Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-09-14

ter we hat moved into our new quarters
! in little house with a big rent. You
/ see it was in a pleasant neigh borhood
+ this house, ard in cities you always have
/ to pay rent on your neighborhood.
Certainly Susan do something, by all
means, What lets do7''
Everything is so high now.
Il realize the fact my dear-indeed ]
| do
| "We shouldn't be ashamed to practice
economy in any way we can in these gar
times.
I'm not ashamed for one, | wish | un-
derstood the science better, that's all. -
"What do you say to taking a boarder 2
/ We'll. now, my dear, L don't think it
right to take in people Do as you would
/ be done by"
/ "Fudger you know what | mean Do
be serious There's that chamber up
stairs that is unfinished. Why can't we
get some one to occupy itY'
''Sure enough, why not?
Some pleasant person you know, who
would be one Of US, and feel at home with
US"
What sort of person would you think
pleasant one, my dear p
.'WelI, say good looking and we'll bred
young gentleman, with plenty Of money,
and 10 bad habits. | should want him
to be willing to pay a liberal sum; and
not to be too particular about the table.
He would come in early nights-I wont
have any one with latch key or what
is better perhaps he might be of quiet,
domestic habits"
~ oung men with plenty Of money US
ually are" said l.
"And would stay at home evenings 4
ITa erap+oa1 rrOoJ =,
sort of a young man, who might become
attached to US.
Cor what do you say TO pretty young
woman with black eyes and curls, who
would make home a cheerful and attrac-
tive, as only loving and charming wo-
man can
II wont have any woman about me- Mr..
Dobb. Women are ten times as much
trouble in a house as men are: they are
always finding fault about some thing or
nothing; you can never suit them"
"Just as I've often told you, wife
Now that's meant for me. / think
that men are harder to suit than women
usually. | krow | am, no matter what you
say"
Then let's not have a man dear, if you
can't suit him
ooh. how provoking you are! Inever
can talk with Won. YOU always catch
BODY up so. But / d, think we might
have a boarder to occupy that unfurnished
room: it 5 no use to us.
''IfI was looking for board, I should
not he happy # my room was not furnish
ell
why Of course we would furnish II"
And that would be an expense, don't
-hink people begin that way when they
want o practice economy, do they?'
Yes, but,
'Tn war times especially"
Yes | know, but,
"And every thing is so high-particular
/ ly carpets.
James if you treat me in this way,
will drop the whole subject
'-Oh l am willing to drop it.
Nv wife ate her breakfast after that in
high state Of pout But at dinner she
attacked me again; and it was finally ar
ranged that | should put an advertise
ment in one Of the papers, soliciting a
boarder This is the advertisement:
"BoARD1xG.-A young couple having a
pleasant home in a quiet neighborhood,
are willing to take a suitable person TO
board, having an unoccupied front cham
Der. Apply ut No. Il, Sutcha street. be
tween the hours of , and in the after
noon.
The reason why application was to be
made at the hour named was that we
dined at two, and hence | was sure to be
Mt home to see the applying party.
/ am an I, 1ist aad human nature is my
+ theme | thought that the present enter
+ prise would afford me an opportunity of
! studying nv fellow creatures in condi-
/ ton where | had never vet seen anv of
/ them We had four APPLICANTS during the
next four davs It struck me as a curious
/ illustration of the mysterious laws which
govern human movements that there
should be an applicant every day, and on
/ ly one
l suppose you are aware that artists
are in the habit of making studies from
nature, l made n few in the course ofthose
4 four days following, which you can not
/ see by calling at my studio; but you can
see them here.
I The advertisement appeared in Tuesday
mornings paper We are punctual in
dining at two. and at two l was carving a
iuicv round of roast beef when the bell
rang
There's your boarder, wife, said L
My boarder?'
'Oh, well, our boarder; anything for
peace
The applicant vas youdg gentleman
of modest demeanor, who remarked that
he had observed my proposition to enter
tain guest, a guest yes; very well put,
that, | thought and being in pursuit OF
accommodations such as | had described,
he had called to see us
Would you ike TO see the room p
said l.
'Well, the room was of comparatively
small moment TO him; he had no doubt
that he should be suited with the room /:
he cared more for the character Of the
family. lie was in the habit of spending
his evenings at home.
All, thought |. here's the moral young
man OF good habits that wife wants
Have you library p
Il have and a very nice one I think
it IS
/ showed him the library. He ran his
eve over it, and took down book.
This is novl, | see
~ es; that is Charles Reade's last
Very Hard Cash An excellent book
He mt ~ ba * yronr side nm and took