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OF

ТИЙ

THE COCK DOTH CROW, TO LET YOU KNOW,
IF YOU BE WISE, WHAT TIME TO RISE.'

THE

IMPROVED HOUSEWIFE,

OR

BOOK OF RECEIPTS;

WITH

ENGRAVINGS

FOR

MARKETING AND CARVING.

BY A MARRIED LADY,

ALIKE EXPERIENCED IN THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE AND IN HOUSEWIFERY;
WHOM ADMONITORY YEARS NOW INVITE TO A MORE RETIRED AND

LESS ACTIVE LIFE, CHEERED BY AFFECTIONATE
REMEMBRANCES OF PATRON-FRIENDS.

“She riseth while it is yet dark-looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread
of idleness.” Solomon.

FOURTEENTH EDITION REVISED;

WITH

SUPPLEMENT AND PERPETUAL CALENDAR.

HARTFORD:

THE IMPROVED HOUSEWIFE AND FAC-SIMILE COPIES OF THE NEW
ENGLAND PRIMER, BOSTON EDITION, 1777, SOLD BY THE AGENT

ONLY.

ADDRESS IRA WEBSTER, OR H. L. MILLER, HARTFORD, CONN.

1851.