The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-12-28

| in her tastes or habits. She is usually
content with plain and modest attire
| She has never hidden herself in the
recesses of a whalebone pyramid, nor
submitted to the modern species of fe-
male cooperage for, as she playfully
remarks, "Any body can see that |
| am tub without my being hoped. )"
(She weighs two hundred and one
pounds ayoirdupois. No unpaid
milliner's bills haunt her walking hours
(nor mine.) No needy dress makers
rise up in judgment against her. Her
bonnet is much too large for our young
est daughter, aged eight years, and
really seems designed for use as well as
ornament; and from my long acquain-
lance with her, am satisfied that she
has something in her head worth pro-
tecting, unlike those ladies who pa
tronize eurtailed bonnets with more
ribbon than crown, and more curtain
than comfort.
She fully agrees with me when /
lecture our young female friends on the
extravaganza of the age, although she
contends that the men are as much to
be blamed for it as the women. Of
course | never assent to this PROPOSE
ton; and that leads to a friendly ar
gument, from which, in my own opin-
ion, | always gain the advantage
though | must confess that | am occa-
sionally overborne by a torrent Of
words, especially when some friendly
neighbor espouses my wffe's side of the
question In such cases | beat has
ty retreat, and watch my opportunity
for a new attack upon the position of
the enemy under more favorable aus
pices
My wife detests hounces (she is too
stout to wear them has no hankering
after MORE antique and only knows
of " Honiton y by having seen it men
toned in our daily paper. To be sure
she doesn't believe all the criticisms
upon the fashions which she sees in
that paper, and she even goes so far as
to say that she has no idea that the
editor himself believes them | think
she is hardly just to the editor-a very
clever fellow by-the-way, who never
NEEDLES with anything but politics, ex-
cept Church matters, ladies' dresses,
and fsh-and who never gets into
trouble as long as he sticks to the poll
tics and fish.
But to return to the black silk dress.
Some years ago, q don't care to re-
member how many under the influence
of an excess of affection and a delusion
in regard to my financial prospects, |
had made a rash promise to purchase
such an article for her especial use and
adjournment; but had coupled the pro-
mise with the important proviso, some
time" We, adapreviously canvassed
the relative merits of calicoes, cash
meres, silks, and satins, and had de-
cided that one good silk dress was
worth half dozen of any of the 9TH
ers, not only for its present purpose
but as being more ava liable in its later
stages for the decoration Of the young
scions of our house, aud sly hint was
thrown out that spare breadth
out of the skirt might be very useful
in refacing any coat of mine that might
happen to stand in need of that opera
ton. The some time before allud-
ed to, has not yet arrived, and from
present appearances it is as far off as
when the promise was made. Still it
fingers in my wife's memory, and she
occasionally brings it to mind among,
fear, many other unfulilled promises.
"In regard to the dress, you may
depend upon having it some time,'
but the treasures of which | was speak
ing are not exactly available for that
purpose at present." replied "but
can easily convince you that we are
possessed of them. Are there not sew
en rosycheeked cherubs Cat least you
call them SO when they are not in mis-
chief) now sleeping in happy uncon-
sciousness of money and its attendant
evils, each one Of them worth his weight
in gold ? Pve heard you say so many
time. Now at a moderate estimate
they will average fifty pounds apiece
Even California gold is worth two hum
dred dollars a pound So we have
three hundred and fifty pounds of
cherubs at two hundred dollars pound,
! which accOrdinr TO simule multinllca-
ton, makes seventy thousand dollars
worth OF those little heavenly bodies
alone'
Nonsense, Persy-"
Oh but it isn't nonsense. There
it is, figured out according to your
own estimate, and very pretty little
sum it makes to begin the world with.
Now, my dear, what is my love worth ="