The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-06-13
THE ORY-YELLER.
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THE HUSBANDS LESSON.
BY CELIA SANFORD.

"What distressingly hot morning =
the thermometer at ninety in the shade,
and not breath of air. l think that
we must certainly have showers before
night" and Robert Graham removed his
broad -brimmed palm-leaf from his head,
and wiped his face vigorously with his
handkerchief
"Just the right kind of weather to
make hay-eh, Bob :"
eyes, suppose so, but l wish there
could be machine invented to cut, cure,
and deposit the hay in the barn without
its ever being touched by human hands.
Come, boys, let us sit down in the shade
of this maple and rest q bit. Don't you
think, Mr.. Lane, that there might be
such a machine contrived !? The inven-
tive genius of the Yankee is supposed
to be almost unlimited"
"I was thinking" returned the per-
son addressed "of the improvements
which have already been made in this
direction. What with the mower, horse
rake, and pitchfork, the labor of making
hay is very much reduced. When your
father and 1 were boys, we used to start
out with our old-fashioned scythes, NOW
all the morning, and then stir out, and
rake and pitch by hand all day, and l
don't remember that it seemed much of
Il hardship"
81 suppose not, but am not in the
least sorry that those days are past. At
any rate L wish it was SO contrived that
we could work under cover, this mid-
summer sun is SO scorching. Wouldnt
it be Jolly, boys, If we were only women
Such easy times rs they must have, with
nothing to do all day but to sit in their
cool, shaded parlors, and read and enjoy
themselves. There's Louisa, now. She
always looks as fresh and neat as If she
had Just come out of q band-box. L
don't suppose she knows what it is to be
tired"
"She does all her own house-work,
doesn't she 7"
"Yes, of conrso but then it is moth
ing bat fun. Tn sure she thinks so too,
for she is always 50 merry and contented,
and as apparently free from care as her
pet maltese"
81 should think it was anything but
fun to broil over the hot fire all day in
the kitchen, to cook for three or four
men, this weather" said red-headad Pat,
who had boarded occasionally in the
family, as a day laborer, " and if l might
be allowed to speak Misther Graham, L
should say that ye are not sufficiently
appreciative of the services that she
renders ye, and that if ye were more OBJ
serving, ye would see that it is some
thing besides mere play to do the wsrk
that Misthress Graham does. Indade
and / think that she does quite too
much, though of course ye are not aware
af it. Pardon me bouldness, but think
she is too slender a little body to be
Obliged to carry wather forty rods, and
her delicate little wrists are not sthout
enough to lift the heavy axe to chop her
own wood, as I've seen her do many a
morning"
"Ow said Graham, little impatiently,
"she don't carry much water, only a
pailful now and then when l am par
ticularly busy and as tor the wood, she
only picks up an armful once in WHILE
when 1 happen to forget it. She never
complains, and am sure she don't think
me neglectful of her comfort or happl-
ness. On the contrary, she likes to do
anything that she can to help me along
when 1 am in hurry. I think it is