Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21


short trip decided at the last moment
not TO return; with third diphtheria
broke out in the family, so she could
not be present, and n fourth was
thrown from her horse and broke her
arm. Two of our ushers were detained
by railroad accident, on their way
from New York, and did not arrive
until after the ceremony was over.
After our wedding tour was over we
began housekeeping in pretty home
my husband had prepared for me in a
small mining town in Pennsylvania,
where his business would keep him for
a year or SO. We had but one acquain-
tance in the place at first, kind, moth
erly old lady, and should have been
sadly helpless but for her, for / found
it impossible to procure servants The
month following our honeymoon l
spent over the cook stove, recipe book
in hand, making the most of my limited
experience in cooking.
With the help of kind Mrs. Walton, I
did not injure my husbands health or
give him permanent dyspepsia by feed
ing him on overdone steaks and under
the hour spent in practicing my music
and painting, when the time would
have been so much better employed in
learning the rudiments of simple cook
ing and bread making My piano was
now a useless piece of furniture, for
was too tired when night came to open
it, and my painting materials remained
unpacked in my trunk. A number of
servants had applied as cooks and
housemaids, but on being informed
that we should expect them to take
their meals in the kitchen, they had
tossed their heads angrily, and depart
ed, muttering: "If we amt good enough
to eat with other folks, the place won't
suit me-
We advertised in the Philadelphia pa
pers, offering the greatest inducement
in wages, but no one would come from
the city to this out-of-the-way place.
Harry found me one day dissolved in
tears at the failure of some dish / had
spent the whole morning over, and de-
clared in the most decided tones had
heard him use that he could not have
me worn out with such unaccustomed
exertions. If we could not get serv-
ant at once, we must close the house
and board.
The thought of boarding made me
very unhappy, for l greatly enjoyed
having a house of my own, and was
anticipating, when the domestic wheels
were running smoothly, having my
family and my girl friends to visit me.
haa at,ti f,r1
wedding gifts, our lovely china and
cutglass and our quantities of solid
silver. 1t would break my heart to
pack them all away and never use
them.
1t had been a serious question, when
we first came to the place, what we
should do with our silver chest. The
vault at the bank was small and
could not be continually running there
for any extra silver | might need, so
the chest was placed in a vacant room
in our third-story front, and we only
took out silver for our daily use.
One warm morning in June | was in
the kitchen rolling out some pie crust,
when there came gentle knock at the
door, and opening it, there stood a
neat, pleasant-faced girl, who inquired
if / needed cook. | eagerly answered.:
"Yes." Was she looking for place?
And with few questions on both
sides the agreement was concluded and
she was to come to me the next day.
Mary came the following morning and
soon had things Strengthened out and
everything in good order.
We congratulated ourselves on the
treasure we had secured. Our neatly
served meals appeared as if by magic