Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-03-22

S'SS ny our mousse. i kept nv
work dreaming OF the time when Jack and I
would own COW. and have cream with our
STRAWBERRIES, which are ripe now, and we have
more than We can eat i felt that Birdie must
have milk before she can become robust.
had scarcely got into the house when 1 heard
JACK caLIng-'Mu Rgins! went out, and
there stooo JACK with a little clock under his
arm, and holding little short-hOrned COW 10y
chain which rested on his arm in folds. His
lace was raeiant 1t fairly took my breath
away. Tor felt that it was our COW. Her I'D
der was large and of q lovely cream-colOr.
She gave milk, then! Birdie toddled out
elinglng 70 me. She had never been so near q
COW before. Who shall saw we are not rich? 2
exclaimed Jack-.rieh beyond the dreams of
aVarlce- re 0i0n cOlC-fOur years old, three
l screamed with delight, and then Jack told
me he mad bought the COW OF Mrs Wayland,
VINO was selllng out, prepatory to moving back
10 the city She wanted a good home for this
pet cow, and happened to need watch, so
mere was swap made-the cow and twenty
dollars Tor the watch. Jack went and brought
81 twO-dollar Connecticut clock at once, for we
nave none. How fortunate are we to secure
TINS lovely COW! We call her Brownie,
June lS.-Jack gotme a dozen milk pans.
everything IN the house was full of milk.
Sucn heavenly cream and Strawberries We
Just I'VE on Graham bread and cream and
4'Aunt Judy, who sometimes does work for
me, came by yesterday morning and evening
and MIXED for me. Nv hands were very stir;
they are getting used to milking now. Jack
currleS Brownie carefully every morning. If
could only milk Like black Aunt Judyl How
piano Tor such useful accomplishment!
"June 22.-To-day I churned the second
time, and sold again two pounds of butter for
eighty cents. My churn is tall. little yellow,
earthen crock. Jack made me a cover for it.
and little daSher. The butter comes in five
minutes. The man who owns the saw-m mill
says my batter is the best he has ever tasted,
and wants all can spare. can, with little
economy. spare at least q dollars worth every
Week, ana 50 IN rms way we can get some lunl-
Der for brownies hOuse-atleast can help pay
for it. We have now temporary shed for her.
about six feet square. 1t is quite touching to
see the aristocratic blOoded creature stand
under it chewing her cud. ........
July give had new potatoes, green peaSe
and lettuce for dinner-all from our own place,
also strawberries and cream. We buy very
little meat, for it is expensive; and since we
nave milk and butter we don't seem to need it.
Sometimes We have can of corned beef. I
cut it in delicate slices and make it last week.
Jack says my one idea of economy is starving
him. / answer by showing him his bonny face
ana form IN the glass. He weighs fifteen pounds
more than when we left the city. G. g. has
cleared more ground and set out shade trees
and eVergreens. This is the beginning of our
lawn. Our florist and nurSeryman came to
Jack for help in making his catalogue. He
wanted to say a good deal to his custom erS
pay in shrubs and flowers. 1t does seem as if
everything is turning to gold in our hands-not
that we have any gold or money in any form,
but feel all the time that | am rich, and GER
tainiy we are wonderfully happy.
''July 5.--Apother source of wealth. had
so much bOnny-clabber, or curdled milk, that
ulu not KNOW WHAT 10 90 with lC. Experiment
developed nice cOttage-cheese, which Jack
says is little like the famous Neufchatel. He
believed they would sell, and carried down
demand for Mount Hope Cheese Every day
send from ten to twenty, and get three cents
each. Of course they are very small. We are.
feasting now upon blue-berries; they grow all
over our woods. o, how delicious they are
with corn cakes and cream!
August 6.-Brownies house is finished. 1t
is a little barn with two stalls, quite loft for
hay, three bins for grains, two little windows,
com partment to keep supply OF leaves or
other bedding for Brownie, and quite little
room for q workshop.
august 30 am writing my journal in an
old ledger which has very little writing in it,
in keeping a record of what do. This is for
Birdie when she grows up. I want her always
to remember her home with papa and mImma
with pleasure, and trust She will. With all
my work and multifOrn cares, I try to keep
the cottage very tidy. I never set my table
without putting on it bouquet of flowers. if
there is anywhere a flower to be found The
blessed flowers! How many people have I
known who adore flowers are always ex-
claiming about their loneliness, yet will not
give five minutes day to their care an cult
ure! These persons only thing they love How
ers. When flowers do really give them great
satisfaction. their lives Will require them, and
they will make sacrifices to obtain them. After
tea Jack always reads to me while SeW-mend
usually, for we have few new things. / am
become expert at mending, and this evening
hour is one of the most delightful of the day.
October 20.-Jacl1's old college chum, James
Norton, just home from Europe, has made us
visit of three days, and we much enjoyed it.
Luckily, l knew he was coming, and prepared
as best I could. How fortunate that we had an
extra bedStead! Some old Sacking stuffed with
pine needles made a very fair bed for our
room, while our one good mattress did service
in the guest-rOOm. One chamber set of stone
china the cottage affords, and this also had to
go to keep company with our best bed. When
showed the guest his room hypocritically
apOlOgiZed for not having had time to make
him as com Portable as I wished. He noted
the pictures in rustic frames, the white muslin
curtains parted in the center where hung
cocoa nut shell hanging-basket, in which grew
a beautiful trailing plant the lovely flowers
upon his table, and seemed charmed with his
quarters. The next dav after he came made
sacrificed the day before for this luxury. G.
offered to kill the chickens. No said Jack;
1T is so disagreeable that must do il myself
Now that shows just what Jack is-noble in
every thought
very rich. He asked me if 1 would not
like hotar furnace in the cellar, and
little fOwer-rOom with double sashes
for winter flowers. My eyes opened wide.
The thought flashed upon me that some
thing like these were to be my Christmas pres
emit t-stt
Here ended my copying from Helen
Burkbank's journal. My idea was to
give it to the world as an example of
happiness independent of outward cir
cumstances. I knew my cousin would
give me ready permission, so that 1
substituted othernames for hers and her
husbands. There was not much more
recorded. On the winter following the
late date there was a dreadful snow
storm and fearful cold. The struggle
was rather hard that winter, but the
next saw marvellous change. Jacks
friend, the broker, lent him money, with
which he made additions to his build
ings, improved his ground, and gener-
ally added luxuries to that simple and
blissiul home; moreover, he invested in
stock through the advice of Norton.
From that hour there was a shadow upon
Mount Hope. Finally Jack decided to
move to New York and 60 into business
with Norton. Helen protested but Jack
was quite heavily in debt, and he saw a
way to retrieve himself. He became
rich, spent money lavishly, travelled
abroad, built Torriceli, gratifed every
within of his, or .Helen's or BRIDES, but
happiness had forever fled.
On the day made my last extract
from Helen's journal received a letter
from her. She was in Rome. Birdie