Milford chronicle., 1885-04-17
A mOUsEKEEprR,s DIARY.
now They Put tho ThIng. in order.

AT last we are really settled IN oul
new house, but it has taken us nearly &
, fortnight to get things II order. We
found that We had a great deal more
furniture than the house would hold.
We began by moving everything out Of
one room until we could get the carpet
down, and then we moved in the things
that belonged to that room. This
worked very well until we came to the
last room, when we found there was still
enough furniture to fill two more rooms.
John said we ought to hire an additional
house, and move the spare furniture and
the coal and the piano into it; but Of
course that would have been foolish,
and told him so. We had finally to
make a store-room out Of our spare bed
room, and fill it full Of things, and
I don't sec where we are to put dear
mother when she comes to see us.
We had a terrible time with the side
board, which stuck in the dining-room
door. Two men came and tried to
get it loose; but they only broke the
plastering and scratched the varnish, so
that John sent them off. Then he
tried to move it himself by putting a
long lever under it and prying it up.
While he was doing this the marble top
slid of and struck the cook on the
foot, and she has been in bed ever since.
John left the lever projecting out into
the hall, and that same evening hs fell
over it with scuttle Of coal in his hand. I
Then be did get angry, and went to
neighbours and borrowed an az, and |
said he'd move that sideboard or die. He |
did succeed in moving it, but il was all |
in small pieces, and John threw them
into the cellar to be used for kindlings.
The marble top broke when it fell on the
cooks foot so it would not have been
OF much use even If we could have kept the
sideboard. How we can explain it to
mother don't know, but she will be
sure to ask me about it as soon as she
comes into the house.
We have finally got rid Of the big fur.
mace coal. The railroad company wouldn't
buy it, and, as We had to get it out of the
cellar before we could get the rest Of the
coal in, we offered to give it TO an Irish
man ifhe would take it away. He shov-
eled it all out, and then broke it up with
a piekaxe, so that it was as good as any
coal. We afterWard heard that he sold
It for six dollars a ton. 1 do think John
ought to have thought far enough to have
lad it broken up for our own use, but b
le said ought to have thought Of it a
myself.
1t was q great pity that the cook had c
hat accident happen to her foot. She q
lad not been in the house fifteen min b
ties when it happened, and the doctor
ays she will have to lie in bed for q
month yet, until a lot Of bones of queer Y
ames grow together. OF course we had n
0 get new cook, for will admit that a
do not know much about cookery. I Y,
led it for two days, and then John said ei
4 we really must have something to n
bs.n,;,u, om.l., made v
le recipe-boOk, butdt st,lu..
nm of the frying-pan, and all tul-~. -.
lack, like coal. And then [ made de.
cious cake-the one that is made out RI
one cup Of flour, two cups Of butter, h,
lree cups of milk, and four cups of on
sgs; but although learned that rec he
g when I was little girl, and made d
e cake as carefully as possible, John
ouldn't eat it, and it didn't either look
yht or taste right.
So the next day we got a new
ok, and as couldn't take care Of tile
by and the house, and wait on
ne-the cook with the broken foo
had to hire another girl f
ze care Of her. [ had expecte
have only one servant in Il
use, and to put ont my washing a
ming, but now have one to do
rk, one to lie in bed, and anothe
-e care Of the one in bed. Th
fnlly expensive. but it can't last
IN four weeks; TnaS q, q the
Is the truth.
I'm sure I hope itWon't last long if we del
9r have such a night as we had last
int. All three of the servants are 4
sh women, and the doctor ordered ;no,
t of James foot to be wrapped with r-s ne
ldages soaked in alcohol. Last Inn
'ht John telegraphed to me that an; sn,i
would be kept in town by bust o15 o,,,j
s, and I Of course, told the cook sitfi
mt it, aud warned her to be very 80 :.
eful to lock up everything. I went c,;,
led early myself and locked my door. a.,
about eleven o'clock I was walked az ~
by such noise In James room. All sl
20 of the girls were singing and talk vo,,
and laughing at the top of their ~ ~
gs, and was so frightened that l
not dare to go and ask what was the P
ter I found out in the morning, ever
neither the cook nor James nurse was
o downstairs, so went up and q
ID them all sound asleep. You sav
hardly believe it, but they we're p,
runk that could hardly wake them expi
and there wasn't drop Of alcohol feet
ane's bottle. I shall tell John as Ol
as he comes home. I suppose he dice,
them all, though can't thev
What will be the good Of discharg-
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