Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-24

ing soul and body 70 the task of getting
living, why not begin to live for there IL
considerable difference between living and
getting q living. Dwellers 10 the country
have 10 pressing need ofcbssly PAINTINGS, Il
they make the most Of their sunrise and
sunset views, and there is deal the Of best
OF music to be had gratis Let us rest from
our digging and delving little while every
day md look about us for something boautb
ful, and listen for something musical, and ere
long wo shall find il in our own chldrens
bright and loving glances, aud their happy
voices. Let us have something to read and
little family treats of one kind or another
in the way Of innocent diversion, whether any
money goes into the bank or not. l see less
reason, nowadays, for worrying about lay
ing up money TO send the children to college,
since free schools of every grade are becom-
ing more and more common and since the
best libraries are open to tho public The
main point is 10 make comfortable homes for
our little ones until they are old enough TO
look out for themselves and 10 keep as sweet
and wholesome as we can the little corner
where our work is set, and TO d. our daily
tasks as faithfully and cheerfully as we are
able, with faith 10 that infinite goodness
which over-rules all. .....
TRYING TO EcoNoMTzE.
"Why need you buy yeast cakes when you
can make just as good yeast T'-says the
old-fashioned housekeeper and the modern
housekeeper feels condemned for her extrav.
agance, unless she stops to count the cost Of
homemade yeast, and compares the difference
between that and the purchased packages
| am told by those who have reokoned the
expense Of home made yeast, that it is no
cheaper than the yeast cakes sold at the
shops not. counting the time and the trouble
caused by yeast making at homo The trou-
bic Of making and keeping yeast is consider
abe, so it seems to me that housekeepers
who have plenty Of useful occupation need
not feel at all conscience stricken on account
OF buying good yeast. For more than year
have relied exclusively upon yeast cakes,
and have learned to place great confidence
in them. Those that use are made in a
neighboriug city and have good reputation
in this part Of the country. BY observing
the directions printed upon the wrapper, Que
may be sure of good bread, provided the
floor is good and the kneading and baking
are properly done.
And there is the clothes line. leave
mine common fine rope, tied to the posts,
week after week. used to feel condemned
for wastefulness knowing that sunshine and
rain would make the rope decay. But now
Justify myself in this course. II takes too
much time to put out and take in the clothes
line every week it is not worth the trouble.
| am told that one rope will last house,
keepers lifetime, if properly cared for. But
| feel sure that my lifetime would be very
short one if | should pick up and carry
every burden of that kind which | can see
lying around for the sake Of saving here
penny and there penny. refuse to sacri-
fee myself to that clothes line. Besides,
like to have it where can use it at any
moment, for airing bed.clothes, or drying
anything washed between regular washings.
And there is the pin-paper. have heard
Of one woman who has been married ten
years aud had never used up the first paper
of pins with which she began housekeeping.
| often think Of her. for, now that my little
girls are in the early stages of dolly dressing
pins are in such demand that one paper OF
pins scarcely lasts month. Ii is strange
where they go to, for always pick up every
pin | see when l sweep, aud each child has
a pin-ball or pin.cushion to carry all that
it can find upon the floor. l know that if
all the buttons were in their places on all Of
the little garments, fewer pins would get
lost, but there are so many buttons to look
after Couldn't | make the two eldest
children begin already to sew buttons on
their own clothes L can't refuse the chill
dren pins, though know they lose almost
as many as furnish, but little by little they
learn to use them more carefully. Presently
there will be the same trouble about needles,
when the girls have fairly begun to make their
dolls clothing. | think they must have their
own needles, with safe places for keeping them,
and not touch mammals needles and thread
without permission To refuse to let small
children have pins and needles to use-as
the manner Of some is-seems to me not
economical but stingy.
Economy is an excellent thing and very
necessary for most of us TO practice, but
good judgment must 60 along with it,
often express my gratitude that am not
numbered with many "nice things" while
my hands are busy with the babies it is so
hard to take care of things that cannot well
be kept beyond the reach Of children, but
which children can easily despoil.- Faith
Rochester in American Agriculturist.