Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-01-17

My Gtar, rs so cheap.
1hes. words we're spoken by my wife, IS she
81. gr4c.Liy on O roll Of Brussels carpet which
Was spread out in dlwery leng his on The floor o.
Me'srs. helchum \ CO.
lt's 50 caeap!"
Milton says that the love Of isme is the las
iri.mly q uobla minds | think he had no,
rga.y considered the subject. believe that
last iahrr.fy IS the love Of getting things cheap.
Undsrsned me, now ! don't mean the loys Of
gs.iiug cheap things, by which ons understands
show, ira hy, i,-mAde, spurious articles, bearing
certain app4 ent resembances 10 better things
A real, sensible people are quite superior to
that sort Of cheapness. BI, these fortunate ac-
cdents which put within the power OF man
things really good and valuable for half or third
Of their value what mora virtue aud resolution
eau withstand iiy friend Brown has genuine
MurIIlo the Joy Of his heart and the Light Of his
eyes ut he never fills to tell YOU, as It's crownng
merit, how hs bought il 10 South America ior
jus, uo,hug,--aow 10 hung smoky and deserted
~ the blcA of a counting room, aud was thrown
in Us mlAeweght to bind bargain, and upon
being cleaned, turned out O genuine Murillo and
then he taxes out bis cisat,aud calls your attention
to the points 10 il be adjusts the curtain TO let
the sunlight is, in Just the right spot be takes
you to ttis and the other point OF ylewi and oil
this time you must confess, that, in your mind as
vel as his, the consideration that be got all this
beauty Tor ten dollars adds us,re to the painting
Brosa has paintings there for which be paid his
thousands, and, being well advised, they are worth
the thousands he paid but this ewe-Amb that
h, got Tor nothing always gives him secret sxu-
tatgn in bis own eyes, Hsseems 10 have credited
TO himself personally merit to the amount Of what
he should have paid for the picture. Then there
Is Mrs. CIpsls, at the party yesterday evening,
expltlatiug 10 my wife On the surprising cheapne,s
Of her p0int-hcs sci, -" Got for Just nothing at
a my dear ," fnd a circle Of admitting listener.
echoes the sound. -" Did you ever hear anything
like it ? | never heard Of such thing in my
lite - and away sails Mrs. CInsus as Il she had
collar composed Of all the cardinal virtues. Ia
fact she is buoyed up with secret sense Of merit,
30 ina, her satin spperstcaretly touch the carpet.
Even myself sm fond Of showing first edition
OF Paradise Lost, for which gave chilling in
London book-,tal, and sitting that would not
take a hundred dollars for it. Even must con.
ie,s there are points on which am mortal.
But this while my wife sits on her roll oil
carpet looking into my tscs for appreciation, and
Marianne aud Jenny are pouring into my ear d
running 6re of " How sweet llow lovely Jusl
like lblt one Of Mrs. Iweedleumh
And she gave TWO dollars asd seventy five
cent, d yard for hers, aud this is"
My w,le here put her haod 10 her mouth, ant
pronounced the Incredible sum in a whisper, witt
species Of sacred awe, commop,1 have Oh
seaysd, TO females in such interesting crises. Ii
TACT Nj kelohum, standing smiling aud amAbl'
by, remarked to me that really he hoped Mrs
CrOWieId would not name generally what sh'
gave lor the article, for positively it Sas 90 ii
below lhe usual rats Of prices that he Nigh. gW
offence to other customers but this VAS tue yer.
lstoi The pattern, and they were anxious TO clos
Oh he Old stock, asd we had always traded VIII
them, aad he had great respect for my vile
h1aer, Who had always Iradel with their f,u
and 40, wlen there were any little bnglius to b
thrown 10 any one. way Why, he naturally, {
aat'a-And here Mr. Ketehun bowed grsoetull
over tue yardstlck TO my wife, aud consented
SUNSHINE.
lho second great vital element for which prt
vsion must be made in &" our house ~" is Fin
By watch do not mean artificial FIRE, bu, fire
al KS tAIen' and branehes,-ihs heavenly fl
Nhl.h ood tsnds Us daily on the bright wings