The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-03-26
a Yankee Far,lm1eys WIFE e.

3iat oA0 Ado TICCclfcu y .ceEGdlus amount
OF instruction at a public school, says
writer In Cdssell' 8 Family Magazine,
then marries young, and begins her,
to me, herculean labors. It is her
part to perform all the, daily house,
hold tasks with but seldom any out
side aid. She must make butter,
milk the COWS, feed the chickens, and
attend to the kitchen garden, as well
as to her special pet fower-beds
and vines. Chen she harnesses her
horse and drives to a neig hboring town
to barter (no one else can) awith her
butter, eggs, and garden produce. If
anything is broken or out of order in
the house or farm she mends it, and,
being a woman Of infinite resources,
she may even construct some of her
own furniture or paint her fence. Her
"parlor" is adorned with all the latest
absurdities in the way of worsted work
or pressed bouquets, while her; store
closet is well stocked with preserves
and her garnet hung with dried fruits.
1t is probable that she has children,
and none are more thoughtfully tend-
ed in all their needs, be they PHYSICAL
moral, or mental. The clothing of
the family, even to their stockings and
mittens. is her handiwork, while oc-
caslonally garment is made for one
OF the village poor.
But where is her self-cultureP say
you. All! there is the mystery-how!
and when is it accomplished And
there is no denying the fact, narrow;
provincial education it may be, but
that is owing solely to her circnm-.
scribed lite. 81 80 q
# you were to enter q small COM
monplace, whitewashed farm house in
any of the struggling New England
villages, which appear little else;
than cluster OF huts in q wilderness
to English eyes-if you were so bold
as to enter in, and SO fortunate as to
have. an uninterrnp ted conversation
with the mistress Of the house, Won
would find her;a plain, probably fad
60, woman, clad In neat calico, sharp
voiced, and sharp -visaged, perhaps,3
put gentle in manners, and displaying
n "a 4 1sha ia ks- .a-mall -nultiHafad infails
gence, and more or less familiarity
with literature in all its; branches Of
history, philosophy science and bellies
lettres. You would find her q member
OF the nearest library, and IL subscrib.
er to all the leading periodicals. But
in order to make this strictly truth,
ful account, I must add that she sell
dom reads the newspapers, and Is
utterly devoid Of that knowledge 81
current affairs that distinguishes par.
ticularly the women Of N en- York and
Chicago. But then, consider ;Sllloss
precious TO her is each moment 81
time, and how far is she removed from
the centers Of life and civilization
She has no amusements, no diversions,
no trips away; nothing but the duh,
everlasting grind. And yet I'LL she
patient, and never resisting from her
round OF necessary duties, and that to
her, no less necessary ono Of aelf.
tnre. Someone has beautifully said
that sthe hand that rocks the cradle
is the hand that rocks the work 4, The
children Of Priscilla Of, moro cor,
rectly, .Sairey Ann . viii doubles
be rich, and some will call them; par
osnns, perhaps but as for her grand
children and great grandchildren
what may they not becomei
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