The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-15
ANDERSON, G. THURSDAY NOVEMBER l5 1871

FRANK, tue c0lored 10y, comes in, "Miss
Gertrude, Mr. Thomas says please send
him handful of nails." The nails are
sent, sigh OF relief breathed, when
step IS ss3ard. Old Uncle Sam wants
"Missis to give him piece of bavca, If
you please, ma'am." He /. an old man
the tobacco must be given. While at
the storeroom, the children wish lunch
con, which is given them; this / 20 to
the dining room for. With very indis-
tinct recollection of how intended to
shape the article am working, / again
take my seat, when one of the tenants
children come In with "Please, ma'am,
some medicine for mammy's baby" A
little baby must not be neglected, 40 the
medicine is sent. While / am at the
storeroom, ClantoH, my little boy, comes
up. crying; he mas cut his foot; he hes
10 90 attended TO. Dinner time comes;
| feel that have been very busy, but lit.
tie cutting out has been done, and won
der how can economize labor.
Many persons are extravagant in their
expenditure Of labor. Like Martha of
old, they are numbered with many cares.
SO intent are they in keeping q fauitless.
member of the family. Mrs. Smith is a
"oSS AeePo' "ho I'D duo.eu Oy hie =. !ist
acquaintances as model. To be as good
housc-keeper as she is thought to Be is
to have attained perfection in the art.
Faultlessly neat, spotlessly clean, is every.
thing which is subjected to the visitors
inspection, but oh, at what an expense of
comfort! She is always fretting, COM
planning that everything is not us Il should
be. When company comes. she has an
air suggestive of apology. The servants
dread scolding If small duty is omit
ted. The children are more at ease when
out of the house than when in it. The
husband is cramped in his movements.
She complains if his boots are dusty, If
he forgets to place his hat on the rack,
or chances to place q newspaper or book
on table not expressly intended for
those articles. No wonder he thinks
such waste of labor unnecessary, and
wonders "Why in the mischief don't she
sit down and keep quiet"
what man wishes in his home is rest
and peace. Solomon tells us, "Better is
a dry morsel and quietness Herewith than
an house full of strife" / have quoted
from Solomon as the wisest of men. We
are told that ne had seven hundred wives,
all of whom were princesses. Think of
toing subjected to the tongues of seven
hundred womenl And this he had to
stand for long life, not the three score
and ten years which ;s the ordinary time
allotted to man to live. Verify, Solomon
"in all his glory" was not to be envied.
AS sunshine to the material world,
causing everything to expand under its
genial influence, 80 is good humor to the
moral world. There ia no labor-saving
machine equal to O bright, energetic wo.
man. She infuses new life into the econ
omy of the household. If there is q
necessity, she can bake, sweep, dust,
patch, manage and contrive, remember
Ing
IA servant with this clause
Makes meanest work divine:
Who sweeps q room aa by Gods laws
Makes that and the action fine"
Such woman is fortune in herself.
with her boundleos love, her infinite trust,
Willingness to merge every thought and
feeling into the union of married life, in
its oneness-its completeness. Humbly,
reverently, she realizes her responsible
position, her children respect while they
love her, her husband is strengthened to
renewed energy by her cheering words as
he realizes
domestic bliss the only gift of Paradise
That has survived the fall.H