The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-03
Help Your Wife.

Al tueSe uloEey-lOVlnB ume5 the
American nation is in danger of in-
juring their race by over-working their
wives. Let the farmers especially
pause and consider whether they are
not committing this sin. Many good
man has kille,l his wife in this way.
He ia so taken up with his own work
on the farm, that he never thinks
what his wife Is doing, 60 his meals
are ready and the household affairs
run smoothly. When his days work
is done, he sleeps soundly and is rested
for another, little dreaming that his
faithful wife is laying awake because
her back aches, and her limbs ache
and jerk from the over-strain of the
days work when morning comes, she
has il all to do over again, whether
rested or tired.
have seen come families. and they
were good people too, in which ! have
thought it would be blessing if the
husband could break his leg, and be
obliged to sit still in the house, when
he could count the five hundred and
one times his wife walked from her
kitchen to her dining-room, and then
with pencil and paper, calculate the
number of miles of walking he could
save her by putting them closer to-
gether. He might not be able to pick
up the spring and put it at the kitchen
door, but, if he were studying the sub
ject very hard, it would occur to him,
that he, or Ole of his men, could
bring her o few buckets of water be.
fore he started 20 his work, thereby
saving her the walking and the hard
strain of carrying water. Ut would
not take many weeks under this ar
rangement to make o we'll at she kitch-
en- door appear necessity; yet his
poor wife has been carrying it for
years, whether tired or noe- Nor do
I beiiora that there are any Of our
farmers so stupid that they could not
study out many ways to help their
wives, with very little trouble to them
selves aud at small cost.
When the husband mas done his
part faithfully, and the work is made
made easy enough not TO weary his
wife, she must have some recreation
along with the work, to rest her mind.
AS you, MIR. Editor, pleasantly re-
marked on this subject: zone who is
occupied is never dreaTy, but that oc-
cupation, like q well-set table, must
have variety. Beans eighseen times o
week, and three times on Sunday, will,
in time, induce us to wish that beans
were somewhere else except in this
world" So, the man who wishes his
wife to be his counsellor and friend. as
we'll as his cook, must see that she has
tire TO rest her mind as well as her
body, and indulge her taste for the
beautiful, which is one Of woman's
instincts, and cannot be denied her
without dwarGng her capacities.
Let the wife remember. it is the
good her work does, rather than the
amount Of it, that measures her use
fulness in this world. The woman
gho takes time 70 say n pleasant, en-
| couraging word to the little ckild she
meets, and sends it on its way happy
who will listen TO and sympathize with
the sorrow that is weighing down her
neighbours heart, and BY praying witL
her for help from God TO enable ner
to bear her trials, sends her hone to
her husband and little ones With q
happy heart, strengthened and encour-
aged to take up her daily burdens.
which before seemed too much for her
who is always happy and br'' when
her husband comes in an0 -eisure
to wait upon him when he ,.tnds it OF
to sympathize with and support him il
:y s.y t..ee.5le trouble :ss:she :ee h::H aS=. NH:
woman is doing moro good in the
world than if oas. . had ali her house II
perfect order, the last button sewed on
and plenty Of clothes made ahead Il
last for years. do not say che mus
not sew or attend to her homework
not at all but let these be laid aside
| whenever she can find an opportunity
| TO do 9 good deed, which will be {
blessing to her here, and treasure ii
Heaven, where thieves do not hreal
thrc..gh norsteal.- "A Ledy apho Love
| u Cs:=:Issfy Lite, d,s the Southern ifian
ter dnd Farmer. aqr
| RGr a Louisiana Granger 10 op
posed to railroads. He says when b,