Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-05-18
THE MAN THAT WOULD Do THE HOUSE
4..i 4H KEEPING. 's2 i

THE MAN THAT WOULD DO THE HOUSE
KEEPING.
In an old French magazine I found Q Nor
wegian story translated into French, which
illustrates, as even the aDanbury; ;Neps man"
could not do better, the folly Of an attempt
by one sex to take the place and perform the
appropriate duties Of the other. It is not in
this instance their sex which is held up to
ridicule, and so the story may be more strong
ly commended to those ladies who are 50 very
ambitious to leap into spheres for which they
we're never made. Very likely the story suf-
fers by double translation, but it is good
enough any way. Hereit is:
There was once quarrelsome and cavil-
ling husband, who could never find that his
wife had enough to do in the house. One
evening, as he returned from his moving, he
grumbled and scolded 50 vehemently that his
good wife said to him: h:i'' @4es2 .Fi'
Nonsense, father, do not be SO ugly.
Would you like to change work with me to-
morrow You shall take my place in the
house, and I will 60 and do your work in the
field" en5E'9''s..'F % - t.Ssi'i'f...'s
The man consented with glee, laughing at
hor .trn;d;tvs,sT af i,fyT 3N,sf, ., ,ifI,ae
> "Fine work." said he to himself "Ten
women do not do as much work in a day as
one man," Sa@
In the morning early, the woman, with
scythe on her shoulder, went to the field.
The husband, to begin with, wished to make
some butter; but after churninga few min
-utes he fslt yhirsry zud went down IN The cell
lar to draw some beer. While the cup was
filling be heard the pig coming into the house,
and fearing he would upset the churn, he ran
after him without taking care to replace the
faucet But the churn was already upset, and
the porker was padding in the cream, which
ran away on the stone floor. At this picture
our man became so angry that he forgot bis
beer, and put himself after the pig with all
his legs. When he reached him he struck
him so violent blow that it.laid him dead
on the ground. He observed then that he
had the faucet still in his hand, and he hur-
ried to the cellar, but he was too late-all the
beer had run out of the cask. I'll
A little confused he went into the milk room,
and finding cream enough to refill the churn
he recommended making butter for dinner.
After having churned a quarter of an hour,
he remembered that the COW was yet;in the
stable, and that he had given her nothing,
vet or dry, although it was already late. As
he had not time to take her to the pasture, he
took the notion Of making her mount the roof,
for the cabin was covered with turf, and the
grass was high and thick. The house leaned
against hillside, and plank only was ne
cessary to enable the COW to reach the roof.
But our man did not dare to quit the churn,
for the calf was running and cspering about
everywhere, and be was afraid it might turn
it topsy.turvy. So he took the churn on his
back to lead the COW to drink before putting
her on the roof. But when he bent down to
draw the water, the cream fell down his neck
and ran down into the we'll.
Midday approached, and he had no butter.
He resolved then to make some hasty pud-
ding, and suspended in the fireplace por-
ridge pot full Of water. Then thinking of a
sudden, that the COW might fall and break her
limbs, be mounted the roof to fasten her. So
he passed cord around her neck, and took
care to drop the other end down the chimney
that he might fasten it around bis leg, for the
water was already boiling, and he had to bray
the groats. While be was thus occupied,
striving to make up lost time, the COW fell. and
her weight drew the man roughly up the
fue of the chimney. There he renamed sus-
pended, bawling as if possessed, and beating
the walls, black with SCOT, while the beast was
lowering between heaven and earth.
The woman, who had long time expected
that her husband would call her, at length
lost her patience. She suspected some misad-
venture, and came back to the house. When
she saw the COW in that sad position, without
being able to comprehend v lat had happened,
she fastened to cut the cord with the scythe,
and at the same instant the man, tumbling
down the chimney, fell with his head in the
porridge pot. t0a.a
He had enough of that experience. The
next day be went to moving.
Is 1T WORTH WHILE ?-Is it worth while
to take all the sunshine out Of life for the
sake of few miserable dollars2 Meat gro-
ceries, coal and clothing are not all of life.
If we restrict ourselves to these, and shut out
music, pictures, and the hundred things that
cultivate the pathetic side of our nature, we
shall be economical at the cost of dwar6ng
our moral and intellectual nature. And af.
ter we have done this for long series of
years, and reached middle age with fair
balance in the bank, we shall then find our
selves untitled to enjoy the pleasure that
money will buy. We shall have kept the
dusty road so long that when We finally turn