The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-15


ance speech Larry CAN'T, OF Athens,
pays the following tribute to the far
mer's wife;
"But will not waste all of my SYM
pathy on the farmer. There is one class
even more deserving of pity and RELIEF
than .ou, my alliance friends. refer te
the farmers wife. There is not a bur.
then that you bear but the little woman:
who is the light of your home, shares il
with you. Your trials and cares pierce
her tender and sympathetic heart as a
dagger. She bears equally with you
your T every load but, say with pain
and regret, that che is, alas too often
deprived of a share of your pleasures.
Did ye horny.handed lords Of creation
ever consider that while you are working
in the field, your wife was at the house
toiling just as hard as yourself and
that while you had but one task before
YOU. she has host of duties to perform,
each pressing upon her at once and the
same time? When you return to your
MONDAY meal, and find q welcoming
smile and everything ready to your hand
AS if the confusion of the morning had
been touched by fairy's wand and order
produced from chaos-do you ever con-
slider the vast amount of work that these
pleasant surroundings have cost the poor
wife9
"At night, when taking your ease, does
it occur to you to look around and see il
your wife is having her season of rest
You will find the old couplet verified in
her case, which says:
Man works from sun to sun,
But woman's work is never done
ave men are all too selfish and self.
conceited-and / am no exception to the
rule. We imagine that because we are
the bread winners of the family, the
women's work is mere child's play.
"Never was there a graver error.
There is not a farmer beneath the sound
of my voice but who, if he were made to
exchange places with his wife, would be
begging her to rue back in less than
twenty. four hours.
cat night, when you are locked in the
arms Of Morpheus, and your weary
frames drinkingin in the rest that nature
demands, the wife at your side is trying
to quiet fretful child lest it disturb
"poor, tired papa" The dear, unsel6sh
creature She never thinks of her own
weary frame and aching brow.
"By the dawn of day that poor wife is
on her fee;, preparing the best repast the
larder will afford. You return to your
work in the field, while the wife resumes
the old tread mill existence, that is rarely
broken by ray of pleasure.
"You men can 60 to town, and there
meet and mingle with friends and discuss
the news of the day. How many times
during the year does the poor wife cross
the threshold of her home, except to
attend divine worship on Sunday? Aud
even then you expect her to look after or
prepare dinner for your friends.
"I do not believe there is man living
who appreciates his wife as he should.
He loves and cherishes her; but he
should do even more than this: We
should resolve never to take pleasure
but the wife equally enjoys it with us.
She bears her full part of our tolls and
trials, and it is only just and right that
sue should also reap the fruits of our
prosperity.
"It should be the first duty of "a good
alIianceman. when he has lifted the
mortgage from his home, to look to the
comfort and pleasure ofhis wife. Before
you add another acre Of land to your
possessions before you build new barn /;
before you purchase an implement to
expedite your work, or before you i'm,
prove your stock, look through your
home-go into the kitchen, the wash
room and the dairy, and see if there is
not some utensii or invention that you
can buy to lessen your poor wife's labor.
Lift 8 part of the burthen from her
shoulders, that she has so long and un-
complainingly borne, and see that her
remaining days are made as happy and
as comfortable as your affairs will war
rant"