The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-27

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the door," and think we have all seer
such cases, hut il is not hest for us L,
try the experiment. But if women al
ways had had paid over TO them the
pennies they save by making over
and doing without, | imagine they
would not always have empty purses,
and be obliged to ask for money when
ever they go shopping, which really
does SAVIOR too much OF begging. As
it is, l know of nothing more durable
then the average wife's portemonaie,
unless she uses it as 4 receptacle fol
odd buttons and newspaper scraps, OF
gives it TO the baby for plaything.
Solomon directed the attention OF
the sluggard to the ant, and in the
same way ours is often directed to our
grandmothers. ''How do you sup
( pose," asks q man with eXasperating
GOODNESS, "that they ever got along,
brought UP from six TO sixteen chill
dren, not only made their clothes but
made the cloth first; spun and
wove all their toweling, bed and table
linen, and to their dying day never
dreamed Of such thing as q sewing
machine, clothes wringer or large milk
PAM" | give it up at once; ask me
something easier. And yet, they had
some things in their favor. Then
cloth, when once made, was genuine
cloth, not shoddy, and was good as
long as two threads were left to cross
each other. There was far less out
side demand upon them than upon us,
the style Of living and Of dressing
which custom made necessary, was not
so burdensome, and / will believe thai
they had more natural stamina than
their degenerate descendants can claim.
At all events, they could not worl.
more than all the time, and we do that.
If we must 90 back to our ancestors
for pattern of life, who shall say how
far back, and that it is not best for us
to go into the harvest fields and CLEAN
like Ruth Of Biblical fame? She
CLEANED, not only her apron full ofbar-
ley, but a husband besides, wherefore,
if | believed that the chief end of a
woman's life was to be married, |
should point to Ruth and advise all
single women to "go and do likewise. y
But, believing that for the single wo-
men there are still broader fields OF
usefulness than for the married, with
hands untettered, and mind and heart
free for action, l protter no such adj
vice. Were husband always IN I'M
mitigated blessing, the case might be
different, but marriage is much like a
lottery, and there are cases where the
apron full of barley would be more
valuable possession than the man.
But after all that has been said,
"c,0 bono" In plain, blunt English,
whats the use!" TO what purpose
are we wearing our lives away in this
treadmill OF toll, half Of it unapprecia-
ted because not realized! The good
time coming" that we have 50 long
waited for, never comes. The ship
that is to bring us leisure, and rest,
and all sorts OF pleasant things, does
not come in, and our waiting IS all il
vain. We shall go on, on, in the same
old way till we drop i'll the harness.
sure enough, what's thtuse!
Look around you and see what the
use is. Look at your home made COM
Portable aud tasteful by your busy
hands. The homlest tasks get
beautiful if loving hands do them. .
Look at the children growing up around
you, who consider you as the center OF
the home see how quickly they ask,
"W here's mother" if you are out Of
sight when they come in. Such love
and appreciation is worth having, and
you are not building in vain while you
are rearing up those fair temples, even
though it be done oftentimes in weak
ness and feebleness Of llesha and spirit.
1t is plain path of duty and as some
one has wisely told us, 40 accommo-
date ones self to the state Of things
around us, is lesson worth knowing.
There is a good deal in having pa.
thence and temper to keep quiet in the
right place in our lives while Gods
hammer checks us"
And so, when we are weary ant
down hearted, let us take down thC
good old book which has been the stay
and staff Of uncounted generations
and turning to the 31st chapter o
Proverbs, read the wise mans descrip
ton of what we should call q mode
housekeeper, wife and mother. TC
begin with, "her price is aboyerubies.
In this "land Of steady habits no
many men find fortune Wttb wife
but whoever marries woman tina
verifes this description finds fortune
IN wife. Well may he trust safel,
in such Il woman, and verify she doe
''do him good all the days Of her life.
How her industry is mentioned in ev
cry conceivable branch her workins
willingly, her rising early, and lat
taking rest. Her torethought in cloth
ing her family warmly against thu
cold. Her ingenuity is commended
her financial ability, her discretion
her good judgment in buying and sell
ing her deeds Of charity are men
toned, her careful training of he
children, her wisdom and kindness o
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