The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-10-09

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4 Ravenna. June 10Th. 1879. ~ -relau 49,
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| !. ~ THE fuRGEfFuL, HUSBAND,
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/, sob dearl, what shall / do2 The
boon has burst off my ,wash-tub, and
my sudso is all over the foorP said
Mrs. Alden. An a tone Of despopdency,
! to, her husband, ss he came in to wash
bis hands at the sink, after oiling his
new horse.rake..
That IL bad, Jenny. You will have
toilet your washing stand till to. NOR
row then you can borrow Mrs. Seld-
ems tub. s;a.i'3
"But this will fall to pieces If it
stands, and we are expecting company
to- o-mOrrow.
81 can't help it; 1 can't stop the
work to 60 off with it now. You must
make hay while the sun shines, If you
do atsll. Can't you tie it up so that it
will do to-day7 should think you
might. 81
Perhaps 80, if you will help me.
What can take?
"Oh, anything for this time; but
really 1 ought not to stop q minute.
Where is your clothes liner
"The colorcd clothes are on it, to.
day.
"Hang them on the fence and let's
haven't.
80 Mrs. Alden trotted out and NOV
ed her clothes and took the line down,
while Mr.. Alden stood in the door,
and whistled impatiently.
Do mop up. this water, Jenny. How
can you stand in such q puddle ?
There, 1 forgot to get you q new mop.
handle, but you can make 1t go to-day,
can't your
a. suppose shall have to. You
promised to get me one three weeks
ago. when you broke this.
know did, but never think Of
ia man has so many things to see
to. There, that will 60 this week; it
doesn't leak much.
81 don't know what made it break. |
"The hoop rusted ont. The old tub
has done good service; it has been In
use Is years.
"There, confound It'll What did you
leave the washboard there for I have |
broken it all to pieces. /
8" {" 1t is worn out and rotten. wish
you would get me new one. I can
never tinker it up again. |
Grub you clothes with your hands
ny mother al wsys did, and she never
had washboard in her life.
Alden marched to the hay field, be-
ore he met another catastrophe to
AXE up his time. aai,sa |
He was hardly out Of sight before a
in, peddler's cart stopped before the
loor, containing collection of all ar
icles used in q family. from wash.
boards, down to brooms, mops and
bins. az :. n,.,s5os sAs So .sss
@.Anything in the way of trade,
Mrs. Alden, to-day 2 asked the man.
No, think not. Ny husband does
,ot like to buy Of ped6iers. He says 1
'lways get cheated. = 80
Shave yon not as good . right to
AYE suitable apparatus,to work with
% he has? He has q new horse-rake
md q ahay-tedder, and his wife is wash
ng in tub tied up with. a rope, and q
that looks as if Noah's
wife brought it out of the ark, and
eaky water-pail; . dipper without q
laadle; . broken mop -bless
mel Mrs. Alden! What is the use ?
You had more money when You were
married. than he had, and I would
ave tools to work with that were
to say the least. He new
r stops to think what thing costs, i'll
le needs it, or If it will make his
york easier. 1t tires you more to get
long with these things than It does
o do your work.
Mrs. Alden sat down and looked
he property over. 1t was ridiculous
o get along in this way; the peddler
vas right; she had more money than
er husband when they started life,
nd che had worked harder than eyer
e had. She had managed every day
o get along and he never thought she
eeded anything new or convenient.
Ter setting out was almost worn out
nd nothing was ever replaced. "You
aust make it do; it costs everything
0 live I"-aDd go she had dragged
long year after year, and things wore
ut and were never replaced. A big
nmp rose in her throat as she sat
here thinking.
"What dosyou AJAX for your wash-
nbs p she inquired at length.
"Two dollars for the large ones; q
ollar and quarter for the next size. [
for quarter, washboards
quarter, dippers 20 cents, brooms 30.
"Hand me down two wash-tubs, if .
ou please-one Of each size; . zinc [
too. II
eyes; and a pail and dipper, too +?
would haye them.
And she did have them, and aundry j