The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-07-01

were of fine. strong doe skin, and the coat
and vest OF handsome and durable materials.
They look better in the garments, made
up--than they did BEFORE said John. Only
this cloth don't look quite SO fine as it did in
the piece but it feels frmer. But it kind
o'raises the nap in making | suppose
Of course Emma admired the suit very
much, and her husband was happy when he
found that she said nothing about the price.
lie wore the clothes TO meeting on the follow
! ing day, and when they were hung up on
Sunday evening, he was very careful to have
them turned inside out.--and kept from the
dust ;because, as he said, such clothes mustn't
be abused
| On Monday Emma went to the tailor's and
got the ten dollars which she had so surrep-
ttiously saved.
Not long after this ii became necessary to
purchase carpet for the parlor. Thus lar
they had no carpet in that room, though they
had long been planning to have one. They
had been purchasing gradually. There were
some expenses of the year before, which
would not come in the present year, and a
carpet aud sofa had been set down for the
present seasel.
On Monday morning John and his wife
i WNut " iuuh ouiiC iptlos JOuu hdo oNuh
upon three.ply. He knew no difference
between kiddermnster and three-ply or
between two ply and no ply at all. But he
knew that Brown, and jenkins. and Peters.
and KopPs, all had /" three-ply." while Emma,
knew that Browns three ply was only two
ply and that Peters was second hand affair
which he bought at auction.
Now for our use a good kidderminster
will answer every purpose said Emma.
We can find one just as fine, and just as
good, only it wont have 50 many thicknessess.
When the surface is worn through the ear>
pet is done ;until that il good enough. We
shall not wear out the upper surface for many
years. And then two-py carpet we can
turn, one side looks just as wella the other.
We can lave a dark carpet, or light one as we
please. Come. il will be much cheaper to
buy kidderminster.
But John could not do it. He would not
be mean about parlor carpet
Its trife-twenty-fy cents yard
that's ALL
But we are to get twenty-five yards,
John ;and that will make difference Of eight
dollars and seventy FIVE cent?
Well-and what is that when we think
how long we are to use the carpet. 1t is
something which we shan't buy again for a
good many years"
Emma urged--she spoke Of the true indie
Pendvnee aud the faiso and she alluded tn
the time when they hoped to have money
enough TO purchase home Of their own. o
john understand all that. He meant TO
save, but he would not be mean. Eight or nine
dollars was a mere trifle when we consider
that it is for a carpet that must be in their
parlur for years.
II so ohappened that the dealer was an own
uncle TO Emma, and she managed to whisper
: to him her plans. He had two carpets SO
. nearly the same pattern that they could not
be distinguished when apart, save that one
4: was two ply and the other three ply. John
/. bought aud paid for the lormer-une dollar
and twenty-five cents yard ; but the other
one was sent home, aud Emma put the eight
3. dollars and three quarters ia her bank.
John Hodge admired his carpet when his
/ wife had made itani put tdOwn. He said. how
n much better il lOuked than 'one o. them cheap
0 things would Emma might have felt some
a computations had she not known that her
Q husband was governed wholly by what other
II people had, rather than what he really need
II ed. And then, again, he knew no difference
between the various qualities Of wolen fab.
Y rics, being only anxious TO have his friends
8 think he had the best. When the carpet was
down il became necessary 10 get the sofa.
i Even Emma felt that their parlOr was rather
bare. They had not seats IOr a small party
' and as they must have more seats they NIGH
II as we'll have good ones-haye them on sofa
III Up 10 this time Emma had managed Il
d save quite sum Of money. Since the frs
t.E Atkrf aha hal llama She .arLa aft0n NfntG
N this John mad always bought and sent hom,
the provisions and in this department as il
&c nearly all others, We never looked at tribes.
ir Seldom did he 20 into the market without re
ID pcatng the old sentence Well-Ill hay,
N It, its only trlfe.' lie thought livery meal
10 ask a butcher TO cut Ies oi a lamb, whe
Of the whole OnlS came TO fifty cents and b
blushrd scarlet az tie very thought oi reiusin
S. early fruit because il was high IN price.
N Jones got Strawberries, ii course he could ge
W strawberries. And il bis grocer had lau
III by few quarts Of fine fresh raspberries o
ii purp zee Tor him. be would as soOn hsy
picked his lrrnd's pocket ss TO have refuse
n them because he could not afford 1t.
lst But Emma had no such feelings. She iel
that she was trading With herhnsband's none
he aud she was determined to show him ihat 81
I'd was worthy the trust. un the previous Janu
all sry they had rrckuncd Up tie groecr's an
hp butchers bills. aud found that the average q
es the year had been exactly five dollars anu loI
he ty.six cents week $50 this sum Emma claim
rs. e,l, and Size bad il handed 20 her each satuI
iii da, evening. From this she managed 70 "a,
nc considerable, aud set John Inund no Eau
he viii the living. lie never Jared better.
~ lie did none Il the marketing tie saw built;
an of the early, hot house fruit. and 80 care
nothing about Il. Aud in fact. ne never had
be but the traders knew his easy, timorUus d.
lie position, aud they put upon him what the
Rs, pleased. Let the grocer say
y. Ah--llOdge just in time. lie