The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-09-25
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SubdWe am old Bachelor.

J., Marry = was the answer made in the mos
e contemptuous manner, accompanied by tllt o.
the chair to allow his slippered feet to rest COM
e Ifortaby on the mantle piece @ ,
d i'Yes, marry | am sure you want wife
: You are making ducks and brakes of your in,
. come. wasting so much in housekeeping The
+ Iidea of an old bachelor keeping house
sWhy not Hannah makes me very comfort,
! able.
E Comfortable Look at this room. Every
0 thing in the wrong place, dust an 1nch thick
=, and not one of the pretty hxins with which
women beautify room at trlhlng expense
Then voc fairly support Hannah's family, Ii ]
may judge by the quantity OF provisions, clotnes
j and fuel that she smuggles out OF the gate
r What p ... ...s-s.E
Down came the chair. feet and all, and the
t bachelor, who was tall, handsome, and yet on
: the bright side of forty, stood up before MS 1T
tie cousin, who was flingng home truths so Law
ishly in his face.
! Fact. Joe I've seen her do it. Now, q
wife would make this house keeping all straight
Now, do marry, cousin Joe want you 10 ge'
a real nice wife, .sTE4
Whereas she to be found -
well LEI me see.' And the little beauty knit
; her brow and looked as much puzzled as II the
name of the person proposed had not been OF
the tip of hen tongue for the last hour. 'Lt--
Inc see Oh, know Meta Snow
what Meta Snow, the most extraYagane
girl in the village Now if you had said Mai
ry Wright, who dresses simply and has ner
' honse furnished so neatly, l might have con-
: sented but Meta Snow--whY her bonnets
! would cost fortune, not to mention the expen@
sve furniture she delights in. NO chairs, SOFAS
or curtains but embroidered ones, SUIT her, ana
oh, worst of all, she spends half her time read
ling trashy magazines. Meta Snow : and Jo-
! seph Harris sank back in his chair utterly over
powered with the mag nitude OF the idea .,
So Meta's extravaganza is the objection 2
We'll yes She is pretty intelligent, lively,
ACCOMPLISHED but you know, Jennie, my broths
er's experience makes me dread an extravaganza
I wife | think he owed his downfall entirely to
Marpsrett's love Of Jewels, fine clothes, and ex'
pensiye furniture l am not mean i
Indeed you are not, Joe. .frr ,# f.
but know what a weight on mans ener~
| gies an extravaganza wife is
Then i'll can prove Meta Snow the mos {
economical girl in the village, and that she
1 spends less in one year than Mary Wright IN SIX
months, you will give me a new csusin, your
/ wife 2 -,
/ yes will but II bet dozen pair of kid
gloves and a new bracelet against smoking
4 cap-.nine you knoy is very shabby-that you
fail
Done. Come spend this evening with me.
Good bye And away went jennie harfiS'
| on matrimonial schemes Intent. .-
The evening found Joe early at his cousin 5.
To tell the truth, Meta Shows petty face and
WINNING manners had won the bachelors heart
long before But her apparently expensive
habits frightened back the offers on the tip OF
his tongue, and he was willing enough to pay
tie wager could it be fairly won
Now Joe, said Jennie, meeting him at the
door, Il m going to hide you, and nave a HUE
talk with the girls, to which you must hsten'-
] Ito m oSk nil the
questions 1 intend to, and they might be shy
Of answering
'Play eavesdropper Jennie III :
! Exactly it is fair in such case Hark
| The bell There they are In TINS close6
Joe' But, jennie .... sr,..-.
sHnsh You win wife, or smoking cap
ANYHOW. Go in = And with a parting push'
Jennie locked the closet door
Joe, forced to comply now, sat down III the
large closet, on stool considerably provided
for the purpose by Jennie, and put his eye TO
a hole in the pannel, and took survey OF the
visitors lust entering. After this, he, with
shrug of his shoulders, placed his ear where MS
eye had been. ,,
The yonng ladies' both pretty were dressed
in very different styles. Meta wore a llght oiue
silk. with founcer, beteles of velvet, and
pretty head dress of blue ribbon son her luxurl-
ent light hair. Mary was attired in pearl col>
ored silk made perfectly plain, with rich lace
collar and sleeves and her dark hair IN simple
brads, with gold headed pins at the back. aa.
Jennie opened her batteries at once -
What pretty Dress Meta
'Aint it l made it to day
Made it -
oh yes, make all my dresses; 1t is quite
ia saving -... -
4 should think it would be-, said Mary
Wright Ly dressmakers bills are enormus'
| wont have my dresses made any where out III
Philadelphia, and it colts small fortune.
MY patterns ERNIE from there, said Meta
Jennie, am making you head dress IKE
mine. Do you like it? ~.
i yes, thank you very much
I is made out of the ribbon | mad Oh my
old ribbons last week. and tried it. MY bret
: tel lies are Of the same .-r II.
d Il thought it was bran new,' said Mary,
4 What an economical girl you are, Meta.
Jennie Uttered.
4 heard Meta called extrayagant to-day she
said. Come Meta, deny the charge and prove
it false
4 think 1 can without vanity said Meta.
f Father is not rich, and since my mother dled
II have learned to be economical 1 make all my
f own clothes, comets, cloaks, and dresses IN
GUIDED embroider my collars and sleeves,
WHAT cried Mary These elegant collars
and sleeves you wears Why, have often saio
d that, although mine cost me so much, they &c
a not compare with yours.
v 1T is pretty work to take out, wnen my nanoS
would otherwise be idle' said Meta See,
have one here. l will work as ueiena my
" self Then Jennie, make many OF father
!, tbinos-his dressing crowns, clothes slips
pers-- and embroider seats for all the worn-ou
J. chairs. and sofas. Our parlor furniture goi
a shabby. and we could not afford to re-iurnlSh
hnt the curtains, embroidered, aud new seats
!, for the ottomans, sofas and chairs, and VIII
u some of my tides and with coat OF Varnlsf
u her9 and there, made it look quite respectable
e 'The prettiest parlor in the village sal(
is Jennie. But Meta, the 1ahcy artioieo' Sn"Uo0
and all these things 2
p, tOh.I make them, and they cost very LITTLE
Then father likes a good table, and l haV'
= llearnd to be quite cock. ! put up all ou
d nreserves and pickles, make the cake, and pro
e vide new dishes constantly.
a Mercy cried Mary why, the preserves
/. lpczles, and cake alone, aC our house. coSL 4s
!, mint Of money. ,,u,e, g.,
, TINA for all this ! was informed that yo'
y snent half your time reading trashy magazine
g con Jennie how can you call 1t so, when you
make it so useful yourself
Of Il hut repeat another assertions
n, But, Meta said Mary, i should think the
as patterns and receipts you require tor SO mucf
work would cost fortune
.pbev cost me three dollars year
Where do you get Them
From the trashy magazine. My ladies mag
azine furnishes all the valuable information
; and father says his three dollars expenditure I
: clear saving every year OF half his former gA
IS nenses Let me out !! Let me ont J, S GtaeU
voice from closet behlSa the er y0SM Meta both a
at once. ,oo.,o on. cir : anf
81 Only my Cousin Joe. rConl1 ~. o1- 10 20.
i Jennie opened the door But what was he 40
,e inc there?' asked Meta,
y '"s Ealing my preserves said Jennie, giVln'
ner M. S1us such thing, said Joe frankly; wa
i asJronning / ashamed to say. Miss. Meta
sna me- for the unfounded charges whic