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By good conduct, a handsome person and calves, and a grave demeanour, Raggles rose from the knife-board to the footboard of the carriage; from the footboard to the butler's pantry.
"Let the first work of household suffrage be a demand for manhood suffrage." This had been enunciated by Ontario Moggs with great effect at the Cheshire Cheese; and now, as the result of such enunciation, he was going down to Percycross to stand as a candidate for the borough! He was almost drunk with delight as he sat upon the knife-board of the Shepherd's Bush omnibus, thinking of it all.
Scrubbing and water pails, scrubbing and blacking brushes, soap-dishes, sand-box, knife-board, and necessities in cleaning, must all find place, and, having found it, keep it to the end; absolute order and system being the first condition of comfortable housekeeping.
Ivory discolors and cracks if wet. Bristol-brick finely powdered is the best polisher, and, mixed with a little water, can be applied with a large cork. A regular knife-board, or a small board on which you can nail three strips of wood in box form, will give you the best mode of keeping brick and cork in place. After rubbing, wash clean, and wipe dry. The dish-towels are the next consideration.
Two or three large covered stone jars for pickles. One deep one for bread. One earthen teapot. One dozen pop-over cups. One dozen custard-cups. Measuring-cup. Scrubbing and blacking brushes. Soap-dish. Knife-board. Vegetable-cutters. Pastry-brush. Egg-basket. Market-basket. Broom. Brush. Dust-pan. Floor and sink cloths. Whisk-broom. Four roller-towels. Twelve dish-towels.
He had a sudden vision of her standing in the kitchen it was hardly larger than a cupboard washing the plates and glasses, the forks and spoons, giving the knives a rapid polish on the knife-board; and then putting everything away, giving the sink a scrub, and hanging the dish-cloth up to dry it was there still, a gray torn rag; then looking round to see that everything was clean and nice.
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