Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-13
What a pair of Audirons Cost.

tVeteEt Salu my IncleI KhOCklhR Nhc nSH'S Uoh
his pipe, and laying Il on the corner OF the Shell,
aud then fixing his eyes on the ambitious. 'PeleE,
these undiiUIIs cost HIr one thousand GUIIafs.'
'Deot me! exclaimed my aunt.
'Oh, father" eSclaimed The girls,
impossible! SAID |.
tTfur-tvtry wOrl hue. One thousand, did
sayI-yes-t"O thouslIId-IuIl Two thousand uOl'
lars
'Well,' said my aunt folding up her knitting lot
The night, u should like 10 know what YOm aTe
talking aOOnir
~ n"cIe bent iOIward, and planting his hands
on lis parted kn, rs, AMI with drlibtTNe nli,
which SLOWED nU doubt OF UeIns able 10 Prove lbs
assertion, hc began:
well, you see, good many years ago, we had
a mir Of cUmmOnOld audIEonS. Your cousin let.
" says one day, Rather, dun't yOu think these old
au,'ifuns ate getting too Sllabbyr Shabby OF not,
thought tlpy would hold The wood just aS
nicely rs il they welc mHde Of gold. SoOn after
that, reter,' continued my uncle, 'IUuF Hun1 tOoS
il up
''fhrIc il goes interrupted my aunt, 'you can't
gel along without dragging melt.
'YUIr aunt took il up, PIter, Nn' she said our
neighbours could nllInl 5raN nndltOnS, ami they
were 10 better oil than We were, aud she said
Lefty and lief GSIrr lane wCEc just getting Oil
enough 10 See company, and Tho SllnEy l0HSl"g
anL,lunt might hut lhrif MARKET Knew That
women viii have lhrlr own way, and there is no
uSu in Directing aud 50 got The antiIrOnS.'
'rlu mice VI them was iUuE GOllNIS AMI q
half
'Ah, that's mole like it, cried my aunt, Il thO't
you sail two tI.OlEAnd d0IaE$r
MY dear, wish y"l would mol Interrupt mt.
Four and half. Well the first hight after wc got
,hrnl, rs We all Sal BY The vain lite talking over
thr malltI, Lefty called my attention IL the Icafl
Tie stones OF Which were CTGCktl aud WnrHcI--
The hearth was entirely nut III kcepine with The
new andilunS and thought might as well have
II replaced first as last. The reSt day u mason
was sent Tor to tSatHinc It. lie came III my ub.
S.nCe, and Wien IetuInet home, yUut aunt anu
Cousins beSel me al once 10 have marble slab atL
they put their heads Iogr'LrI.' ....,.
'l,a me- ! here EXCLAIMED my aunt, VhcFc was
no putting hrniS together about il. The hearth
WAS - lea! old, WON Out Thing, AMI Hot fit tUt u
pig pcn.'
Tfhcy nut their heads together, Peter. as was
saying, and continued I'LL gotta marble health
winch cost Iue twenty dOlaIS-yeS, twenty dol
lars ut least. Then thought was done with ex.
prnSrS but was wrong. Som UcEaII 10 heat
sly hints thrown out about the brick wOtk aIOumd
tic tito place uUt corresponding with hearth,
SlOOA ont MlOnlvnl " twu ueaIMSt yuUE aunt NId
the pilS, but they al length got Tue better Of INT,
auu was lUICrh 10 have marble instead Of bHck.
Aud then The old muntclpIcCe "uS so out Of char
urlet that il waS necessary 10 have marble one.
The c.S! Oi uil this WAS neatly unc bundled dol
lars. And now that The Smril VI improvement
had got u staff there whS no SlOpplnE. Tile new
InaIb!e mantle put 10 Shame The old whliewnShLd
walls, and they must be painted, Of cOuISe, and 10
pteparc them lot paint, SunLry tepaltS were nectS.
SNty. While this wuS going on, your aunt AMI
tue sirs appeared TO be quite satisfied, aud When
il WAS lUur, they lad no dta that llc old nTi0t
could be made 10 look so SptUGe But tits was
only short respite. The old rAg cuIpet began 10
false dust, aud found lhele would GU no
peace
snow, my dear, said The old lady, with pleOs'
Ing smile, accompanied with partial EUlaIlUn Ul
the head
Nov, tlrhcT,' exclaimed The ylrls-
'TiIl | got tew catprl THAT, uguin, ShNmCd
The old furniture, aud Il hud 10 Ge tuned Uut unl
replaced with new. NOw Pctet, count up, NY
latI-,weHly dU.lIrS (Ot the hearth, AMI one hun.
died aud thnty tUr the uuHlIepIrcs aud tcpIEs.
What does lLal Haket'
zone hvndi.l and lillY, uncle
well, fifty TOT paper aud puIntP
1.-Two hundred
'Then fifty lot u carpet, and one hundred nj
least tUF iutNllute'-
'l'hree hundtrd aud fifty
'Ahen! 'rhrrc'S that clock, TOO, and tile blinds
--iiny mOTe'--
-Four huIdTe0i exactly
Ny aunt and COUSINS winked at each OtIItt.
'Nuw,' continued my umcle, so mnch IOr This
one loom. No SOOncr wYS the rOOn IlnlShed than
the complaints CuuIe from oil QuuItcEs, ALUu! The
dining room and entry. LOus beiUre this | had
surrendered at srretIon, and handed IN my sub
MISSION. The 0lnlIg room cost Two huRdECd mCEr.
What does that count, PetsE'
Eight huudted, UNCLE.
'IlIen the ChnmbrrA-at least four hundrtd 10
make them Chime with the down SluIiS.'
Twelve bundled
'The outside OF The house had 10 he repaired and
painted, Of COurSr. Adj Two bundled IVT tI1nlF
tFOuslreN hnudEed.i
Thru there mus; W piUzSa in frout-Ihat cost
two hIndted.'
'SAttcn bundled
| Here aunt began 10 yawn, Lefty 10 poke the
fire, and Jane 10 twill over tue leaves VI book.
"A new carriage CHnlc IltXl, Pclvfi that cost Two
hundred lO!IaIS.'
Eighteen bundled dOllarS.'
TrLrII there was lawn 10 be laid out and
neatly ltnCutI-a servant to Gu hEcd--paEIIcS CIV
en- observation-disclosures aud dEeSScS nj double
lhe lotl,rt cost, aud bundled other little ,Xpen.
ses in Keeping with the new Older Of things. Yes.
Peter, WIS entirely within bounds when saul
two thousand doIlatS.'
The opposition was silent. Ny aunt imnledi.
a,ey rose and guessed il was bedtime. was left
alone with my uncle, WHO was MT inCllneA 10
drop the subject. Tie was a perScveflns malI.
aud never gave up what liz undertook, I'LL he hal
done the work Thoroughly. SU lie thought Out his
books mud accounts and Sci about making All eS.
act estimate Of The expenses. lie hrpt NE up I'll
after midnight before he got Though. Ills con.
CuSiOn was that lie pair Of ambitious cost linn
i,r.nl Y .fnnr Li,n.LrpiI nnl GLIN ilnLlnIS.