Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-04
JOBS DAUGHTERS.
The Wonders They Performed in
Business Way.

Some men have so much land that the
taxes, etc, keep them poor; others possess
so much money that they imagine they are
poor; while others, having nothing, are
called really poor
Job Jonsou belonged TO none of these
classes. job was blessed, or las he pleased
to see it cursed with superintendent
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 feirly successful merchant in
the city of WIona, State of Minnesota. He
might have been much more successful il
he had remained at home and minded the
baby, and allowed his busting little wife to
run the downtown bu siness.
Fact was, his wife had the energy that
Jobs constitution lacked, and which was
necessary to enable a firm to compete with
the other wide-awake men of his lively
town.
When the Lord saw ct TO send another
addition to the Jonson family, in the shape
of q 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.
w utH pdpN LOU wa uldhlLS uGT CHuUUN
DEBUT into short baby-dresses, Sadie Jane
Letitia-tte 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 a whole
year forgetting them.
30, dear" said Job one evening. as he
surveyed his female troupe. 40. dearl
these girls keep growing larger and more
numerous. Every month adds 10 our groc-
cry and dry goods bills. Whatever Sre we
going To do, MAJ Our income is already
stretched as far as it will stand; and pros
poets are growing worse all the time.
Wen see starvation days YETI
"Oh, pshaw. Jobl' said Mrs. Jonson.
''Do, please, quit crcaang. People do not
starve, nor want, as long as there are will
ing hands TO work"
ayes, but so many girls. all wanting
dresses, and ribbons, and what not; and
never earning a 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
vet see the day that our girls will be our
greatest blessings, as indeed they now
aren
Job went growing of 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
folks out OF their nice morning maps, two
hours too soon-which allows US 10 philoso-
phize little upon that fallacy about ''early
to bed and early TO rise, etc" 1t man goes
10 bed at shutdown and rises at four next
morning-out of .temper-chews half
pound Of fifty cent tobacco. smokes Two
cigars and burns a dollars worth of fuel
before breakfast - how much healthier,
weather ana wiser do you suppose he Is
than the lazy % man who gets up two or
three hours later, eats hearty breakfast
and goes 10 his work with good zest and
clear brainf
If 'the early bird catches the worm the
worm Is certainly a fool for getting caught
Let's see-where were wet o, yes; job
went to bed. and most of the brood of small,
night-gowned Jonson's were Now I lay
med" and tucked in soon atterward.
When all was serene again. Mrs. Jonson
and Sadie sat down TO their talk and their
mending-for assure you that da,niao was
Unnecessary art in the JoDson household