The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-03-19
ropretor. BDDEFORD, ME-. MARCH 49, 1858.

!. To be sure. Il In we'll enough II You cal
Q bring your mind to II, but then folks do 81
: different now-s.diys. There 10 my Maria
a she has moved into an elegant house, al
o furnished from top to bottom. She keeps
great girl to do the work, and little one
!, TO wait and tend. Oh, things do 60 on &c
beautifully, I promise you.'
Her husband - sayoung lawyer, Is he not
lis he wealthy?
oh he 10 very well on. lie does not
get much practice yet, but ] dare say he
|, will In time. He has Q thousand dollars at
interest; besides, Maria would never have
married q mecbanic-their hands get 20
hard and black, and their compilations, es-
pecially II they an exposed, get 10 brown.
! wouldn't wish to hurt your feelings, but l
do think that for Prides sske' ior the sake
Of the family, you might have made differ
ent choice har
oh, aunt,--excuse my laughing-l have
yet to learn that mans honest occupation,
whether II produces hard Innds, or whte
so!t hands, whether gives the eneek
brown or pale hue, 10 any dlsperagcment to
him. You must get acquainted win WI
liam, and hear him converse. fou wiil not
think OF his hard hands, and MS animated,
intelligent countenance VIII dhve ms
bronzed skin quite out OF your mead. bot
come, you don't say anything aoon' my tut,
niture-and you must see my nieo S''eTSs. Ts.
'Oh your furniture u well enough. Inc
less you have the less you Will have 10 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 OIL a
few hundred dollars which he owed Tor TINS
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 in
cur any, II We can possibly help II. See
what nice press for bed.clothes this is.'
why, what quantity Of bed and table
linen Il is really nice, too. You have
more than nv Maria has, I DECLARE
tYes. | always want an abundance of
such things. This drawer is filed with
towels-tbis Ia NV ironing sheet and blanket,
and this closet contains my tin and wooden
ware.'
Il declare, Eliza, you are q strange
thoughtful child. must tell you one thing
about Maria, that made US have good
hearty laugh. The Monday morning. AFTER
she was married the girl came TO ask her
where the tubs were, and don't you 'hinS
a clothes-line, or pins She said 1t never
popped into her head. But Ia il wasn't
strange-she had never been used to DO
anything of the kind
Il believe, aunt, have shown you all,
now. We will 60, u you please. ! nope
you will not let my brown dressor Williams
brown hands frighten you away this even
ing
oh, no! But as ! must tnke The stage
for Maria's early IN the morning, you must
allow mo to retire early
What fellows these Yankees are ior com. J.
oining elegance and useIs,nes', sa,a
southern gentleman 70 n'insel as ne '''o'
on on tne PIAZZA OF the nGtel % ~ .nc ,'.n o' ..n
on, Sa'o ne aoale'sng ri.n'e. n;, 80. ~ ~, ,,i,
eraole looking n'ah nea, nun .a" 80. ..'
me VINO resides 10 'na' G'egan, uGuase' '.;,I sr
eL wnete , .ne g'ouno' a'' 'A'" o'' VIII" ~
'"uIn .nhI 'I'' ,h,, !. s,r;,o pnu Tbo,n5;ke,s
w., r,,,., a ho .,,.nrs, /, these n, rts No, 70
tn"m ou "S.. Us. - '""s'' " ~
NV" ""'.
Il am, sir; and since ne seems sIeh
prominent member OF society, ! should Do
happy TO know something OF ms history. :.
Nn! tnere Is ho'a,ng rem. ifna'nao'o ,Na. u" Nv. ~
nc'h'ng a. a,I! sn' .s 'asnei "a' "nn ,S,omah
OF grea' 'earnng, W. no "ea, 'I ~ , J;ad
fortune Tying 70 n'o,r IN. sy'e. IL o u.Ju' mhn
ana ieit tn,ee Toys' iner noue,, WV
went from this pace was wohian VI suong
sense. she sold the properly, paia on ine
debts, ana mad enough ieit 70 ouy tnat Ut
tie house to the leit. IL mas out TWO rooms,
and there is garden attached to It. Here
she put her boys out to trades. One to
mason, one to wheelwright, and this BIZ
to carpenter. Bill staid, however. He
married the widow Perys daughter. She
was smart as a steel tup. She was right
good scholar, and she made an excellent
wife. They got along wonderfully. Ev-
erybody wondered how 1t was. He did not
make better wages than other men, but
somehow the money increased. 1t was no
mystery TO me though, Tor | watched them
pretty sharp.
You never saw no great display Of 6nery
such as laccs, and hounces, and furbclows
YOU never saw him before he kept horse,
riding much for pleasure. No, they both
pulled one way, and took their pleasure in
being sober, industrious aud useful, and
yersally respected. Why, there ain't man