Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-12-08

0uACl1 you WcHo hdfC tUdU IIi-Qa-
tured old maid Miss Pinfeather She's
such malicious, ill-tempered creature
That's the very reason l mean to ask
her. She will be devoured with envy, and
perfectly miserable if anything goes off
we'll 1t will be quite amusing to watch
her.
Very true. ma You areright There's
the Misses Homespuns NE must have
them, for have heard there's cousin of
theirs, a young lawyer staying with them,
and SO we can invite them Al.'
yes it will be very prqper will put
them on the list What's the name of
the young gentleman 2
Fuller VIM Fuller, I believe. At
least, Miss Tattle Told me SO last Sunday. ,
We will not weary the reader by max
ing him party to all fbe conferences
which were held before tRe4weighty CUES
tion-Who shall be invited 2-was fully
settled. The list grew beyond their an
ticipations, till it reached one hundred,
I but as Celeste remarked, there really was
not one of them that's could be decently
left out
Mr. Smiths clerk was occupied nearly
all the next day in making copies of the
following note OF invitation.
Mr. and Mrs Smith will be happy to
receive their friends at a Soiree on the
evening of Thursday, the eleventh instant.
Barclay street, Dec S.
The notes were despatched, and now.
the prelimlnaries being settled, the bust
ness of active preparation commenced
The services of Black Nelly. cook in
the neighborhood, who professed to be al
fat in the mysteries of the kitchen were
secured For the next two or three days
Mrs Smiths kitchen presented a very ac
tive appearance The beating of eggs.
stirring up of ingredients, and so forth
constituted the chief employment Of Ce
leste and her mother for the time being
the former seemed to be seized with an
unusual fit of industry, which can only be
accounted for by the exhilaration of giving
Soiree.
How shall we do about the icecream ?
Shall we buy it at the confectioner's 2? in
quired Celeste.
That will be very expensive; [ think
we can manage to make it ourselves, and
that you know will be much cheaper
have no doubt Nelly knows how to make
it
Nelly on being asked, hesitated, but she
valued her professional skill too highly to
admit that her knowledge on this point
was very limited. She therefore answered
that she would undertake it, trusting tc
chance and good luck for success.
Have we any lamps suitable for the
occasion2 inquired Celeste
Not enough, but 1 suppose we can Dor
row.
Then as long as we must borrow, why
not borrow chandelier. That would give
an air of fashion to the room, and nobody
need know but it belongs to us
But where can we get one p
There is Mrs. Jones has just got one,
a very handsome one, so [ heard, and you
know she's the most obliging creature in
the world. She'd be perfectly willing to
let US have it for one evening, I feel very
sure. 1t will be sufficient to light both
rooms at once
Mrs. Jones' consent being readily pro
cured, it was finally settled that this
should be the arrangement of the evening.
Mrs. Smith and Celeste were quite elated
They thought everything would pass off
IN fine style: and already they beheld in
fancy their two front parlors brilliant with
beauty and fashion. 1t would be such a
triumph over Mrs Green.
Mrs. Smiths ideas expanded as her
preparations went on. She suddenly dis
covered that the carpets which covered
her front rooms looked very shabby-too
bad, In fact, to remain on any longer
This she represented in such strong terms
to her husband that he though but half
convinced, gave her permission to provide
new ones.
It's always best, said Mrs Smith, when
you buy an article to get nice one; it is
sure to be cheapest in the end
On this principle she purchased two
Brussels carpets, the price of which near
ly startled Mr. Smith from his propriety
As the time was So near at hand, the house
for the next few days was a perfect hive
of industry.
At length the carpets were finished and
put down. Then it was discovered that
the plain, cane bottomed chairs, which be-
fore had looked quite respectable, now ap-
peared very much out of place, and pre-
sented too great contrast with the new
carpet. SO it was found necessary to buy
some stuffed chairs of more fashionable
patterns Tor both rooms, and In addition
to these, two handsome centre tables, for
Mrs. Smith wished to have both the rooms
present the same appearance.
Mr.. Smith began to wonder where it
would all end, and devoutly hoped his
wife would never take it into her head to
have another Sicoy-ry
Of course Mrs Smith and Celeste found
it necessary to provide themselves with
new dresses. They absolutely hadn't any
thing fit to wear they said. Dresses were
accordingly obtained, and mantua- makers
and seamstresses were engaged to get them
in readiness, with all possible despatch, for
the day which was to form so eventful an
era in the history of the Smiths was close
at hand
CHAPTER III.
There was sound of revelry BY night,
And Barclay street had gathered then