The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-04-30

bng very Hice pan tor twelve sous An
this butter Is not good 40 mach Is you
Day lorit, Caroline."
Il dent know.
How is that9
9cannette buys II.
But presums you look Al :he biIls?"
oh, certainly. Now ] recOllect the
price Is thirty sous
sJeannett.-Jeannett"
The ma d apl cared; with her mouth foil
lofsometiiing she was eating.
'Whafs The prico Of shis butter Jean
nette2', as o ron
Thirty sous, monsieur.' - sa
The pounl?' m
Yes Monsieur.
Much 70 d,ar. ate some the day 5e-
tore yesterday. whensI breakfas ed with
one ol my friends, which was far better than
this; and cost bu. twenty-seVens sous."
Then mpnsieur asked his friend 20 tell
him the priest ~
'Oi couTse--Why notPI ao ~
JeanneIl6 was retiring, bit her master
stopped her. IS
Whatwets yOn eating when you came
ID Jeannette?'
'.Some Of the cold leg Of mutton, mon
-ieuF." as 1s H;
"Ah. was there not sons of the beef re-
naming that was dressed on Tuesday,
at was finished loag ago"
The maid retired, and the master NUT
Feallythink some Of the beef onght 10
be there still"
When the time comes for sweeping the
sitting rooms, monsieur contriyes TO be al
" ys in the way Of the broom. watching
lest the servant girl should leave any dust
In the corners. The girl, who does not
approve of this supervision, managers
adoiliy 10 sweep the crumbs, &C., iuto her
masters shoes. aud to fill his eyes with
dust.
When monsie is going to walk out with
his wife, he examines every part of her
ct.
"Are you going to put on that gown"
Eyes, my dear"
''lt fits, you very badly | see you are
takiu your lilac bonnet"
Ger ainly. Is it not pretty7"
Tolerably, But dou't ike the flowers
in the border Why rave you taken the
lace off your black visite!
Because it was too handsome for the
vis!se, which is now growing shabby"
Il asaure you it looked very well with
the lace"
To Pl ase her fdgaly husband poor Car
oline was Obliged 10 recommence her IOis
.ette,and it ended n her iecoming so tired
and annoyed that she refused to go out all
that day.
One morning she told Antoine that
she wanted TO purchase two or the sums
-mer dresses.-lie did nos reply, but the
next day he brought her three pieces of
some gaudy manufacture, saying as he pre-.
sented them, "Am not polite, attentive
husband?
Caroline feigned TO be pleased in order
not TO disappoint him, but the dresses
were by no means to her tusted, and hey
cos; considerable more money than she
would have given for pretty oues. Reg
ulaIly, before dinner, or man Of the house
made it rule to- go into the kitchen, and
I AXE an afectionate survey Of spits, stew
aus pots, snucepans. with th iF ccn;ents
He would then call the cook" What is
shis ,arlha?
IA fricasee of chicken, monsieur"
"Are there mushrooms in it!'
'Certainly, monsieur"
"Very odd, can't see them! Ali yes.
there they are. Have We vegetable sup
today"
"Yes; monsieur here il is."
81 zee. Bat you put too many carrots:
how many are thers now in this soup2''
ma fol. monsieur, how can remember2
Do you think reckon the caro- . put
in?"
You ought to do SO. I'll venture to say
there are at tleast six in that pot; and mon
sisur oops gravely over the steaming soup
aid tries with Indifferent success, to count
the vegetables; while the angry Martha
fees greatly inclined to pin a dish cloth 10
her masters coat.
During dinner, monsieur's peevish nd
prying comments are so numerous as 10
defy repetition 10th OF this occasion he end.
ed by reproying his wife for fastening her
Eapkin 70 her dress with one pin instead
OF two. In the evening SOM company
arrived, and monsieur scolded Jeannett be-
cause two Of the gentlemen forgot 70 dust
their boot on the mat. He then went to
superintend 4he mixing of the eau sucRE,
and Afterwards ran TO assist in taking. off
off a lady s Bonnet, saying, tsl'n put them
IN safe place for you :nadanies when you
are going home, ash me for them, and IN
get them for you = eae e sr T
ait .hapPenel, zunluckily, that monsieur
IA his anxiety fosdo things better. than any
one else pHtathe articles into a room that
was seldom 4requented by any one hut his
tavoTfse cat and when the lady was going
away, she discovered TO her horror that her
beautiful cashmere and delicate satin lion
net had been converted into 3 verv cradle
by Madame Puss for the accommodated
of6ye iateEestins little strangers. who had
made thelr appearance dating lhe last