Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-01-29
THE HOUSEHOLD.


NO department. of a newspaper and no
department home is of more impor-
tance than the household. Every man who
labOrs--and all men should labor in some
capacity or other-require three meals per
day 20 nourlsh their physical and mental
faculties, and nerve them for the great battle
OF life. There are those who through ne
cessity 90 on one and two meals, but in well
regulated homes, where contentment and
happiness dwell-the bulwarks of the land
there are served three meals per day.
And we can conceive Of nothing in all the
vocabulary Of industry, where efficiency
lends such charm to existence as in the
household, In such a labor, which must be
gone through with every day, dispatch il
the first essential. No body ever did any
thing well n q hurry in any department Of
life. But order being maintained, cool
ana understanding effort can dispatch every
duty with ease. 10 thoroughly understand
the labors OF the day a regular system is
necessary. But first of all. d thorough
knowledge Of the work to be performed
must be acquired. House-c1eaning, sweep
inc, dusting and arranging furniture artis,
tically requires q aself-consciousness OF being
mistress, or master, rs the ease sometimes
/ is, Of the situation.
/ In the culinary department there ii some
thing more to be learned than dexterity
1 something more TO be used than artistic
Skill. Dispatch Is necessary here too, but
to know how to cook how much to cook.
and how long to cook it requires experience,
! and the educational facilities Of our land
will never be fully developed until this nee
essary art is made part Of the. female
course Of studies, and even boys should be
compelled to take elementary lessons. A
man can never become a good proyider-
| one Of the cardinal necessities to well-or-
dered home--Who Is not capable Of doing
) plain cooking, and Is certainly very de-
f pendent and tosbe pitied. Ifthis be SO n re-
gard to man, what indeed must be the case
with a woman who has neglected this i'm
g portant branch Of her education? The
], home is the best place for the schooling OF
boys and girls in the art Of cooking, but,
4 like other home teachings, they are apt to
u be very imperfect; hence the Importance Oh
4 a thorough course. Housekeeping, so gen.
II orally denominated drudgery, is not neces-
9 sarily So A Well-ortlered house In the hands
y ofa shillful matronis plesidedoy Witliease
Y and we might say, with elegance. There
n are no murmurings, no hurry and hustle, NJ
q gathering and banging among the pots AMI
n kettles, no hurrah and fuss and worry abon
II drudgery, slavery, etc, but they move O.
in the even tenor of their way, while nilnbl
II fingers, turning here and there, do thing
N up as il by magic. We confess that mol,
n can do unless tney have something to
Or with, but she who makes the best of every
y, thing, who proves her ability to preside III
so der any circumstances, who makes harmon
he out of any discord, and is ever ready
Is, show the bright side, cannot fail, In the en-
nd to win favor and secure better provisio
ng Show first the ability to do well with fe
ell things.
us The household and household econom
are not secondary matters as so many regal
il them. No, sir, any woman can't cook, aI
Is. any man can't provide, however well the
M may be versed in other matters. II requir
ID, attention, knowledge and q cheerful, Willir
5ry mind to do these things well.
5he Ponder these reflections, reader, and {
are to our household department weekly
ay- gather from it; store the good; and abo'
'dy all things else be proficient, for . a we
ordered household is essential to hapI
to homen