The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-12-14
JOBS DAUGHTERS.
The Wonders They Performed in
a Business Way.

poor; while others, having nothing, are
called really poor.
Job Jonson belonged to none of these
classes. Job was blessed, or las he pleased
to see iD cursed with a superabundant
wealth of daughters. In fact, every year
or so added new daughter recruits to his
fast accommodating army of bibbed and
aproned misses.
Job was a fairly successful merchant in
the city of Winona, State of Minnesota. He
might have been much more successful if
he had remained at home and minded the
baby, and allowed his bustling little wife to
run the downtown blu siness.
Fact was, his wife had the energy that
Jobs constitution lacked, and which was
necessary to enable firm to compete with
the other wide-awake men of his lively
town.
EWhen the Lord saw fit to send another
addition to the Jonson family, in the shape
Of a tenth daughter-which same was Miss
Louisa Melissa Ann Jonson-poor Job sat
him down in profound despair, vowing that
he never could supply all those mouths and
backs with their respective wants.
When baby Lou was making her chubby
debut into short baby-dresses, Sadie Jane
Letitia-the Oldest daughter-had Just said
her little piece at the high school, gradual
ing with highest honors from that institu-
ton; which means that she had waded
through mathematics, geography, etc., and
had taken SO much Latin and Greek into her
system that she would be nearly @ whole
year forgetting them.
80, dearp' said Job one evening, as he
surveyed his female troupe 10, dear!
these girls keep growing larger and more
numerous. Every month adds to our groc-
cry and dry goods bills. Whatever are we
going to do, MAJ Our income is already
stretched as far as it will stand; and pros
poets are growing worse oil the time.
Wen see starvation days yeti" ~
"Oh, pshaw, Jobl" said Mrs. Jonson.
"Do, please, quit croaking. People do not
starve, nor want, as long as there are will
ing hands to work" ss>~ts-~~
"Yes, but so many girls, all wanting
dresses, and ribbons, and what not; and
never earning cent themselves"
"Why, of course not" said the wife.
"You can't expect baby girls to work and
support themselves, any more than you
could baby boys. But wait, and you will
yetsee the day that our girls will be our
greatest blessings, as indeed they now
are" A
Job went growing Off to bed at his usual
hour OF eight o'clock, In order to be able to
get up at four O'Clock in the morning-to
chew tobacco, and worry the rest of the
1olks out OF their nice morning maps, two
hours too soon-which allows us to philoso-
phlze q little upon that fallacy about "early
to bed and early to rise, ETC." II man goes
to bed at shutdown and rises at four next
morning-out of temper-chews half a
pound OF fifty cent tobacco, smokes two
cigars and burns dollars worth of fuel
before breakfast i how much healthier.
weather. and wiser do you suppose he is
than the lazy ~ man who gets up two or
three hours later, eats hearty breakfast
and goes to his work with good zest and
clear brain9 .sA~ua~
II "the early bird catches the worm,n the
worm is certainly fool for getting caught
Let's see-where were wea o, yes; Job
went to bed, and most of the brood Of small,
night-gowned Jonson's were snow Law
med" and tucked i'm soon afterward ,... /
When all was serene again, Mrs Jonson
and Sadie sat down to their talk and their
mending-for assure you that da,nino was
necessary art in the Jonson household. /,
Mamma" said Sadie, II must and will
DO something, now that school is out. I
won't SIT around and hear pa run us girls
down any longer. Imean to show him that
can work as well as any boy or man."
what 90 you propose to do, my dearr
I'm, any thing! Ill clerk, or run errands,
or keep books, or sell papers-any thing but
sitting still at home''
II you are bound to do something, Think
you might keep pas books; that would save
the hire OF one man."
After little debate this was decided
upon as the best thing for the present for
her to do. .~s~~s
The next morning at the breakfast table
the subject was preached to Job.
70, pooh! pooh! the idea! A woman
TINKER with my books; get 'em all mixed up
80 Ia have to hire an expert to undo her
work. She don't know enough.n These.
ana similar expressions of doubt, were his
replies. ' ~
But let me try, papa, let me try it." in
sisted Sadie.
"Oh, what can women doln asked Job.
scornfully. 'Their place is at home: sew.
ing, cooking, and such work is ali that
they're fit for"
All, ha! Mr.. Job, and SO YOU displav
POUR ignorancel That's an old-fash.
oned idea about women. The question
Lo-day is not "What can women dogu
But rather, it is: "What is there that
women can not do!" The eminent Mr..
Ehackeray says, that "Any woman who has
not positive hump, can marry whom she
plcases." To-day we may 20 further and
ay down the fact that "Any woman of ordi.
nary ability (hump or no hump can do or
DO whatever she pleases."
She is the kindest of doctors and nurses,
me straightest of accountants, the best of
writer's, and in fact, she has pushed to the
'front.' rank in every business or profession
mat she has yet attempted. \
The result Of Sadie's coaxing' was, that
Pa Jonson allowed her to take part of his
looks home for weeks trial. At the end