The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-09-12
THE YOUNG WIFE:

THE YOUNG WIFE:
80 Ellen Osgood has refused Mr.. Liv.
lngs'on! said pretty girl of sixteen ,o on,
OF her acquaintance, during morning call
What can be the reason!'
u DO not know, unless it is his wei
known imperiousness Of temper
'Bul whs, is that 10 fortune sucb q,
his! am sure should overlook a erea
many fai!ings in husband, who could give
me the finest house and mos. splendid car.
riage in town.
But my dear said her elder friend, you
forget that happiness cannot be purchased
with gold. There are sad hearts in fine
houses as we'll as in humble cottages II
there is no mutual love and esteem in the
msrrled state, no gay equipage can bring
felicity or even afford content
La! you are so old fashioned in your no,
lions, my Gear Miss Thornton, bu, then
sure you are Older, and ought to know m ore
than | do. Yet am certain | should be
happier if was rich"
You think go now, my dear, because
having loving parents & affectonale friends
your heart has nothing further 10 ask for in
tina, way; but le, your friends be take from
you, lei you be alone in the world with no
one TO cling TO. and you will long for some
ore 10 love- more than you now long for
riches Affection is all in all TO our sex !:
take care. my dear child, how uo" a;..- =.
'Well, ! sm sure never thought of these
,hng before: but you mus. be right. They
say Ellen is going 10 marry young HAIRY
Moncklon'
Il am glad to hear it. Harry is in COM
Portable business, and can give his wife a
neat, ,hcugh i, be comparatively humb
home. Then his character is every thing
lha, wife could wish, his principles ART
excellent, and his heart in the right place
Altogether Ellen has made happy choice.
yet still should think she will some
times regret her choice, when she sees the
rich carriage Of Mr.. Livingston dash by her
humble home
She will never think Of it, my dear
We'll. suppose Caroline willing said
the youthful speaker, after a pause, 'wil
now be Mrs. Livingston. She has been
trying to get him these two years, they
say
Caroline is a different girl from Ellen
she has less heart, and places her happiness
chiefly in external show. Yet she nevel
seems happy.
How she will triumph over Elen'
Blu, with little cause, my love. Wal
for two years and see The result
Two years had passed away since shi
Icouversation. Ellen, meantime, married
land removed to neat cottage which hel
| husband had rented on the outskirts Of lh'
village The house was not large, but wa
conv Cnient, and every thing within and a
round was in excellent taste. pretty gar
den was attached to the cottage This wa
a source of great pleasure TO Ellen, for sh
Twas passionaleIy fcnd Of flowers and ever
morning, while her husband was absent
a, his business, she nigh, be eeen waterin
lher plants, singing with carol as light Z
+ that of the birds who warbed from II
nsighboftng boughs.
Caloine Willing had become Mrs Ii
lngston, and thus obtained The prize f
which she had schemed and labored, II
flhouse was the fine OLD mansion of the Ii
ingstons. which had been remodeled al
ne WY furnished on her marriage. Her
. quipage was the most snowy in the plaC
i for tho first time since the revelation, live
Is es had been seen IN lhs villsgs. Her G;
10 met ware, her dIawing-room curtains, q
e. her magnificent set Of silver we're ihe II
le Of he town, But was she happyl II M
,hings could have bestowed felicity on 4