New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-03

themselves as best they could by Waiting after the
music Of single accordeon CT by walks through the
grove.
Mrs. SMITHS ECosoar-THE RFNsAST OF CAR
PIT.-Mrs. Smith was a saving womsp There is
old about "savipg at the spiggot &C.. but thai
CT course has nothing to do with Mrs. Smith. She was
not mear-she was saving. Mrs. Smith bought new
carpet-s nice cnpet-s pretty figured carpet-that
cost, we suppose, twelve York shillings yard-per
baps fourteen. With all due care in buyog sn exact
quantity, there was remnant left Of we should say
somewhere between yard and yard and half OF
course it was not only saved but carefully laid away.
Occasionally, in the course of the next two or three
years, Smith saw the remnant of carpet out for air
ing. At length he said
"Wby, Kitty, what on earth are You keeping that
remnant for"
"Wby, you wouldn't have it wasted, would you
| shall make something out Of ye.' She was right.
She did. She had not saved it 60 long for nothing
bright idea at length struck her how to make some.
thing out Of it.
Among Smiths customers was journeymsn cabinet.
maker who loved to come in Of an evening and enjoy
taste of good old Scotch whisky punch, and have
chst and q smoke. Sootas Sons do love to meet to-
gether ard have social glass. Now the bright idea
Of Mrs. Smith that she would get Robb, the
cabinet maker, to make her pair Of ootstOOs, otto
mans, or something else-e nondescript things that
ladies have in p,ors neither chair bench nor stool
good for nothing to cit on and of account for any
thing else, except to stumble over A pair of these
she would have made, and that would save the
liant Of carpet.
"No doubt" SAID shs to herself in thinking over
the economy of the thing" No doubt Robb will taket
all out in trade, and that will be a saving
So she ca led him in, told him what she wanted and
showed him the piece of carpet saVed 30 long and
now to be at length appropriated to profitable pur
pose.
Yes il will make very nice tops, and there s plenty
to.make large-szed pair. VIII you have them Of
mahogany, black walnut or rosewood"
SIZE was not particular; she wanted them nice and
he might make them Of anything be pleased" any
remnants that lie could pick up about the shop.
Mrs. Smith asked-no, she told Der husbsrd about
the arrangement, and he said:
just as you like; don't care"
Time wore on. Robert drank and smoked, and
worked he worked slow, but he worked sure, for by
and by be brought in one evening the articles Of
parlor furniture, the contrivarces for saving carpet
remnants. Mr.. Smith thought them good-.ooking and
sent them up stair. Mrs. Smith was delighted with
them. They were beautiful -"jus the thing
exactly what she wanted" "-"such match TO the par-
lor carpet, she was really proud Of them And We
may be allowed to cay, proud also of her economy
of housekeeping. "Scme foli 9 would have Iwasted
that carpet or let the moths eat it, let lay round
loose, Of DO use
BY and by, busioess over in the shop, Smith came
up. Smith must 20 and see them, but somehow he
could not see quite as much beauty In them as his
wife did and in fact they did not look near as well as
they did when he first them, and for the econ
omy Of The thing that he couldn't bit of bu. he
looked, bit his lip and said nothing He thoug 1t,
Well, they are woman's bsuble, bought and psid
for se let it 60. But hope there are no more little
remnants Of carpet round the house to be saved
But, he said, good naturedly in to the ques
tion, " Yes, they lock very we'll
ooh, they are perfect genus. Now l hope you
rever will laugh ST me sgain for being so saving.
mo, be thought he SHOULDN'T not laugh
rg matter.
Blythe by Smith, how much did Robb charge for
the job"
Eighteen dollars :"
Eigh--" her Jaw fell before the other syllable
would come out for she saw by Smiths face that he
was in earnest. II was no laughing matter. Itnever
has been since but it has been q standing Lesson Of
family economy, and will probably descend to the
next gene ra;on as such.
beautiful Photographic portrait Of SsnstOr Cntteu
Cen OF ktn,uoky has been published by Mr.. NJ. b.
Brady.
AT the meeting of the Tananapy Socisty last even
irg, Daniel T.. Delevan elected q member Of the
Council of Ssehems, to fl. the vacancy caused by the
elevation Of Isaac v. Fowler to the position o! Grand
Sachtn.
cur readers will remember the murder OF M,jor
Loripg by DIR Graham, at the 81. Nicholas Hotel,
New.lork few years agc--the trial, conviction aud
sentence of the murderer TO the State Prison for
years, and his pardon by Gov. Clark. This wolthy it
is ssid has ust been elected city phys scian by the
Know Nothing Council OF New Orleans.
EXCISE CoNMIssIosEEs.-Messrs. Holmes and ii IS
kett met yesterday and granted an iDnkeepers license
to MI. Mont tsomeIy +. GIler ef No. 2oi Bescksr