Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-25

Mr.. EDITOR After | read those APP
peals to the ladies to support their column
did mt | write out II whole article in my
head after | had gone to bed. but | was
not so self-denying as some of the great
authors We read about who got up in the
night to write down their Inspirations, no.
did the best could to dismiss the mat.
ter and 90 to sleep-and to sleep | went,
(thereby losing the possibility of fame,
That article is not written yet, but | guess
it will keep. Meanwhile | do want tc
know if Rose Idelle thinks farmers wives
don't know how to make capitals and pune
tuation marks, and just want to ask one
question. Did you have to straighten out
hers Why, did not she know that many
farmers wives were once teachers ?
never was, was only speaking for Others
(and to give her a faint hOpp) and will Just
throw in this scholium in my own behalf
there We're seven school teachers among
my brothers and sisters and thought they
would sustain the honor of the family, Sc
| contented myself with learning my capt.
tai letters and punctuation marks. (By
the way, three Of those sisters became far
mer's wives). If we housekeepers put
off writing | don't think Rose hurried
much, and while you have guessed some
of the reasons, will add one more, and
that is postage stamps" whew! how sor-
did y Cant help it, three, or four of them
would get new comb or skinner, and
enough OF them would buy almost any
thing. But that is no the question. What
do know that somebody else wants to
know
cannot tell Rose ldeIle what is the best
educational publication for n young teacher
to take, but there is little paper published
in Chicago which | think would be very
desirable for obtaining knowledge OF
current events, such as could be made VI
interest in school. 1t is also intended to
be used as Il school reader for the older
pupils. 1t is called the School Hernld
and she can secure sample copy by send
ing her address on IA postal to w. p. Chase,
box 269, Chicago, Ill They wish to have
teachers send fol- it. The sample which
sent for contained number of items con.
corning our government and that of Eng
land, which were new TO me and interest
ing | thought the paper looked rather
solid but was bound to give ii a fair trial
and found nearly every word of interest
Tell the housekeepers to save all the
little paste-board boxes such as our gloss
starch, corn starch, pearline, crushed
wheat and many other things come in.
They can be cut into two or three parts
and make nice boxes for starting seeds,
also for transplanting small tomato plants,
which start in larger box where they
grow till two or three inches high, then
put in these little boxes one in each, from
which they are easily transferred to the
garden when all danger of frost is past
Since writing the above | have heard the
story of II fair young bride, married last
Christmas, and wish to speak of it here
for the sake Of the warning it contains
The day chosen for the journey to her new
home proved too cold for her and they
stopped for lodgings at II house on the
way. / do not know where it was moi
whose it was, but family lived there who
were acquainted with friends of the bride
and they were made welcome to shelter
warm fires and probably warm supper
so far well and good; but the sleeping
room-the bed was cold and probably
damp as he frost stood on Tie sCfttlS of TIE
room. Before morning the dear little
woman was chilled through and had con.
tracted a severe cold from which she has
never recovered consumption has claimed
her, and we can only feel that while ther,
is life there is hope
| have a dear friend who has suffered
often and long rs the result of sleeping r
cold, damp beds. If the spare bed canno
be warmed and aired it is not safe place
in winter for the occasional visitor
Our grandmothers may tell us how they
and their children used to sleep in icy colo
rooms. where perhaps the snow woulC
blow in onto the bed; but they lost so
much vitality by doing so that their chill
dren have not the constitution to bear tn,
same treatment and better have the snow
blow on the bed, giving proof of thor
ough ventilation, than to see the frost OF
the walls as II sign of frozen dampness
The lesson contained in the above inciden
should be remembered. Let US home
keepers thoroughly air and warm the bed
we offer our guest, especially in winter.
Mrs. G. +. ID.