Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-04-29
Housekeeping.

As thou art only beginning the world, there
fore refrain from purchasing costly furniture aud
fly as you would the plague, all temptations to pur-
chasing plate. Perhaps your wife attends tea.wa-
ter company at the house Of Mrs Van Pelt Mr.
Van Pelt is an old established thriving trader On
the table is a silver teapot silver milk-pot, sugar
bowl and tongs. You go 10 see your wife home
she looks sad aud on the way she never opens her
mouth. Having got home, she takes her stand at
the glass while untying her hat Her late pretty face
is now as long as bean pole. She looks sober as
church-mouse you are distressed on her account:
in the most soothing manner possible, you inquire
what is the matter with your dear Maria she looks
as il she had lost all her friends for minute she
won't speak, and, perhaps, she begins to cry Now,
be COOL take il easy, and acquit myself like man.
Sit on chair near enough to be heard cover your
face with sackcloth, whimper and cry little, just
by way Of galvanic sympathy As soon as she
hears you sigh, her tender heart will relent, and in
stantly become your comforter. Now, you will
hear that all this muckie adoc about na'thing wa,
only a storm in teapot--ths hateful teapot, this
sugar bowl, aud milk pot 81 am sure, Mr. Snod.
grass, you can afford me silver teapot as well as
Mr. Van Pelt does to his wife," &c. Now, another
crystal tear is rolling across her pretty eyes-don't
look on them-you will! be shot; for her sake, for
your own sake, and for the sake Of the next gene
ration don't give up The ship; draw close your
chair; commence a mild and soothing speech,
Bprlnkle0 now anu tnen Win soule OF tne elegdilt
extracts, metaphors and epthets, with which you
were wont to address your Maria ten days before
marriage. Begin the exordum as follows ;--"You
know my dear that Mr. Van Pet has been long es.
tablished in profitable and certain busness-has
made fortune and is now on the point Of retir.
ing; whereas, we only beginning with small
capital. can't conduct my business without Dor
rowing money from the banks-(bank discounts.
When borrow 800 from the bank pay seven
dollars every year interest. Were we TO get this
silver teapot, milk-pot, sugarbow and tongs, they
would cost nearly or may be- over three hundred
dollars. Now the interest on $500 is twenty.one
per annum; this would buy you a good summer
and good winter hat, and thousand times rath-
er would look on your pretty face under hand.
some hat than TO see you pouring tea from silver
teapot to wet the mouth Of some who might &C
home and laugh at what they would call our ex
travagancy." believe your wife is a sensible wo-
man, and will relent al once. No merchant should
buy plate ill he can carry his business without
bank discounts Buy silver tea and even table
spoons, I have found them in the long 10 be
cheapest Britannia metal spoons being easily OBJ.
tanned are little cared for, and soon get lost
now have silver tea spoons in my house, and 10
daily use, which bought for,y.fve years ago, and
table spoons bough, thirty years ago-but my
wife always counted them when they went into
the kitchen-had them brought up and put in her
own hands-thus we have lost only one tea spoon
since we commenced housekeeping. Now, ladies
this is the way TO keep house. Nursing WOOL,
French puppies, jngling half the day or piano
and running round 10 make calls will never make
your husband rich.-Note-book Of Laurie Todd.