Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-21

lout INV iRtic Cnu 10 ana tDAt. 100, q
ls'ightingly as possible" am tired O
being lett by selfish hired girls who dro
their dishcolh Or duster some hot summe
morning and are off for an easier place
or for household where "tbe womei
loIks keep Il hammock and milk only on,
COW" leaving me 10 struggle along will
my burden OF work in the heat az best
may. am tired OF dong for other PEG
pie with no returns what. yer save ~
.chIng back and a callous humble finger
| ain so selfish want to snHggle down II
some quiet LUIS home, with only nv owr
blessed household Ground me and do io
hem mIsrlf alone, and not be ut HE
mercy Of dIsor'!erly. Stat einly help. MAY
he Lord fol give me. but sometimes tn,
with comes that had been born with SO
little sensibility and capacity for Ell hrl
suffering or enjoying, that could be com
'orlao'e ana Yet See flies crawling over
uncovered food and muddy boots on The
parlOr msntel.
The matter of hired help, yearly
becomes more serious. Scarcity is lndu.
Give 10 Independence. | might say, imuu
lrnce. Forty years ago. Johns old
'aiher spent many consecutive winter
Iimoering In distant forests, leaving the
'nlre work and ere of this same old
homestead farm in the hams Of hirrling-
md ''Ihe work went on list rs we'll" !
have repeatedly heard the old gentleman
say. How, think YOU. would it be- l.
hese latter days, should farm and stock
pe give over 10 The questionable" jude
nenI and care OF the average hired ma, |?
Should you expect 10 find whole fox
HE ON The iemises. and would not lh
adding OF >our stock as APP be YOUR b
meadow hay As anything else? "rm
lileling h-elh, because lie is IL hirelrno
IND care h not for the sheep" In.
'criptural verse always comforts me wheI
red with bel p that is c,leless and imp il
ped; comforts brcnuse il gives M,
re assurance that my Savior knows al
about it.
As write, looking from my chrmheI
window, Can See the 81 ing roof of h,
:trilh9e GUST; over il IA net wok @
grape vines with clusters of fruit pur, lin.
'mung It's leaves, aud under 1t with back
head and heels mfortablv br crd again.
the rounds of ladder is one of the tai III |
iahds launching grapes. To nv ccrtan |
he has kept that position Tor
lie past two houls, and his wages =
Io'l'r II day. Is not thai princlp'r? y |
doubt he feels very comfortable It d !
1rowsy on bis sunny roost, while john, n
"Is,ant III, wan ItlIs over his shou
'els, pows alone with ,hlec Lcrse team
n "rder that this fellow NAY be uskna
he moding corn,
| would ask "E II. c." what are the
= qnste qualifications for conducting
age farm property with hled men
when the greater part of ia, IN are ey,
trvanls. and all the labor r,qullilg
Judgment, such rs sowing. seeding. YES
flowing. John mus; himself do to tuv. Il
lone properly. and consequently cAnnol
work win his men AL OF the time?
A woman is not suppos d to understand
arm work. but sometimes when an
II ing four from he barre John has il,
nheaded. al | know its bottom .la>,sl
haI scrape for more fuur within tw, ",
ays; or lft from he stove the peck ,l
al boiled brans-our Suurda>'s allow
nre-l think, how much better wuu,: b.
-ss land, less work and more cont. TT
llnk OF the constant ru-h poor j I'm Is IL
'om April TO December. always dIl,rn h,
is work, as one must he who rnl-nvul>
} carry on so much territory. ] lhlnk al
ne social privileges We have los, tn,
rhttiul TrcrealOns We have missed, lht
rautliul counry life We don't hrIt Inv.
take lime to enjoy. and the good hngs
nj happy tunes We have hope es,ly lost
this fletting, rtsping life that hl,
in'O II nervous, hurried ,crabo',
yet ahead feel tn It our Crri>tia,
'"wth has been sadly dwnrfed, our mel
clual Faculties bIuncd and our at, C
)ns blurred over for the lack of time t,
llllvale them. know II sharp, on ck
NJ has crept into my own voice, a la, 4 ct
Others patience and loving talks nnu
itsses with NV liltle ones. that | ST.. n,
Is" less 10 he p when con family anmuvcr
d always rlre,i.
note the vouS, peaked face Of Gu
lest boy and lhlnS. "Drur Lord, mus
c''lltrcn Lear The iInplts, OF Iher
ir"'s lntrmp, ranc" in uvrrwprk?' AM
: GIod Book answers me. "A, We SOW,
,htlI We reap" noe the ilIll,b,,,
ut finding spirit cropping OUT am
veIoping in he atIno, pherc of ou
me- an atmosphere favorable 70, it,
'wih, and am panied to see how fas
iuIiow> come and deepen in Johns
e""l u lace. the gray creels into hD.
'wn hair and Il nervous, irritable WAY
place OF his old genial self and All
iHed by he burdens OF III old IN
II ought at least, TO be DIVIDED INTO
ee lumr.,rals
8 otter 20 II X won you sleak TO =
hL?-Sister C. +.