I am afraid I cannot tell you very much, because I worked too hard to
think about how we lived. When my second baby came, I did not know how
I was going to keep it. When the last one came, I had to do my own
washing and baking before the week-end. Before three weeks I had to
go out working, washing, and cleaning, and so lost my milk and began
with the bottle. Twice I worked to within two or three days of my
confinement. I was a particularly strong woman when I married. There is
not much strength left. But, thanks be to God, I have not lost one. I
have two girls and three boys, every one strong and healthy.
The firm my husband worked for failed; then for the most times he did
not work; but I can truly say that for the most part of twenty-five
years 17s. per week was the most I received from him.
_Wife’s allowance 17s.; five children._