The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-05-29
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FARMERS WIFE.

an ms, now famous, Bethlehem
Alliance speech, Larry CAN'T, of
Athens, pays the following tribute
to the farmers wife:
But | will not waste all of nv
sympathy on the farmer. There is
one class even more deserving of
pity and relief than you, my Ali
ance friends. | refer to the farmers
wife. There is not a burden that
you bear but the little woman, who
is the light of Jour home, shares it
with you. Your trials and cares
pierce her tender and sympathetic
heart as dagger. She bears equal
ly wish you your every load but, |
say with pain and regret, that she
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 your.
self; that while you had but one
task before you, she had a host OF
duties to perform, each pressing up
on her at once and the same time =?
When you return to your MONDAY
meal, and find a 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 consider the vast amount
of work that these pleasant sur
roundings have cost the poor wife?
cat 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"
''We men are all too selfish and
self conceited-and / am no excep-
ton to the rule. We imagine that
because we are the bread winners
of the family, the women's work is
mere childs' play.
"Never was there a graver error.
There is not 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.
"At night, when you are locked
in the arms of Morpheus, and your
weary frame is drinking in the rest
that nature demands; the wife at
your side is trying to quiet fretful
child lest it disturb poor, tired pa
pa" The dear unselfsh creature !!
She never thinks OF her own weary
frame and aching brow.
By the dawn of day that poor
wife is on her feet preparing the
best repast 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 90 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 thresh-
old of her home, except to attend
divine worship on Sunday And
even then you expect her to look
after or prepare dinner for your
friends.
do not believe there is q 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 she should also reap the fruits
of our prosperity.
1t should be the duty of good
Allianceman, when he has lifted the
mortgage from his home, to look to
the comfort and pleasure of his wife.
Before you add another acre of land
to your possessions; before you
build new barn; before you pur-
chase an implement to expedite
your work, or before you improve
your stock, look through your home
go into the kitchen, the wash
room and the dairy, and see if there
is not some utensil or invention
that you can buy to lessen your
poor wife's labor. Lift part of
the burthen from her shoulders, that
she hasso long and uncomplainingly
borne, and see that her remaining
days are made as happy and as COM
Portable as your affairs will war
rant"