Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-01-30

house on hired help. Six out of ten NAV
have servant, but, unless the mistress
knows how things should go, what can
be expected of the girl? While the lady
sits in the parlor and realizes that she can
draw, play the piano, read French, the
Ehelp' left to experiment, and having no
interest, breaks smashes, and throws
away, and the family are soon looking
for cheaper house. Miss Blank here.
may marry and never lift hand, but If
she knew every duty, if she knew reme-
dies and recipes-wouldn't she have moro
self-relianee and be better prepared for
the responsibilities
'Can you name one married lady in
Detroit who makes use of algebra7 Can
you name one who is ever fnconvenienced
for the want of knowledge of geOmetryf
Do you know of one who wouldn't trade
of all her Latin for cure for corns2''
Mr.. Old Fogy said he thought it looked
as though we would soon have snow
storm.
e'Then take the other side. We do not
teach our boys to be observing, and then
we turn around and call them needless,
We pass the things of practical life to let
them grasp at the theoretical. They thus
became helpless. They can name the
planets, but they cannot give the length
and width of brick. They can name
every ancient philosopher, but they can't
put up the stovepipe; they can figure in
eube-root, but they can't tell all-wOol
cloth from half cotton. We let them goto
school for years, are proud to lind that
they know so much, and then discover
that they can't tell why hickory wood
will burn longer than pine, and we hear
somebody say of them: HE has fine
education but no horse sense.'
Mr.. Old Fogy suggested that it was get
ting late.
''Now, then, some of you tell me of
business man who has made his money
through classical education. Tell me
one lawyer who wins by fiowery speeches
| and I'll name you dozen who win by ar
guments which even boys can digest.
| Name merchant who buys at randOml
as we educate children, and will name
the day of his failure. Name one who
can tell you how to saw out a boot-iaclc,
build an ice-bOx, putty in a pane of glass,
mix paint, or hang gate, and I'll show
| you that he is doing safe business, die
| tated by observation and common sense.
Last year gentleman with fine collegi-
ate education opened grocery store on
certain street in this city, asking no ad.
vice as to location and making no obser-
vations on the movements of the public.
He had got nicely opened when boot
black called in one day and bluntly said:
ssGimme cents worth of peanuts 90
peanuts Boy, don't keep peanut
stand !'' was the indignant reply.
s'You won't keep even peanut stand
here two months from nOw!" chuckled
| the lad as he lounged out.
In five weeks there was failure, and
the grocer was So, 900 cash OUT of pocket
in seven weeks time. The observing
boy knew that store was too far down
town, because he had watched the move
ments of the people who bought at retail.
The grocer had been at Yale college, and
he didn't deem it necessary to know q
lamp post from salt barrel in order to
establish trade.
The other day lady, who can speak
several languages, and who graduated .
with high honors at Vassar, wanted some
mince pies made and put away for New
/ Years. Neither of her servant girls
| knew how to make them, and so the lady
went out among her neighbors. She tried
to remember what they told her, but her
pies were made without sugar or salt, and
with only one crust. When told why
"they tasted like baswood chips" she
burst INTO tears and sobbed out:
''They educated me to be an idiot in
stead of woman!''