Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1878-10-15
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It was a dreary kiipeii--lne vans wef
dirty and smoky, Dfeaklast oiSne
stood nm tbe fable ;Ithe middle of tn
floor, the cooking re was oPeh' VIII
kettles and pans on' ana coio ashes o.
its hearth, its sootY'alcs a"iy' q pot =
dish wafer standinon the top of thu
stove, and the broq anu POKER anu toiig
lay just where thell'ie iiueiS nau iei
| them when they J caiieu " prepare
for school Iobn Ihad gone off crying
and his whine coJ even men DC heafe
coming up the how, III the oirectlon 0
the school houI Inc mix had no
| been strained an Ihe flies were buzzing
about # as thev Jon the edge of two
lbriimminp nails ping and rubbing theil
heads together irfa Sa'isleu way. Inc
baby was teethin anu Cross ana the one
pair of hands I'll couiu nave Dlough'
order out of disof7r were Ya'niy Trying &c
soothe it.
Is it any WON'T that tears were IN the
mothers eyes, asle cuuaieo her DaDy &c
her bosom, andfidKed across the hooi
irving 70 still itsries
Oh dear rsat life what life r
said che aJ y to be patient and make
tbe hest off II it does seem hard !"
lust as the zoe was growing quiet,
and has b;s l,ttl blue hands had fallen
listlessly upon IS Dosom' a shadow fell
across the dooray and her husband en-
tered saving zane, can you tell me what
the children Al with the hatchet yester-
day ?"
eft was oufn the rock, behind John
ny's wagon Ia night" she said, speak
ing low. and ently laying the baby down
on a bed that tad not yet been made up.
Seems to 'e you're good while get
tin vour chof done; you haven't the
knack of gett along like Mrs. Leyon-
dike-her W, is done up long ago, and
she's buisv y he garden. Tell you hers
a nice garde don't look much like ourn;
you don't p. the time on 1t that she does
on her'n."
aOb Tolf said the little woman, slip
ping back Il sleeves and tying q. on..,-,bt,,s. 2 bic
apron, and ring to keep her face turned
away to hidthe gathering tears, with
four little cldren and baby sick, with
three COWS, milk and the calves to feed
and hands, cook for and all the other
work to dcI only wonder that 1 can get
half ny cf-es done in whole day."
swell, N sure I don't see how it is,
said he; my mother had ten living
children, i'd she managed to get along
hrsttrate, I'd do all the weaving, besides
taking in eaving for the neighbors. You
have moreoom than she had, and you
don't haveo carry water forty rods, like
she had-ere it is right at the foot of the
hill and ,ou never have to cut your
own wooC unless it is in the midst of
harvest, ad think you shouldn't COM
plain. Iithere is anything / hate to
hear it is growing, whining wife. Now
| have toe out O. doors all the time, no
matter hCg hot the sun shines, or how
cold the ind blows, while you are in the
shade an comfortable--if you only knew
it. All. ou have an easy time Of it, you
women, you only knew it; SO cheer up.
! marie you for helpmate, don't you
know he girls will be big enough in
three O our years to help you, and then
you caIotake times easier, and may be by
that tin the bottom farm will be paid for
and wei be able to ride in carriage
like theLeyondikes."
How long since you brought in this
water' said he as he took drink from
the tin Upper, and finding it not fresh he
squirte' it out coolly on the floor among
some sns that had slipped down off a
shelf
AS + took the hatchet and started out
to the ay wagon to fix thehay rigging on
It, he lid, Jane, if you can as well as
not, sEosin' you have some Of them new
beans hat grow in the fur lot fur dinner
Wsll I'll try," said she hopelessly, as
she slipped her shoes off SO she could stcT
softly and with more comfort All We
working women know what task it is tc
bring disordered kitchen into neatness
when little children have beer