The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-07-11
now 70 REDULE YOUR HOUSE.
HOLD EXPENSES.


nv dear. 1 wsnl sams nancy Tor
shoppiag Iour." Ny lore. Irannos +
ford 4, - =. l 40 not call oElsn." :. OBly
six ,iwes = geek" That 10 bnl once
sdsy. 81 any rals-bui II l esnaot have il.
Ie.nno,. IsnpPoss can fudge through
The Sumner xIIh the Spring fashions"
The discussion had become somewhai
in rsrssss-snd half pOuI gently curl.
Cd The ynung xils's under Up. The hus-
band vas Eaad but 90, fOOlish-ihough
some xllI have it that The terms are ~
poaimous. He proposed the terms Of .
esmpromise. 10 which The wife. glad Of
new employment. sceeded tie told her
What he could aPproPrials for The whole
household expenses. rent excluded. and
putting The weeks allowance IN her
hands. installed her chancellor Of the do
mssne exehequsr. and keeper Of The
purse.
Now," said he. eli You can manage
10 feed rs al comfortably. and sill do
your private shOpPihg-IryiL Here IS
precisely the sum ! have used weekly for
housekeeping alone. and il is as much as
can spare"
The iirle wife soon discovered lbst the
price of beef Was abOminabls, and prosId-
ed a cheaper substitute. Sir Lion was no
longer deemed essential three times in
. seek. AMI some very worthy common
srs, Messrs. Mutton. Lamb and Veal.
were raised 10 The peersge. The w,fe's
Molhsr Glasses lore was put in requlsi-
zion, and tie table was graced occasion.
slly with very clever rienfaeimientOs of
the fragments OF yesterdays dinner. All
the mysirries Of pudding. pie. aud do
nestle confectionery and fancy bread I'll.
led up the corners. aud used up The I'M
considered rifles which are TOO apt To be
iorgolssn in family not actually slarV.
ing.
And how did they live, Most com
foriably. The husband declared that he
never Jared 80 well in bis lile-bul asked
no questions. The wife wanted nothing
bat time 10 90 shopping in. Women are
always better Snb-Treasurers than men;
snd Tie money she managed 10 abstract,
and still leave no apparent hiatus in the
Gaily fair, would have astOnished any one
Of The great departed servants Of our
friend Uncle Sam.
Bargaining in one department. taught
the lady To bargain in others. Having
no occasion to 90 shopping for amuse-
msnt. che went just twice 10 the week,
f,r actual purchases; and ihOse she made
at fair price. The mere say so Of a
fashionable milIiner, or a dry goods clerk,
did not induce her TO belive an article
worth hundred per cent. more than lis
value. She pinned them down 10 their
facts and figures. and made her purchas-
es a. If she wished 10 save money. rather
Than spend what she had and assault her
husband for more. So slipped the week
the ha?2ies, one for both parties 10 The
matrimonial eopar,nsrship, they had ever
known. lie attended 10 his proper bust.
ness down iown-she had employment,
about the house which relieved her OF
ennui. and cured her OF all inclination 10
exlraEsgsnce.
Al lie weeks end there was something
oEet. which she rendered TO her husband.
.. But yon want a new hat. my deaf"
.Oh. no. mol al present. This can be
- trimmed and will answer ill the sum
mer siyle il settled" You told me
last week you must have some new
frueks." Z" know | thought so. and have
made some purchases This weck-but my
wardrobe is. on the whole. quite respec-
liable. aad | an sure can manage" $50
you have learned TO manage. have you!
but | don't want this money" "What
shall DO with il, then!" "Oh. there
are .snt. fuel. clothing ior children. SER
wants. Wages and other matters. oil CON-
iRg due in their season. You mus. pm,
Ihis to next weeks shsre-snd meet al
yout expenses. as they fall" " Then |
sn to be permanently in ofiice!" Ger
isinly. until you Swsuwoal--and with
20 oIser boui Than this"-
Why, issler, ] think you are child
lsh," SAID the liile girl. as she burst into
the town. Children viii inlrude some
lines. 10 make TOO long story short.
our friend finds this an exceIlen, dOmes-
tic arrangement. Women, 10 be prudrn.
in money or in secrets, require only 10
be trusted; and many lady gads expen-
sI'tly for mete lack Of employment. Try
them, husbands. IN. Y. Star.
A very amusing scene occurred in
one Of the adjoIning counties during The
sitting Of the Circuit Court. A constable