The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-11-02
5elstt MisteIIunq.
From the National Era.
EXTRAVAGANCE;
OR WHAT DROVE A MAN TO MADNESS.
~ LizziH LINN.

WIN aH lnCIeabe VI meauu our WAuts
multiply asionishingly. Cheap ingram
must giveplace to BIussSls or gorg ,Ou2lap.
estry. Cane seats will answer for dining
rooms and chambers only, while chsiis.
and sofas, and oltomans curiously carved
and exquisite workmanship. must supply
the parlors. Muslin or lace. wrough. with
skill, must drape our windows. Choice
paintings mus, adorn our walls, aud mul.
litude Of rare and costly ,rinke,s TO be dis.
iribute1 upon the manle.piece aud table.
and in every niche aud coraes. Our
chambers mus, be supplied with comforts
and elegancies betting royalty. A silver
lea service, and fine chias, must sapercede
The stone ware, and our table mus, Be loa-
ded " ilh luxuries. Que circle Of acquain.
iances must be extended, more expensive
c'otiug orn, and more costly entertain
menls given.
Mr.. Pyper never meant 10 be sx,rava.
CANT. Since his removal to Michigan. hs
had become something Of land speculs.
tor, and had also engaged in merchandi.
zing.
Mrs. Pyper looked very pretiy-qui's
like queen in her luxurious fsnieuil, hel
feet resting upon the opening buds aud
blossoms Of an embroidered fooisiool. A
solar burner frightened her charms, and
displayed the brillianey Of the decorations
in The spacious apartment.
Mr.. Pyper was in slippers, lourging on
the sofa. He appeared 10 be in TesIlss'
state of mind--nolhing uncommon for him.
Just wha, he was thinking about that eve,
ming. February I'd, lS-, never knew,
but events occurred afterwards which led
me to suppose that the cares aud perplexi'
ties Of business were pressing upon him
with crushing power. The las. year had
been hard one--sales were dull-,herc
had been more competition than formerly;
and for some reason, quite unaccountabls
to his cursory views Of things, his eIpen'
ses had been made unusually heavy.
Some one wrote 4 story, years ago,
showing that one psir Of brass sndiron'
cost some iwu or three hundred dollars;
but if Mr.. Pyper had ever read that tale,
he did not profit BY il. He bough, ih,
richest carpetng-- which his wife leased
and coaxed him % buy-cosi two dollar
per yard only; whereas it amounted ,r
one dollar per inch, because other lhing'
must be purchased to correspond. Little
did he think when he was persuaded .c
pay thirty dollars for msrble.topped u
BILE that il would cost him three huudret
dollars instead. Blu, 90 il was. Mrs. Py
per had fine iasie-quiie = passion fol
The beautiful. and true idea Of harmony
Then The garden. the yard. the horses snt
carriage, and company, had each consumed
qnile large and unsccoun.able sum. DR.
Pyper did no, think that he was seriously
embarrassed as yet; still he fel, tha. hi
affairs were not In quits prosperous con
dilion.
"Oh, dear = cried his companion with
a yawn. Il wish stories would always ent
Graham's last. Mr.. Pyperr
mo. Florence, I Tet bu, little time Il
read. | hone you prof, by those s.orie,
,ha, end badly
.Who, do Won man bv ,ba, y enouiret
,bs villa
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u,no" o ,r2 ;nhnm.n;,S ,sSpI, in svil. ,,,ri
a,;on sa"v" '"u .onno, ha ."c;i.S'