Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-27
HOUsEKEEpER's TROUBLES.
He swore by the sun. the moon and the

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He swore by the sun, the moon and the
- stars, A--- ----a-----
And the green leaves on the tree;
That he could do more work in a day,
Than his wife, she could do in three"
1 don't know that l have quoted
that pretty piece of poetry properly,
but an additional long or short syllable
will not destroy the harmony in heroic
verse. This is surely of that sort,
despite the laws of versifcation. The
man was in soorking way, and deci-
dedly displeased with the amount ac
complished by his wife.
A change in departments for the
specified time-three days-was most
satisfactory in results-to the pJe
He then swore by the sun, the moon,
the stars, the Hamadryades and all the
household gods, that
.1His wife. she could do more work in a day
Than he could do in three ~
An irate individual, Baltimore
brother OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES: Ser
wants, servants, why will ladies spend
so much time in talking about people,
| they yet will not talk to servants, their
insolence, their inefhciency, their dis
honesty, their scarcity, is the fruitful
theme of morning visitors, and if we
could enter in the evening, the hand
some, we'll lighted dining rooms of our
city homes, we should find, at q CHART
able calculation, one-half the ladies
telling their poor tired husbands of the
Shortcomings of Mary, Kate, Ellen
and Martha; whilst they would rather
hear anything else.''
Charity suffereth long and IS kind. !"
The man who wrote the above long
sentence needs lesson in this grace,
before making another calculation.
He should be set to turning cakes and
sharply scolded if he let them burn.
But. aohy will ladies talk so much on
this subject? A very good man, dur
ing the war, fell into the habit of
swearing; his pastor approached him,
or reproached him, for this unchris-
tan conduct. Indeed sir, it is the
only way in which l can give vent to
my feelings"
suppose it is partly on this princi-
pie that the theme is so popular in
parlors and dining rooms, and it will
continue to be the chief table talk
until we have some system of help not
contingent on the blackberry crop
the heat of summer and the cold of
winter These are now the regulators.
All other house bills have claimed the
attention of the powers that be. The
pay of the President-Credit Mobilier
the Modocs-the new Kuklux Law
Funding Bill-Rights of Railroads
Public Schools-CiUI Reform Ser
vice-but who has ever refused to
Reform in Domestic Services? The
question of the day is not what shall
we eat; but who shall cook it? Celebs
in search of wife is not to be COM
pared to the voyage of possible discoy-
cry one must undertake for a capable
cook All that class have disappear
ed, as did the rats at the magical music
of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Should
Livingstone discover them in some
rare retreat, | should favor his having
a Life Pension and an annuity after
DEATH"
Two thirds of the advertisements in
our dailies are headed, Wanted, a
cook" Lost-Wanted-how seldom
found Talk on the subject The
African Diamond Fields never excited
half the interest. That valuable
jewel, but fatal possession, the moon
stone was never more diligently sought.
The disasters of the domestic depart
ment are indeed discouraging, but
how may we prevent them? Would
the vow of silence be move in the
right direction?
We should hate to see our wise men
become conyoeation of cooks, as did
the Roman Senate when they stopped
deliberation for whole day to con-
suit upon the best method of dressing
turbot They must be content to
let the talking continue, until they
suggest some measure of relief for the
weary women at home.
When we are in a strditit helps won
derfully to know hew other people
have steered when similarly situated.
The experience is rich and varied.
1t happened at our house in the begin
ming of the new regime that 1.-The
woman we hired didn't come" We
managed the meals; but who should
milk? Our COW had horns, and l was
afraid. We were assured and re-as-
sured by the head OF the family that
that was silly sensation, that milking
was small matter, and anybody could
do that. "I'll do it myself"
l watched proceedings with lively
interest, SO did the COW and calf They
took in the situation at a glance, and
said plainly as possible, we are ready
for you'll The calf capered, whisked
his tail and thrust his mouth forward
with an offer of assistance. The
mother assumed threatening attitude
and stood with one foot forward /!
They had no regard for person nor
persons, and no member of solemn
SAIL sab sahs could impress them
with the dignity of the occasion.
Presently, the COW gave her gay off
spring secret sign, and they decidedly
but quietly walked off-like members
of the Loyal League.
The next day we undertook to get a
cook. The first question was, can You
milk? That answered afirmatively,
convinced my husband of her superb
ority as a servant. She gave a long
list of kitchen accomplishments, won
dering whereunto it would grow, |
stopped her with this: Can you bake
ginger cakes p She turned her