Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-08-13

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look as though they were 40 and at ~
look as though they were 80, aud at 90
as though they were GO. The fallen at
ChaoGs, aud Au,terIitz. anl Gettys-
burg. and Waterloo are a small number
compared to the slain in the gre at
Armageddon of the kitchen. Ysu 60
out to the cemetery and you will see
| that the tombstones all read beautifully
poetic. but if those tombstones would
speak the truth thousands of them would
say: Here lies woman killed by too
much mendiDg. and sewing, and baking,
aud scrubbing, aud securing. The weap-
on with which she was slain was broom +,
or a sewing machine. or ladle " You
think, q man Of the world that you
have all the cares and anXieties. Ii the
cares aud anxieties OF the household
should come upon you for one week you
would 0e a fit candidate for Blooming
dale-I mean insane asylum. The half
rested housekeeper arises in the morn
ing. She must have the morning repast
prepared at an irrevocable hour. What
if the fire will not light? What if the
marketing did not come ? What il the
clock has stopped no matter, she
must have the morning repast at an ir
revocable hour. Then the children
must be got off 10 school. What if their
garments are torn? What if they do
not know their lessons? What if they
have lost hat or sash 2-they must be
ready, Then you have all the diet of
the day, and perhaps of several days, to
plan. But what II the butcher has sent
meat unmas,icable. or the grocer has
sent articles of food adulterated, or what
if some piece of silver is gone, or some
favorite challice be cracked, or the roof
leak, or the plumbing fail. or any one Of
a thousand things occur-you must be
ready.
Spring weather comes, and there must
be a evolution in the family wardrobe,
or autumn comes, and you must shut
out tie northern blast. But what if the
moth has preceded you to the chest?
What il during the year the children
have outgrowu the apparel of last year
What if the fashions have changed p
Your house must lie an spothecarys
shop il must be a dispensary; there
must be medicines for all sorts of all
menls-something Tea loosen the Group,
something to cool tue burn, something
TO p0u!lice the Inflammation, something
TO silence he jumping tooth. something
TO soo,be the ear ache. You must be in
half dozen places at the same time. Ii
under all this wear end tear OF life
Martha makes an impatient rush upon
the library or drawing room, be patient,
be leuent. q women though | may
fill to stir up au appreciation in the
souls Of others in regard to your house
bold tolls. let me assure you from the
kindness with which J sls Christ met
Martha that lie appreciates all your
work from garnet to cellar, and that the
God Of Deborah, and Hannah. and Alb
lgail, aud Grandmother LOIS, aud Eliza
beth Fry, aud Hannah Moore ia the God
OF the housekeeper. Jesus was never
married that He might be The especial
friend aud couiilant of Whole world Of
troubled womanhooi blunder Christ
was married. The Bible says that the
church is the Lambs wife, and that
makes me know that all Christian NO.
men have a right to go to Christ and tell
him of their annoyances aud troubles,
since by Ills oath If CO .jusal fidelity
tie is sworn to sympathlzo. George
Herbert, the Christian poet, wrote two
or three verses on this subject
Z" The servant By this clause
Makes drudgery divine;
WHO sweeps a room as for Thy laws
Makes thus the action lile''
Again, there is the trial of severe
economy. Nine hundred aud ninety
uiue house holds out of the thousand are
subjected to it. some under more and
some under less stress of circumstances
especially ii a man smokes very expen-
slve cigars aud takes very costly dinners
at the restaurants, he will be severe in
demanding domestic economies. This
is what kills tens OF thousands of women
attempting to make five dol ars do the
work OF seven. How the bills come in!
rhe wou.an is the banker OF the house
hold; she is The president, aud cashier.
aud teller. and discount clerk-and
there is panic every few weees This
thirty -year's war against high prices,
this perpetual study Of econome-, this
lifelong attempt to keep he outgoes less
than the income. oxhau- millions OF
hous,keepets. . ns sister this is
part divine disco ne Ii it were best
Tor you, all you wc.l have to do would
he to opeu the irouy windows and the
ravens would fly in Win food and az
ter you had baked hty times from the
barrel in the pantry. the barrel like the
one ofXlrepath, would be full aud the
shoes OF the children would last as long
as the shoes of the Israeltes in the will
derness forty years. Besides that, this
is going to make heaven the more at
tractive in the contrast. They never
hunger there. and consequently there
will be none Of the nuisance OF catering
for appetites, aud in the land OF the
white robe they never have to mend
anything, aud the air in that bill couu-
try makes everybody we'll. There are
no rents 10 pay; every man owns his