Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-05-22

-19'vli Lefty
always skim the cream and strain
'ne milk said Lefty. who. bolstereI
Up on the lounge, was combinp her
l'lr with more deliberation than she
had practiced for a year.
wei, here goes then. said George
ana period Of silence ensueI.
fesently he shouted.
haven't got milk-pans enough"
Vteourse YOU haven't" said LEFTY
| gu must scald out Yesterdays. You
know you said you couldn't set up A
tin-shop when l asked for adozen more
last month";
They smell like a fat-boilinp fac
tory said George, disdainfully.
What ails emp
You should have scalded them out
last night. wishing that she had wings
Ike a dove that She might soar into
the mik-room and restore order out of
chaos
Heres a go~ said George. There
isn't any hot water"
"oh' George, you've forgotten to put
the kettle onl'
80 Ida said her husband. "And
the sticks, hang EN-, are all burned
out"
You know | wanted you to get a
ton Of coal said Lefty; but YOU said
that as long as wood cost nothing but
the ehopping and hauling, wood it
should be-
Have got to wait for that water
to h.at' groaned George.
"ldont know anything else for you
to do remarked Lefty. drily.
"Humph," observed her lord and
master. Whats for breakfasty'
"Ham and eggs, suppose
"Well, I'm up to that part of the
programme at least" said he, cheer
fully "Oh, the dickens. What is the
use Of keeping your knives So sharp:
I've nearly cut my thumb off, Where
do you keep the oatmeal: l can he
attending to your old milk-pans while
the breakfast is cooking, l suppose.
There is nothing like economy in
wofkp
Fat it was amortal hour before the
miifwos strained and the pigs fed. and
by ehat time the house was blue with
wilaa sort of smudgy smoke.
,HBllor' shouted George. coming in
..ssat-s al this lis the house on
fire.
No. said Lefty, calmly; "only the
brekfast has burned up
gorge uttered long sigh.
Who'd have thought the fire was sc
hot said he. "What am l to dc
nov"
+0ok another, l suppose" answer
ed etty.
and what next ?" demanded George
liere.y tugging at his moustache.
"Ehy, set the table, and then clear
it away and wash the dishes"
with this cut linger?" complained
the husband.
q was obliged to do it all the week
| had the sore felon on my middle fin
ger remarked Lefty. The younI
turkeys and geese ought to have beer
let out and fed long before this; an,
the three calves in the barnyard mus
be attended to. And then there ar
the kitchen and sitting-room to b
swept and busted, and the beds to make
ana string-beans to be picked, an
bread to bake, and buckle berry pies t
make, and your white vests to b
lroned, and potatoes to be peeled, ant
the preserves to be scalded over an
the eheeses to be turned, and Dime
to get, and the table to clear, and tn
dishes to be washed"
Hold on" cried George, "you'y
said that once"
Very likely, but it has to be don
three times day-and the chicken
TO be locke after, and the linen pillow
cases to be put bleaching, and th
SCUM windows to be washed, and you
troWSers to be patched, and the stock
lngs to be darned, and-you know yo
always like something hot for supper
And then the nights milk is to b
brought in and strained. and the pan
Scalded, and the geese and turkeys fe
ana smut into their coops, and or
dear! entirely forgot the churninq
Ihat will take an hour, at least Blu
dear me, George, am getting so hun
gry'-and don't see the least signs O
breakfast George! Where are you &C
ing George want my-break fast!
FOR George had disappeared, in tn
midst of her exordium.
In twenty minutes or so he returned
and BY his side trudged Mary An
Puit' the nearest neighbor's twenty
year-old daughter.
81 take it all back" said Mr.. White
i lower my colors, Lefty. You
work is harder than mine, I'll be bles
II 1t amt. Why, l couldn't take ear
of the milk, and cream, and cheese
for the wages a girl would ask.
never realized before how much a VIC
man had to do"
Are you quite sure you realize
now said Lefty, mischievously.
Well, I've got a pretty fair idea OIL
the subject" nodded George.
But you should be here on wash
ing-day," said Lefty, "or on ironing