The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-03

bic opportunity and endeaVOr 10 CON
vince them Of the folly of pilfering from
those who are ever ready to provide Tor
their comfort and happiness.
Gradually servants treated IN this way
will become ashamed ofthemselves, and
abandon such evil courses; unless, IN
deed, they are thoroughly d~epraved be
fore coming into your service. Ii So,
dismiss them, when found incorriglble,
before they contaminate the rest OF your
domeStics.
Counsel and encourage. reprove and
condemn them. as you would your own
erring children, not with rlgor and
harshness, which can only ALLEVIATE their
affections, and cause them to dlstrlst
the holy religion you profess or teach.
Take care to be well informed OF all
your affairs, SO that any instance OF dis
honesty or unfaithfulness Of any kind
may not escape your observation. IT
you detect the ~delinquents, reprove
with sorrow. and withdraw some accus-
toned privilege or indulgence for
| awhile. as a point Of duty to them as
well as yourself. Servants are seldom
so depraved as to become insensible to
kindness, more especially when they are
COilN ll1cCu tIldt you ItdiN lldNc liitIl
happiness and their welfare at heart.
Feed your servants bountlfully, not
forgetting to include a portion Of the
dainties with which their ready hands
are constantly supplying you. In this
way, you will always be rewarded By the
agreeable appearance Of cheerful, hap
Ply, anu cOntended countenance, and a
ready alacrity In your service. Kind
ness and confidence will elevate your
servants, preserve, IN a great measure.
their integrity, and attach them to
yourself.
Your CooK.-Make choice of a
a strong, healthy, intelligent, brisk,
cheerful, honest person one who has
been accustomed to obedience, and has
been trained in habits OF neatness, for it
is scarcely possible to ~engratt these
habits on one who has lived contentedly
a slOven for fifteen or twenty years. 1t
is almost as difficult as for the Ethiopian
to change his skin.
Take especial care that the DISPOSE
ton is n burdened with obstinacy or
selfwill. Such persons will be snre to
disregard orders and instructions when
ever they clash with inclination or self
concelt.
There are some families in which is
found a natural talent for the culinary
art if possible, choose your cook from
such a family; at all events, select a
person who gives the preference decid-
edly to this position III the household;
avoid one who is ayerse to the occupa-
ton such will seldom please, unless,
as is rarely the case, she or he is gov
erned by moral or religious principles.
An intelligent person Is apt to have
some temper. Availability, it is true, is
lovely in the human character, but a
superabundancc Of this quality in a
cook is not desirable. Your very
amiable cook is apt to be careless her
self, as well as ov~er-indulgent to her
tellow-servants for the same quality:
and such servants will seldom be CON |
cerned at having put the kitchen out Of
order. \ sprinkling OF temper, Joined
to a frank and generous disposition. is
a very advantageous quality III a ruler |
Of the culinary domain.
Cooks should be required to keep
everything in its place, and to do every
thing III the right time. Regularity.
cleanliness. diligence, and faithfulncss
are cardinal virtues III a cook.
4 mistress can neither be lust nor
generous who requires impossibilities of
her cook. fthis important parsonage
i not supplied with implements and
materials wherewith to execute satiSfac-
torily your commands, she is in a sad
predicament indeed, unless as is not
generally the case she is endowed with
an extraordinary degree of wit and sa-
gacity; and even then she may be
brought, by your neglect. to most dis
tresslng straits, If not to utterly abortive
attempts. Supply her. then. prudent
and generous mistress. with ample pro-
vision OF all ; ich things as her impor-
tant department requires: such as
tables, shelves, closets. pasteboardS. |
sleeves, tubs, pals. ~rolling-pins. trays.
pots, pans. %colanderS. StTaIners. skim
mers, u saw. Ratchet, c~icayer, scissors.
mallet. sauSage-gIlnder and stutfer. cot-
t~ee-toaster. cotice-mill, tea-ketties. pots.
mortar and p~estie>. soap. candies. ovens
or a firSt-Tate stove or range tin baking
panS. furnace. bell-metal kettles, porce-
lain kettles and stew-panS. towels. boil
ing-cloths, brcad-towclS. ~di>il-cioths.
salt, pepper, spices, etc, s~pice-mills, |
egg-beatels, strainers. ladies and flesh
fork. b~read-toa>terS, knives and forks.
spoons. skeWers, aprons, a kitchen
clock. etc. All these articles are indis-
pensable. and there are Il great many
other useful implements which modern
ingenuity has brought into use. and
which it would be we'll to introduce into
a tuiiy-arranged kitchen.
\ good housekeeper should always
know that everything uel in cooking
is thoroughly cleaned after each neal. |
and put away III It's proper place, so
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