Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-02-25

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ID mutual inquiries after each others health,
the expression of surprise OH her part
hat the name of - Pandevack," which stood
~ itself in aristucratic style OH the door plate,
was The Z" John Pandevack" with whom she
mad romped and played in her girlhood.
leave it for the reader to imagine the con-
Of my worthy spouse on finding
how matters stood. The scene was truly
dramatic Mary and | unalIectedly delighted
to see each other, and inierchanging the kind
est c~ivilities in our illusions to former times,
while Mrs. Pandevack, angrily looking on,
was highly incensed that made so free with
a sewing woman. | had not heard of the
Wilton family for some years, but their his
tory is brief. Shortly after | left my native
village, where they then resided, MI. Wilton,
the father of Mary, signed bonds for a newly
elected sheriff for several thousand dollars,
and the said sheriff afterwards absconding
with Il considerable amount of funds in his
possession, Mr.. Wilton was compelled in
order to meet his liabilities, to dispossess
himself of his farm, and having no other de-
pendence, was thereby reduced to positive
penury.
After many hardships endured in the coun-
try, he came to the metropolis, and had since
subsisted, rather than lived, by the precarious
support obtained as subscription solicitor to
various periodicals and magazines. All this
| ELECTED from Mary, and truly felt panied
to hear of the various straits TO which her Ia
theirs family had been subjected. Our con-
v%ersation was now interrupted by the ringing
of The dinner bell, which had dreaded to
hear, as | knew it would be the signal for an
unpleasant alteration between Mrs. Pandc-
vark and myself. | had determined that at
all hazards Miss Wilton should dine with
us, and kindly signifying the same to her,
Mrs. p. remarked that Miss Wilton would
dine with the children, as she was DESTROYS
to have the body part Of her dress put III
such a shape that she could get through try
ing it on in time to make some early afternoon
calls.
At once perceiving the drift of this plea of
female ingenuity, ] observed that as dinner
had already been protracted until a late hour,
it was probable Miss Wilton felt the need of
her meal, and that she had of course better
proceed 10 the table with us. At this point
my wife drew me a little aside and in a low
tone assured me that she somewhat expected
Lieut.. Redtop, would drop in upon us at din
ner, as she had invited him and had more
over ordered a plate set for him-and "Mr.
Pandeva!' she exclaimed, "what opinion
would the lieutenant form of us, should he
see a seamstreSs seated at the table with
ANY opinion that the son of old Redtop,
the tallow chandler, should form of us, Mrs.
Pandevack," | replied, in an elevated tone,
for | had got somewhat angrily excited, ais
a matter OF far greater Indifference to me than
would be the ill-treatment Of a young lady
of as good birth as yourself, Mrs. Pande'
vack."
BY this time my wife was fairly convinced
that | was in earnest, and made no more OBJ
lection. Mary, it is true, begged to be allow
ed to eat after we had finished, but as | would
not in the least hearken to it, Mrs. Pande-
vack was compelled to bow her neck to the
unaristocratic degradation of dining with "a
dress maker.
This is but a single specimen of wha; |
had to undergo! For the sake OF peace
often submitted TO having those whom Mrs.
Pandevack deemed her interiors subjected to
the mos, naughty and repulsive treatment,
while at times, in a spirit of righteous indig-
nation, | have felt called on to take matters
in hand and compel the performance of JUS
tice, as much to my own satisfaction as to
the modification Of my naughty spouse. | am
now some thiTty-fve years Of age, and the
cares of my business and family pressing
upon me, ! am quite willing to dress becom'
ingly and to be thought as old as ! am, bul
such is not the will of Mrs. Pandevack. The
fashion in hats changes no more frequently
than | buy a new one, so that a hat scarcely
gets warmed to my head before | am obiig-
ed, through the despotic sovereignty Of Mrs,
P, (Which ! allow her to exercise in such
matters) to throw it aside for one of the latest
ton.
In 1915, when the styles of gentlemen's
hats varied SO frequently, Mr.. Leary's bill
against me for seventeen of his imperial frs
quality was one hundred and nineteen dol
lars. In the other departments of dress
t fare no better; | am an exceedingly thin
, spare man, weighing no more than abou
, eight stone, yet IN spite of my affirmalion'
} that a sack coat would exhibit my slende
! proportion to disadvantage, Mrs. Pandevacl
insisted on my wearing one the very frs
= week in which they came into fashion,
| About the same time, The large, mdsslvI
canes were also brought into use, and one O
those Of some ten pounds weight, | was com
PEELED to lug up and down town every day
t much | believe to the detriment of my health
d and the rounding of my shoulders. | do nc
remember any foppish appendage, that cam
e nearer being an iDfiction and a curse tina
those horrible mammoth walking Sticks
d They were generally assumed by delicate
slender young gentlemen, who would rattle
" have paid a negro some twenty-five cent
each time to carry the clumsy beam, tina
have sweated under its ponderous weigh
themselves, had not fashion demanded it.
l. Even now | am thrown into a fit of ne
| vousness when | reflect upon the dreadfl
n, burdens | staggered under, and the forlor
IN figure | presented in my peregrinations thr,
to the streets during the era of the sack Goa.
and weavers' beams. Of a ruth the fappin
rs of that aforesaid garment of elegance aroun
y my bony back and shoulders, on a wind
nd day, was as the tapping of a shirt hung upc
on a bean-pole-allhough such an appropriate
e. of a SHIRT have never beheld, and can on.
lie Judge of the resemblance by conjecture.
US my ante-connubial condition, | r%ejoiced in
y, smooth, clean physiognomy, and was wo