The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-05-23
A RICH OLD MAID.


there is something peculiar in the signs
over the large mercantile houses. These
sens assure the stranger that lar.r por.
non Of The business IN this country IS done
b, females; they are the capitalists, and
Me active members of the business firms.
a. an instance Of the prauks played by
Dame Fortune In those who WOO favor by
industry aud economy, We would name the
case Of LYDIA D. About fifteen
years since, she came to this place from
Ph. adelphia, alone, poor, irIcndloss and
uarccommendod and commenced business
10 the humble capacity OF huckaer--
,clIlng apples, candy, dc. at the corners
Of streets --Ge,t small shop-a retail
store, sc. gradually rose up, until her pro-
leny is now valued a, three hundred thou.
and dollars. For come wears her opera.
lions IN Nalchez and Vicksburg have been
lrge.
She owns some dozen Of the finest hou.
scs IN Vicksbarg, and is now rich old
maid, and what is rare circumstance,
accumulated all BY her own industry. She
has noae Of the contracted notions and
lore Of small matters peculiar to old maids;
bot has a strong, grasping. masculine pro.
pcas,ly Tor heavy business transactions,
with all The care and economy Of a siric,
housewife. When at Nicbsburg the other
day, she vas pointed on, TO Us, and We
pursued her several squares until she en-
,rrcd a store house on business. Her iea-
4 II. afs.ts al Lot
Thcre is none of that swee, smile Of love-
lass which plays about the soft counie-
r,ace Of woman-her voice has assumed
harJ aud commanding tone, instead OF
ehi aa6 graceful Her action, look, and
ar are those az business instead OF ne
raccs Of lovely woman.
She only Knows one impulse Of action
money. As an illustration of her charae-
ef We will name one instance Of Ter al
tempting to Won the powers OF Cupid
Having accidentally discovered that she
aas alone 10 the world, about four years
,lce she determined upon purchasing a
husband, One day, Judge PiukArd,
I5ro,ber If nr Ptnkafd, formerly OF Law
tcnceburg, Ind. vas passing her establish.
uent III Nlcksburg, she called hun 70, ana
informed INN that she wanted him to count
s,ne money for her. The reader @lll re-
,llcc, Judge Pukard is an old bachelor
The Judge at her request, stepped INTO
her counting room, whore she had one
hundred thousand dollars living on the table
When the Judge had finished counting the
love pic, she informed him IN quite hu.
gness manner, that he might have the
control Of il, It he would take her with
~ History does not mention whelhef
ho rendered the opinion Of the Court m.
siautlv But we are glad his decision has
been preserved. lle has decided that one
hundred thousand dollars was desirable
but Tie cGcumbfance was greater than the
ne, yaIue.
So tho petitioner was nOn.smied we
would suppose she was about forty years
Of ago, bu, il ts hard to Judge the age OF
an old maid. Cor. Of Iadiaaa American.
An Ugly Customer -" Don't PIT on no
tzirda"-A wager was made few days
suce on board steamboat, between cou.
pie Of jokefs, one Of whom, pointing to an
extremely ugly man bet bottle OF wine
that an uriier customer could not be pro-
dueed, The other, who bad seen one Of
the iiremen as he passed on board the boat
IA man whose face was screwed out OF
al shape--at once took up the bet and
started down stairs for his man. The jo-
ker bad an impeachment in his speech, but
he nevertheless soon made known his bu'
slaess to tho fireman, and obtained his
consent to show himself TO decide the wa
ger Wheniuside the social hall the ugly
man, whose nose was on one side OF ms
face, and his eyes on the other, began 10
screw and work them about, to give his
lace greater degree of ugliness. s-s-top,
said his hacker, don't put on n.n.no ex'
lrasi s.s.stand Just as the Lord made you
you cant be beat I" The other acknowl'
edged that he had lost, and pald.--N. u
Psedypne.
Pretty Keen.-Thc Albany Patriot says
lone Of our own Methodist olergymeu
last Sunday remarked that &c all the world
believed the Second Coming was 10 take
place on the 23d Of April, 1913, at J
O'Clock NJ ,,.a III rda nj them ypuld