The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-02-15
sM i S g e L L a n E O US
Tic Winter EsoliRct.

y $i3SssEJ. Only as q second bonnet, Mrs.
Featherfcw; trimmed with velvet,
ISL the " mako a sweet runabout affair;
# but for absolute. dress, | distinctly re-
cognise in my vocabulary drawn sat
&s ins and watcred silks. I have a
4 pretty. article. on hand. Here is a
French hat,--I have never shown it
before; 8it,would make YOU a delight.
ful ornament for the head; pink flow
ers inside, 50 becoming to your com.
plexion;a beautiful feather, drooiny
in a sneglige manner, all French,
purely FrenchTA1rs. Fcathcrlcw; and
that il what few millncrs have save
myself. Let me sell it to you to-
day
How much do you ask for it; Mrs.
Blond?
Ioi shall have it for eighteen
dollars, said Mrs. Blond in low
tone; sand that is two dollars less than
sd, / shall ever offer it to another per-
son; but you, Mrs. EeathcrIcw, are
one of my best customers. How
sweetly last summers hat has
& worn. 'fs
But it faded wretchclly.'
'Well, YOU know no lady wants a
bonnetto ourlive one season, Mrs, L.
aIsiS You can sell it to one Of Your do.
Sssstics, | don'l doubt, for ha.i ycu
gave. NC. Come, come, what say
You, shall L send the bonnet to your
..4S house Let yonr husband see it,
I$$Shhd We will make it all right as re-
CARDS price
But, said Mrs. F., 'mi husband
&illsthink fne7so cxtrayagant. How
s ever, said she, casting a glance at
~ MS: ':s.sl,,e 90 L y; ,l1s. 4
Is it, 7S's> y! q .' 'i :. :; ..
The bonnet went, and with il the
hill, enclosed in the crown. MIR
Fcathertew was not in his best humol
this aay-jusincss matters plagued
him, anil his wife saw that the Frcncl
hat was an mtimcly arrival. Never
stheless, she always said she coulI
manage her husband to charm. =
Some women are queer, let the men
SAY as they will.
Mrs. Fcatherfew had headache
"a pain i'll her side, slight cough =
all new diseases. Now there wa;
nothing i'll the world distressed Mr.
f., like sick wife. She looked de
-jectel, which quickly awakened Iii:
zsymhathics.
Wife, said he, you ought to take
more exercise in the open air-mort
excitement
Mrs. Featherfew coushed and
;sighel.
you don't say you have suffered
this fine day to pass, and yet yov
have stayed at home
No, dear; went as far as Mr.
Blona's, my milliner's. She is inun
s dated awithrfashions, husband. | coult
not rid myself Of her cntrcatics, not
withstandiny my head achcd 50, anG
:she has sent q bonnet for your inspcc
ton. Here it is, said she, taking
np2thc bandbox- Isn't it a love o
$ssashing; SO becoming. what say you
sshailI Keep i. 2
right; dollars only! very cheap
isn't it?'
.sls We'll, | don't know; such gcw
gaws are cheap; you can keep it O
not as you choose
Mrs. Featherfew could not resist
it was so 6sc0ming.
8 In a aweek, after her appearance a
church, and having shown it at home
to all her select friends, Mrs. Blon,
again sent to know if it was conyc
7fnientto pay the bill for the Frcncl
4 hat? The servant girl called Mr.
Feathorfew to the door. lie looked
stared looked again, and called lii
wife Eightee,a dollars Instead o
eight3 What a curtain lecture fol
loved.
Dusyou suppose, wife, Tn able t
allow you to dress so cxtravayantly
Short of money, banks not discount
ing, bid debts, trade deprcsscd;' ol
how those mercantile phrases wor,
upon Mrs. Feathcrfcw. She protest
42.!ca 1T Tas d mistake, and would rec
3S $tify3it at the 7tmilincr's. SoHcthin.
was limited that she had made sucl
mistakes before. The bill that va
4, ts, j FIRST sent, where was it?
q but Mrs Feathcrfcw proccedc,
To r8milliner's. st was all mis-
understanding between US, Mrs
BLOND. ! ffsuppose You said eigh
dollars for m hat, NOT eighteen!
Horrors = exclaimed Mrs. Blond
~ ss IS This ui,lnc, hat, French, Of til
ast IN l:ation, chose magniticeu