The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-21
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Among HE many good things said by
Donald a. Mitchell before the Mami,
cnu.aus board of agriculture, last win,
tpr. $50 cytwct from Mr. rllouts twony'
fourth annual roport the following.
I'm nine cases out of ten, m dctemin,
ug household arrangements the wife
will bo tho better judge, and IL sshc
WHO should hold count housekeeping
ina frm homestead in}oIye-. 40 least
p area. dpal of SERIOUS yUrc and toll and
.rp who h,am the hrmt oft should be-
put IN possession of all those aids that
iio in easy iu&tAposiliuu of kitchen, pan.
try. stairs, presses, bathroom Whats
ever lessers the grosser nbors ia the
homestead ciyillles aud relincs, The
farmer is cmgcr TO lay hold upon what,
over viii Tighten his work in field and
stable, He does not keep to the old
scythe, when he can put his horses to
"a Buckeye In he eager as he should
be to multiply aids indoors Take the
watersupply for instance; there is no
good reason, in this day of hydroputs
and of loWce-pumps, why every farm
homestead should not have its abound,
ing supply of waiter flowing into it,
above and below, All that relates, too,
TO fuel, lights, and that dreadful harass,
ment of washing day" should be inn
proved and made easily manageable 10y
all devices that town civilization sup,
plies We cannot, indeed have gas in
the farm homestead--UNcopt what the
the campaign newspaper brings in--but
with abundant kerosene, and the i'm
proved lamps, we may have the best Of
ciyil2ers, u full flow of light But after
all, the best light is sunlight, and OF
that there should be good store most
of all in the room which is the living !
room and the home room, Whatever
may become Of parlor or Of keeping
room, the living room should be the |
sunnest, the largest and the cheerlull |
est Of the whole house. Parlor means
taking place; and il you must have u
slarched talk with your parson, Il room
ten by twelve is large enough for that
Better, 10y all odds, that your living
room were such as to entice all corners
whether par5on or gossip, and that they |
should delight in its largeness and |
homely cheer. Kept rooms curtained |
and fine, and hung with photographs,
and smelling of the varnish Of new fur,
niture you never use, are dreadful
places. In the country, and everywhere
else, they smack of funerals, or Of Dor.
cas- societies, or of that starched cere.
mony which is one Of the worst impor.
tations from thctown. Above all things,
q good, honest farm homestead should |
have the air Of being lived in all
over.
The farm, from the necessities of the
case, must be very much at home.
Whatever social growth or ripeness he
may come to must be found there.
Husband and wiIearc very much thrown
together. The resources in the town
for evenings OUT are not at his COM
mand If the butter will not come, or
ii he has forgotten to put that glass in
the kitchen window, he will be very
likely to hear Of it, So, to--tor everyN
thing has two sdes-if the heirer has
kicked or if he has bought q spawned
horse for Il sound one, the mistress will
find that out and the humor bred Of it.
There are no such lightning conductors
in the country as one encounters at
street corners in town-gOod, stolid fel-
lows Of the opposite party-upon whom
you can vent your spleen. Everything
comes home in the country. 1t is amaz-
ing how much contented wife and
family-contented by reason Of CHEEKY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT take the gustiness
out of man and stimulate his better
cndeayorsi and it is not at all surprising
how much u disconnected, querulous
temper that is bread Of meagre, i'll
ordered, dingy homestead, will keep a
mans spleen at fever heat and take all
the bloom from his enjoyment of life
10 matter what may be his successes out
OF doors.