The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-07-24
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kettles aud paus on Ii aud cold ashes on
iis hearth, it sooty plates away, pot Of
dishwater standing on top Of the stove,
and the broom and poker and tougs lay
jasi where the little riders had them
when they were called TO prepare for
school. Johnny had gone of crying, aud
bic whine could even then be heard COM
lug up ihe hollow in the direction OF the
schoolhouse. The milk had not been
strained, and the flies were buzzing sbout
It as they sat on the edges Of the two
brimniug pals, slipping and rubbing
. their hands together IN s satisfied way.
The baby was tcething, aud cross, aud
the one pair of hands that could have
brought order ont OF this disorder were
busy trying to soothe IT,
Is It py wonder that tears were in the
mothers eyes, As she cuddet her baby to
her bosom, and walked across the floor
trying to stiA its criesy
Oh dear, what life!-what life
said she: ! try TO be patient, aud make
The best OF OF Il, but 1t does seem 50 hard.
Just as the babe was growing quiet, and
/ its little blue hands had fallen hsllessly
npou It's bosom, a shadow fell across the
/ doorway, and the husband entered, say.
ing, Jane, eau YOU tell me what the chill
dren did with the hatchet yesterday
/ II was out on the rock behind Johuny's
wagon, last night, said she, speaking low
and gently laying the baby down in bed
/ that had not been made up yet.
Seems TO nc you're agood while gittin'
your chores done; YOU haven't the knack
OF gittn' along like Mrs. Leayondyke--
her work is done up long ago, an she's
busy in the gardin' Tell YOU, she's
nice gardin', don't look much like our'n;
you don't put the time on our'n that she
does in her'n.
Oh, John, said the little woman, Slip.
ping back her sleeves and tying on big
apron, aud trying to keep her face turned
away to hide tho gathering tears, with
lOAi bhlIultHJ anu INC babN oiSht "Hd
three cows TO milk, aua calves to feed,
aud hands to cook for, aud all the other
work to do, | only wonder that get half
my chores done in a whole day.
Well, Pm sure don't see how it is,
said he; my mother had ten living chill
dren, and she managed TO get along first
rate, aud do all our own weaving, besides
taking in weaving for the nelghbors.
You have more room than she had, and
you don't have to carry water forty rods,
like she did-here it is, right at the foot
of the hill; and you never have TO cut
yonr own flre-wood, unless 1t is in the
midst Of harvest, and | think you
shouldn't complain. If there is anything
| hato to hear, it is q growing, whining
wife. Now, | have to be out of doors all
the time, no matter how the sun shines,
or how cold the wind blows, while you
are in the shade and comfortable--if you
only knew it, All! you have an easy
time Of it, you women, il you only knew
it; so cheer up. | married you for a
helpmate, don't you know. The girls
will be big enough in three or four years
TO help you, and then you can take times
easier, and maybe by that time the bot
tom farm will be paid for, and Wen be
able to ride in a carriage like the Leavon-
dykes do,
How long since you brought in this
watcr2 said he, as he took drink from
the tin dipper, and finding it not fresh,
he squired it out cody right on the floor
among some pans that had slipped down
of shelf.
As he took the hatchct, aud started
out to the wagon to fix the hay-rigging
on it, he said, Jane, ii YOU can as well as
not, s'posin' you have some OF them new
beans that grow in that fur lot for du-
uer.
/ Well, I'll Try said she hopelessIy, AS she
slipped her shoes off so that she might
step softly aud with more comfort. All
we working women know what a tack it
. is to put disOrdered kitchen into neat
nes-, especially when little children have
been about. Fist she strained the milk,
saving out a quart, with which to mix the
bread, for the yeast was set the night be-
{ fore, aud had been babbliHg two hours;
she mixed ii and set II in the warm sun
shine, then started fire and made feed
Of skim milk and meal for the
noisy, irolicsomc calves that ran IN the
door yard. Then She swept and picked
up playlhings after the children, hung up
their coats and aprons, and set their old
shoes away, and moved their sicds aud
wagons aud hoops from about the doors.
While the dishwatcr was heating she
hurried up stairs and made tie beds then
washed the dishes, and went down cellar
aud skinned the milk There was cream
enough for churniug, and the churu
was scalded, and then lcft with pail OF
cold water standing ih IL, 80 as 10 be
trcsh and ready. By this time the baby
woke aud cried, and the tired little moth
er was compelled to III down aud take
him Ia her sheiieFing arms.
In half au hour or 30 be was ready to
sit down on the floor on 8 quilt, and she
leii him long enangh 10 carry three or
fonr pals of tlie rklmmed milk 10 the
pigs 1.-TWO pailsfnl at lime, aud she
weui GA the TaU. She always fed The
pigs: wien she asked her husband once
to carry she milk TO the pen, on biz way
cut 10 bis work. be said, That belong to
a woman's work, man whose name j.
oui for commissioner should not ho AK.
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