| Show from the A american in rican agriculturist she well to the ways of her household eating says the rev leonard withington is one of the lowest enjoyments enjoy ments of a rational being and yet necessary to our mental repose and our mental speculations if a man will not work neither shall he be eat but it is equally clear that if he does not eat neither can he work there is no character which raises such per feet contempt as a glutton but this miserable vice is the abuse of a natural appetite take away from the astronomer his food and ind he will bill soon cease to lift his telescope to the stars the saint the martyr the moralist and the poet all ali 11 pursue their sublime occupations the vigor and animation of the body man does not live lire on bread alone but in order to live he certainly needs bread to prepare the food which is to sustain the poet the moralist and the saint is cerie certainly the sphere of woman and she should not consider herself degraded by the performance of dutie dutle s which are so essential to the comfort comfor tand tana and happiness of those she loves these duties should be performed in the best possible manner in in every household and if they ire are not so performed the responsibility and ind the blame must rest with the housekeeper she should know how every thing should be done in her house and that it is done in the best way of course a young housekeeper can not know every thing intuitively but she should make it her object to learn and she should not hesitate to go into her kitchen and put put her own hand to whatever is to be done A housekeeper should never exert herself beyond ond her strength such efforts are suicidal and many ap pp persons esons have sacrificed their lives to a foolish ambition to do everything themselves but a housekeeper can lea iea learn rn how every thing is to be done by a little practice each day she can go into the kitchen and make the bread herself she can make cake and pastry and she can wash dishes ac she will find that her physical health and streng strength ih are increased crea s ed and not diminished by such efforts it is very important that she should know how hov to direct her servants if she is not able to do it it is gee generally rally raily pretty certain in our country that they will not know how to direct themselves and every every thing in the house will be in disorder and confusion she must not allow any thing to be was wasted diedt it is really sinful in these days when n provisions are so expensive and so many persons persona are suffering from hunger that food should be badly prepared badly cooked and then thrown away because it is not eatable A housekeeper should know hove how to work that she may maybe be able to sympathize with her servants otherwise she may require I 1 more of them than is reasonable or on the other hand handy she may not require enough and thus leave them to spend their time in idleness and folly she must look after the comfort and happiness of her servants if a woman is hired for a days service it is necessary not only to see tee that her work is properly done but that she ghe is properly cared for I 1 know a country housekeeper who when ever she hires a woman to wash she does not see her for the day and she is left to the mercy of the servants who are too lazy to do the washing in themselves at one time when a person BO so employed was suffering from a severe couch cough she was requested by the servants to wash in a cold room in midwinter mid winter because the washing would disturb them in the kitchen I 1 they i gave her no breakfast so that she ae nearly fainted fain ted before dinner was ready for her A little attention from the housekeeper would correct many errors A lady of cultivated mind and good judgment can of course divise di vib vis eways I 1 ways and means of overcoming difficulties and executing necessary duties which would not occur to an uncultivated illiterate girl A servant may make the same tame mistake year after year which her mistress could re rectify C tiby with a moments time I 1 do not advocate the idea that a housekeeper should in all circumstances do her own work if she can amford afford it it is perfectly right that she should hire the work of the family done by servants especially if she has the skill and tact to maks make others execute her wishes she has various duties to perform besides those of the kitchen she is to be the companion of her husban dand the educator ot of her children children and she must not neglect to cultivate he her r own on mind by reading and writing A good housekeeper u Loo keth well to the ways of other her household and leateth not the bread of idl idi idleness enesi r j MARY MARYH H I 1 composition ROOFS are cheaper than tint tine 1 better than shingles are perfectly tight and ad a al most fireproof against sparks when wilen r made ade follows sheet the rafters with close boarding up an down cover this with felting telling paper labin 9 the sheets to break joints with one thirdy ohp 0 ed just as you would courses of shingles F fa as ten the courses 0 to o the boards by nailing iff th 1 strips of lath andallo and also aiso upon the eaves sid side and all exposed edges the whole is now cc cou av ered by the composition which we believe belleve a just such as caulkers caul kers use that is boiling pite pile p pi t it saturates the paper and sticks the sheets ge gether ther arid and to the boards As fast aass as one met tel to in puts on pitch enough another must cover covert with clean gravel dried by heating in a re hot sun or an iron canover pa pan nover over the fire ME m i complete gravel surface in i n the hot pitch pit cb your roof will be very tight light and durable ay iy illustrated TIMBER should be cut while the trey its most roost rapid season of growth and nesb close of the growing season when the tredal bud of each limb ii is fully formed saw cut P I 1 in winter always decay on the outside eore elre nor vor gore e or less if left over while summer cut ion lon lokeel keep sound for years hickory cut in wi wimer wlmer nr 1 so soon nit suffers with powder post if cut embt a agush EU Bt it will keep forever life Illus tat e d 1 |
