Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-01-26

necticut. and she'd very naturally think
1 iraherited my vulgar taste for housekeep-
ing. And then, We do get some things,
l think, that we can hardly afford; there's
the item of books" Here the Captain
got up and walked uneasily across the
room, for he was particularly proud of
the little library he had collected, almost
all of it consisting of standard and per-
manent works. s.There, is Henry Es-
mond, costing fifty cents, and we should
not have thought of it, but that Thaeke-
ray is Just now in every body's mouth
:" IN get no more novels" said the
Captain firmly. ,F-
'@ Then there is Hildreth's, History,
bought six months ago. and not a chap
ter read in it yet" ''oh, ohl'' said the
Captain, "we must read, and what better
reading than history ?'' eyes, we must
read, but we don't read what we do buy.
And as to history, are not those Cuban
documents which the Times has just f.
nished, history? We get them for mo-
thing. and neither of US have had time
to read them yet" " Amen" groaned
the captain, +" I'll buy no more books be-
cause they are Standard " but the reso-
luton came out like bad molar, hurting
dreadfully " 1t is different, you know,
from what il would be if we were in the
country, where we could read nothing but
our avn, and the volumes of the District
Library. And then you have allowed ten
dollars too much for my winter clothing" :"
q There" said Captain Thrifty. i" Eve
knocked uRder to everything you have
said until now, and now I'll be The head
of my house A wife of mine shall not
go shabbily dressed to church. You
know our pew is close by the region of
the aristocracy, and don't want them to
be remarking on the scantiness or po-
verify of your WARDROBE Husband of
mine,' responded Mrs. Thrifty, ''do you
forget that am one of the aristocracy?
My grandfather signed the Declaration Of
Independence and 1 should dishonor his
blood Is ! thought that | must dress 9TH
erwise than neatly and becomingly, be-
cause the wife Off successful shoemaker,
or the daughter of quack pill-pe6lar,
follows fussy French fashion. Husband
of mine, your income first, shall always
consult-the French fashion-pla after
wards. Moreover, am Yours truly to
command" 1.-The weaker vessel has
the ring of the genuine metal" said the
Captain, sit were pity if the stronger
should be cracked earthen after that. -
Husband, continued Mrs. Thrifty, "your
doctrine is to tell your wife, But have
not been equally frank with you. 1 have
not told you all ofmy financial operations.
You remember giving me ten dollars for
a bonnet-how do you like it ?" d" Very
becoming and pretty, think" "Wcll,
saved five dollars of that, Your vest,
which you sent me down town to select,
does it suit you ?' "Admirably-how
much did you save there, as you are in
that line ?" "Just the cost of making it.
bought the material and saved for my
self the tailor's profits. My new silk, you
remember what you told me TO pay for
that? Well, l saved FIVE dollars there
for myself But I've got to make ten
dollars more out of you before the year is
out, if possible for have little debt to
pay"
"a debt to pay!-and pray what may
that be ?''
81 see yon have put it down in the cs-
innate as one of your expenses, but it is
mine. Your life is insured in my behalf,
and the thirty dollars annual premium. is
my debt. have deposited twenty dol
lars of it in the Bowery Savings Bank, in
your name, and if you do not find the
other ten there by the first of May, when
the next payment is due, you may reck-
on me an incumbrance, and conclude that
Stephen Allen knew more than Ben.
Franklin"
Following this. several remarks were
made on both sides, which very interes-
ting, but which would not have been ut
tered had the parties supposed that there
was witness present. OF course We do
not feel at liberty to repeat them. It
would afford us much qualification to con-
tinue our sketch of the lives of this thrifty
couple, and we should certainly do SO but
for one consideration, and that is simply
the fact that they have not yet lived any
further than we have written them. We
cannot say then whether they will make
the two ends Of that fret year meet or
not. But We are willing to hazard our
as Yankee on the guess, that
instead of falling short they viii have laid
up fifty dollars in it.
PHOSPHATE OF LINE IS PuLMoxARr Coz