The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
Home Life.

Home Life.
Brother farmers, did you or do
ever think that there are other du-
ties for you on the farm than cult
vating corn and cotton? Do you
realize that it is as much your
christian duty as anything else,
that you make home cheerful and
happy for your wife and children?
Do you know that you are commit
ting great sin when you kill your
wife with over work; when you put
on her the duties of nursing the
children-making and mending
their clothes, and doing your cook
ing, washing and milkingp Do you
know that only in the south are the
women made to DO the milking.
while the men folks sit around and
do nothing? Do you know that il
is your christian duty to have, fOl
your wife, all the little convenien-
ces that will Tighten her labor, and
that none but savage would put
the labor of working the vegetable
garden on his wife; and that the
man who fails to provide a
good vegetable garden Tor his
family is worse than a heathen?
And you, my good sisters, do your
duty and learn how to cook the
food for your husband or father
provides for the household; do you
study your business and try to set
your table so il will be nice and
tempting, or do you depend on boil
ed bacon and corn bread to keep
soul and body together.
One of the great faults of farmers
is that they work too much and
read to little. There never was a
greater lie uttered than the oft re-
peated adage:
"Early to bed early to rise,
Makes a man healthy, wealthy and
WISE"
The man who rises at a. M.
and works till s p. M, will never be
either healthy, wealthy or wise; his
intellect will be dwarfed, his body
bent, his face furrowed, and his
limbs aching with rheumatism long
before mid life. No, no; work less,
read more, eat slower, and think
more; beautify your house and
your board, love your wife and chill
dlen, and have a home that they
will love. Have plenty of vegeta-
bles to eat--plant a big orchard
then all the berries you can get;
raise plenty of horses for your chill
dren to ride-don't work mules that
will make sinner out of a christian,
but get mares to raise colts.
Neatness and tidiness makes the
farm attractive and CHEEKY, so
your children will take in good
habits, and when they grow up
they won't run to the cities.
Young folks think q good deal
about looks, 80 dress them as well
as their neighbors.
If you want your daughters to
get good husbands, keep a nice
cheerful house, and learn your
daughters to be neat. Make farm
life cheerful, so your children will
always love the old home. l have
been a good deal among the farmers
homes, and l find many of them
lacking in comforts that make life
happy. And in none are they sc
deficient as in table comforts.
don't mean to say that there is not
enough of food, but it is poorly
cooked and poorly put on the table.
If the farmers wives and daughters
would study and learn how to set q
table to look nice and inviting,
1t would make home h .ppier than
when thrown haphazzard on a dirty
tableclOth. 1t is not necessary, by
any means, to have fine table ware
so they are clean and put on taste
fully is all that is needed. Not
long since L had dinner with q wild
ow woman; there was little on the
table, but everything was so nicely
arranged that it gave all the party
! pleasure to dine.
Now, bro ther farmers, quit get.
ting up before day and sending
your boys out to work before day.
light. Don't wake your wife at 4
a. m, and expect her to work till s
or 8 at night. Treat your family
as well as good horseman treats
his horse. Don't make your homo
u perfect hell, and don't talk about
being a christian when you amt
You are only vile hypocrite
Home is something more than 6
place to eat and sleep, and should
be made happy. Don't work youi
wife aud children into an early
grave. To sum up all, home il
rendered enjoyable by good health
good sleep, good living, comforta
bic and attractive houses, pleasant
home relations, aAd the genuine
gentility of habits and manners
coming from cultured minds anC
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