Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-16


to cool the burn, something to poulti
the inflammation, something to silcn
the jumping tooth, something to SCOT
the carachc O man of business, if Y
had as many cares AS that, you would y
fit candidate for an insane asylum
Martha make under such circumstai
an impatient rush on the library or
drawing room, be patient, be lcnicnt.
my sister, though my words may u
arouse in many souls any appreciation
your toll let me assure you from the KIND
Illness with which Jesus Christ met Martin
that he appreciates all your trials from
garnet to cellar, and the God of Deborah
and Miriam and Abigail is the God of th,
housckcepers Christ never married, that
he might be the especial friend and conf
dant of u whole world of troubled woman
hood blundcred. Christ was MARI y
The Bible says the church is "thc Hrl.c.
the Lambs wife" and that makes III,
know that n woman has right to go {,
Christ with all her annoyanccs and per
plcxities and fatigues, for by his oath @.
coniugal fidelity he hath sworn to sym.
pathizc. George Herbert put the thought
in three or four verses. quaint and pecul
lar, but strong, and in one verse saying
The servant by this clause makes drudsory
divine;
Who sweeps a room as for thy laws makes TIN
and the action fine.
A young woman of brilliant education
and prosperous surroundings was called
down stairs to help in the absence of thl
servant, and there was ring at the bell,
and she went to the door, and an admire
entered He said, Il thought I heard
music in the house. Was it on the piano
or the harp She said Neither; it wa.
frying pan accompaniment to u gridrun
In other words I was called down stair
to help. l suppose some time | shall have
to learn, and l have begun now" When
will the world learn that every kind OF
work that is right is honorable?
Home Economics.
AS Martha opens the door I look H..
and also see the trial Of severe economy
Nine hundred ami ninety households
out of n thousand are subjected t. il cithc,
under the greater or less stress of circrm
stances 1t ~ especially SO whom a "Hl
smokes expensive cigars and dimes at CTS.
ly restaurants He will be very APT {;
enjoin severe economy at home. That T.
what kills thousands Of wonen-the al
tempt to make s. do the work of s.. /
to tho household II you have moi got
in the expenditure Your wife Will j.
reasonable. How long does the honey
moon last?' said young woman atou
to enter the married state to her mothrr
The mother answered, 1.-The honeymool
LISTS until you ask your husband f.
money" How much do you wantY' 80 =
~ Iol1ari ffant
along with so cents? You are AWAY
wanting 81" This so years war asains
high prices. this everlasting attempt l.
bring the outgo within the income, has c,;
hausted multitudes of housckecpers. H.
me say to such it is a part Of the div.r
discipline If it were best for you, all 20.
would have to do would be just to opOi
| the front windows, and the ravens woul,
| fly in with food, and after you had hakcc
| 80 times from the barrel in the pantry
would be full, and the children's shoe
would last rs long as the shoes of tn
| Israelites ia the wilderress--40 years.
Period of Preparations.
Oh, my friends, all these trials ant
| fatigucs Of homo life are to prepare yol
| for heaven, for they will make that tn
| brighter in the contrast A dying soldie
was asked by friend, Have you an
message to send to your fathers eyes,
said he. Tell him | have gone home.
"Wcll" said the friend, "havc you an
message to send to your Wife" Yes
| Tell her have gone home. You hay
other friends. Would you like to send
! message to thcm?' Yes. Give then
the same message they will all under
stand it. Tell them l have gone homo,
/ And that heavenly home will compensate
will fully atone, for all the hardships an
the trials and the annoyanccs and tn
veXations of the earthly home. In tina
land they never hunger, and consequent
~ there will be no nuisance of catering TO
appetite. In that land of the white robe
they have no mending to do, and the al
! of that billy country makes them all wei
| No rent to pay there; every man owns hi
own house, and n mansion at that.
will not be 40 great change to step int
the chariot of the skies if on earth 20
rode 1t will not be so great change
on earth you had all Injuries and sati,
factions 1t will not be so great n chang
for you TO sit down on the banks of tn
river of life if on earth you had II countr
seat.
But, OH the JOY for the weary feet whe
they step into the celestial equipage, anC
OH, the Joy of those to whom home was
martyrdom on earth when they 90 int
that home where they will never have t
do anythisg they do not want to Dc
What change from tie time she pl
down the rolling pin to the time she too
up the sccpter! If ChatswOrth Park an
the Vanderbilt mansion were lifted int
the celestial city, they would be looked {
as uninhabitable rookerics, and LazarI
himself would be ashamed to be seen z,
Jag in or out of them, so great are IL
| PALACES awaiting all Gods dear chldrC,
and so much grander the heavenly arcl
| toctu.c than the earthly. 1t is often NJ
My the toll of the housekeeping, but il
| ne sickness and the sorrow that 90 ulOnl
| i "A simple fact that one-half of the W,
| zen Of the land are invalids, The mOu.
Ain lass who has never had an ache or
ain may consider household work of I
cry great Wearincss, and at the cycntlt
nay skip out to the fields and drive Il
attic home, and until 10 o'clock at nj ii
nay fill the cabin with laughing IA. ac
tut, oh, to do the hard work of the hur.
odd with u shattered stitution--u., B,
tx weeks' whoOping cough has ragged
he household, making the nights "a u.
s. as tho days, then it is not so O.
md then this work Of the house has
o be undertaken when the nerve
battered with seine bereavement IN.
,, II, desolation in every room of the
I'd sent the crib into the garnet J.
,, .s occupant has been hushed into "a ....
!, n that needs no Wother's lullaby q
was ii great dead easier for her to bro,
he whole flock than to brood a part
: Aem, now that the rest have gone! "