, 1873-01-11
MRS. SAM. JONES.

| eAo 1nAL1hltCD 10 "f1tC fOr 'Nk2C G1ls
| cslTo Trlbu,ic, nr1d Dlsco,lraes About
Planning Too Mach Work. nntl
| Shows that 1t 1p tho csrcnt Htun1-
I bling : black OF tho Farmer, t.11d
thnt Van Hlnf11a HElnncl1 II Dr,rt1gc In
Cohao1aiosi cc-"Sos,lo Thl lMHs TINT {.
Fnrnacr'H WiRu uuaa q rfiglt to E,-
jOy.-Nhcrc Aro other Coed Places
| for ta0nen--Snctnbfflty-- Igigr,ts
OF Women from tho Labor Stnnd-
| point.
Front Our Oron Correspondent.
| HOME, Jan. 0, 1873.
Wo loar gront don1 aaid nbout tho hard
work aud exposure of the farmor. "sixtoon
houra day, ruin or allino.' But lot MO ask,
Who Ia to blanc for all Of this? will tell you ;
IT IL THE FARMER HIMSELF;
hnl who but tho farmer's vito invonts SO
much Of oxtra toll, 30 many working hours
Lot mo tell you tllat, In most casos, 1t is hor
own fault. I think know Hometling about
Tits myself, for, girl and woman. hayo soon
considerable Of farm lfo. know thoro arc
timos whom NC aro put TO our Wits end to got
along, and lnyo to put in extra ho1lrs OF labor {;
but thtH Ia also tho common lot OF nil other in-
d1stries aud professions. One groat trouble
about this matter IL,
| THEY pLAN TOO MUCH WORK.;
TINT is, they lay thor plans for all good woator
t .e,, H. "A'' "''o' 1"J
on,n-4 49,. s4 ,'a,,, "''u :,, eo,Ao a1ne isn1
a.ramna,, IVY o., g. - m,ass VIZ ~ "olA Auu a.o
IT, aa.,a g. .;" "s 'ao.. Nv ",o .ltun.f ~
.,,or, W.. ~. ..e.,,,a 81. ""y a''r ~ saAu
NJ rsnni,,r ,a nnt ,>ronts,5s ~, T".'s..
Jonos-that is, sam.a fathor--was a1moat always
drove with work In this why, and llo gave no ono
my roat, for ho kept little behind with hiB
work, which drove him, instoad Of his driving
LUG "ork' LIS WIG was good, industrious.
submissive woman, and thought that whatever
tho Squire done was all right il eho did not bayo
to work hor finpora ofr to koon t,,nna n r;,,,ta
yv1,on 70 ,voro +onr.;o1 a.'d ,sa sa ~ Isa.".
"non "o "oio tlattlou, Ana moved ON 10 onr
no" lafan' sam. satu to mo, " Polly, NO have got
n great leal Of hard work before liz, to put this
now farm in s1,apo, md to mako n liy3np from IT.
Wa will moi trv i, .ot r;c1, 1,t to 1;vo ,on,to-t
mia and ,ro sy;1, Mn .,,a !sor,, ~ .at W. o'o'
aolo' ano NO Mlll pun tho wofk 90 that NC
WILL NOT DE DROVE WITH IT.
but will do good days work, and that must suf-
fico; no must have n little timo to visit md tn
60 TO market, anu to receive calls how do you
lko tho pianF Woll, sa1d, that suits mo, but
do not mean to shirl1 my share Of tho vor1t
but 1t doos appear to MIC that Father Jonoa NJ.
Ways titA n'oto " y, "o,A on aus nanad 'oan was
ProntaOle' "Ihat ID true" SAID SAM, 'and
am not going to bo tho slavo Of my work, but
rather ts mastor."
Tint voar va rot a1onr r;rr,t wall. +ha vo,t,,or
w. , y". s1 ~. r. nsus LILLY "ol tne "oa'hor
"ao soou Auu tno e'opb eou"' ano tnefe was no
Greht amount OF woeds. The next spring was
very nice weather, and Sam. put in largo crop.
First ho broko 1p q largo niece Of sod lana for
t1ar thon In mt in oata md affair +h,+ . 1,rao
n.,:, ~ - s,'a,,1 ~. 49,. sn"' 4''e
n.t1 VI co1n. Apous ING 1es oi Juno IT sos III
RAINY, and tho weeds mado wonderful growth
mado wonderful growth and when it como
time to harvest, Sum. Ind only half Of lis corn
cultivated; for thon NO Ind no riding culti-
yators, and it was BLOW cultivating corn, for tho
horse had to 50 twice i'll the Same row to do tho
work, and that mado double tho work that ia
now required.
Ono evoning, Sam. camo in awful tired, and
IN he sat down on tho porch, ho said,
:, ~ DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,
the corn il not half cultivated, and the oats and
help NO. for everybody ia us much bohnd with
their work US an1." Did you not plan littlo
too much work last spring2 "Well, as .tothat,
not too much for good season but too much
for this season, on account of tho wet weather
tlat hrs upset things o triilo." Well, suppose
YOU LET THE CORN 90
that Ia not cultivated, and secure tho flax and
tho oats; and noxt spring, II tho weather il ever
so fair, don't plant so much corn You can work
that part Of the corn TINT has boen cultivated,
aud then lot tho cattlo have the reRt Of it. $50
/ did, SAD SAM, and lie saYed q good crop Of
tlax aud oats BY attending to them in timo Our
noxt noighbor, Bon. Smith, kept on working his
corn, and lost nll OF his Hpring wheat and oats
by not taking care Of thonl i'll time, And then he
frotto1 and Btowed, mud ovorworked himself, so
that he was sick when corn-huBktng cane.
That iH Just thoway that too many farmers man.
then comes the loss. They put mo in mind Of II
3-year-old boy who Gun hold one npplo in each
hand, but, in attempting to hold third, drops
thom all. There ia
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