Ellsworth American., 1876-06-15
The Useful Woman.
III GAIL HAMILTON.

\ lIvyly and entertaining newspaper, de-
voted, though not eXclu,ively,to the rights
OF woman, tells us how one woman fought
the battle of life ana won the victory.
And this is the story:
There lives widow out West" says
this Friend OF Woman, "N no never did
anything useful until after her husband
died and lett her half dozen children to
take care OIL.
But here we pause on the threshold with
upliitcd hand, ol amazcmeut. A woman
has borne and reared TX children, and yet
! has never done any thing useful, Let the
startled mind pause, however, TIL the his
tory OF this useless woman Is completed
"ohe thought a great deal OF her hus-
band. but he did not leave her enough sub
stance % buy hin grAvc->tone; aud This
fact Set her "a work She determined that
the poor mans grave should have a rcspcc.
table mark; 50 she got a marble slab. and
went I" work on 1t. making "a grayc-Stour
for the departed. Thus She began To carve
out her fortune aud ended bY icarulu.
and prosecuting the successful and luCta-
i've trade of stonc-cuttiug
III what tuHchlu. tAu.ic 90 facts ana
opinions and judgements iie lib the mind
OF the compiler OF these short aud simple
annals Of the poor. TIkius care OF SIX
graves .5A. iOr Il man who never had
callbrc enough 10 10 Ii tor him self &, u~r-
iulucsS. II We are to look upon hi, a.
tcraciou, history. 4uI not a. a mere fable
composed - teach that with sufficient Spur
women can do whatever meu can Gn ur
immediately revert IN Imagination to the
necessarily narrow home 4 man who Is
I not worth iiis own -TaNe-stOHe. There are
sIN children. the oldest undoubtedly about
nine years old, aud they have all to oc
nufsed and ted aud dressed and housed :
the table j. - be set, the meals are Ia be
prepared, the dishes u be washed. three
times a day The rooms are I'd bc swept Amd
washed the clothes % IT, washc lud lllurd
/ and mcHdci, a. well a> uitlr. aud some @:
the ch!iisep are - b, got to school. From
mor"lu- tl,i night that woman can never
have known one hours Cessation ut work
and watch. For. be- IL observed her sub
,cqucut attempts aud >uccr-, show that
>hc was re,Viut-, energetic. Aud ahir
woman. ~hr WA NOT tine Kind to Stun Hi
u.d hat into thc pane M glass that her Joy :
bai.-wnlci She had ro,.ri np iur h,m ont
ct tlts last desperate IrAZmcnt ct an ou.-
won stucAlu2-had uuhapp3lY broken
even though her ra>y-gu,u-. >hiillc,~ nus
band had no more money 10 ,prud uu gla-
zirr> than grayc->tOucS. Sine was the Kind
thAt would send TOR pane Of glass out ot
some Oh window that She had observed
standing lamciy against ncighboiiug
fence. and, with 4 pcuuyWorth OF putty
have THAI window mrndcd tWo hours Altcr
1t va, broken, aud Johnny we'll warned
that he WAS not to play in such dangerous
proximity again. Her boards were alWay,
secured clean, and her bit OF carpet thor
uu1hly swept, ahd her rude iurutur" care
fully busted But Of course he hll no
time Tor stoua-cuttin-. Every cent TINT
her inlid. miudic-, husband earned Size
spent with the wisest thrift; for it i, cuusol-
Ing to reflect that he WAS aIlv weak. not
wicked. He did not waste his small sub.
stance IN whisky and gambling. lie smok-
ed an ill-smellIng pipe, but that wa, h-
only vice. lie brought all his money to
his wife, not % much submi-.ycty a, in
>tlnctlvely. and ne admired Ter and defer
red to her: and >he,hke many another stir
ing. active, capable woman, really lihcd
the inofcn>ive little creature whom il i
difficult not 20 imagine her despi>ius.
Aud 30 Oy-aud-by he died, that j.. he
Just faded out into "a little more than hi~
previous in>iLuiiicancr and - Disappeared
from the earth, for bis personality could
withstand ~ uimiuutlOn. W hat. then.
loc> lhi> prrvprsr woman. hi, wife, au.
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