The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-06-11

husbands mind is tossed with storms and
tempcsts but dissatisfied and fretful
wife, in the hour of trouble, is like thunl
der cloud, charged with electric fluid.
A Good storys
Mrs. ", consort and help. mate of Mr..
", merchant of New York, was very
economical woman, and, if the culogist
was not mistaken, had very strong an
ron. The circumstances narrated by the
friend of Mrs. V. were as follows: Mr.:
V. a merchant in aifluent circumstances.
did heavy business, and conducted all
his affairs with the utmost regularity.
Every department of business was COM
pletely sys,ematsed every family ex-
penditure was restricted to regular daily
appropriations, and no surer is the sailing
master of ship to make his observation,
work his traverse, and ascertain his exact
latitude and longitude every noon, than
was Mr.. V. to have his accounts nicely
balanced, and ascertain Whereabouts in
business every night. But wise, prudent,
and punctilious as he was, he could not
withstand the temptation to overtrading
during one of the great paper expansions,
and when the revulsion came, he found
himself embarrassed beyond all his ef
forts to extricato himself. He had stood
firm as rock, while some of the most
reputable houses trembled to ruins around
him, but he could not collect money due
ham from his best customers, and there
was one remaining note OF ten thousand
dollars, that would fall due in few DAYS,
and he could devise no way to meet it,
The notice came from the bank, but three
days remained, and every resource failed.
The first of these three days was spent
IN iruitess attempts to borrow. The
second was fruitlessly spent in trying to
force sale of goods. Nobody had any
money to lcnd-nobody bad any money
to purchase goods at any price. Failure
presented itself before him with all its
lrighuulness.
The day Of grace arrived, and horror
was depicted in his countenance. Mrs.
V. knew nothing of his troubles, and on
perceiying him evidently in great distress
of mind, she insisted on knowing what
was the cause of his trouble. 1t was
folly to conceal his ruin from her, and he
condescended to make her acquainted
with the cause of his misery. How
much, she enquired, will save you from
failure! Ten thousand dollars, he replied,
will pay my last note in bank j; but for
want Of this | must suffer the disgrace of
having my note protested, assign my
property for the benefit of my creditors,
and suffer my name TO 90 TO the world as
bankrupt Is this all said she. Why
bless me, my dear Mr.. ", can supply
YOU with that sum without going out of
the house. Not waiting to hear the ques-
ton he was prepared to ask, she tripped
up stairs, and in less time than have
occupied in telling the story, she returned
with seventeen thousand dollars all in
change, which she had saved within a
few years from her daily allowance of
market money.
All who heard the recital of this cir
cumstance by the friend of Mrs. V. were
highly delighted with it, save one sharp
noscd, slab-sidcd Yankee, who would not
believe, though an angel had told it, I'LL
lie had applied the test of figures 10 it,
10 ascertain It's probability.--As he finish
cd his calculations and was in the nc, of
returning his pencil to his pocket, lie
burst into roar of laughter. All eyes
were turned on him, and the narrator de-
manded what he meant by such uncivil
department -" Nothin' at all, stranger"
said the calculator, "only | was thinkin'
what tarnal strong apron that are woman
must had on to bring seventeen thousand
dollars worth of change down stairs. I've
ciphercd it ont ON this here paper, and il
will weigh jist half ton if there amt {.
single copper among the whole on't"-
Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
CoURTING Jonathan, did you