Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
Our Selected StO1Y.
hr. BarlDgGr'S: 'S:H0uSe- Cleaning.

oil see, Mr.. Baringer has only been
feping house about a year, ond they took
carpets up this spring for their first
eneral housekeeping. Alrs. Bar;ngcr's
pothcr was there. because she said Olivia
as mere child at such things. and she
dn't believe that AriStarchus was much
etter, and it was better to have some one
bound who could manage. The young
fople, however, felt very confident that
B7ey had, by numerous consultations and
oany wcll-laid plans. reduced house-clean-
ng to a perfect science. n system that had
eyer yet been attained by any other house
eepers. and they were all impatient to get
work and clean the whole house. from
prret TO cellar. and have all the pictures
pck on the walls and carpets nailed down
kan before dark. They were Disguised
i the way other people cleaned house. and
olivia thought il was perfectly wonderful
pw Aristarchus could have such beauti-
ply lucid and systematic ideas on matters
which most men, and she would say
POST women as well, were SO dcplorably
I2tupid and ignorant.
The stirring notes of the alarm clock
B ragged Mr.. Baringer out of bed at 5I5 Il.
D. and he thought he felt intoierably
Plecpy for five O'Clock. but he didn't look
The clock until he was dressed. and then
Pc was too mad to swear. He merely
poke Mrs. BarinSer up to tell her that he
!pet thousand dollars some stupid had
fhanged the alarm after he set it, and then
PC Hoped down on a lounge to sleep till
*dayliglt. lie awoke at halfpast seven
y clock, the hour at which. by their pre-
arranged system and calculation. the two
|ip-stairs bedroom carpets We're to have
[Dcen beaten and ready to put down as soon
Eas the floors were dry. Then the kitchen
7re went out twice, and they finally sat
uown to breakfast at halfpast eight O'Clock.
an. Baringer's mother beguiling the time
.zturing that matin meal by asking Olivia if
Efhc minded how she used to be half
=.hrough her house-cleaning by nine 0 clock
I'm the morning. But Mr.. Ba,'inger bore
ZIP very well under-it, and Immediately
aHer breakfast he took up the bedroom
arpets. 1t was slow work. jerking the
acAs out one at time. Sometimes they
aeW up into his face; sometimes he pulled
F'e head off and lett the tack in the floor:
Nu When they got to be rather tllickly
Oa'ered around the room, lie put his knee
-O"h on one occasionally and talked in |
Elementary manner about certain mill !
n"ileges in connection with housckeep-
s which Mrs. Baringer couldn't under
"nu' AT last he noticed that by lifting
r. 'ne edge Of the carpet, a gentle pull
Ould bring up half dozen tacks in rapid
'.eS'ion. Happy thought! He rose to
'eet' grasped the bound edge of the
"Pet IN both hands, gave mighty lift
tremendous pull-k-r-r.r-r-r-t. and
ns NV u'e dust settleda little, Mrs. Baringer
ar u =, "ef mother were discovered standing
% S'e door, looking in speech)ess horror
NJ i' baringer, who stood like an image
n aespalr, holding a carpet with a fringe
No. ne i,i'hd, and long line of carpet bind
" In the other.
(Barinser. ' w s''i'eAea MRS.
Bari LOW erer did you do it?" echoed Mrs.
aar,hgers a mother.
hh. .o n 'ney both said something about
,a,;. seheral incapacity of a man. and Mr..
Lnv aa endeavored to explain that in 90
h. h.. oss The room for the tack hammer.
kan~t w. caught his loot in the edge of the
w. WIN the result as above. And at ,