The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-06-24

aunl and cousins I'll bsssl me u onre. IN
have . marble slab. The wssoa bad ean-
vinfed Ehsm he hearth sould hea look
decent sllhaui marble slab. ssd They
put heir hsa.ls iogeshsT."
!" Ia me r. exclaimed NY aunt. /. Ihsfe
VAS no Psillag any heads logelher sbou,
u. The hsarlh ass real Old worn OH
Thing. nos e. Tor piepsn."
. They pol their heads lagelhsr. Peter.
- ! sss saying, and continued nil ! col
marble hearth. ~hsch ensi me taenly
dollsrs. Yes. iMen,y dollars, a. lessl.
Then thought was done wilL expenses.
but lLopghl wong. Pretty sOoa be.
4 gan 10 hear ely hIn.s lhEosn oul abaut the
brick work around The Fireplace moi Cor
responding with Tue hearth. lsiood GU,
for month or iwo sgaiasl yeur aunt and
the girls. but they a. length got the better
Of me, and | vas forced 10 have marble
instead Of brick. And then The old wooden
/. manirlpisee wss 90 out Of character that
il vas necessary 10 have . marble one.
4 The cost Of ell his Was nearly one bon.
dred dollars. And bow thai The spirit Of
improvement, had gotta start. there vas no
stopping place. The new marble msnlel
| pun 10 shane ihe old whlls-washed ~alls,
and they must be panied. oi course. and
/ TO prepare them Tor paint, sundry repairs
/ we're nscessary. While this vas going
on. your aunt and the girls sppeaIed 10
/ be quite satisfied. and when il Was done.
they had no ijea The old psrlor could be
made 10 look 50 spruce. But This was only
a short fespi,e. The old rag earpei bsesn
10 raise dust. and found there would
be no peace" s @ ss
"Now, my dear !" said lhe old lady.
with . pleasing smile. accompanied wiih
a partial rotation VI The head"
| Nov, father !" exclaimed the girls
! "T,ll %, new carpet. That again
shamed The old furniture, and il bad 10 bs
1 turned out and replaced with neg. Now,
Peter, count Up, my lsd--twen,y dollars
for the hearth, and one hundred for the
manlel-plecs, snd ,hir,y for repsirs. What
does that makei" @s ns-.sss g. ~. -a
| Zone hundred and hfiy. uncle" NJ
| "Weil. fifty for paper and paint +
/ Two hundred" .e..m..-...a. TT ;,
i "I'hen hi,y Tor carpet, and one hun.
bred al least Tor furnlmrr.". 0.=sa. 49,
.rhveo hsn,Iscj s-J Ger" -zsu &
I aAhem! TheIs's that clock. too, and
the bl,nds fifty more a-s@e aea
aFour bundled exactly M.ss..s aes
I My aun, and cousins winked a. escl
other. - ..et .s' s....n ne es@as. s+~*e Al
Now" continued my uncle, $50
much for This one room. No sooner wal
the room finished. than the complaints
came from al quarters. about The dining
room and entry. Long before this ha'
surrendered al discretion, and handed u
nv submission. The dining.soon cos
Two hundred more. What does that count
. Petei!" ..rraza Sa=~e@
E Eigh, hundred. uncle" z $685.
Q "Then The chambers--at least lou
9 hundred 10 make them rhyme with 10
down stairs. -~~*...... 49,.
.Twelve hundred.
.'rhe outside OF the house had 10 b
repaired and painted, Of course. Add w
!. hundred for that" ~ z-s a''..s. ..-.~.. -.
II "Fourteen bundled" - 1872
"Then there mus. be piazza 10 fror
pI that cost two bundled. 1870.
'e "Sixteen hundred. '.'7. -, .t... .-...~.
Il Here aunt began TO yasn. Lefty 10 pol
is The FIRE, and Jane 10 Twill over the leay.
III of book. ts '~. a.a>'.+ ~ *'<. -.
b. A new .carrisge came next, Pese
n, that cost two hundred dollars" 1870
"Eigh,een hundred"
rs "Then there was Lawn TO be laid o
J. and neatly fenced--a servant 10 be hir'
", parties given acknowledgements 81
D. dresses al double The former cost, and
" hundred other little expenses 10 keep'l
ne with the new order of ,hings. And
10 this grew out of those vety spd'rons. fe
y. Peter, / was en,irely within bounds wh'
pn said two thousand dollars" @@ Is
e, The opposition was silenced. My au
Immediately rose and guessed i. was b
n, time. WAS lei, alone with my uncl
Dg Who vas moi inclined 10 drop the subje'
~ He was a persevering man. and nes
be gave up what he undertook. I'LL he h
IS done the work thoroughly. Sohe broug
We gu, his books and accounts. and set abo
er making an exact estimate Of The exPens'
Oh He kept ma up I'LL after midnight, belo
ug be 60, through. Hi. conclusion was u
! the pair OF sndirons cos. him iDssfyJo
sn hundred and fifty dollars. 49, - ,<sra
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INSTALLATION OF PRESIDENT WAS
hs -s>. v~*~7 INGTON, *s%'@ "7 @@
nv We copy the following interesting
nd coun, Of The installation Of George was
ing.on as President, by a living eye.w
ness, from Mr.. Cisi's Cincinnati Da
me Advertiser. is from the pen Of The The
we nerabIe Judge Burnct, Of Cincinnati, q
,he in publishing the communication mr.
,ha we'll SAYS, al, is one Of those rare a
81 cles, of which the value and interest
slv increased rather than impaired BY
ma length, and that OF the very few SUI