The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-05-06
fEaa a'e Saturday cosarsser.
TIL BROWN SILK DRESS.
~ his. PHILLIPS

~ HIS. PHILLIPS.
"Why, Eliza chat = strange choic
Tor wedding dress! Your euler tlres,
= arr In Fers soud style. and sou Iav
q plenty n Iiasm. r"a.ider;ns The chang
e m lasillaa--ias.t hFoan ELL IN b. ma,
f'ien la.-s Ii" ever Learii IL eucl. fan
e.s nj girl ol e:ghsren!'' e@ -a@a
IT'S irue. Aunt. m Y choice ma, seen
/, son 81 hal samtre. hnl YOU know te,,
well thai ! an about In lscome tie vii
~lof ro"r nj el'anic. Who depends On N
, Iii y lai'0r lnE si1'pnn. A. the wife =
such man. must necessarily limit m,
! expenditures n nv circumstance. and
llase Il'"ushi ID l,elter 10 purchase same
Ting whirh would he useful lor sa,n,
, time u come. Ilisa IN consnllmy arrear
: isnee as splendid bride Cor ane shorI
evening. esperislly - am 10 see no sran
gers" .@. = .~@. ~. I'D -
There i something in that. There
"a my ihia's eslding dress. She had
"A white salln. " i'll Ire dress over II.
Oi, siae dbl l""k A,eauiil.lly | do nd,
mlre In see = h4Rdsnme bride
r Yes. il T. xerv veil far those nha
ran sll''rd IL. liui il would he quite NIB.
surti :or TIE IN purrllase On expensive
dress tsr eae. ar even few evenings.
when by the expenditure III half The mo.
ney, | can pr"emre thai whirh iii be SER
's'enahle FIR same years. but come. put
on y"nr haRnet--snd step over II our
new hnnse. n il MI furnished. ii least
what there L. finished: value il more
highly ihan 4 should If II vas nuI so near
my mniier's."
+ "Then. VI illian has lel, Ills small
paElar, this sitting rDntn, and these cham.
hrs, nl.ni>h al his leisure, when he il on,
a emplo,ment. See how every thing
IS aranged--so handy" 49,
"i"a don't say you are g,ing 10 d.
your own work p
certainly | In. There is only one
apprentice. and l should think il strange
! IL conltl not i" all with ease.''
"My heart, what strange fancies you
haze. To be sue. ii is well enough il
You can bring your mind In il. hnt folks
do so differently nuw-a.days. There i,
ny Maria; she has moved into an ele.
gan, house, all furnished from top tn but
tom; she keeps great girl 10 do the
work. and . lIule enc TO wait an, tend
Oh. things do 60 on so beautiful =, pro.
mise YOU - s<&.-& $500 'e..@ g"
/" Tier husband j. Young lawyer, is
he uot--is he wealthy 7" s@ 49, $3.50
"Oh. he is very we'll of. lie iaes
not get much pra:rice yet, bu, | dare say
lie will, in time. lie has thousand
dollars al interest: besides. Maria never
would have married mechanic, their
hands get 50 hard md black. and their
compilations, especially il they are expo
sed, gel 30 brown. | would not wish To
hurt your feelings, but | do think that.
iur prttie's sake. fnr the sake of the fam
lily, you might have made lilIe dlaeren,
choice."
"oh. Aunt, excuse my laughing; |
have vel II learn that mans honest oc'
cupaton, whether il produces band hands,
whether il gives the cheek a brown or
pale hue, Is any disparsgemeni 10 him.
You must get acquainted with William,
and hear him converse. You will moi
think of bis hard hands; and his ANNA
led, intelligent cuuntrnance, will drive his
btonzed skin quite ou. Of your head
But come, you dan'i say anything abou
my furniture; you must see my n'ee clio,
SETS" So
"Oh, your furniture is well enough
The less you have, the less you viii have
10 take care Of, y"n know"
Yes, We GUILD no, gel much furni
! ,are. ! Insisted Upon Williams taking
the money which my grand mother lei
me. TO pay of few hundred dollar:
which he Dyed for this place. in order IL
enable US to begin in the world. We both
have such a horror Of debt, that we att
determined never IN incur any, II We p's
. tibly ran help il. See what a nice press
for brdclolhes, this" 20
"Wha, a quantity Of bed and table lin
en-! it is really nice. too. You have mort
than Maria has, | declare"
Yes, | always want an abundance O
such things. This drawer is filled will
. towels, this Cor my Ironing sheet am
blanket, and this clnset contains my IN
and wooden wair."
Il declare. Eliza, you are strange
, thoughtful child must tell y"u ont
thing about Maria tla. made as have
> good hearty laugh. The Monday morn
ing after she was married. the girl cam'
, to ask where the tabs were, and don't yo'
think that the child had actually forgotten
to bnv Tub, clothes line or pins! Sh'
said il had never popped into her head
, Buila! il was moi strange, she had neve
been used 10 do any thing of the kind. -
IL believe. Aunt, have shown you al
i now. We will go now, If you please.
hope you will not let my brown dress, o
Wlliim's brown hands Irigh,en you ava!
, his evening"