Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-06-16

warmth Of manner into ihe cOurtesies
With which they received Tons VILE
The widows word wss.law, and accort'>
ingly the whole. family went N due form
10 The wedding,l Il was very generally
understood, thatno one was 70 like the
sons wife, If any decent reason 70 the
contrary could be found 10 her looks, ed
ucaiion or department
4 round Of parties ensued, for the lr-
vines were determined 10 out do the Sta
plesons, and they resolved therefore. 10
give nightly succession Of what they
called scrushers.' before the other side
would have 4 chance 10 put in their claims.
The wedding had been on Thursday. and
on Monday The Iryines began. Whenev>
er the Slapleion's could Be tlecentiy om's-
ted, they were not invited. but At Mrs
Irvine Il was impossible not 70 have the
brides parents and sisters. So. q; Mrs.
Irvine's a SECULAR attack was 70 be made
on the Stapletons, in order 10 expose their
ignorance and ill.breeding.
"A song from the bride = said one in
the secret, rs soon as the piano was open
ed.
Now it was generally. understood a.
mone the Irvines that The bride could not
play, and the best performer Of their par
~ was, on the-bride declining. to astound
the S,apletons. But the bride ;gnoran.ly
threw CONSERVATION among her enemies
by quietly sitting down. at the instrument
and performing in q Nyle which set all
connection al defiance.
.How beautiful = was the involuntary
exclamation ex,orted even from those who
envied her.most.
Il had no idea she understood music,
and so thoroughly. said one.
when could sfIe have learned it = said
Blu. we win ask her to play on the
harp Tomorrow evening" said third
What pity Mrs. Irvine hasn't the in
stru,nent. OF we might see the Stapletons
DISCONTINUED tonight
! Tomorrow came, and with it party
al sister Of The late Judge Irvine's. II
was known that Mrs. Seymour had the
only harp in the village, consequently j.
was impossible The bride knew how 10
play on the instrument. We shall not at
tempt to paint the establishment Of the
conspiraiors when she walked composed
ly up to the harp and played very diff
cult piece. accompanying it with her voice.
An involuntary burst Of delight testified
Fvhe opinions Of the company, the male
portion Of which, not being in the secret
| or plot. did not fail 70 express appreciation
sWhere did your sister learn the harpr
asked on of The lrvines.
.She spent two years in Philadelphia
was the quiet answer.
Every. evening during the week some
new attempt was made 10 unmask, as the
conspiralors said. the want Of breeding
and accomplishments, in the sons wife |;
but each trial met with signal disap-
pointnent; and at the end of the marriage
festivities. even the heads of the plot were
forced to confess that the bride was a
most accomplished lady. and that even
her family were wonderfully we'll inform
ed for the descendants Of mechanics.
But prejudice is always Stubborn. The
little clique which determined to put down
the sons wife still insisted that she was
exiravagant. and that. however talented
she might be, she needed practical sease
which il most valuable for the ordinary
duties Of hfe. Her demeanor in her new
capacity Of housewife was keenly scru,in
lied, and the transactions at the sons
house became daily The subjec. Of gossip
at the elder Mrs. lsvine's. But eyeu en-.
w and prejudice combined could find mo-
thing 10 blame; and before many weeks
the conspirstors began 10 grow heartily a.
shamed Of themselves.
WELL at length said Aunt Sarah to
the elder Mrs. Irvine. II do say, that
never saw heater house than Mary's is,
and from wha. Tom says. they make
little 60 grea, ways. I'm beginning 10
think there is something in them Staple
tons after all. I'm sure Cecily here has
improved wonderfully in her music since
your daughter in-law offered to give her
lessons
Mrs. Irvine was silent for some time,
but at length looked up from her work.
Il don't find any fault with her, and
can't say that ever did. had my sus
picions that Tom had been taken in, but
I've found that he knew better than we
wha, kind Of wife Mary would make.
You know l told you all from from the
first that she was to be treated with due
poii.eness as my daughter-in-law
Notwithstanding this full admission. it
had been long before the mo,her>in-law
could be brough, TO acknowledge her new
daughters merits; but her prejud,es had
at length given way before the sweetness
and many virtues Of her sons wife. After
this acknowledgment it was wonderful
how quickly The rest Of the family saw
/ the worth Of the Nonnn ,uiCa anL ~