Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1900 — Mary's Record. [ARTICLE]

Mary's Record.

A good little girl of olden days was Mary Osgood Sumner, whose “Monitor,” or diary, contains a black list of her misdoings, which does not disclose any very serious fault, and a white one showing what duties she performed. She writes: July B—l left my staise on the bed. July 9—Misplaced Sister’s sash. July 10—Spoke in haste to my little Sister, spilt the cream on the floor in the closet. July 21—1 left Sister Cynthia’s frock on the bed. July 1(5—1 left the brush on the chair; was not diligent in learning at school, July 17—I left my fan on the bed, July 19—1 got vexed because Sister was a-going to cut my frock. July 22—I’art of this day 1 did not improve my time well. July 30 I was careless and lost my needle. Aug. s—l spilt some coffee on the table. The white list, which is a very long one, shows her as saying her catechism, making tarts and pudding, and being "midlm Diligent.”