Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-06-17
Home Talk.


A great deal of nonsense is written,
nowadays, about the expenses of living.
for instance, in a schedule taken from n
"poor but deserving" mans actual expen-
ditures for week. was the item of one
pound Of coffee, aud this mans exrences
we're held up before the public, to show
that the working class (thc very poor Of
coursc) could barely live on the meney
they received. Now l know people Of
moderate means, who live well, and rse
only one pound Of coffee month, ard
from my own experience in housekeeping,
l concluded that the poor man mentioned
above had not get New England girl for
his wife.
1t is because poor people, especially
poor mems wives, are ignorant aud will
not try to learn, that everything they earn
is eaten up. Aside from the rent, II is
cheaper living in New York city than in
the inland towns and cities, Il speak from
experience, having tried both. and ifcity
girls, both rich and poor, would only pay
little more attention to household duties;
or, if they were ignorant when married,
would try to learn something afterward,.
and get up little enthusiasm over their
breakfasts and dinners, and make the
most Of everything, instead of moaning
and groaniDg because their precious, lily
hands must be soiled little, we should,
believe, hear less about poverty. In ev.
cry household it is the wife who can let
the most money slip through her fingers
for necessities, as the husband thinks,
and in no way Is the wife's skill shown
more than in making palatabe dishes from
what is 'left over" If you cannot do
this, if you know of nothing, and can in
vent nothing but "bcardiug-housc hash''
TO make Of your cold meat, then you had
best break up your home and "bc gen.
teel" and board. have often adairedI
the ingenuity shown by many city vomen
in rcmodeling and making over their ward
robes, and have wondered why they did
not apply the same skill in the culinary
department. Girls of the poor and me-
dium classes, reared in New York city.
as rule, make dreadfully shiftess house..
keepers. All they seem to think Of is d
fine dress for their backs, and damon
ring for their fingers, as many of them
have, truly. There are many New Eng
land country girls here, some Of themare
rich aud some poor but, 60 where you
will among them. you will find cleanliness.
thrift, economy and knowledge of what.
is gong Tn in the world around them.,
They are not afraid Of work, and they
take great pride in we'll ordered house.
Somehow, their blessed mothers. who may
be even now living in comfortable poverty
up among the Connecticut hills, have in-,
stilled such industrious habits into them,
and have taught them so much Of life and
Of living, that when they marry and have
children of their own they are prepared
to bring them up to be mne and women.
not fops, aud fashionable ladies', thank
God? Perhaps l., a New England wo-
man, have no right to say this; but c
think have, for have known many Of
my clan, and have a just pride in their
virtues.
1t is the penny saved, more than the
penny earned, that enriches; it is the
sheet turned when the first threads break
that wears the longest it is the dampers
closed when the cooking is done that stops,
the dollars from dropping into the coal
pin; it is the lamp or gas turned low,
when not in use that gives you pin.money
iVt INC HOutu IL 10 tuc VaiC III uiuhiu&
the coffee that makes three spoonfuls 20,
as far as a teacup-full, ordinarily /; it is
tho walkSsg Of enc or six blocks. instead
Of taking car or omnibus. that adds.
strength to your body and money to your
purse it is the careful mending of each
weeks wash that gives ease to your COM
cieuce apd length of days to your gar,
ments and, last Of all, it is the constant
care. exercised over every part Of your
household. and constant endeavor to im-
prove and apply your best powers to your
work, that alone gives peace aud pros
perity to the family.
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Several persons were recently mado.
i'll in Cleavland. Ohio, BY icc.cream
which they had eaten. and. one of the
stheories" is that the milk was exposed
to dense poisonous fog Friday nighh.
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