The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-03-09
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From The Lddy's Book.
MARRYING A MERCHANT.

By r. s. ARTHUR.
"What do you think OF Mr.. Bradford ~
asked young lady, of her friend Jose.
phlne Allison.
Il think he's nothing but a clerk," was
The contemptuous response, accompanied
by peculiar toss Of the head.
Nothing bu, clerk ~ calculated the
friend, IN surprise.
/ es, nothing but clerk r.
!" am sure | cannot see any thing TO
sheer al IN the condition of a CLERK" con
Inued JOsephine's companion.
They are all v ell enough ln their place"
was the reply. But want to have none
Of these unders,rappers running after me. .
"Nell, there's Mr.. Hamb!e,on. He's
not clerk. What do you think Of him y
Il think he's mechanic, and that's a
thousand times worse Marry mechan
&c I'll bear my maiden name 10 The
grave first p
II be is mechanic. he is doing good
business, and is an inielllgen, man."
/ don't care If he is. lie needn't come
after me, can tell him. I'm not going
10 lower myself By any such connection. y
an what class do you expec, to marry ~
asked the friend.
Why, | expec, TO marry a merchant"
" ouIdu'i young doctor do!
"No."
Why not p
because young doctors, unless they in.
herH fortunes, generally have to cut their
garment out Of very scant patterns"
4" You look for the money then"
+" | lock 10 be well taken care Of, and TO
be sustained iu good society, when marry"
Why not take lawyer then =
" Because they're ditto
+" Or a minister"
"Dalo. I've no notion Of being compel.
led TO cut and carve in order TO make
small income last through the year. I'm
not one tia, can sill down and make my own
dresses LIS year, and neat year alter them
TO suit the fashion buying new body to
an old skirt IN the spring, and new sleeves
for that in the fall. No, no-l'm not an
economist Mary, aud would advise all young
fellows who expect an economical wife, 10
steer clear Of Josephine Alison
!" You are triflng, josephine replied
Mary Grant, the young lady friend with
whom she was couveTslng.
. Il may seem to you like trffing,n was
the response, " but am in sober earnest.
It's my opinion, that no man ough, 70 mar.
re-, who IS not fully able to support a wife
handsomely. There are men Who thus re.
gard the marriage relation, and one Of such
will have, or none. You'll never catch me
marrying to become drudge or a slave"
" Would you not be wiling to share any
lot IN HE with the man you really loved ?"
No, would not. When poverty
comes IN at The door, love, YOU knos, flies
out Of the window"
+" do not know any such thing, Jose
pblne. 10 my opinion, no change 10 ex,er
nal circumstances can affect the love Of
married pair, if that love be truly founded"
Why, really, Mary, did no. suspect
you Of tendency to romance"
/" fear Won have a tendency TO some
thing much worse than romance" Mary
Grant replied, IN serious lone.
" What Do you mean y
mean tina, you have tendency 10
wards confirmation Of false views Of mar.
rage which will certainly resul. in unbap
piness."
" Don't give yourself any uncasiness on
that score. shall DO well enough, was
Josephioc's launching remark.
josephine Alison was the dauph,er Of . 4
halter, "ho had managed by close attention
to business, 10 raise large family. and haze
= is" thousands ielt--say twenty thousand.
THIS sum divid-d amongst eigh. children.
would rot of course leave each of them
very wealthy. But, as Mr.. Allison was
reputed to be rich man, bus daughter had
Jienty Of beaux. And as they, like their
Ieauy, had 90 very correct idea Of the ex
ent Of their fathers wealth, they. very
over estimated themselves m con
eqneHce. Hence arose Josephne's hiph
'pinIon Of herself, and her contemp, of
Jerks and mechanics. For these false
'ie~s her father and mother were, Of course,
u some degree responsible. II would be
Imos' an anomaly 10 find young lady,
'ho had been properly instructed, running
II INTO such notions. Whenever entertain
d, and acted upon, i, is an indication tina, (
iiher parents or guardians have been sad. /
y al fault somewhere.
mr. Bradford, the Young man who had Z
cen alluded to BY Josephine in lone Of {
was chef clerk 10 a large ner. :