1853. 



NEW KNGT.AND FARMER. 



53 



John, and Henry and George. Come, now ; don't 

 go -to sleep ajTiiin." 



"We u'/V/.'" 



Psli-.iw ! the fellow is so sleepy he does not know 

 whether lie is saying yes or no. I used to he jiist 

 so myself, and I never go to the door to call my 

 own children, but I tliink of my own dear mother 

 that is gone. My mother! — how often I think ol 

 her! When I sweep, when I wash dishes, make 

 bread — even when I turn over the slice of meat in 

 the dish — I think of her and her gentle love, and 

 patient teachings to her wayward child. I, too, 

 must strive to be patient. 



"Biddy, Biddy ! it's time the meal was over. 

 There, you may t;ike hold of the washing now. I 

 will get the breakfast on the table and attend to 

 these little matters, and give you a helping hand, 

 by-and-bye.'' 



"And thanks to ye," answered the cherry-lip, 

 "it's not often the likes of ye goes into the wash- 

 tub." 



Poor thing ! she thinks that her fate is harder 

 than mine, tliough I have two cares to her one — 

 but how thankful I am that I know how to get up 

 in the morning and get breakfast — know how to 

 do it uiyself, and know when it is done right. It 

 is a glorious thing to feel independent — to know 

 that my happiness and comfort, and that of my 

 husband and children, is not entirely in the power 

 of a Biddy, and that if she refuses to butter the 

 toast, or clear the coffee, I can do it myself, and 

 thus save the murmuring and discontent of the 

 household in spite of her. Only think of it, all ye 

 who curl up your lip at the insignificayice of a 

 housekeeper. Insignificance indeed ! Here are 

 fifteen souls under this roof. Suppose Biddy had 

 the washing all to do, and the breakfost to get, 

 too. Bidily would be in a hurry — feel impatient — 

 vexed, perhaps — that she alone was the busy one. 

 The coffee would not be cleared, the pork badly 

 cooked, the potatoes spoiled, &c. Then husband 

 and sons are disappointed, out of humor ; stomachs 

 out of gear, and tempers in unison ; and they go 

 away to the workshop or oiBce, speak harshly to 

 neighbors,' crusty to customers; grow nervous, 

 spoil a job, get into a fret and come home to din- 

 ner in a fever ; look coldly on wife, spurn the ba- 

 by, and grieve all hearts, all because wife or 

 daugliter could not get up early and help Biddy get 

 the breakfast. I'm glad the robin woke me ; glad 

 I know how to work. 



"Why, girls,. girls, you are up too late ; bless 

 you ! you don't know how much you lose by in- 

 dulging this last half-hour in bed. You must get 

 up early if you would have a full measure of beau- 

 ty — bright eyes and rosy cheeks. I was just think- 

 ing how happy getting up in good season and look- 

 ing to family comforts, will make us all. Only 

 think, Minnie, dear, how nice to have everything 

 right when we all set down to our morning meal — 

 coffee clear, not a biscuit too brown, steak in order, 

 every plate, knife and fork in its place ; smiling 

 faces, grateful hearts, and pleasant mirth, not a 

 complaint, not a murmur, and all go away with 

 the consciousness, sitting like a singing bird among 

 the fresh green leaves of family affection, warbling 

 a sweet melody, that they are loved and cared for. 

 ! if there is a thought that will make a man 

 cheerful, kind, generous, and honest, it is to know 

 that he has a tidy, careful, industrious wife and 

 children at home. If such a man can be loved — 



Minnie, take down the toasting fork, dear, and 

 toast your pa a slice of bread — never mind the 

 boys, they are young and can eat bread without 

 toasting. Always think of your father, cliild ; look 

 to his comfort morning, noon and night, that the 

 lilessingof his old age may fall upon you. Nettie, 

 love — Ah , Tia ! — here is my baby — 'No ! ' — Yes you 

 are, if sis years have curled your little pate — come, 

 kiss me now ; pretty big to kiss, ;iin"t you ? There, 

 let sister Nettie wash you while mamma takes up 

 the breakfast. Tommy, get the chairs round the 

 table — call the flimily." 



flletljamcs' JBrpartmnit, ^rts, ^t. 



An Extraordinary L.aiip. — Among the liyt of pa- 

 tents is one taken out by Mr. E. Whele, for a can- 

 dle lamp of very novel character. The lamp has 

 a dial or clock face, and, as the candle burns, the 

 hands mark the hours and minutes correctly, and 

 a hammer strikes the time. As a chamber light 

 for a sick room, it marks the time, and can be set 

 to strike at any given periods, when the patient ■ 

 requires attention. As a night-light it marks the 

 time on a transparent dial, and rings an alarum at 

 any stated period, and in ten minutes afterwards 

 extinguishes the candle, or will continue to strike 

 every second until the party gets out of bed and 

 stops it ; and, if a very heavy sleeper requires to 

 be roused, it will fire off a percussion cap. As a 

 table lamp it marks the time and strikes the hours, 

 and has a regulator and index, by which may be 

 ascertained the amount of light and economy of 

 consumption of the various makers. And all this 

 is effected with very little machinery, which is of 

 the most simple kind. — Foreign paper. 



Marbleized Iron. — The use of iron, in its ap- 

 plication to building purposes, seems to be daily 

 extending; its durability of ornament for archi- 

 tectural adornment, without much increasing the 

 cost, recommends it above all other materials. A 

 new application of it has just been made by the 

 New York jNIarbled Iron \Vorks, in the manufac- 

 ture of Marbleized Iron, which has all the beauty 

 and variety of colors that marble itself exhibits. The 

 iron appears ■ to be enameled ; and the choicest 

 kinds of marble fof IMantels, Columns and Table 

 Tops are imitated so closely, tliat the ordinary eye 

 cannot detect the difference. The great advantages 

 of this article are its c/i£a/nie55 — it is produced at 

 about one-third the cost of marble, and in various 

 shapes and forms, according to the taste of the 

 Plu'cha.ser ; its durability and capability of resist- 

 ing a greater degree of heat. Neither acids nor 

 oils affect it, in which respect it has a decided ad- 

 vantage over marble. 



The beauty and utility of this manufactured ar- 

 ticle will make it a valuable and important sub- 

 stitute for marble. — Boston Journal. 



m^ The caloric ship is to go into dock at New 

 l^)rk this week, for coppering, and as soon as that 

 job is finished, will iiiiike her engineer's trial trip. 

 Her engines have driven her wheels all day at a 

 speed of nearly 14 miles per hour. 



U^" Every time you avoid doing that which is 

 wrong, you increase your inclination to do that 

 which is right. 



