The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-05

THE DAUGHTER or THE ESGLlsIl
| FAgY.LAgOgEK.-At : or ; years old
the 'gifl. labor bggih.. BeiOre that .he
ha, been ses to mind the baby. or watch
the pot, and TO .cT4r about the hedges i0r
..!cs. for the fire. Now .he Ia. not only
to mind the baby, but to nurse it. she
carrie. it about With her in her arms, and
really the infant look. almost a. large a.
he--,li, and il. weight COMPEL. her 10
lean backward. She i. left a; h0tue all
DAY in charge Of the baby, the Younger
children. and the cottage Perhar. 4
liuIe bread i. left for them to eat, bnt
the. get nothing more till the mother r..
turn. at 80, Then woe te 70 the girl il
the fire i. not lit and the kettle on, The
yiil Ia. 10 fetch the water-Oiiem hard
and ,e,iioG. tax, for many village.
have = most imperfect supply, and
you may ace the ditche. BY the
roaI.iIe damned mp 10 yield 4
little dirty water. She may haye TO
walk half mile to the brook, AMI then
carry the buckle! home, A. lest she may.
and rerea. the operation till sufficient Ia.
besn acquired, and when her mother ia
wa.hing, or worse till a Ws.herWOman by
profession. TIL. i. her weary Hudge all
ilT. OF cOur.e their are village. where
water ia at hand, and sometimes 70 much
.oiit. ! know large village where the
brock run. beside the highway, and you
have ~ pas. over "drock' or .mal !
bridge 70 get 10 each Of the cottages, bu;
such instance are rare. The girl has al.
40 ~ walk into the adjacent town and
bring back the bread, particularly II her
mother happens 10 he receiving parish
pay. 4 little older-at ten DF eleven or
iuelye--till more skinny and bony nov
a. arule, .he follows her mother to the
field, and learn. 10 pick up stone. from
the young moving grass, and place
them in heaIs 70 h cartel
away TO mend drinking place.
70, cattle. She learn. 10 Leaf Clols
1nd spread them with a small prong; she
work. 10 the bayfield,, and CLEANS at the
corn harriet Gleaning-pOeiical CLEAN.
ing-i. the most unpleasant and uncorn.
Portable Of labor tedious, slow, back.
aching work; picking up ear by ear the
dropped wheat, searching among the
pficEly IUbbles. Notwithstanding all
her labor, and the hafdship she haa to
endufe-c0arse fare and chuflish treat
meni at the hands Of thDse who should
love her mDst-ihe little agricultural girl
still retain. ZONE Of that natural ihclina.
ton t0~afd the pretty and romantic in.
hefen, in the sex. In the spring she
makes daisy chains and winds them round
the baby neck; or with the stalk Of the
dandeli1n make a chain several feet IN
length. She plucks great punches Of the
beautiful blueiell, and Of the purple orChis
oi the meadow: gathers heaps Of the cow
clip, and after playing with them little
while, they are left 70 Wither in tie dust
By the roadside, while she il sent two or
three miles with her fathers dinner She
chants matches Of rural songl. and some.
times three Or four together, Joining
hanll, dance slowly round and round,
singing -slowlY rude rhymes describing
marriage-and not over decent some Of
these rhymes are. She has no t0ys-not
one in twenty such girls ever have doll;
or. II they DO, il il but some stick dressed
in a rag. Poor ,hings they need no
artificial dolls; 70 soon az ever they can
lift ii they are trusted with the real baby.
Her parents probably do not mean " be
unkind, and use makes this treatment
beatable, but to an outsider it seems un.
necessarily rough, and even brutal. Her
mother shouts at her in 4 .hfill treble
Eerpetually; her father eniotces his or.
defs with a harsh oath and A slap
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