Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-06-24


..wbat confounded state Of disorder
his house Is In" I said to NV wife. on
coming home from business the other Il
ternoon. III 4 didn't know better, !
should think We were going to move.
Pray tell me what you are about!"
II am about to clean house. my dear'
ny vile replied.
"You look as If you were about to De-
come an Inmate Of an asylum l an
sWered. for nv wife was shockingiy a1-
tired in a dressing gown that nad seen
better DAYS and many house cieanshgs.
she carried long-handied leather custer
In. her hans, and bad a-cap on ner head.
ooh YOU may sheer at me - nA,oh q
,,,,, niesse.r she said, shut L presume
Won would hnd difference In the house
If it were not that l superintend the
sI.Whst possible good l.. accompiished.' y
asked, "by turning the house upside
down i'm this manner? For my part l
never could see that you improve its APP
pearance In the least BY doing so; it is
siWply a confounded bore, and If there
.beOne thing dislike more than another,
it Is housekeeping"
zone thing is very certain" she re-
piled, (which is, that you men know
nothing about it. Look at that cobweb
In the corner there
And my wife made an attack with the
lou9-han6led feather buster, upon an In
offensive little cobweb, that L thought
rather ornamental than otherwise.
. Nov, don't you think" 1 said, ~" II
YOU were to clean one room at time,
that it would be a great deal better than
throwing the entire house into confusion
AZ once 4 Devote one week, tor instance,
20 the cleaning of the parlors, another to
the dining room nd sitting room, and so
on. That Is my PLAN
-" At that rate house-cleaning' would
last through an entire year, and /, for
one, am not disposed to adopt your plan.
No, 4 want 20 put It all in as small e
space as possible, and get through with
ID as speedily as / can. IF 1 were to fol-
low YOUR suggestion. the dust and dirt
raised in cleaning one room would De
sure to settle, or in some way get into
another room just put to rights, and the
result would be that h0usecleaning
would never end. No; everything must
be done at once 49, oiret-vaf
e Well my dear,n / said, I" Hi not at
tenpt to argue the matter with you, Tor
know it would be very useless task
but must say that my mother, who I'M
derstood these things used to-"
"Of course my wife interrupted,
s1your mother did differently from what
Lido. She was differently situated and
could do as she pleased. A widow, left
as your mother was, could have her own
way in great many matters which we
poor wives cannot follow. know your
mother was very remarkable woman;
but trust that do my duty to you and
my children and my house as well as /
know how. II DON'T" continued my
wife. putting the end Ut the handle of
the feather buster into the corner of her
eye, and brushing out an Imaginary tear,
sthink Il fair, or honorable, or generous
or husband-like, in you TO be always
telling me how much better your mother
kept house than do. / wish to gracious
you had married your mother"
pooh. pooh rs exclaimed, .you
know that wouldn't have been proper.
L, might have married your mother,
though, which would be as near as
could have come to gratifying year
My wife smiled. -
my mother wouldn't have had you,
SIR she said o .rz go
She would not have shown as good
taste, then as her daughter did" 1 re-
piled. o. 5fffaTj Il1 e
Her daughter sometimes regrets the
good taste she Showed" my wife said
II think you are mistaken, my DEAR"
1 answered.; ..but am ready to waive |
the question, provided you will tell me
when Adinner-will b. ready. - 1t is six
O'Clock. and as yet see no signs of it."
a. thought told you before you went
away this morning." my. wife made an
swer, shat you would have to get your
dinner down town, for we should have
n0ne.n -rS -. me- 4, = --~.-ev r--r-
ssYou did sayso,n replied; but sup
posed 1t was simply hint for me to send
something from the market, which did"
81, know you dld-enough to feed the
alderman and their assistants with. How
did you think it could be cooked when
we were cleaning house % sdi rTss
= g didn't know you were going TO clean
house." I sal I. |" wish to goodness |
had, 1 wouldn't have come home until
midnight - afzidsik 1ol !sgsk s-7sasa D
Yes, and left your poor wife here I'm
the dust and disorder, while you were
feasting and enjoying yourself i am
glad, now, you have not been to dinner,
for you can see what I have to put ND
wnh-how have to get along, and how
uncomfortable even to me is house-clean-
ing" 49, -i.5s -
Ct presume it is my dear.r said, In a
modified tone, for l was DESTROYS of hay
ing my dinner, and did not care to pro-
woke my wife; land / am very sorry
you deem 1t necessary to engage in it.
Why don't you sit down quietly and let
the servants do the work. don't think
It necessary for you to Lit finger to it.n
Nicely the house would be cleansed,
indeed" she replied, aif did not. You
men know nothing about it, aud lust
wish you wouldn't speak another word
on the subject"
VERY well, let me have my dinner
replied, ito put into my mouth, and
will not. Ii there be one thing dislike
more than another, it is going without
my dlnner.- tlET -
IL am sure don't know" said my
wife. "what you will have to eat, for it Is
utterly impossible for me or either of the
servants t. stop work at present to cook
@Oh, anything will answer said; +" a
piece OF cold meat-pie, or q slice of boiled
nam, Tor instance. That, together with |
" apple tart and glass Of wine, think
VIII suffice. let one OF the servants set {
he table In the library, and then send !
he things up, If you please"
Ny wife laughed.
..If yen think she said, shat we have
ny meat pie or boiled ham in the house :
on are greatly mistaken" srssrr, 81, -
"Why, we had some yesterday / an .
wered. "Where has it gone ?S
"Gone to?" echoed my wife. Don't :,
on suppose the children and servants :,
must eat ?n