A Good Housewife

A good housewife should not be a person of one idea, but should be familiar with the flower garden as well as with the flour barrel; and though her lesson should be to lessen expence, the odour of a fine rose bhould not be less valued' than the order of her household. She will prefer a yard of shrubbery to a yard of satin. If her husband is a skilful sower of grain, she is equally skilful as a sewer of garments. He keeps hoes bright by use, she keeps the hose of the whole family in order.--British Workman.