Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-05-17

iNiuk hCIC Win COnmOu HcdFcIo,
md mixing with them which is not
quiterght. considering the difference
10 our position. And then the girls
re growing up, and they ought to do
'omethiig better than marry weav-
ersH
Twas struck with the justice Of my
wIfes remark and requested her to
ook eIt for another lodging or
house, which she promised to do.
The next day when / returned
homeI found my wife had busted
Iersejfin finding q new house for us
Shehad ser her mind on one in the
4oxton Road 1t was certainly con
siderably larger than our own, and
much 3pore expensive. We were
payi swenty-fve pounds q year.
auS Sos forty without taxes 1t
xS ~ Eosr far more respectable.
my Sid, than the one we we're
I-tlst <hg in FIeur de Lis street,
and ): 1 hit upon plan to make
it less Expensive than it appeared at
first tight. 1t was to let of the first
fioos TO some single gentleman who
y<s aployed in the city In the day
time so that in point of Fact we
sheuid have all the credit for the ap
pesfsroe oftbe house, and not be st
AZ er rent than we then were
,Iimented my wife on her
arrangements; the house
: and in few weeks we
secession.
Tough the rent of the house
1t be more than our old one
lad let of the first floor.
appearance we should create
ope far greater, there was the
= fof furnishing to he taken
slderation. This somewhat
rs for the moment, but my
she would soon make up
sat by the rent of the rooms
4ipd without difficulty a ten
sot unr first floor, young man,
irasn insurance Office He was
;srderiy young fellow enough.
regularly his rent every week
ssprfposed that we should begin
folni4ng the money we had paid
10 We extra furniture, but my wife
Eas Assdto do so till later, as she
hs Yer expenses to meet at the
m Vt,fk l inquired what they
psshtfbe ..'
rf,6hs my dear" said my wife
~ IS<utterly impossible that the
I ST. | can dress now in the man
mel We did in Fleur de Lis street
whsn we we're living among weavers
The people about here are very gen
teal and Idon't like to dress differ
Sest from sour neighbors. We are
nov IN good position, and we
eugb 10 make a better appearance ,"
Z foolishIy admitted her arguments,
aH{lwe not only put off saving the
- y Che tarniture, but We got
somewhat into debt for the purchase
of new clothes as well. When nv
wife had obtained the new dresses
for herself and children, they GER
tsinly looked-very well in them, and
l was, i admit, very proud of my
family; but unfortunately, after the
purchase had been made, we did not
save Il money we had expended on
tine furniture. We continued to live
quietly enough; but we spent, l am
sorry to say, somewhat more than
our income. though not to such an
extent as to cause rs any uneasiness
/, however was obliged to apply to a
loan office for assistance, which / had
no difficulty in obtaining; and as /
contrived to pay up the interest, the
affair gave me very little trouble.
szrhave told you the commencement
oftour misfortunes, and l will now
to you how our gentility ended
N nawife's love of dress increased,
II, with it our expenditure, but our
il t5me remained the same. At last
M wife confided to me that the clerk
on the frs. floor had begun to show
great attention to Charlotte, our eld
est daughter, and she had every
reason to believe it would end in an
offer, His family, she said, were
very respectable. and it would
be an excellent match; and she con-
sidered the best tn ng we could do
would be to get acquainted with
them. told her we must be care
full what we did. ] had no objection
to make the acquaintance of the
young fellows family; but at the
same time we must be careful not to
increase our expenditures, as / had
great difficulty in keeping up the
payment of the interest of the money
/ had borrowed from the loan Office
MY DEAR" said nv wife, "What
nonsense you talk. How is it posi-
ble We can mix with people in bet
ter position of life than ourselves.
and sptplano more thai we do now?'
"HoY much money shoald you
want? u inquired.
II dcnot exactly know. / must
get the girl some new dresses, and
we must cut dash little. You
know, after all, she said, ''that if he
marries Charlotte, you will not be at
the expense of maintaining her; so in
the long run, it will be no loss to us. :"
1 gavein to her plan, and l ap-
Piled at the lone Office for more
money, but to my great annoyance l
experienced this time considerable
difficulty. However, got the money
at last. and my wife bought Charlotte
some new things; and we got init
mate with the clerks family who ap-
peared very genteel people, and took
to US immensely. We visited each
others houses occasionally, and at
last the young fellow proposed for
Charlotte
i Everything. with the exception of
my increasing debts, went on -four
ishingly. On one occasion we went
to a dinner party at the house of the
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