Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-07-25
The Leisure Hour.
GENERAL J'sSEO.v.
STORY FOR HUSBANDS AND WIVES.

'My dear wish Won would try and have
general supervision over things; a real
thorough housekeeper knows what is going
on all over her house, from garrct to cellar.
I noticed this morning that Bridget bad
dropped two or three potatoes on the cellar
floor. ] wish YOU would tell her to be
more careful. You 60 in some houses and
the cellar is as clean as the paror. I don't
want you TO do these things yourself, I on
ly wan! you to see that they are DONE
Mr.. Littlesole walks digniiiedly through
the ball, and seeing one Of the childrens
shakers lying on the back piazza, he walks
back again, more dgnifiedly still, and
says in n grieved. injured tone, 4 think
those children are old enough now to be
taught TO hang up their bonnets; when I
was a little boy, three years old, I wore
bonnet, and I had to hang it upon nail
behied the door every time took it off.
was opposed to your buying those shakers
in tho first place; knew I would find
them all over the yard. Don't you think
that if anybody would come and stay here
two or three weeks, they'd say that these
they ever saw?'
Not quite so bad as that, my DEAR said
Mrs. Littlesole; Il know they are very
careless but 1 can't say I think they are
the most careless children in the world
I.never can get you to agree with me,
said Mr.. Littlesole; you oppose every
thing l say. 1 wish you would agree with
me for once. l should feel so much en-
couraeed, and we might have things better
l don't expect to make good housekee
er out of you. | gave up trying that long
ago; but l want my clildren brought up
to good habits Mr.. Littlesole walks out
of the gate, looks over the fence, and comes
back again. Mary he says, Il wish you
would try and see that John gets the weeds
out of that garden. 1t looks shamefully.'
you have told John, said Mrs. Little
sole, 'to draw manure, hoe the corn, weed
the onions, plant potatoes, tie up the grape
vines, trim the raspberries, wash the car
rlage, and plow the rye field. / hea rd you
say all these things must be Immediately
done, besides cutting all the grass on the
lawn-and one pair of hands can't do ev-
erything. john .grumbles now he has so
much to do, he don't know what to do first.
can't get him minute to do anything in
the garden
well ! well. I know you've way of
getting around everything. Ir | was at
home all the time as you are, / would
have the garden look like that. 1 wish you
would have a general supervision over
things
Mrs. Littlesole said nothing; only asked
Mr.. Littlesole if he would not send home
some potato,s; the potatoes were gone.
'P tatoes out again. said Mr.. Littlesole.
Cant you manage to make them last long
er? That reminds me of one thing want
to speak of. / was sick all day yesterday,
had such miserable breakfast. 1 wish
you'd see that Bridget has little more va
rlety; there are twenty different ways OF
cooking potatoes
'Yes, my dear, know; but just now we
have no cream or milk, and little butter in
the house, and it is not so easy to Ii x them
in those twenty different ways
well! well l know said Mr.. Little
sole. IF had your resources, just the
very things you bave here, could get NJ
splendid meals. But wish ou would SCI
that the cows have some salt to-day, ant
and the hens some oyster shells, and tn,
pigs some butter milk lei Charles shoul
ders be washed with salt and water, ant
just watch John little; soc that he does
good days work but good morning my
DEAR
Mr.. Littlesole goes out of the gate again
'and seeing one of the hinges loose, he say
1t does beat the old Harry to see how thing
are going! There's nobody TO see to any
thing in this house but myself
Mrs. Littlesole has been awake all nigh
these three nights with face ache. Now i
aches so that she can hardly keep from