The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-15
AWORKING WOMAN.

WORKING WOMAN.
what GoOd Health, system and n willing
Heart can Accomplish - A Model fOr
l"Ruth's letter to N. Y. Journal of Conn.,
Looking cut of the window the other
morning saw woman drive to the gate,
with trim little establishment in excel
lent order. had never set eyes upon
her before, was sure of that, though she
looked up at the window with bright
and CHEEKY smile as though she had
known me all my days. Springing out
of,the highwagon ikea girl of sixteen,
though she was evidently three times
that age, she hitched her horse and
blanketed it as If she was used to it, and
was ushered into the parlor. She had
come to inquire about some lots upon
our farm, and assure you she talked
business, itevidently being no new thing
to her. fonnd she was from neighhor-
ing town, five miles. distant, where her
husband is a prosperous architect and
builder. After she had obtained her in
formation for which she came, We fell
into conversation such as our sex will
indulge in.
Have you much of familyw I in
quired. ELEVEN children" she replied.
Iopened my eyes in establishment, ex-
pecting to hear the usual answer in these
days, Three, two boys and girl" or
vice versa. Have you never lost any
childrenY said /. "None," she replied,
"and none are married, they are all liv-
...r ot hat E.vx, nxy.k 10 lob
afterp' L exclaimed. 'sOh, I shouldn't
mind our family at all, >" she said, "but
we have always boarded three or four
Carpenters necessary in my husbands
business. Then we have farm, and a
good many cows to see to and butter to
make, and as my husband is always
busy in other ways, the oversight of the
farm devolves mostly on me-"
81 hope you are more fortunate than
the rest of us, in having good domestics
to help you with all this work." said.
The good woman Strengthened herselfup
and gave decisive reply. 81 never
keep any" she said "they never suit
me-" "Your children must help you q
coed deal, them" Yes; but they have
their lessons to learn. Their eldest sister,
who has as good an education as money
could give her, teaches them entirely at
home. We have room in our house
fitted up especially for this purpose.
They are more thoroughly taught by
her, with the deep interest she feels in
them, than il. they went to school else
where and being able to recite their
lessons in the early part of the day, they
spend fewer hours over books, which is
better for their health, and this enables
them to give me more assistance than
they otherwise could do" What sem
sible woman, though /, for you know
what favorite idea home education is
with me, when it is at all practicable.
So drew my chair up nearer to her and
said, You don't do your own sewing,
do your + Never sent out stitch in
my life, dresses or anything else, even
when we had not sewing-machine, and
/ don't know what excuse could have
for it now with good machine" "DO
you make your husbands and all your
boys shirts ?" asked. Every one OF
them. My eldest son is something of a
dandy, as young men will be, and he
bought some shirts while ago. Oh
such fit as they we're! / spent more
time ripping and fixing them than
would have cut and made half q dozen"
"Do you ever have time to go out
side your own homer l inquired.
ooh, yes" she replied with smile; !
am here this morning, you see, TO in
quire about the land, and day before
yesterday went to the State Fair with
some butter which took premium"
You must sit up very late at nights, v
said.
ooh, no, not very; we always finish
up our work by eight o'clock evenings
unless something very special is going
on, for we are quite q musical family
We have a piano. My daughters are
good players, and father and mother,
boys and girls, all count upon good
song, often before going to bed, and this
causes us to sit up rather later, 1 have
sometimes thought, than was good for
us, considering we have to be up with
the lark in the morning. You know -
she added, emusic is very fascinating to
those who love it," care you always
wellT l asked. "My health is perfect
have good natural constitution, and
have no time to be debilitated and nerv.
ous." Here this paragon arose to 60.
followed her to the gate, saw her unhitch
her horse and drive off, while returned
to the house with these reflections
Eleven children, boarders, farm, nc
servants, no sewing put out, all teaching
done in the house, premium for butter
at the State Fair, music and the fine arts
Think of it, o we daughters, who have a
family of three children, three servants
hire all your sewing done, and have
headache, dyspepsia, and general de.
bility thrown in.
AS for me, went up stairs after this
interview, unrolled some shirts / was
Just going to send out to be made, and
oiling up my machine went to work al
them. Of course / hate it. OF course
it will tire me to death, but it is so nice
to be smart like this good woman.
have made some inquiries about heI
since she was here, and find her story
was not exaggerated. She is living ex.
ample of what perfect system and in.
dustry will accomplish. She was once q
teacher, we'll educated and sensible. She
married her husband when he was not
worth cent, and now they live in fif
teen-thousand-dollar house, own good
farm, and to the good management and
thrift of the wife is attributed much Of
the husbands success. They and their
children have the name of being one OF
the happiest and most united families
anywhere about. But my paragon does
not write such long letters as this, sus
pect. must go back to my machine
it acts like witch to-day.
GuiZOt.
A writer thus describes the late M