Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-08-02
Taking Things Easy.

As an exhibition of the right kind of peo
pie for this world,we give place to the follow
inc letter of a woman to her husband in Cal.
ifornia. 1t is bad enough for woman tc
be left "to her own resources, without be-
inc visited with other misfortunes in addi-
ton. She appears to take things easy-as
she should:
INV Dear Husband : AS it is some time
since you left us for California, | suppose
YOU would be glad TO hear how we are get,
ting along in your absence. | am happy
to say that we are all enjoying very
good health, on the whole. Just at pres
ent, two of the boys have got The small
pox. Amanda Jane has got the typhus fever,
Betey is down with the measles, Samuel
sot hooked by COW the other day, and
little Peter has just chopped dff seven OF
bis fingers with the hatchet. Its mercy
that he didn't chop them all off With
these trihing exceptions, we are all we'll
and getting along nicely. You needn't be
at all anxious about us.
81 almost forgot to say that Sarah Matil-
da eloped last week with tin pedler-
Poor glrl she's been waiting for the last
ten wears for a chance, and I'm glad she's
married at last. She needn't have taken
the trouble to elope though, for I'm sure |
was glad enough to have her go. She was
a great eater, and | find the baked beans
don't 90 off near so fast now as they did.
The way that girl would dig into pork and
beans was caution to the rest Of the fam-
ly.
The COW took ii into her head yesterday
to run away, which was very fortunate,
I'm sure for the barn took fire last night
and was consumed. was in hopes the
house would 60 too, for it's very inconve-
nient but The wind was the wrong way, SO
it didn't receive much injury.
"Some boys went into the orchard the
other night and stripped all the fruit trees.
| am very glad of it, for if they hadn't
presume the children would have made
themselves sick by eating too much fruit"
LADIES IN Rich ArrIRE.-Uuder the
head of "Fashious for July" In FoAe'
mentions, "a third robe Of white tafetas,
with large cheques IN various shades OF
blue" We have heard of ladies having
thousands of pounds on in the shape OF
Jewels, but now it seems they have car
RED the rage for valuable ornaments to the
pitch Of wearing large cheques. Who
draws these cheques we should like 10 know
if the papa of the wearer, he must be very
kind if the husband, miracle OF gener-
osity A dress decorated with cheques
would be catching dress in a ballroom ::
but an heress must have few natural
charms indeed to stand in need of such en-
bellshments By rich but ordinary wild
ow they might be worn with propriety and
wisdom, if it is wise on the part of such
party to marry and indeed she might wear
notes as well as cheques, together with gold
and silver coin. But although lady cam
not have her pocket picked of the money
which is outside Of her dress, we think that,
for safety, she had better put lin lSr pock-
ct than stick it on her skirts. Otherwise,
dress of which the ornaments were
cheques would have this advantage, that
no capital would be sunk in those orna-
ments; so that although they would rem
der costume rich, they would not make it
equally eXtravagant.
We MUsr ADvANcE.-Perhaps there is
no higher proof of the eXcelency of man
than this That to mind properly cultl-
waited, whatever is bounded is little. The
mind is continually laboring to advahce,
step by step, through successive gradations
of excellence, towards perfection, which Is
dimly seen, at great though not hopeless
distance, and which we must always fol-
low because we never can attain: but the
pursuit rewards itself one truth teaches an
other, and our store is always increasing,
though nature can never be exhausted. H.
Sir Joshua Reynolds.
&g= 1t seems pafetfoxical, but neverthe-
less true, that the latest intelligence always
consists of the earliest news.
&s- Those who would live together a:
friends and equals must not be constantly
criticislng each other.
8G. In Demerara, every one is Esq