Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-12-27
Mrs. Lyman's GlTl


as do from Office wear: and, .' September
because We have learned that home is the
most comfortable place we can find during
July and August. We have planned for a
trip to the old home on the Sound. Ii Is
great luxury for u, To idle away a Septem-
Der afternoon ON its rocky headand. t. de
yelop good hack-ache digging clans in the
cove, 10 take humping ride over it, ston,.
chestnut-shaded roads Bat my cousin,
hearty invitation to spend a week with them
switched us off. We knew we should have
pleasant visit, and we wanted to run up an
account for them To settle atour house some
time
My cousin was educated at a Philadelphia
boarding-~chool, and when she graduated she
could swim, sketch oti-hand, analyze any
wild flower, and enter drawing-room with
the most approved bend and bow Bat She
was as ignorant of all the detail, Of house |
keeping as of army tactic>-making cocoa |
nut cake excepted That was a picnic ac-
eomplishmeut she had picked up of which |
She was a little proud. And il was her co.
coa-nut cake that, at the Slnday-school fe-- |
tiyal the very week after she reached home, |
entrapped Mr. Lyman, the thrifty Young |
blnk-tellcr. who for some time had had his |
eve On neat little cottage in the edge of |
the town, which lie could buy at a bargain |
whenever he could find the right person ). to |
run it Six months after her graduation /
She was installed as its mistress. of course, |
marrying at such snort notice 1t took every |
minute Of her time d" To get her sewing |
u'he' ana concerning the simplest pro-
ce97e7 Oh 1he hll'Aeh- she Went INTO the cot |
Idse a. lsn'fahl .- 7N' came OUT oi the /
Doardln ng-7ehoo-- IL wa sorry time she |
llld IL, l9r WINE win sour bread; muddy col |
lee' Ii- '"Ieu nI"aiAs-' ana shItleNS girls |
"hoh 7he eoulu NOT 'each to u' better, be- |
H17e NN' uIu ,''' Ai-." mo-" "ei-'H' L'eh |
'ne iact 'a' slit y'lIi MAKE c'eoa-nut cake
l1'loI u' Aeel " l'i- 5''.e eI2ou |
nom i''~sii2 il'' n'''''ii' "l'" uuFlnS lilat
IT ing hoi'l III ''.' '7 ns MOI" lenilenliS /
'ol'4e9e-- iI' -' "15 I'' '.l' llI9' time 'le |
-'i' ii''' ''e' 'iu" ~ 'ii' 9'Hle
enc eng 'ru 5'N- ago M ~ man
,'i''io' ''''.I'''''I '"'I "l'"t que "''N H''
A"'" H.',", goa '''A'IE "i- the iliH'-'-
'iGr'' =, oi '1.'''9 IN i'l'.s ""l'' AH." my
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"'u9'hee c ''i-' 'i.' C'lA '"''''" 'n -'is' at !
NY VIZ I'i'i''IA 5'i'. 1'i' mus .'"'' '''7
uIe III Emmy ""' I"' ''''" S''lIIT "ltu u- /
ON llt p'I'H' 'ul .l'1 'a,'' "' gnu To /
20 10 ligI I"oi''' am '''u -" -i'' U al"
"'"'' 'il" ~ SAl'l''N,' "i'" 'ltli.'"' +
par 'i WING" "'N '''''' '' 7'''''' '" 'ii'
'Hl- 9A''cH'
le-. she replied. " have had more or /
les trouble with help, and a.Uay- expect t. |
have, but ! get along better than ! used TO. |
Emily was IN my young woman Bibic-cla~o, |
and found ont she WAS farmer gri,wlth /
two sisters at home to help about the work, |
and wanted 10 do something Tor sel-~upport. /
She had tried teaching district school. one |
SIMMER, but dldn' ENJOY lt, and | proposed |
that She should come into our family and /
help me, and l would pay her the same that |
She could get AT teaching treat her a. one I
of the family, and she take~ a- much inter
est in our affairs as though she were. Gen
orally she does the kitchen work, and look |
after the beds and keeping the rest Of the /
house in order Bat she helps me about the /
sweeping, and DO the cooking on washing
days. In the coolest morning. Mr.. Lyman
gets up and builds the kitchen fire, and on
Mondays all of u- make an early start so
thar he can take turn or two nj the wash
ing machine before he goes 90 the bank In
winter he makes 1t point to come home
earlier on that day, if he can, and bring IN
the frozen clothes. Most husbands wouldn
do that, but he think, he "onld De "hiInS
10 d' Ihe Wh9Ie "asnIns rather Iilan 20
through win ihe troune that so many PTo-
pie have with girls b59Sy -e'' 'He 'alle,
ana johnny is ehar5eI WIN se5lhS tl'l
klnulihgS are on manu- ana 'li1J '"e ""'G
box is no' empty. b'lH "i 11eh are .i G'u
enough 20 % p' 'elIl''lS S1'H niue i''i,5'oI
litleS- nle79 lneTe are cahe- 10 ne cooAeu'
or company o. De %aileI on Ehily sll9 win
ns ut the tanie' anu ls always WeIcohe' III
the evening 10 !" '"'" ll "'l SI''ii7 io'iii
circle. she siis III oar Pc" at church' anu
we Shau 'ahe H1I ''VN7 H our i''''g
family trp 10 Niagara some uay 'hic la!i.
doubt whether there is "lollief l'lnIiy IN
town where she Nooll consent u 90 ana 10
housework- Bat inihS Sne PIeierS ner
home here 10 one AT hfr l''ner - |i'Ie nc me
has more drudgery than poetry vi course
she Is ont oi sorts 7'neIine1- SdlPo15
there are few people win "H'" 'l' inu
does not get INTO the east mo-" anu ''leil'
And ! don know Dut nave occasion - . ask
her pardon as often a7 9ie needs 10 alo''-'~e
to me
" Bat every one can 9t' sSll7ioie' S'' i.l5'
chureh-going American sirls' S'lui M ""e'
- am afraid You Would MOI GET a''"4 80
pleasantly with Bridget
'' Every one would not want them On these
terms, | suppose, '' replied Mrs. Lyman;
.. If the demand was larger the -upr y would
be better, think. At any rate. prefer
these terms to the armed peace or open war
that prevails in 50 many kitchens AS TO
Bridget, have had her and had my tronnleS-
So long as my children are young. VIII nor
have any one in the house who Is untrqth-
ful or light fingered But that point settled,
| try to remember, as Emerson says, that l
cannot expect TO get an angel at three dol
lars week and then Try TO treat her with |
a sisterlv consideration for the faults that /
are 50 largely due to her ancestry and her |
education We greet her with as pleasant |
q. Good morning" as We do each other, and |
the children rs much expect to prefix the
:. nleose" in asking a favor Of her, as OF |
their father. If any one Of them has juicy |
GoI;f1rnia near to divide with the family, she |
receives a Slice with the rest We remember |
her birthday with little gifts all round and (
- her an extra holiday then, if we can. |
m M, totes off the edge Of the alien feeling |
I,.lr,5erfrlIv interest myself in her sew
MoN.,',- W.; ad,ise her about her purchases, teach |
be. tbnss little urinciules Of taste and econo-
INV, i, dres- that are worth so much TO wo- /