Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1856-01-03

woman than yourself doesn't walk the streets
of Boston. Now, for the very reason that
II am not rich, | want to know how you do
it,"
THAT is easy enough told, on little re-
} Election, replied Mrs Reed, blushing never
theless. You praised my new hat yester-
, day very highly"
Never saw you look so sweetly in my
, life; wanted to kiss you right on the spot.
Lee, the gentleman who was with me, de-
clared that he hadn't met with so handsome
and well-dressed lady since he had been
in Boston. There's for you-and he's a
New Yorker; but come, what did you give
for the bonnet? pinch in bread and butter,
eh p said he pinched his wifes rosy cheek.
''No, indeed.' she merrily replied, you
know last week [ asked you for three dol
lars; we'll, that was what the bonnet cost
me ~ -.
"Ah Minnie-Pm not so green as that
"a lady's bonnet three dollars-a bonnet
like that r'
lbeen confident that a milliner time is worth
to her dollar minute, and that we pay
more for that, than shape, materials and all
So [ have made my bonnets for the last two
seasons f; this very frame wore velvet last
winter. was curious to get milliner's
judgement upon it, and yesterday asked
Miss NJ to show me some ten dollar
hats. She did so-and I would not have
exchanged mine for any of them. She sup
posed [ paid about ten for mine. Fla, la !.
Why, my black silk that looks so fresh,
none Of my friends know but l have bought
a new one, | turned, and altered, and
trimmed handsomely; and yet the trimmings
cost only one dollar and fifty cents you see
there's good deal in taste" she added,
Iblushingly.
ooh yes, Mrs. Self -Conceit then we
may put the silk dress one dollar fifty
All, there's the new one-I forgot that"
1T cost twelve dollars; for | make it
point to get rich and good silk, that it
may bear turning or change of pattern
But [ made it every stitch myself, with on
ly a little help from sister Annie
| "But the seamstress [ saw here p
ooh! she was sewing up the cotton for
the family. I always make it a point to
|empioy some one Of my friends for that, and
jost 5ost y. Il .l..ra:4n,-..- asn--
no, ior we are up,n dress-new gloves,
shoes, laccs, &c. Come, all the secrets of ]
YOUR marvellous extravaganza madam
and Mr.. Reed fourished his pencil pomp-
ously.
::Gloves, four dollars a year." said his
wife ''put that at four dollars, for [ get the
r &c cb .
say eight dollars, though [ am not quite
certain that it is as much laces perhaps five
dollars, having good assortment and TAX
ing care of them. Ny dressing gowns are
of French calico, that are yet handsome at
ter three years wear-but to be more ex-
plicit, [ have bought for the last ten months,
and my outside dress, winter and all, has
not exceeded seventy-fve dollars"
Mr.. Reed looked at his wife with exult-
ing glances. :, !,
how well, in how thoroughly pure, and ele-
CANT taste you have always appeared, my
admirable wife. Itwas owing to your econ
omy that I escaped threatened failure during
the last terrible year. And I have more to
tell you jenkins, who has just got out with
his broken back thanked me yesterday for
my kindness to him during his illness and
called down blessings on your head for the
solicitude you had displayed towards his
family It was you, then, who got Billy
good place and provided comfortable home
for your old washer-woman it was you who
fitted out the little lame girl with decent
clothes, and sent her to school; it was you who
during the season of distress, went like min
istering angel to the haunts of the poor pre-
ferring to spend my allowance in doing good
to the needy, rather than display your own
beautiful person in the habiliments Of fash
ion. Gods blessing on you, my noble wife
Il am proud of you! [ have found trea
sure of which not only but my country
should be proud. For should calamity
come, this fair cheek will never blush at the
thought, cit was my heartless extravaganza
that aided in the overthrow of my native
land" Gods blessing on you-He will, he
does bless you daily and when the poor
butterflies who think more of a yard of bro
cade than human soul, stand before the
Judgment seat of the great God, how little,
in comparison with such as you, my wife.
will such frivolous heartless beings appear. J"
And imprinting kiss upon her forehead,
the happy husband returned to his counting
room.
Reader, in fair circumstances, in good
standing in the world and in the church,
are you Mrs. Read?
A plain and unschooled man, who had
received his education principally beneath
the forest, and who welded the axe more
than the pen, while speaking of children,
remarked with true and beautiful simplicl-
ty: ''The little chips are nearest the heart. "