The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-01-31
MISCELLANY Y.
REr. and MRS. EeasEler.
BY THE AUTHOR OF MISS SLIMMENS.
CHAPTER H.
TIE PARTY.


wish YOU wouldn't call it q house
warming, my dear; when people lived in
two-story houses, and did their own work,
they called such things house warm
ings," and it sounds so old fashioned. /
know you've a ponchong for everything
old fashioned it sceUs to be a weakness
of yours; | expect every day to see you
come down with your grandfather's long
tailed blue on-though as for that, you'll
scarcely have u chance now, for when we
left the other house sent it to the dogs.
You wouldn't have taken fifty dollars of
any man money for that coat What
was 1t worth, Id like to know, but just
to clutter the closet, and get moths in 1t? !?
Still, if You 1eeI So bad about it, IN sorry
| 5 Mt it off. 1t went through the Rev
olutionary War, and YOU was proud oft?
Oh. if Id bave thought about that, I'd
nave kept it, for it's quite fashionable to
have relies Of the Revolution. What was
your grandfather, nv love? ? a general
p" \ blacksmith" o get out And as
brave as the bravest general; WIN follow.
cd tie army to shoe the horses, and put
shoes on General Washington's own horse
many time, and was wounded twice in
battle" La that's all nice enough, but
I'm not going to brag about it before folks.
= It's different style Of forgery that's
the aristocratic thing nova. days a man
may forge a check, but not a chain, if he
wants to keep in good society. Only
blow your owu bellows loud enough, and
you il be ali right with the world" Why,
Rashcr, | didn't know as you had so much
morphine in your nature; you're usually
so chcerfull. Come, row, let's talk
about my party, or my .fate, as Mrs. Fitz
Simmons calls it. I'd like to make out
the list of invitations this evening, SOS
to get the cards engraved. They ought
to be out week before hand. I'm going
to have them very large, and very square,
and several of 'em to each person; one
small square one, colored, with Admit
the Bearer" on it, and one-what's that?
No, it won't be ridiculous, either! Didn't
his Royal Highness-what if it was at a
public building, instead ola private house?
/ know it amt necessary, but it's stylish,
and that's enough. Once for all, Rasher,
let me settle all these lutte points of eti
quette; you're very good in your way,
bat somehow you've no faculty for COM
prehcnd ng all the little nicetics !; in other
words-there's 10 making a silk purse ct
sog's ear? There it comes again :
those eternal illusions However, you
think the purse is pretty full one, if 1t
isn't Of silk f? That's SO Nobody could
be more generous or better hearted than
YOU are, my love; and ii you'd Only get
over some of your queer ideas, and quit
puuning-especiaiy illusions to your
busincss-J should be one Of the happi
est women in the world You can guess
how uncomfortable you make me when
we're in company; feel every minute as
if | was sitting by powder magazine
that was going to exp lode; IN So afraid
of them terrible little escapades OF yours.
You thought it was me- who did all the
blowing up? Well, do it in the strict
>cclu>ion of the family circle, if | do; ahd
if you'd conine yourself to the same, l
shouldn't mind what you said. Not even
if you said your darling Marier wasn't the
woman she used to be? No, not even
then I've no ambition to be the woman
| was, when one silk dress a year, and two
bonnets satisfied me.