Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-10-18

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Il declare, Eliza, you are strange,
thoughtful child! must tell you one
thing about Maria, that made us have
good hearty laugh. The Monday morn.
ing after she was married, the girl came
to ask where the tubs were, and don't
you think that child had actually for
gotten 10 buy tub, clothes-lne, or
pins! She said it never popped into
her head But, la! it wasn't strange
she had never been used to do anything
of the kind
4 believe, aunt, | have shown you ak
now. We will 60, if you please. /
hope you will not let my brown dress
or Williams brown hands, brighten you
away this evening
oh, no. But as must take the stage
for Maria's early in the morning you
must allow me 10 retire early"
1 what fellows these Yankees are for
combining elegance and usefulness said
Southern gentleman TO hiself, as he
sat on the piazza of the Hotel in the
town of -. Sir said he addressing
himself TO venerable looking man near
him, can you tell me who resides in that
elegant cottage, where the grounds are
laid out with such taste!'
oh, that is Squire Bill Thorndike's.
You must be a stranger in these parts,
not TO know him.
Il am, sir; and since he seems such g
prominent member of society, should
be happy to know something of his his
tory, .......
oh, there is nothing remarkable in il
nothing at all, sir. His father was
man of great learning, but he nearly
run through fortune in trying TO live
in style. He died, and left three boys.
Their mother. who went from this place,
was a woman of strong sense. She
sold the property, paid off all the debts,
and had enough left 10 buy that little
house TO the left. 1t has but two rooms.
and there is garden spot attached to
it. Here she put out her boys to trades
one to a mason, one 10 a wheelright,
this Bill to carpenter. They were
mighty smart boys, and settled in dis
: tant towns. Bill stayed, however. He
married the widow Perry's daughter
She was as smart as steel -trap. She
was right good scholar, and she has
made an excellent wife. They have
got along wonderfully. Every body
wonders how it was. He did not make
better wages than other men, but some.
how the money increased. 1t was no
mystly to me, for wachcd them pref
~ sharp. You never saw him, before
he kept horse, riding much for pleas.
ure. No, they both pulled one way, and
took their pleasure in being sober, in
dustrious, and useful; and now they
reap their reward in being universally
respected.
+ why there amt a man that has SC
: much money TO let as Squire Thorn
1 dixie, and he is never hard and screw
ing about it as some are. He isn't stin
l gy either. He has taken the two chill
: dren of one lawyer Willis TO bring up
d and he does as well by them as he doe
il by his own. Lawyer Willis wife wa
IS a kind of cousin to Squire Thorndike'
1t wife. She was dashy, snowy GAL
n Lord! you'd have thought the riches
IF folks upon airth were married whe
l. they had the knot ted Poor fellows
L. he had hard time, notwithstanding, t
II support his lady wife in style.
y He took to drink, and died. Nv
&c heard say that she turned up her nos
at her cousins match, but she it'll
- thought her boys would be glad TO G
sc to that same cousin for home, viii
she would be glad 10 take up with III
ii. little house that Squire Thorndike's M
ng Their lived in. ..-
If 'Ab, sir continued the old man, rh
RS is a charming world; but, to my mind,
er folks would only be prudent and indu
We trious, and give up hankering aft
at things beyond their means. there won
ny be more real good done in the wor
a and fewer changes e. ....... I
a. nPG. II. Hill. the celebrated com
=, dian and delneator Of Yankee chara