Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-07
WILLIAMSBURG HOLMES

gan to whiri. Tosny surprise, not t
say establishment, the master of th
house was building the ire, and tha
too, in the quietest manner possibl
while Sarah, who soon made her ap
pearance, had evidently attended to he
toilet as carefully as If she were IN
married, or had never heard of harvest
time.
The husband, after a pleasant "goo'
morning" to me, and glance of al
most loyerlike tenderness to his wife
disappeared to assist in the out-doo
preparations for the important work o
the day. The young housekeeper wen
about her, work with the easy grae
which unconsciously belongs to think
ing it worth doing, and knowing how
to do it well. Instinctively 1 felt tina
any attempt at assistance would be in
trusion, 90 1 returned to my pleasan
room and busted myself with restoring
it 10 the ordsr and neatness I fount
there upon my arrival. This done,
descended to the parlor. Wonder o
wonders! The smen folks" were gath
cred there: with well-clsaned farm
boots, to be sure, but ,think of farm
hands in the parlor! What would Q
New England housekeeper have said
had she ever discovered her own hus-
band in the paf1or npon any but STATE
occasion: Woe unto him had he ever
crept in amid the darkness like a thief
to rest for moment In one Of his own
rocking-chairs,. or resting his aching
head upon his own sofa. Still greater
woe, had he dared to withdraw eur
tain, or throw open window-blind, and
admit Gods freely-given air and sun
light to his sitting and benighted dwell
ling! : ~ - - ia-
Yet 1t was an undisguised fact! The
hired hands were in the parlor, and ap-
peared as if accustomed to the place,
while the sunlight came freely in as il
1t knew itself welcome. A moment af-
ter, Sarah came in with her usual cheer
fnl quietness, and taking her place by
her husbands side, the family service
began. For the first time i had found
a farmer who had time to remember the
Lord of the harvest, ere iherushed out
to reap that harvest. g Most of them
gather the golden. grain with a sthis-is-
the -fruit-of-my-labo sort Of exulta-
ton, If the weather is fine, and remem-
ber the Giver Of all, only to grumble if
the weather is unpropitious!
1t was a short and simple service. A
chapter read as If it were subject to the
rules of punctuation and in
A brief prayer, in which our
varied wants were remembered and
brought to the One Friend, as the little
child might bring them to its earthly
parent, and We were Gained from
cares, and fitted for the days
burden, whatever it might be, Then
,ame the unhurried breakfast. An old
whom 1 knew In childhood,
nsed invariably to reply when called
upon for dietetic directions, cit Is not
70 much matter what you eat, as how
you eat It," Whether the remark was
original with him, / do not know. I
never knew him to- venture upon any
as to what the proper 'how'
night be, but the gravity with which he
always accompanied this remark, i'm
pressed my ihfantile mind quite as
nnch as it usually did that of the anx-
GUS inquirer. ! VIII, therefore, only
'ay the breakfast was plain, well-cook-
ID, and appetizing, eaten without haste
md interspersed with cheerful CONVEX
iation. -a- f"elAtf+t
This over, the appearance of leisure
Men from the table-horses
rom the gate-were gone as if by
magic, and my friend at once resumed
he appearance Of busy, but not over
anxious, housekeeper. Most of us
must work to live; happy are those
who do not live solely for work; who,
Ike my young farmer friends, can spare
lime, even in the busiest season, to re-
member the Creator of all seasons, and
% recognize the sclaims of common
in their fellow w-workers.1,ao
: She works hard" said an observer
If a notable housekeeper, abut she does
lot make her family comfortable. of
what toiling millions may the same be
aid! The merchant who supplies his
amily with every luxury but his own
lind words or smiles; !. the professional
nan, whose praise is upon the lips of
many, but who returns to his own home
o rest as at a hotel; the statesman
whose lips give eloquent words when
he admiring crowd are there to listen,
,ut has seldom gentle one for the wife
II. his choice; these only head the list.
lt is too long to be transcribed here.
They are all living to work, instead of
to live. '''' ''i- 80 IA i
Yet there are some in this vast and
1aried universe in whom this is allow
lble. Years ago, in the Pine-tree
State, employed laundress, whowas
'alied BY plying neighbours. "not very
bright" She was the best laundress l
.ver knew. 1t was all she did know,
,ut she knew that well, and found her
lies happiness in doing it. No artist
'r poet could have enjoyed the appre-
,iation of his masterpiece more than
lid she the praise her work ELECTED. L
.hink she actually enjoyed the work
which to most women is drudgery, and
lad she not been able to wash and iron,
would have fallen into mental imbecil-
ty. 1-i bro .noileSiaeli8 ~.
An entirely different experience is
hat of some monarch mind, bowed by
| mighty woe, and seeking relief in the
busy routine of common work. ssWhen
am in trouble" said the highly ed,,-
,ated wife of a college president, 81 go
nto my kitchen, and work there as fast
rs l can till feel relieved" No psy-
biological student will sneer at this.
We all cling to these little reliefs as to
he shrubs upon the brink of the pre-
,ipice, toying with the telegram, or
carefully the letters ad-
lress, shuddering to break the seal
which separates us from our fate. "