Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-06-03
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THE BROWN SILK DIRE s.

seem somewhat S0inDfe Dut you hhVW
very well | am about to become the wife
of a poor mechanic, who depends on his
daily labor for support. As the vile oil
bsuch a mar ! must necessarily limit my
expenditures to my circumstances, ana
have. thought it better to purchase some
| thing which would be useful for some
time to come, than to consult my appear.
ance as q splendid bride for one short
eyening-especialy as ! see no stran
gers"
There is something in that. There
is my Maria's wedding dress. She Will
never wear it again in the world. She
had white satin, with a lace dress over
it. Oh, she did look beautiful | do adj
mire to see a handsome BRIDE"
Yes it is very well for those who can
afford it. But it would be absurd for me
to purchase an expensive dress for one or
even a few evenings, when by the expea-
diture of half the money, | can procure
that which will be serviceable fer many
years. But come put on your bonnet and
step over to our new house. 1t Is furn-
ished, at least all that is furnished. /
value it more highly than | should If it
were not SO near my mothers"
"There, William has left his small
parlor, this setting room, and three cham
bers to be furnished at his leisure, when
he is out of employment. See how every
thing Is arranged-so handy for my work.
You don't say you are going to DO
your own work !"
Certainly, l do! There is but one
apprentice, and | should think it strange
if | could not do it with all ease."
MY heart, what strange fancies you
have? 70 be sure, it is well enough if
you can bring yonr mind to it, but then
folks do so different nowadays. There
is my Maria she has moved into all ele-
CANT house, all furnished from top to bot
tom. She keeps a great girl to do her
work, and a little one to wait and tend.
Oh, things do go on SO beautiful | prom
Use you"
Her husband is a young lawyer, is he
not? Is he wealthy 2"
"Oh, he is very well off. He does not
get much practice yet, but | dare say he
will in time. He has q thousand dollars
at interest besides Maria would not
marry a mechanic-their hands get so
hard aud black, and their complexion, es-
~pecially if they are exposed get SO brown.
| wouldn't wish to hurt your feelings,
but | do think that for pride's sake, for
the sake of the family, you might have
made a different choice"
"Oh, aunt,-excuse my laughing
have yet to learn that a mans honest &C.
cupation, whether it produces hard hands,
whether it gives the cheek q brown Or
pale hue, is any disparagernent to him
You must get acquainted with William,
and hear him converse. You will not
think of his hard hands, and his animated
intelligent countenance will drive his
bronzed skin quite out of your head
But come, you don't say anything about
my furniture-and you must see my nice
closets"
/" Oh, your furniture is well enough
The less you have the less you will have
to take care of, you know"
Yes, we could not get much furni-
ture. | insisted upon William taking the
money which nay grandfather left me, to
pay off a few hundred dollars which he
owed for this place, in order to enable US
to begin even in the world. We have
both such a horror of debt, that we are
determined never to incur any if We can
possibly help it. See what a nice press
for bed clothes this is"
Why what a quantity of bed and ia
bic linenl it is really nice too. You
have more than Maria has l declare"
Yes | always want an abundance OF
such things. This drawer is filled with
towels-this is my ironing sheet and
blanket, and this closet contains my tin
and wooden ware"
declare Eliza, you are a strange
thoughtful child. l must tell you one
thing about Maria that made US have a
good hearty laugh. The Monday morn
ing after she was married, the girl came
to ask her where the tubs were, and
don't you believe the child had actually
forgotten to buy q tub, a clothes line or
pins! She said it never popped Into her
head. But lai it wasn't strange-she
had never been used to anything Of the
kind"
= believe, aunt have shown you all,
now. We will go, ifyou please. hope
you will not let my brown dress, or Will
liam's brown hands frightea you away
This evening.
"Oh, mol But as | must take the stage
for Maria's early in the morning you
must allow me to retire early
x x \ X
What fellows these Yankees are for
combining elegance and usefulness" said
a southern gentleman to himself as he
stood on the piazza of the hotel in the
town Of, Sir" said he to a veneer
able looking man near him, " can you tell
me who resides in that elegant cottage,
where the grounds are laid out with such
TASTE"
oh! that is Squire Bill SThorndike's.
You must be a stranger in these parts
not tosknow him."
" am sir; and since he seems such a
prominent member of society, | should he
happy to know something Of his history"
"Oh! there is nothing remarkable in it,
nothing at all, sir. His father was a man
of great learning, but he nearly run
through a fortune trying to live in style.
He died and left three boys. Their moth.
er who ven from this place, was a wo-
man Of strong sense. She sold the prop
erty paid off the debts, and had enough
left to buy that little house to the left.
1t has but two rooms and q garden at
tached to it. Here she put her boys out
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