New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-09

fears too much of il for his sons, as 1t may lead to
laziness: and laziness with him is mortal sin. The
book market is not active. During the Winter
months. the young men usually go to school, some
times with little reluctance where they learn to
read and write with touch of arithmetic and &C.
ography. They speak English at school, and the
German dialect at home.
The Dutch" housewife is considered as more than
half the family She milks the cows raises poultry,
takes care of the garden which she often digs her
self and plants and hoes with the help of her
daughters, and her maid" when she has one. She
does not indeed go in for vegetable raising on large
scale, nor has she extensive beds of strawberries
and other small fruits. Nor does she plant great
many peas and beans, which it is too much trouble
to stick" But her garden always shows jolly
array of cabbages and "red beets," of onions and
early potatoes, plenty of cucumbers Tor winter
pickles. and generous store OF string beans ana 10
matoes. small farm often sells at least two humid
red dollars worth Of vegetables, which is sufficient
to cothe the whole family four or five times over
The daughters are allowed at times to go out ana
husk corn at was pretty sight which l saw one
Fall day." says the writer-"a father with four
sons and daughters husking in the field. we do IL
all ourselves said he"
In the Winter mornings, the wife, perhaps goes
ont TO milk in the stable with a lantern, while her
"swept and garnished" and the motherly hands are
ready for several hours sewing before dinner, lay
ING by huge piles of shirts for the hot weather. Not
much work is put upon the garments of the family,
nor has the sewing machine been in general use
until recently although seamstress or tailoress Is
sometimes called In. At the Spring cleaning, the
labors of the women-folks are increased by white
washing the picket-fences. SOap-making comes IN
March, before the of the garden begins to press
Here success is uncertain that it is deemed mat
ter of luck and chance The soap must always be
stirred in one direction; aud sassafras SUCK Is
thought to possess sovereign virtues for the process
A smart hOusekeeper can make barrel OF soap III
the morning, and go a-visiting in the afternoon.
During the harvest season the household labors
are frightfu but the broing and baking in the hot
weather are cheerfuy done for the men-folks, who
are sweltering in torrid fields and sitting barns.
Four meals are the rule at this time, and piece
is sent ont as early as o'clock in the morning.
Clutch girl thinks nothing ofmakng fifty pies ina
week and with pie at every meal, they are sure to
| come to good market.
Apple-butter as a sauce made of apples boiled IN
cider is called has been great ordinance with the
robust Germans though falling Oft in late years, on
| account of the scarcity of the fruit. Two bushels
| and half of cut apples are enough for barrel
| of cider In few hours the apples will be all
in the great copper kettles, and then you are
obliged to stir for dear life, until on taking out
/ a little on a dish, you find the cider no longer
! collects round the edges, but all forms simple
mass. The work is then done, and you have
| only to dip 1t out in earthen vessels and, when
| cold, store it in the garnet, with the hard soap
and bags of dried apples and cherries, perhaps with
the hams and shoulders, that are there waiting for
| the good time coming" The writer speaks of
specimen of apple butter preserved in the Lancaster
| Museum, which dates from the time of the Revou-
ton, prodigy as wonderful as the blood OF st.
Januarus at Naples.
| The whole impression Of the book, of which the
authors name is not given though is evidently from
the pen of woman, is that of a sequestered rural
landscape remotely surrounded with the turmoil and
heat of modern civilization, but free from all vital
! contact with its influence. The entrance which 1t
opens to the primitive homes of those simple people
is like leaving the reekng purleus of the city for
| the rude and Wholesome freshness of the mountain
| forest. S~ -.rc-.-