The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-01-28

wards, would he dead weight. aud keep
nc at or near the loot forever. Mono, pet
ty, cannot afford one Of your finished
! boardiue hool misses for wife-the
luxury is too expensive for me SO, am
going to marry girl who knows >ome-
thing of real hie-a true, good, patient,
enduring, selfdeuJ ing, sweet, Daring
little body, who is not ashamed to earn
her living with the needle. And can
tell you what, Dolly, only wi-h you we're
n ore like Harriet Parker; there would be
forty chances in favor of your marrying
a man Of sCBsc where YOU have one Dow.
Don't you know that new society has
tecu formed among the young wcu, aDi
that>omc Q! the very best catches among
them ha,g signed q pledge not TO marry
any Girl who is not willing 20 comncuce
natriEonia! lifc with two rooms and a
kitchen, and who doesn't know how to
bake. cook aud sew, aud to wash aud iron
into the bargain! | am the president"
i "prcposterou,.' exclaimed Lizzie.
You u cry some other word when you
get on the Old maids list, aud see your
! ace filed the home of some man that is
a man by woman who was cot aSham-
ed OF useful en- ploymcut when she was
girl. | can tell you what, my dainty lit
tie sitter, there 5 a reform at work, and
men worth having are te. inning to choose
betvccu 10 marriage or marriage with
girls OF palmer notions and more useful
mpli>h9euts than are possessed by
the butterflies who lounge on sotas all
day, knitting zephyr or reading novels
So make up your mind to retorm or
olamaidism And nov; as in all proba
bi.ity you und.r>tand that ana quite in
earnest about marrying Harriet Parker,
| hope you viii reconsider your hasty
resolution a!out not >peabiuR to your SIS
ter in law The los. let nc tell you,
vii be all on your own side
Brother Tom understood hi> own posi-
ton entirely. He was not a man TO stoop
below himself in marrying. He could
not unite himself with one who wa iguo-
rautand uurefined-- against that his gener-
ously cultivated soul would have rcvolted.
But he wanted a real, not an artificial
woaau-Cue who cousd ta ke hcr place
beside him, as he had said on the lowest
round Of fortunes laddcr, aud keep step
with her upward Such one he had
found IN Hs.nct Parker. and be was in
dependent enough to uaAe her bis wife
Lizzie vas ret long in 'iscoverirg after
Der brother actually got married and
commenced house keeping iD the two
rooms, with his modest cheerful earnest
minded wife, that her pew sister had "a
bout her something that in>en>Ibly won
the love, comm anted the respect. aud al
u,ost cxtortca the admiration of all y 30
we're % fortunate as to make her acquatn-
tance1
Marriage, they say makes or mars
nlan the brother overheard Lizzie
ouee saying in an unieftore, to lady
freud. "put it will not mar the fortunes
Of brother Tom He's got Just the wife
to Keep hia, along in the world; aod oae
that will grace any position to which they
mag rise.
Ny own sentiments, exactly, petty"
poke ont brother Tem. She 5 jewel,
and worth tholsaDd Of your paste and
tinsel woman. Didu't tell you SC! But
you couldn't believe me- No", if you'll
20 and apprentice yourself to dress ma
ker or mjlIiDer, or learn to 90 useful
work-use eful. not simply ornamental, |
mcan-I will recommend you to the new
president Of the society told you about.
had to resign when got married. He's
a splendid specimen, and will make
husband worty Of a Q4ecn