The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-10-15

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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 furniture.
insisted upon William taking the money
which my grandmother left me, to pay off
few hundred dollars which he owed for
this place, in order to enable us to begin
even in the world We have both such q
horror OF debt, that we are determined never
to incur any if we can help it. See what a
nice press for bed clothes this is 2
"Nhy, what quantity Of bed and Ia
bic linen it is really nice too. You have
more than my Maria has, dcclarc.'
Yes, always want an abundance Of
such things. This drawer is filled with
towcIs-this is my ironing shce, and Llan-
kct, and this closet contains my tin and
wooden ware
4 declare, Eliza, You are strange,
thoughtful child. must tel you one thing
about Maria that made us have Good
hearty laugh. The Monday mornin" after
she was married, the girl came to ask her
where the tubs wcre, and don't YOU think
the child had actually forgotten to buy a
tub, clothes line, or pins She said it
never popped into her head. But Ii: i,
wasn't strangc--she had never been used
to lo anything Of the kind
1 believe, aunt, | have shown YOU all
now. We will 60 if YOU please. l hope
YOU will not let R,y brown dress, or VIII
liam's brown hands, frightcn you away this
evening"
ooh, no. But as must take the stare
Tor Msr'a's, early i'll the morning, you must
ALLOW ne to retire early"
\: & Il Il Il X y y
what fellows these Yankees arc for COM
b'n'ng elegance and usefulness said n
southern gentleman to himself as he stood
on the piazza Of the hotel in the town of
-, Sir, said he, addressing himself to :.
venerable looking man near him, 'can vnu
tell me who resides in that elegant co,ta,c
where the grounds are laid out with So
much tHse :"
'oh, that is Squire RilI Thorndikc;<. You
must be a stranger in these parts not to
know that
4 am. sir and since he seems such =
prominent member of society. SHOULD be
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 ihronrh
fortune trying TO live in style. lie died,
and left three boys. Their mother, who
went from this place, was a woman Of
strong sense. She sold the property, paid
oif the debts, and had enough left to buy
that little house to the left. 1t has but two
rooms, and there is garden attached TO
1t. Here she put her boys out to trades.
'ne to mason, one to a whccIlwright, and
tins Bill TO carpenter. Bill married. the
widow perry's daughter She was right
good scholar and she made an excellent
w'e. They got along wonderfully. Every
body wondered how it was. lie d., No,
make better wages than other me-, 7,
was no mystery to me though, for watch.
ed them pretty sharp.
you never saw great display of finerv
such as laces, and ilounces, and furhn-
lows You never saw him, before he kent
horse riding much for pleasure. No.
'hey both pulled one way, and took their
pleasure in being sober, industrious and
useful and now they reap their reward in
oe'hs universally respected. Now there
AN man that has SO much money to let
as Squire Thorndikc, and he is never hard
and screwing about it as some are uo
isn't st'ngy either. lie has taken the two
children OF one Lawyer Willis to brine, IN
and he does as well by them as he does bv
his own. Lawyer Willis wife was n kind
OF cousin TO Squire Thorndike's wife. Sbe
was dashy, showy gal. You'd have tho,
Tie highest folks on earth were married
when they had the knot tied. Poor fellow
he had hard time, notwithstan dino. 10
support his wife in style. He took to drink
and died. have heard say that she turp.
ca up her nose at her cousins match but
She little thought her boys would bo clad
70 60 to that same cousin for home wb;,s
she would be glad TO take up with the little
house that Squire Thorndike's mother lived
in.
'Ah, SIR continued the old man. tbis ;s :.
changing world but, to my mind, If folks
would be more prudent and industrious
and give up haukering after things bevond
their means, there would be more real good
done in the word, and fewer changes.
Baron Humboldt says that he shall die
next year, aud has desired the postpona.
ment of the publication of an edition of his
works until after that time.