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done, in her kitchen. There is just as much merit and 

 womanly worth in knowing how to bring a turkey upon 

 the dinner table, so that it shall not be offensive to the 

 smell and taste of her guests, as there is in singing a good 

 song, or in dressing in good taste. It adds very much to 

 the comfort of a woman to know how to do everything 

 from garret to cellar. The polish is all well enough, but 

 let there be something in the first place to put the polish 

 on to. This doll-work, in the place of a good old-fashion 

 ed wife that knows what she is about, is poor business. 



Now, what I want to say to all parents that are bring 

 ing up girls is just this. Do not be afraid of putting them 

 into the kitchen that school of womanly virtues and 

 keeping them there, till they can tell the difference be 

 tween a churn and a tea kettle till they know how to 

 scour a skillet, black a stove, wash a floor, and cook a turkey. 

 Yours to command, 



TIMOTHY BUNKEE, ESQ. 



ttoolcertown, July 1st, 1859. 



NO. 32. TIM BUNKER S HAY CROP. 



A NEW CASE OF THE BLACK AET. 



ME. EDITOE : &quot; Eleven tun of hay on that mash ! Who 

 would have thought it three years ago !&quot; exclaimed Seth 

 Twiggs, as he knocked the ashes out of his second pipe, 

 and proceeded to load again. 



&quot; Did you say eleven tun, Squire Bunker ?&quot; asked Dea 

 con Little, as he leaned over his staff toward me, with his 

 mouth open in astonishment, as if he thought somebody 

 must have been lying. 



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