Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1889 — An Industrious Housewife. [ARTICLE]

An Industrious Housewife.

After the funeral of Mrs. Fenn, of Terry ville, Conn., a few days ago, her husband, an octogenarian, found a half dozen shirts made by his aged partner and carefully laid away. Soon afterward he found six more in another place, and, remarking that a dozen shirts would probably last him as long as he lived, lie sent them out to be laundried. Last week, while rummaging about the house for something he had mislaid, he found . another half dozen shirts. Surprised at this, he began a systematic search and brought to light ninety-seven of the indispensable garments, all showing the careful needle-work of his estimable wife. The shirts are of fine muslin, and the work on them is of the finest description, and all done by hand. Ladies who have seen them marvel at the exactness of the stitching. Mr. and Mrs. Fenn were a quaint old couple, wealthy and without children. It had always been a remark that Mrs. Fenn, unlike most old ladies, never was engaged in knitting, but always took her sewing with her when she went out to spend the afternoon.