The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-12-19
Vol. 7. No, 81. Whole No. 1893.

most interest and animation
''What did they not rather" returned Mrs Bel
mont. "DrOll as Mrs Grants caps usually are, I
think she rather out didhersolr last night"
"What was III" asked Mrs We're. 10 whom tho
very word "cup'' always carried very deep in.
tercst.
"ohi can't describe it,"repled her friend "such
confederation of ends OF gimp and gold lace and
mussy flowers never saw, even her head before
don't know where she could have had ii made''
"Shc made it herself, of COURSE" said Nora, with
infinite contempt. "Does she not make every thing
She prideS herself on being what she calls smart
and never knew of your smart women whs
did not dress viley."
al agree with YOU" answered Mrs Belmont
"Belter be simple and unpretending If you can't az
ford 10 60 to Lawsons and buy the real thing once.
But Mrs Grant thinks she can initiate almost any i'm
ported head dress she SEES"
eyes," joined in Nora; ''and when she has made
something outandsh, thinks il look French" And,
from Mrs Grants caps, they passed to Miss Grants
fro"Ls and flowers, which did fare much better,
aud by the time they had fully discussed their muu-
al friends the interest and animation Of the CONVEX.
saon dying away, Mrs Belmont babe them good
morning.
al wonder what pleasure a woman Of Mrs Bel
mont's age can take in going to parties night after
night she does" said Nora to her mother after
that lady's departure.
81 own l am surprised at it," answered Mrs We're,
''as she has no daughter to matronze. III did not
consider it my duty to 60 with you, I sure no.
thing would induce me 10 submit to such fatigue
and wear aud tear of body and mind. But Mrs Bel
mont has extraordinary spirits She is constitution
ally gay.
"Wel,'' continued Nora, ''Iha, may be happy
constitution, but it is a dgnifed one. | like 10
see woman fall into the scar and yellow leaf
gracefully, not to be dancing and d. essng like a
young girl and out every night as long she is
asked"
81 think, Nora," said her little brother, looking
up from his slate as his mother quilted the ROOM
THAT ours must be the only perfect fami y 10
town."
'The only perfect ramiIy' Why, wha, do yoe
mean, Tommy"
why returned the child with much simplicity.
al have been listening to you and mamma, and it
seems to me every body has got many faults ex-
ccpt US. that must be the only perfect people you
know
Nora laughed heartily as she answered. al don.
know that we perfect, Tommy. Perhapsif We
were to hear other people talk Of US. wo might find
that we had some faults too''
Had Nora and Tommy had the gift of clairvoyancs
aud could in spirit have followed Mrs. Belmont down
Broadway, she overlook Mrs Grant, they would
speedily have discovered that Morals conjecture was
impossible as it FIRST struck Tommy's Young
mind.
.'You going to Mrs. veres next Monday, I
suDnose,'' SAID Mrs Grnnt
'Oh, of course. They entertain a good deal this
winter, don't they?''
"a great deal. don't know how they manage
it," continued Mrs Grant With MIR vcre's limited
means and their expensive habits, how they contrvo
to dress and spend as they do, is more than / can
comprehend -
II know" continued Mrs Belmont dropping her
voice to the confidential pitch, ''from what Mrs
We're told me, that they re-very much pressed for
money! and then she proceeded to melton some lit
tie circumstance that Mrs We're had Inadvertently let
drop, in relation to their family affairs, adding, al
should not of course mention these things, did not
know the strong interest Curiosity would have been
the better word ''you take in the family and all
that relates to them"
"Oh. certainly, certainly" answered Mrs. Grant
"You may safely talk to ne, ain much attached
gret.''
''Of course" rejoined Mrs. Belmont some can
not family like the Veres, committing such ex-
trayagances without pain. They have noble qualities
but it is pity they so imprudeRt''
Mrs Grant chorused in,as to their noble qualities.
and the ladies praised their friends vaguely and in
generals for few minutes, when they returned to
their faings with renewed vigor, leaving generals for
details and particulars.
'.Indeed," said Grant, al don'l know how Mrs.
We're can reconcile her conscience to dress Nora
she does. If her object ia Hamilton Ithink she s
sadly mistaken,in the means Young men don't fall
in love with girl because she dresses we'll Indeed
in times like these, it is calculated have contrary
effect They can't afford to marry expensive wives.
who bring nothing;' Mrs. Belmont who had uei-
Their daughters grown unanswered careless
y, "Fhat's truo'
''But Hamilton is rich, and, having reached Stew
nrt's, where she wished to make some purchase, bid
her friend good morning.
Now what the tie that bound these three fam.