Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1876 — A Grandmother's Advice to Young Housekeepers. [ARTICLE]

A Grandmother's Advice to Young Housekeepers.

Do not RHofr anyone so persuade yoff to board, i permit, rimiing'and furnishing a whole housft,get ttfo or three,f oewaiAkQWim M of happippfls ; imiide. Mva, conipartoieW> and, as ji| ia- yqux,great wish; to be .happy ranicrintentcd,, begin wj|h a, gwd; sqjid 'fottpdntj«^ n Yow, lixe jerkin ‘your means, and keep .Xhat yo.w religiously. Do not be troubled if your frieaijs, Afinie and Nellie, are making a greater show with an equal irdome. pTou will get up after i wbile/wh.ep, jieritaps, they will ha re to taks rooms, ana reduce their expenses. We take it for granted your husband is engaged in some occupation; now as he goes daily to his business you go td yqurt, determined to, be a “Mn-m’fiet” aid ’not Df&< ’neatly; have ydur calico wrappers madse f L for work, not with lbirg trails ..suitable Wy lor firite sdies Wiio .can aft. ford Bridget; wear' ii i»10n ' llnCti coHfir, 1 'OrJif you prefer, ohe of calico made on jht! dreia. Be wblf supplied with kitchen aprons and one of some heavy, coarse ma;teridl for scrubbing, washing, ete., and do not be 11 shamed to be seen working. Your hnsbani f , hte‘to work for your bretKl anti butter; isAhat a.disgrace* ;You ahsjver no; their■Hiff honefor yOu’ to ’afd him. lion’t bogin to apologtoe’if a friend drop# in 'and flhds you at the wash twb—youean be and are as mpch of a lady in the kitchin the parlor. jbt Arrange your work systematically-; by so.doing-you .will accomplish more, have timefor visiting, receiving visitors, etc. Pf Itwo women whom we know, ofu equal' means and time, one accomplishes onethird more than the other—never seem# in a hum,.her bouse is’-neat as. a pin, herself likqyl&i- while Um? other—hqw shall we describe her home?—go in me, every chair full; “Q ,qayl,ej(ause the looks .of the house; I am washing, baking and trying to get some cleaniiig done, and had not time to make the bed and rid up.” No system there, you mentally, exclaim. ’Ti# better;fo ;; take. Monday, if possible, for your, washing; you are less liable to be interrupted. Tuesday, day, sweeping; cleaning-up,'etc.; Thursday, sewing; Friday, same*; Saturday, bakfflg, cleaning;-etc.; Sabbath, rest; do all tfe time,"visitAs urged you to bq neat, fa yotif dress ahd house and be 'partfcuUfly si/m, arranging your table, it is not nbcessnry to kavd foe finest j|nen, chtiia or silver - ; of‘course they are something to be desired, imd we do undervalue either theif beatrty of Worth, but with s table covereH” withi.ai fine white teloth, of course, neat stoneware (ivhite anti' perfectly pterin)/ gtfod wholesome victuals, well cooked, you Can raise yonfsdlf greatly in the esleem of siningry man ; no matter if you are not ‘is handsome as-yon WOuld like ; you will gfet better looking in his eyes' every day." Be cheerfill, welcome your husband with iidt Only a* neat house and person, blit a smile. He may have had many annoyances through the day; try and drive foe thoughts of them aw*y, ahd, j if Ute tea, havettn easy chffir and a news*i paper br favorite book where it will catch his eye omrfeing from tfie -tatde. Temp him to spend the long autumn and winter evenings at home with you, improving yourself frith useful reading, music, Mr you have the talent, etc. Get him a pair of slippers and make Jjjm a dressinggown. These will cost money and labor, but they will Put the gown on the chair, sjipppr# near by. and, if these on,picks up Jiis paperor txyok. you will have your husband safe for-the evening. He will feel so thoroughly comfortable that it would take a good deal Jq, get' him out; arid if business compels him io go be assured.he will soon return ;-and it behooves every good woman to do all she can to make her home The saloon-keepers understand this power of attraction perfectly, and they are always ready so wiii your husband away from his home. Yhefy care not for the lonely, suffering wife find children.—tiff. Loii.it Republican.. ; ‘ The winding up of the going jjjyrt of the great clock at Westminster, London* the weight of whose pendulum is 680 pounds, takes ten uiinutes, but the winding up of the striking pasts—the quarter' part and the hour part—takes five hours each, and this fatty-'to be done twice a week. -The contract cost of winding up the clock is £IOO a year. The error of the clock amounts to only about one second for eighty-three days in the year, and there is no other clock in the world of which the same can be said. I. 1.1»I (I 1 In New York and vicinity there are wpwand of 500 florists, with an aggregate invested capital of $10,000,000, including real estate. Ten hare a capital of $50,000 toSJS,OOO. One firm that;enjploys -fifty hands is now growing more plants than all the florists of New York did thirty y«anaso.