Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-10-13

"Why, Eliza what strange choice for
wedding dress Your other dresses are in very
good style, aud you have plenty of them, con
sldering the changes in fashiOn-but a brown
silk dress to be married in what fancy in a
girl of eighteen :"
"'Tis true, my aunt, that my choice may
seem somewhat somber, but you know very
well l am about to become the wife Of a poor
mechanic, who depends on his daily labor for
support. As the wife of such man, | must
necessarily limit my expenditures to my cir
cdmstances, and have thought II better 10 Pur-
chase something which would be useful for
sometime TO come, than to consult my appear
ance as bride for one short evening-espscial
ly as l see no strangers"
There is something in that There is my
Maria's wedding dress. She will never wear
it again in the world She had a white satin,
with lace dress over it. Oh, she did look
beautiful! l do admire to see q handsome
bride"
"Yes, it is very well for those who can afford
it. But it would be quite absurd for me to pull
chase an expensive dress for one or even a few
evenings, when by the expenditure Of half the
money, l can procure that which viii be ser
vieeable for years. But come, put on your bon
net and step over to our new house. 1t is all
AuAAASLcus ~ iedsb aiA lllal Is uuisueu- value
1t more highly than | should if It were not so
near my mothers" "
There, William has left this small parlor,
this sitting room, and three chambers, to finish
at his leisure, when he Is out Of employment
See how everything is arranged-sO handy for
my work"
"YOu don't say you are going to do your own
work !"
Certainly, I do There is but one appren-
tice, and l should think it strange if could not
do it with all ease"
My heart, what strange fancies you have
To be sure, it is well enough if you can bring
your mind to it, but then folks do SO different
nOw-a-d days. There is my Maria she has
moved into an elegant house, all furnished
from top to bottom She keeps great girl to
do the work, and little one to wait and tend
Oh, things do go on so beautifully, 1 promise
you"
" Her husband is young lawyer, is he not !
is he wealthy %
"oh he is very well off. He does not get
much practice yet, but dare say he viii in
time He has thousand dollars at interest /;
besides, Maria would never have married a
mechanic-their hands get SO hard and black,
and their complexion, especially if they are ex-
/ posed, gets So brown. would not wish 70 hurt
your feelings, but do think that for PRIDE
sake, for the sake of the family, you might
have made different choice
| "Oh, aunt,-e1cuse my laughina-I have
I yet TO learn that a mans honest occupation,
whether 1t produces hard hands, whether it
| gives the check brown or a pale hue, is
any CisParagement to him. You must get
acquainted with William, and hear him con-
verse. You will not think of his hard hands,
and his animated, intelligent countenance
! u L. I L
head But come, you don't say anything about
my furniture-and you must see my nice
closets"
"Oh, your furniture is we'll enough. The
less you have, the less you will have to take
care of, you know"
"Yes, we could not get much furniture
insisted upon William taking the money which
my grandfather left me, to pay off a few hun.
dred dollars which be owed for this place in
order to enable US to begin even in the world
We have both such horror Of debt that we
are determined never to incur any If we car
help it. See what nice press for bed clothes
this is -
why, what a quantity of bed and table
linen it is really nice, too. You have more
than my Maria has, | declare"
Yes, | always want an abundance Of such
things This draweris filled with towels-this
I
ct contains my tin and wooden ware"
81 declare, Eliza, yOu are strange, thought
ful child / must tell you one thing abou. Ma.
ria that made US have a good hearty laugh
The Monday morning after she was married
the girl came to ask her where the tubs were
and don't you think the child had actually for
gotten to buy a tub, clothes line, OF pins =
She said it never popped into her head Blu
la it wasn't strsnge-she had never been use,
to do anything of the kind"
81 believe, aunt, have shown you all, now
We will GO if you please. / hope you vii
not let my brown dress, or Williams brow
hands, frighten you away this evening""
"Oh, no But as must take the stage 70
Maria's early in the morning, you must ALLOW
me to retire early"
) What fellows these Yankees are for com
bining elegance and usefulness" said south
ern gentleman to himself as he stood on th
piazza of the hotel in the town Of -. "Sir,
said he, addressing himself to a venerable look
, ing man near him, ''can you tell me who re
sides in that elegant cottage where the ground
are laid out with so much taste -
"Oh, that is Squire Bill ThOmdike's. Yo
must be a stranger in these parts not to kno,
S that"
e 81 am, sir; and since he seems such promi
a nent member Of society, should be happy {
knew something of his history"
"Oh, there is nothing remarkable in It, nOtl
J, ing at all, sir. His father was a man Of grea
: learning, hut he nearly run through forum
= trying to live in style He died, and left thre
boys. kSTheir mother, who went from this plae,
was a woman Of strong sense. She sold th
T property, paid off the debts, and had enoug
/. left to buy that little house to the left It ha
I, but two rooms, and there is garden attache
to it. Here she put her boys out to trades
One to a mason, one to a wheelwright, ald thi
Bill to a carpenter. Bill married the widor
Perry's daughter. She was right good sehola
and she made an excellent wife. They got alOn
wonderfully. Everybody wondered how it wa
He did not make better wages than other mel
Il was no mystery to me, though, for watche
them pretty sharp.
"YOu never saw a great display Of fnery-
such as laces, and founces, and furbelows; 70
never saw hum, before be kept horse, ridin
much for pleasure. No, they both pulled OF
way, and took their pleasure in being sober, il
dustrious and useful, and now they reap the
reward IN being universally respected. No
there amt man that has so much money to |
as Squire Thorndike, and he is never hard az
2 screwing about it as some are. He isn't sting
n either. He has taken the two children Of OF
o Lawyer Willis to bring up, and he does as We
by them as he does by his own. Lawyer Will
wife was a kind Of cousin to Squire rhOrndike
wife. She was dashy, shovy girl. You
/. have tho't the richest folks on earth were ma
Y Tied when they had the knot tied. Poor fello'
he had hard time, notwithstanding, to supPr
his wife IN style. BE took to drink, and die