Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-05
He BROWN SILK DRESS.
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! ! strange shois,
For wedding dress Your other dress.
Is are in very good style, and you have
pETf8f them, cok6dering the chang.
III f&hien but = brown silk to BE-
. Hid in what 1 fancy in a girl Of
!" IT'S true, my aunt, that my choice
may seem somewhat sombre, but you
know very we'll that l am about to be-
come the wife of poor mechanic, who
depends on his daily labor for his sup
~ As. the wife Of such man,
III Unnecessarily limit my expenditures
to my circumstances, andI have thought
it, btter to purchase, something that
would besuseful for some time to come,
than to consult my appearance as a
aplendid bride for one short evening.
especially as I am to see no strangers. 2
There is something in that. There
is my Maria's wedding dress, she will
never wear it again in the world. She
had a white satin, with lace dress
over 1t. Oh, she did look beautiful.
/ do admire to see handsome bride. "
:" Yes, it is very well for those who
can afford it. But it would be quite alb
surd for me to purchase an expensive
dress for one, OF even a few evenings,
when, BY expenditure of half the mon
ey, l can procure that which will be
servieeable for many years. But come,
put on your bonnet and step over to
our new house. 1t is all furnished, at
least all that is finished. | value it
more than l should if it were not so
near my mother" ~ "5E q sst Y
"There, William has left this small
parlor, this sitting room, and three
chambers to finish at his leisure, when
he is out of employment. See how ev-
erything is arranged-sc handy for my
= ~ Yoa don't say you are going to do
Your own work -
f" Certainly do. There is only one
apprentice, and l should think it strange
il could not do it all with ease"
"My heart, what strange fancies you
have. To be sure it is well enough if
you can bring your mind to it, but
then, folks do so differently now-a-d days.
There ismy Maria; she has moved into
an elegant house, all furnished from
top tosbottom. She keeps great girl
to do the work, and little one to wait
and tend Oh, things 60 on q SO beau Y
tifdhy,a I promise you. " "a -'----', -
+" Her husband is young lawyer, is
he not-is be wealthy!''5 Ee.-rac
"Oh, he is very we'll off. He does
not get much practice yet, but l dare
sayThe will in time. He has a thousand
dollars at interest besides, Maria
would never have had mechanic
their hands get so hard and black, and
their complexion, especially if they are
exposed, get SO brown. Iwouldn't wish
to hurt your feelings, but do think,
that for pride's sake, for the sake of
the family, you might have made diff
ferent choice" .a l-A
ooh, aunt-excuse my laughing
have vet to learn that a mans honest
occupation, whether it produces hard
hands, or white, soft hands, whether it
gives the cheek brown or a pale hue,
IS any arrangement to him. You must
get acquainted with William, and hear
him converse. You will not think Of
his. hands, and his animated, intelligent
countenance Will drive his bronzed skin
quite out Of your head. But come, you
dSh'tisayi anything about my furniture
and you must see my nice closets"
"Oh, your furniture is we'll 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 my 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 nice press for bed-clothes this
is.'' a,-s t-laas.s a--sn..aaE .,s-T
Why, what quantity Of bed and
table linen! 1t is really nice, too
You have more than my Maria has, |
declare. ~ --ss5ANaJ 2aAE''N d @'EEs-A
y. "Yes, I always want an abundance
Of such things. The drawer is filled
with towels-this is my ironing sheet
and blanket, and this closet contains
my tin and wooden ware.''2 Hzl[2aH
81 declare, Eliza, you area strange,
thoughtful child. l must tell you one
thing about Maria. Monday morning
.after. she was married, the girl came to
ask her where the tubs were, and don't
you think the child had actually forgot
ten to, buy tub, clothes line or pins!
Sic Said it never popped into her head.
But, la! it wasn't strange-she had
.fkSkrkbeen ased1to do anything of the
Aiadsa' 10 seiisa sss raI.. E.s
believe, aunt, have shown you
AN sows We will sgoy if you please.
l hope you will not let my brown dress
or Williams brown hands brighten you
away this evening"" .sdJ
sob, no! But as 1 must take the
stage for Maria's early in the morning,
you must allow me to retire early"
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steWhat fellows these Yankees are
for combinating elegance and useful
ness, said . southern gentleman to
( himself, as he stood, on the piazza of
the hotel in the town Of -.r" Sir, "
said he addressing, himself to veneM-
3D. 1i 1npki4e- ~aar near him, can you
r m w16 re9ld@ inAthat elegant cot
B ua5iS tic grounds are laid out with
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