Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-05-30
WEDNESDAY, MAY 80, 1866.


part, with the firm opinion that | knew
no woman IN our set there whom |
would be willing to make my wife
The city girls are too frivolous, so fond
OF parties, 50 eager for wealthy alli
ances, and really so ignorant Of house
hold affairs that Il man OF nv taste to
marry one Of them would be folly. |
am not fond of gay Iife-I think it
wastes too much precious time; and |
want, therefore, wife who will be do
mcstIc, and not involve me in a round
OF balls and other entertainments. |
10 not wish to be a hermit, a few
friends arc a great blessing, and shall
always be glad to gather around me
small circle of the right kind. but pro-
miscuous fashionable visiting | detest.
Now | think | have found Just the
partner | require, in Miss Mather She
Is well informed, agreeable simple in
her tastes, has sound sense, and with
all possesses a large share of personal
beauty and, if | mistake not, the pow
"r OF loving very deeply If | marry
her and take her to the city, her intu-
tive tact-and she has this to a re-
markable degree-wilIsoon supply any
deficiency in manner In short, [ do
not know where | could make better
choice
How? when she possesses no ac,
complishments "
She can sing with untaught grace,
and as for jabbering French, | don't
know how that would make her bet
;cr. She would soon learn with her
quick parts. Besides | care more to
have a wife usefully informed than to
have one possessing only superficial
accomplishments? ?
But her family! Recollcct who
yOnr grandfather was.
And who was hers a worthy d.
vine, poor, | grant, but estimable.-
Besides | am above the cant you talk
OF. | would care little whether they
were OF royal blood or peasant cxtrac-
ton. / believe with Burns. that
worth makes the man. and the only
degradation l acknowledge is that Of
crime
Well if you are resolved on it. ]
know enough Of your obstinacv to say
no more. But, faith. Lowell, il you
had guardian, and | was he, would
take you from this place to. morrow.
You'd certainly thank me for it when
You recover your lost senses.
The conversation here ceased, and
directly the two friends retruced their
steps to the village
The next morning, bright and early
LoveIIs companion came down stairs
attired for journey.
am going back to town, he said :;
tired Of ruraIizing. The fit for that
IS over, and | am afraid if / stay here
| shall be as foolish rs you
So the two parted, for Lowell re-.
manned behind, and in less than week
it was known everywhere in the vii
lage that Lowell aud Edith Mathor
were engaged to be married
'HyOu can content yourself with the
precariOus life Of a poor artist he said
when he told his affection, we may be
happy.
Edith answered with look of her
bright eyes, so tender, contidng and
eloquent that Lowell adored her from
that moment more than ever.
In q fortnight they were married,
when arriving at PhiIadelphia, the
carriage drove up to a handsome resi-
dcnce on Walnut street She was daz-
zlcd by the glare Of light that burst
from the windows.
This is the place. said Lowell, as
sisting his wife to alight, and almost
carrying her into the superb parlor
with its SaXony carpets, rosewood fur
niture, costly curtains and giIded mir.
rors reaching from ceiling to floor.
Whose house is this? Have you
relations living thus" said Edith, great.
| ly surprised.
1t was my house, it is now yours,
said her husband Z am not a poor
artist, but man rich in worldly goods
yet richest Of all in>you'
Several years have passed since then
and Edith has fulfilled all her husband
! toretold of her. She has made the best
of wives, and is one Of the most bril-
liant ornaments Of the circle she move;
in. Lovell's friend married a silly
fashionable woman, and no greater
contrast in happiness exists than be
tween these two former friends.
A handsome rural cottage, filled will
all the appliances of luxury, has beer
erected in Edith's native village, anC
thither every summer she and her hus
band repair to visit her aged aunt, wh(
has been installed mistress Of this pref
ty retreat.
Gip&y Cahe.-One cup far of fowls
two cups white flour, one cup shorts
one crp sour milk, one egg, one cul
brown sugar, one cup mashed potatoes
half an ounce ground grape seed, si1
drops cinnamon, teaspoontul soda, tea
! cmntnll salt Mix well. bake In butteret