The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-11-30
chronological Journal.l

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said father to his son, who was
mourning and grieving over the lack
of true womanhood among the girls
Of his acquaintance. Mere butter
flies Of fashion, you say, who can rat
tie the keys Of grand piano, dance
like fairies, chatter nonsense and So
ciety nothings by the hour, but for
their lives can not bake loaf of
bread, roast turkey, to a days wash
ing, or make shirt. You say you
demand the noblest type of true wo-
manhood in your wife, and you want
to know where you can find the wife
you want? Well, [ will tell you, my
dear boy. lie that is the sort of a wo-
man you want, marry Norah Mulligan,
your laundress' daughter She wears
cowhide shoes, is guiltless Of corsets,
never had sick day in her life, takes
in washing, goes out house-cleaning,
and cooks for family of seven chill
dren, her mother, and three section
men who board with her. [ don't
think she would marry you, because
Con Regan, the track-walker. is her
style Of man. She is the useful sort
Of a woman you appear to want; but
[ don't think she would look at you
twice. Let me examine into your
qualifications as amodel husband after
your own matrimonial ideas, my boy.
Can you shoulder barrel Of -four, and
carry it down to the cellar? My
dear boy, quarter of a sack Of meal
would get away with those chalky
fingers and slender arms Of yours.
Can you saw and split ten cords OF
hickory wood in the fall, so as to have
fuel ready in the winter? Telenachus,
those twenty-three inches of coat pad
ded over sixteen inches of shoulders
wouldn't help you cents worth. Do
you know, my son-look me in the
eye-do you know how to measure
ten cords Of wood after the man has
piled it in five irregular heaps, and
tells you it is all there? Do you know
how to buy potatoes, and how to put
them away for winter? Do you know
how to pick over the apples after
Christmas? Do you know how to
watch the shoeing Of your own horse
If YOU drive one-and can tell tim
othy from prairie hay when you are
buying it? Can you spade up half an
acre Of ground for kitchen-garden? =?
Do you know what will take the fmy
taste out Of the new osstern, and can
you patch the little leak in the kitchen
poofp
"What would you do if a hoop fell
off the flour barrel? Suppose the
chimney gets choked up, or the front
door binds at the top? What if a
mortise lock gets out Of order? If an
extra shelf is wanted in the pantry?
Or two or three little houses for the
hens with little brcods Of chicks?
Can you bring home pane Of glass
and wad Of putty, and repair DANA
aes In. the kitchen window? Can you
hang some cheap paper on the kitch-
en-? Can you hx the front gate SO
that it will not sag? Can you help
the man to carry the kitchen stove
out to the summer kitchen? Do you
know how to fix pump when it
chokes? Can you make two or three
tree boxes for the trees you planted on
the sidewalk, if you knew how to
Dl1HJ tneIu! OdH YOU uo 'ihJ Oh1I4S
about the house that Con Regan can i
Ny dear boy, you see why Nora Mul-
Iigan will have none Of you-she
wants higher type Of true manhood.
You expect to hire men to do all the
mans work about the honse, but you
want your wife to do everything that
any woman can do. Believe me, my
son, nine-tenths of the girls who play
the piano and sing SO charmingly,
whom you, in your limited knowledge,
set down as '!mere butterflies of fash
/: ion,' are better fitted for wives than
you are for a husband. The girls
know more about these things than
you do. If you want to marry first
class cook and experienced house
keeper, do courting in the intelligence
Office. But if you want wife, marry
the girl you love, with dimpled hands
and face like the sunlight, and hel
love will teach her all these things
my boy, long before you have learned
one-half Of your own lesson. Hes
tern Paper.