Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-12-08
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From the Philadelphia SATURDAY Courier.
THE BROWN Sill, DRE,s.
BY MRS. PHILLIPS

fashion-but brown silk be married in:-wlo eve
heard Of such fancy in girl Of eighteen
- lis true, aunt, that my choice may someWha
sombre, but YOU know very well that | am about to be
come the wife of poor mechanic. who depends hi
daily labo7 for support. As wife Of such a man.
must necessarily limit my expenditures 10 my circuII
stances, and have thought il better purchase some
thing which would be useful for come than
TO consult my appearance as splendid brie for
short evening especially as no Strangers,
There is something III that There is my Maria
wedding dress, she viii never it again in tie
world She had white satin. with Lace dress over IT,
Oh, she did look beautifully. do admire hand
some BRIDE
ayes, il is very well for those who al6ri il. Bat
it would be quite absurd for purchase expensive
dress for one even few evenings, when, by the
peniurc Of half the money, procure that which
viii be scrvceable lor years Bot come put OIL
your bonnet and step now hou<o. 1t is Il
furnished at least all that is finished; rane more
highly than should if il my mothers,
There William has left this small paror sitting
and three chambers finish his leisure, when
he IS ont of employment See how every thing is ar
ranged. 50 handy.
lyon don't say you going do yoar worh -
''CertanIy DO. There is only apprentices. aud
should think it straagr if could all with case''
MY heart, what strange fancies you have, To be
surc, is we'll enough if You bring your mind to it.
but then folks DO differently nowadays There is
my Maria she has moved into elegant house, III fur
nished from top to bottom She keeps great girl
the work. and little one to wait and tend. Oh things
DO 90 on beautifully, promise you!''
''Hcr husband IS young lawyer he i!ot-s be we'd.
thv2''
cob he is very well of. lie docs not yet much prac
ticc Yet but dare say he will, time lie has thou
sand dollars at INTEREST," besides Maria never would have
married meehanc-their hands get so hard and black.
and their compilations, especially if they exposed,
get so brown. l would wish 0 hurt your feelings
but do think that for prles sake sake of the
family you might have made little different choice
''Oh, aunt, excuse my laughng-I have yet to learn
that mans honest occupation whethcrt produces hard
hands white soft hands, whether it aves the check
Li""" pd- l."e, Is any dispar1gement TO him. You
must ct acquainted with William and hear him converse
You VIII iak his of hard hands, and his animated
intelligent counenauce will drive his bronzcd skin ori,c
ont of your head But come. You don't say any thing
about my furniturc-and YOU see ny nice Closets
ooh. your furniture is well enough. The less YOU
have the less you will have take Of, YOU know.
Eyes, we could not get much furniture. insisted
upon lliam taking the money which my grandmother
left me, to pay off few hundred dollars which he owed
for this place, IN order to enable bagn the
world. We both have such "A horror of debt that we are
determined never TO incur any if possibly help
it. Sec what nice press for bed clothes this IS
"Nhy, what quantity Of bed table lincn,-it is
really nice too. You have than my Maria has,
dcclare''
"fcs-T always want an abundance Of such things
This drawer is flied with cwclsthis for ironing
sheet and banket-and this closet contains my tin
wooden ware
II declare. Eliza, you strange thoughtful child,
must tell you thing about Maria that made rs have
a good hearty laugh The Monday morning after she
was Married the girl to ask where the tubs
and don't YOU think that child had actually forgotten to
buy tub clothes line pins S,. it never pop
ped into her head But la it wasn't strange she had
never been used to do any thing Of the kind"
II believe, aunt, have shown YOU all now We will
go, if you please. | hope you will let my brown
dress Williams brown hands frigten YOU away this
evening
"Oh, nc. But l must take the stage for Naria's
early in the morning, you allow to retire carly
What fellows these Yankees for combining elc-
gance and usefulness said a Southern gentleman to
himself as he stood the piazza OF the hotel in the
Of -, 'Sir, said he addressing himself TO a venerable
looking near him, '.cau you tell who resides in
that elegant cottage where the grounds laid with
so much taste,
''Oh. that is Squire Bill Thorndike's y gu must be
stranger in these parts, not to know him.
Il am, sir and since he such prominent mem
Der society should be happy know something Of
his history.
ooh. there nothing remarkable in it. nothing all,
sir. His father q of great learning. but he
nearly through fortune in trying TO live in style
He died. and left three boys. Their mother, who went
from this place, woman of strong She sold
he property paid off all the debts and had enough left
buy little house the left. 1t has but
ma there garden attached to IL Here she put her
Bows out to trades. One a mason, wheel
wright and this Bill carpenter. Bill said however
lie married the widow Perry's daughter. She
a steel trap. She right good scholar, and
She made exccllen, wife They have got along Won
leriuy. Every body wondered how it He did
not make better wages than other but. somehow,
he money increased. 1t mystery TO ME, tho,
or watched them pretty sharp. You
great display OF fnery-such iaces lounces and
urbelows. you him before he kept horse
ling much for pleasure. No--,hey DO III pulled way,
N took thar asiira Ii being soher and