
pose, about a quart-or two, maybe
roasted coffee, and that box stood on Il
mantelpiecs in her room; and evel
morning, as soon as her bell rang, Mil
wolld come with cup and spoon, al
mother would measure out two tael
, spoonfuls of coffee with her own han,
, and give it to the cook, and the cook kne
, better than not to have good coffee, I CT
, tell you"
care you sure it was only two spoo
fuls, Charlie?'
81 am sure" responded Charlie, Sc
] emnly. --..
[ As good-luck would have it. while rul
) maging in the store room day or ty
! after that coffee talk, came upon lit
t old oval wooden box, the lid of which
, detached with some difficulty, and as t
D scent of the roses hung round it still, h
3 no difficulty in identifying my treasu
s trove with the wooden box that had plt
ed such distinguished part in the go
old times when cooks "knew better tn