The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-12-27
E|'Gsss u Gorge EiilOt on SERVANTS. !.
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tle.eSS sufhcientiye char2Cterlstlc to In
dnce us ITO reproduce it in our columns,
to day. After describing, the dismay
with which 4 hostess discovers that the
0scalloped oysters with. which she would
faih. load a friends plate have been.
seFyed with their boards on. and the
Etrophes of a dvspeptic physiologist with
Ia weakness for spinach who has vainly
endeavored to impress on the cook. the
Importance Of thoroughly Squeezing
green vegetables. the ,writer proceeds
Again,;you desire sopp, but desire it
without fat. You are perhaps a genius;
the world is in need Of your new poem |;
or you are evolving momentous the:
ory, and tl,e@ evolution Of fatty acids
within yon isaa serious ilnpediment.
your mentalactiyitY Is reduced to- tile
consciousness that interesting facts in
animal chemistry are going on within
You; you begin to think you can serve
mankind only by leaving your body for
dissection. at length you ask your wife,
with hardly suppressed peevishness,
and unusual emphasis on s'my dear" to,
inquire into the making of the soup.s
Your wife, who is rather frightened at
the cook, tells her that Mr.. Qneasy, in
spite Of his orders, discerned& fatty. D. r.
ticles in his soup yesterday. <':It's g.
thing impossible there can be fat, mum
for skimming ana everything-there's
nothing neglected in my power >. :t:sShow
me your cold stock" Exit Sally, re-
turning with a vessel in one hand and q
spoon III tie other. There is white
film Of fat OYER the surface of the stock.
See, now, Sally, there is fat" ia,
num-" says Sally, pIunging her spoon in
and turning mp the jellled soup from be.
meath ss q gardner turns the soil when
he is digging for the roots, the cold fatty
getting underneath in the :: process
THAT'S nothing; besides [ take my soup
from under and ! take the fat of with a
spoon, Che spoon =: itself is
nents of cold fat "But unless YOU
wash your spoon, each time You DID It.
there will be fMt,s and however little Mr..
Queasy suffers from It. Besides'-j Mrs.
G, here exerts all her courage)-its be-
longs to good cook to send up her SOUP
free fromSsf,t:'2 Sally smiles bitterly.
ola mum, do you think when I was at
Nuneham gate, and there was people of
all sorts coming to the house. as could
have give that satisfaction and Scotch
people wanting things you might think
no Christian 'ud touch-and Mr.. Too|ey,
the gentleman with the wooden leg,
praising my soup, anu saying no never
tasted better? But there's stonachs will
not staEd soup, and that's where it is"
Here Sally. shakes her head and signs,
as is her wont when, she is seeing deep:
~ into the cause Of ttlngs) "And as
I've said to Jane MANY andanlany's the
time, if gentle folks constitutions ore, of
that sort. it's no wonder what comes.
said so only. yesterday, when was
lrainiE. the rice. an / tue cat :eating the
white sauce al the while. and me not
word" Here Sally sets downsthe vessel
of stock emphatically, and tapping the
outside of it>witll her finger-epds, looks
hard out of the window. Mrs. Uneasy is
Mons plussed. II she says mere Sally will
give warning; she draws her dress round
hers crinoline, and rust|es MP stairs
again. = =
Servants are rich Ia infliitious they
hare vast nunhe s. 81 acertaiaties 1hith
are deep by reason OF their gFoun1lese-
ness. The p0s4EnAsfA bfiifgs 6 letter TOR
MasIa;. q; sele.4h9u
know from Wh0nl ST would came, and III
sou were to- knock her down she c0uid n,t
Etell yotH why bns this mo fuiflx xl1eif
Eshe got out .ol bed ana drew npsthe
Eplind and .eawl4iae wind Blowing t1ia
Eeaves about, she seemed to gee the post
man coming with the letter IN his hand,
/ You make great mistake if you suggest
certain conditions which might have
given rise to the expe citation. She re-.
jects such loWminded analysis of her
|seeftainty. No; there was no reason why
she should expect letter this morning
more than any other; but SO it was
and it was the same once before, when
the dlsh:coycr fell and got bruised; she
had said at breakfast something would
happen that day, she knew. But as to
your certainties, for which you ailege
them offensive unless they are to be
overcome by her assertion. Ifyou will
not believe that looking.gass is cloudy
and spotty in spite o, daily, dilligent
HrHbbine, or that IL e steel of all your va.
|.Iiopsay.procured stoves happens to be oil
Iss0 poclliar>a quality that it will not
lake polish, she thinks she has q
l.rightts feel oHendesl., If. however, she
happs1ls tO 10 IN good humor, she
viii perhaps oheeryeApropos of the steel
thdeat one a kere she lived there
VS. ! bright II with a sharp edge,
and the pufsa3oV the child fall it and
cut heyself, 9nts when she has given you
all the circulnsfa nces attendant ON this
event, the pame fthe doctor who was
called in QndM hat he said, she. will feel
That she has read juste l her position as a
polisher " stoves. .,... -
z On ghesMlIols, servants are little dis.
Epde14 10 thinkfthat the opinions of gen
ktlsfQlk1can haze any practical value for
Them Chr remedies, our methods, our
explanations. are like the drapery and
tailoring Ne paysso much for, they cor
respond 70 the supposed scale of our in.
come; but servants, for their part, get
their tufts md their views from other
q1aIseIs.3 The.scure. for a. .gentlelnan's
Athst1ie is nj kelly t0s aIgSally g mo.
(shSs0 eel q the cure recommended by
first cousin who went ab0ut with blue
andkerchief roaand Mis- head III weeks
aud weeks. And Tor The prDbahtlitiea
concerning the dfyness 90 tlAe @ aipc
summer, 81 the. IL ilts0f II M ~ u
suited Vii, b .s d III s fs
aundr6ss who serves very epe laa1i.
lied, aud whose hnsbandsi lis III err
wing lire. Fl ssssssa.s -. 4
The moral af aiisth lis is that w;ss n,as.
| ters and nistres6es will not argue with
Their sEyants, will not give them rea-
son6 mi not Con1Ult them. A mild vet
firm authofitysy hicb rieor oilsly demands
TIT things M done without urg.
ink nctiyae or entesing into -explana-
Etidne both Ql4f fed by the servants
thu e9 g4a best means Of ed.
mel 1b1A4y improve tnents ioi
thd methOds and habits Authority
aud Tradition ars tho ehie', almost the
onll, s1fe SArd4 q the uninstructed1
are eh1ef nneens CT developing the
cru4 mind whs3i childish or adult.
RealonA boutevety Ing with your child,
YOU make him monster, ,Without,srevi
erence, Without affections Reason
about things With your servants, consult
them, give them suffrage, and you pro-
duce no othefeiact in them than. a sense
of anarchy :insthe house, Nfspcidri sof
irresolntenes in you, The most opposed
to that spirit of order and pr5mp:itude
which can alone senabid tlrsns e5rfH
their places we'll and make. their dives
respectable. .st'& <ssssksa}s y: - ss1-s =
An Emergency. -..-,------
Il "a few days ago man with humble
expression anaa me- s =
Of clothes app nj i1aa
passenger agehfe m
g Toledo. /" sa1 |s y 8 81
Toledo?" TT -
haven't any "a 81 ~
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