Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-10-10

III course you haven't" said Lefty,
"You must scald your yesterdays
You know you said you couldn't set up
a tin-shop when I asked for dozer
more last month";"
'*rhey smell like fat-boiling fac.
tory" said George, disdainfully.
what ails 'emp''
You should have scalded them last
night, ;; sighed Lefty, wishing that she
had wings like a dove that she might
soar into the milk-room and restore
order out of the chaos.
''Here's a go!' said George. There
isn't hot water"
"Oh, George, you've forgotten to put
the kettle on!''
$50 did," said her husband land
the sticks, hang 'em, are all burnt
out!''
''You know wanted you to get q
ton of coal, " said Lefty, "but you said
as long as wood cost nothing but the
chOpping and hauling, wood it would
be-"
"Have got to wait for that con-
founded water to heat?" grcaned
George.
Il don't know any thing else for you
to do" remarked Lefty, drily.
"Humph!" observed that lord and
master. whats for the breakfast?'
"Ham and eggs, I 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? I can be
attending to your old milk pans while
the breakfast is cooking, I suppose.
There is nothing like economy in
| work."
But it was mortal hour before the
milk was strained and the pigs fed,
and by that time the house was blue
with sort of a smudgy smoke.
''Hullo," shouted George, coming
in. whats all this-is the house on
fre?''
mo-" said Lefty, calmly, ''only the
breakfast has burned up.'
George uttered long sigh.
"Who'd have thought the fire was
so hot?" said he. 'sWhat am I to do
now?"
''Cook another, 1 suppose" said
Lefty.
..And what next?" demanded George,
fiercely.
"Why, set the table, and then clear
it away and wash the dishes.''
with this cut finger?" complained
the husband.
II was obliged to do it all the weeks
had a felon on my little finger" re-
marked Lefty. 1.-The young geese
and the turkeys ght to have been
let out and fed long before
this; and the three calves in
the barnyard to be attended
to. And then there are the kitchen
and sitting-room to be swept and dust
ed and the beds to make, and the string
beans to be picked, and the bread to
bake. and the huckleberry pies to
make. and your white vest to be
ironed, and the potatoes to be peeled,
and the preserves to be scalded over,
and the cheese to be turned, and the
table to be cleared and the dishes to
be washed-'
''Hold onv' cried George, "you've
said that once. -
Every likely, but it has to be done
three times q day-and the chickens
to be looked after, and the linen pill
low-cases to be put to bleaching, and
the windows to be washed, and your
trousers to be patched, and the stock
ings to be darned, and the fire to be
made up again, and tea to be prepared
you know you always want some
thing hot for supper. And there's the
nights milk to be brought in and
strained, and the pans scalded and the
geese and turkeys to be fed and put
into their coops; and, oh, dear! I for
got the churning! That will take an
hour at least. But, dear George, am
getting hungry!-and I don't see the
least signs of breakfast. George!
Where are you goingp I-want-my
breakfast" .. -..-...q....,. ..
For George had disappeared. in the
midst OF her exordium.
In twenty minutes or so he returned,
and by his side trudged Mary Ann Putt,
the nearest neighbours twenty year-old
daughter. =" r.
II take it all back, p" said Mr.. White.
Il lower my colors, Lefty. Your work
is harder than mine. I'll be everlast-
ingly blest if it amt. Why, couldn' It
take care of the milk and cream for
the wages q girl would ask. I never
realized before how much a woman had
to do" "
"Are you quite sure that you realize
it nowp" asked Lefty, mischievously.
"Well, I've got q pretty fair idea on
the subject" nodded George.
"But you should be here on washing
day." said Lofty. ''or on ironing day !,
or on the day when we chop sausage
meat, or make soft-soap, Or
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