The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-20
CARROLLTON PARISH JEFFERSON La SATURDAY. OCTOBER


fresh d. smiles and dimples, anc
renewed depletions of the already at.
tenuated purse. The smiles and dimp,
les, are always cheap at the price, even
if the flour is not.
AS / meditated on this momentous
subject, 1 could see by the knitting OF
her brow and the increased vigor with
which she piled her task, that my wife IS
financial aspiration was still working in
sher mind, and knowing by. long exper-
sience, that confirmed thoughts, like ex-
plosive gasses, must have vent, and
fearing that some violent remark might
be shot at me, like pellet from gun,
/ Ireplied.
TRUE, my dear, know that the gro
Ger will be satisfied with gold or its
equivalent. which he is much better
calculated to appreciate than purity of
intention and loftin npf soul, and fort
unately for him it h more plenti-
fal in themark hough scarce
enough witbw BIT for all that we
have untold Measures, if we did but
know it,
sThey must be untold, for / never
heard of them before. If you have
such abundance, I wish you would spare
me enough to buy that black silk dress
you promised me so long ago"
s 1t is to be inferred from this remark
that my wife is prone to extravaganza in
her tastes or habits. She is usually
content with plain and modest attire.
IS he has never hidden herself in the
recesses of whalebone pyramid, or sub
nlitted to the modern species of female
cooperage; for as she plainly remarks,
4 Any body can see that | am tub with
out being hooped.'' She only weighs
two. hundred and one pound ayoirdupois
40 unpaid milliner's bills haunt her
waking hours (nor mine.) No needy
N5ass makers rise UI in Judgment
against her. Her bonnet is much too
large for our youngest daughter, aged
eight years, and really seemed designed
for use as well as ornament, and from
my long acquaintance with her, l am
satisfied that she has something in her
head worth protecting, unlike those
ladies who patronize curtailed bonnets
with more ribbon than crown, and more
curtain than comfort.
She fully agrees with me when !
lecture her young female friends on the
extravaganza of the age, although she
contends that the men are as much to
blame as the women. OF course /
never assent to this position; and that
leads 10 q friendly argument from
which in my OWE opinion j always
gain the advantage-though / must
confess that / am occasionally over
borne by torrent of words, especially
when some friendly neighbor espouscs
my wife's side of the question. In
such cases | beat a hasty retreat and
watch my own opportunity for a new
attack upon the position Of tho enemy
under more favorable auspices.
My wife detcsts founces, (she is too
stout to wear them, has no hankering
after 'moire antique and only knows
of Honiton' by having seen it men
toned in our daily papers. Tc be
sure she don't believe all the criticism
upon the fashions which she sees in
that paper, and she even goes so far
rs to say that she has no idea that the |
editor himself believes them. / think
she is hardly just with the editor-a
very clever fellow by the way, who
never NEEDLES with anything but poll
.ics, except church matters, ladies'
dresses and fsh-and who never gets !
nto trouble as long as he sticks to poll
les and fish.
But to return to the black silk dress
Soup ycars ooo II don Z care tp ra,pcrp- |