Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-06-21
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SIGNS OF GENTILITY.
a EoARfISG-HoUsE SKETCH.

dinner wsaS o%er in the fashionable boar
ding-house If Miss Pickup. The company,
lately occupied in the discussion of a very
small cocoa-,ut pudding, sundry blancs-mc7-
ges, and the ;lsual allowance of almonds aad
rasins folded:,heit respective napkins, and rose
from the table
Il wish my purchases would come,'' said
the pretty brtde 3Irs. Hopkins, as she leaned
over her husbands chair. She had followed
the gentleman to.the back piazza, where they
were Iolling on camel -bottomed chairs and put
fng at costly HaEanas. Young Mr.. Thom-
son usually KEEP, them in cigars; he had a
brother in thn West India trade, who supplied
him plentifuily. Thomson was sucha good
fellow - SAID his friends. ''As generous as
a prince, They never minded accepting IA
vors from Thomson; he always seemed so
grateful to yGa fer using him" reputation
for amability cost the unfortunate youth sev-
eral hundred:dollars annually; but every one
must have sC,ale hobby, the keeping of which
proves expressive,
Il wish Seswart sent things earlier" con
tinued Mrs Hopkins; Il so want to show you
some loves IF can5ric handkerchiefs pur-
chased there this morning.
You extrsgagaat little womanl' - returned
her husband sang dagly; you'll ruin me yet.
What else dEI yea throw away money on this
morringl"
"Why, nothing but gloves. White gloves
soil so easily. was reduced to one pair
s'Then whr dii you not bring them home
yourself, and:5a done with it, If you wanted
them 50 mucls 20
Bring a b.lndle through Broadway - and
Mrs HopkinscIasPei herdeIicate white hands
and gavean a. ..rea.lag look, as much as to say
-"Can believe my senses Can it be pos
sible the maa Is IN his right mind ?"
Mrs. Jones' WHO also had a husband to lock
after. beckou$d hes sister Miss Smith, to fol
low them. Thomson was suspected Of hag-
/ ing a secret a.-acaraeut 10 this young ladv,
and she has Been lying 10 get where he was
again. Miss Smith came tripping gracefully
forward; aud:notleiug Mr.. Hopkiua's look Of
CONSERVATION. aurrledly asked what had hap
Pened."
''Iinquired why Matilda did not bring home
her purchases from Stewards this morning
a package aim st the size of small book
She seems to le surprised at it." replied NJ.
Hopkins.
But who eeer heard ofsuch a thing."
s.Who. izdz-7 . echoed Mrs. Jones, who
had once been a faiILiner's girl, and many
time had carrIsd Landboxes to the Bowery.
Mr.. Jones Numbered the time full we'll
He was then head clerk in a large grocery
store. and was attracted BY her pretty face as
she PASSED daily At her work. He married
her and they hid prospered. He was now In
an excellent wholesale business on the whar-
yes. and thev bEarded in n-- Square, the oth-
er side of the city from their earlier associa-
tions. Mrs Joni would have tainted at a dis
coverv OF what.she had been; but, fortunately
the Bowerv was to remote from - Square
for rumor TO resch 50 far; and she took excel
lent care that sthe places which once knew
her" should be blessed with her presence as
seldom as possible.
.The idea, said Miss Smith, '.of any lady
bringing home her shopping ''
"What else have store boys to do}' resPop-
ded Mrs. Jones.
..But such small package - demonstrated
Mr.. Hopkins.
Done up in brown paper, I dare say, con
tinued Mrs. JoI=ss. 1T isn't the size we looa
at so much"
No. certainly 4ot," said her sister.
..Now, Arthr;r' - Mrs. Hopkins was very
fond Of her husbands first name)-''now, Ar
thur, you ,r04a.r'r want yolr wife to demeaa
herself by carrying a bundle through the
streets, like auy-nlliner's girl}"
Mrs. Jones w5nGed. Mrs. Hopkins put her
hand on her husbands shoulder and looked
appealingly into his face, with her large,
brown, beautiful eyes. What man with hu-
man feelings co.sd resist such a look!
Il still protest, my dearest Matilda, that
do not see the slightest objection to your do
inc so, answered her husband, sturdily.-
SIN fact, if l am not very much mistaken
met you, not ls>sr than yesterday, near tha
Art Union, witlj package in your hand"
'Oh, that was music. One can bring home
music, you kuoe.2
"Yes," said Miss Smith "a roll Of music
looks perfectly z sataeI. It announces thas
you can not on!y play, but can also afford t.
get all the novelties as they appear"
'sAh!' ejacu5lted Nj. Thompson.
Miss Smith was the vocalist Of No. 20 -
- Square. Sh,. LlL all the new music, it Is
true, but it was. ,usalalIy paid for by Thompson
or his friend an: roommate, Mr. Cross. s.
sure as they joiGe& Hiss Smith on Broadway,
she happened t. remember an errand at Firth
& Halls, or Ja:quez q Brothers music sa-
loon. Ofcour%e, TIE gallantry Of Messrs.
! Cross and ThoEPsoa would not allow the la
dy TO pay for tn: rtt-as particularly as It " as
50 often discoy@-ca that she had forgotten hec
purse (''how careless Of her!'') when the Sc