The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-03-24

"only people Will call Us parsimonous and
ungeuteel."
"Ob, if that is ALL" he SAID gaily, 81
will promise TO expend thousand dollars
on the evening Of the party, not IN furniture,
but in a manner which will be far more
grateful to our guests, aud profitable 10 our
selves, and which shall exonerate US from
all impuiaiion OF parsimouy; and you may
expend IN dress, eatables and dessert just
wha; sum you please and do not forget the
wines" And so the colloquy ended. lie
resumed his studies, and she gave her mind
/ TO the consideration Of the dress which
would be most becoming; and the viands
that we're most expensive. The next day
she went busily about her preparations,
wondering all the Day how her husband
would ezpend his thousand dollars, but as
she had discovered something Of The cccen-
trIcity of his character, she doubted not
that he meant TO give an agreeable surprise /;
and her curiosity grew so great that she
could hardly sleep during the interval.
! At length the momentous day arrived
4 The arrangements were all complete, and
Mrs. N retired 10 perform the all i'm.
portan, business of arraying her fine person
IN fac attire. She fingered long at the
toilette, relying on fashionable uupuuc,u
atty Of fashionable people and when the
hour struck, left her chamber arrayed like
Judith of old gloriousIy, to allure the eyes
of all who should look upon her, and full
of swee, smiles and graces, noiwithstand-
ing the uncomfortable pincbing of her shoes
and corseris. Her husband met her in Inc
| hall.
! " Our guests have all arrived" be said,
and opened the door of the receiving room
w onderiul wonderful What q strange
assembly. There we're congrega,ed the
cripple, the manned, and the blind the pal.
sled, the extreme aged, and q group of cbil
dten from the almshouse, who regarded
The fine lady, some with wide open mouths,
others with both bands in their hair, while
some peeped from behind furniture TO the
covert of which they had retreated from
her dazzling presence. She was pe,rtied
With aslonishmeui then dash of displea-
sure crossed her face, till having run her
eyes owe. the grolesque assembly she met
the comical grave expression Of her hus
bands counienauce, when she hurst into q
violent fl of laughter, during the paroxysms
of which the bursting Of her corset laces
could be distinctly heard by the company.
Nancy" at length said her husband,
siernly. She suppressed her mir,b, STAN,
nered an excuse, and added,
You will forgive me, and believe your.
selves quite welcome"
"That is well DONE" whispered Mr..
", then my friends" be said, " as
my wife is not acquainted with you will!
make a few presentations" Then lead
ing her towards an emaciated creature,
whose distorted limbs were unable 10 sup
port his body, he SAID, This gentleman,
Nancy, is the Rev. Mr.. Niles, who, in his
youth, travelled and endured much in the
cause of our common Master. violent
rheumatism, induced by colds, contracted
among the new settlements Of the West,
where be was employed in preaching the
gospel to the poor, has reduced him 10 bis
presen, CONDITION. This lady, his wife, has
plously sustained him, aud by Der oan la.
Dor procured maintenance for herself aud
him. Blu, she is old aud feeble now as you
see"
Then turning to group with silver locks
and threadbave coats, he continued, these
are soldiers Of the revolution. They were
all sons Of rich men. They went out in
their young strength to defend their oppres
sed country. They endured hardships,
tolls aud sulienngs, such as we hardly deem
II possible for men to endure and live; they
returned home at the close of the war,
manned IN their limbs and with broken
constitutions, TO fad their pa!rlmonies de.
stroyed by ere, or the chances of war, or
their property otherwise fllcbed and wrest
ed from them. And these worthy men live
IN poverty and ncgIec, IN the land for the
prosperity of which they sacrificed their
all. These venerable ladies' are wives OF
these patriots, and widows of others who
have gone 20 their reward. They could
tell you tales that would thrill your heart,
aud make it better.
This IS the celebrated and learned DR..
B., who saved hundreds Of lives during the
spotted epidemic. But his great success
reused the anlmosily of his medical breth
fen, who succeeded in running his practice
| and when blindness came upon him. he wa.
forgotten by those whom he had delivered
/; from death. TINS lovely creature is his
only child, and she is motherless. She
leads him daily by the hand, and earns the
food she sets befofe him. Yet her learn
ing aud accomplishments are wonderful, aud
she is the author Of those exquisite poems
which appear occasionally in the Mag.
azine. These children we're orphaned il
infancy by the Asiasiic cholera, aud theil
sad hearts have seldom been cheered By the
smile, or their pala;es RECALLED by delicious
food Now, dry your eyes, love, and lead
on TO the dining room.
She obeyed, and notwithstanding her
emotions, the humping Of course shoes, and
rafting Of sticks, crulches and wooden legs
behind her, well nigh threw her into anoth
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