The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-03-11
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lFrom the Home Journal.
my WIFE'S ECONOMY.

III WIFE > ECOkOMY.
Mr.. J"nc, is jewel of woman.-
Ia" dear Creature Iarelv came home from
a >h"rpimg excursion, in the most extray
aE"nt sprt>.
Il have made such bargain to.da, ="
sand she. Il have bought such 4 beauti.
lni dress for thirty shIllmgS oulv So |
>.'d /" IN! self, even If get Ma,ltne
f'"u,'sh TO ma he it up, it will be econom-
IcnI."
Now, Madame Flourish was \ French
mod'Sic, who had lately come from Paris.
amd had really great taste, but Was runsr
rAlraragAmt III her charu->; and us,.,
h"Md her name without a shuddrr. A
lew months l'et.rr, she made up "A hru.
rade Tor Mr. } ues, which ever, body said
Gued heAmri'ul,v. ut looks a, if Won
we've born III IT," enthusiastically declared
TREND, "and 1t had grown with you."-
h"t nay pleasure III contemplating ,hi,
master piece, | must confess, was som.
what diminished when the biL can, ~
to the tune at iw" pounds srerlluy, for
hak'hg AMI trimming II, However, "u
wasn't S" astonishing, alter all" as my
wife reasoned "lhat drrs, which wa,
worth srX pounds sterling should cost
TWO pounds sterling to make it up."
AMI with this reflection cun>ured mysrlL
81, when heard the PROPOSAL to tsk, ,L,>
other dress To madame. argued that. il
She charged IN the same pr"p"rlIon, her
Toll would lie only ten shuhurs. " Inch
struck me as not exc ssiye and .,,,,rI;u,,
" mnd~ no Objection To the suaycsuon,
tut LIGHTING cIgnr, sat thinking Of MARY
Ann 5 many ,ntnes, and especially her
knsck Tor economy.
la about "a fortnight the dress came
h"'ne. IL MAS pretty, blue affair, with
palms set III stripes, and Mrs. Jones ready
looked like summer cloud IN it, as she
Heated "hou! 'he room, displaying i; in
every aspect, aud expatintmg upon is
were neatly UIuIHeu Nuu oUII u,., ,In,
row lace; an! the cape. for i. WIS cut low
ON tie >hOu!dcrs--aud dear p, mrv Ann
always wears capes over, such dreSs,s-
WAS embelilshe,. vi Ii wider lace of simi.
lar pattern. | thoug! To myself it WAS
The cheapest dress Tor two pounds sterling
making and all. that had ever seen and
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Two DAYS after the bill came in. Nv
wife opened it fist. and saw her draw a
very long face as she ran lrr ere over it.
However, she rallied immediately, ami
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her hand aver nv mnuL SmI,hT
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H.. iii She rommerceI oo;no oy.r ;,
i,em lac ;n,,
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m.tny ,h. dr.s, ,h, i fnr f,im' .nJ
s.winT !, ,oy.,h.r ei,ht eL;ll;urs Nn,
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",h,r', reasonable. for il takes ms, =.
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.ch.np nress rs :, costly one its III. tim.
that has 10 he paid for Don, Won see
d.,r ~
Iw,s forced 10 nod assent 70 ,he G,;,
Iooi..i.n thouyh !, w.s win an ;r,o,n,L
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Then bere's the ln;,os hu,,o,s a, 4
other small i,ems. fy. sLilliup, which !.
low. very low. Consider how ltsse mat
,eTs couut up. Besides. il takes time "a