The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-29

help it. See what. q nice, prssss for
he'd clothes this is.'' =. 49, !.
why, what q quantity of bed and
table inen!-it is really nice, too.
You have more than my Maria has, I
declare :" = - S-E -~<.alg'
efYcs-I always want an abundance
i'of such things. This drawer is filled
with towels-this is for, my ironing
sheet and blanket-and. this closet
cont,lins my Tin and wooden ware
''I declare, Eliza, you are strange,
thoughtful child! I must tell YOU
one thing about Maria, that made us
have good hearty laugh. The Mon
day morning after she was married,
the girl came to ask where the tubs
were, and don't you think chat child
had actually forgotten to buy tub,
clothes-ine, or pins! She said it
never popped into her head. But,
Ia! 1T wasn't strange she had never
been used to do any thing of the
kind"
81 believe, aunt, have shown you
all now. We win go, if you please.
I hope you will not let my brown
dress or Williams brown hands
frighten you away this evening"
ooh, no! but as I must take the
stage for Maria's early in the morn
ing, you must allow me to retire
early:
''What fellows these Yankees are
for combining elegance and useful
ness, }" said Southern gentleman to
himself, as he stood on the piazza of
the hotel in the town of -. "Sir,"
said he, addressing himself to
venerable looking man near, s'can you
tell me who resides in that elegant
cottage, where the grounds are laid
out with SO much taste?"
'tOh! that is Squire Bill Thorn
dike's. You must be stranger in
these parts, not to know him
81 am, sir; and since he seems
such prominent member of society,
of his history"
ooh! there is nothing remarkable
in it, nothing at all, sir. His father
was a man of great learning, but he
nearly run through fortune in try
ing to live in style. He died, and
left three boys. Their mother, who
went from this place, was woman of
strong sense. She sold the property,
paid off all the debts, and had
enough left to buy that little house
to the left. It has but two rooms,
and there is garden spot attached
to it. Here she put out her boys to
trades. One to a mason, one to
wheelwright, and this Bill to car
penter. They were mighty smart
boys, and settled in distant towns.
Bill staid, however. He married the
widow Perry's daughter. She was as
smart as q steel-trap. She was
right good scholar, and she has made
an excellent wife. They have got
along wonderfully. Everybody won
dered how it was He did not make
better wages than other men, but,
somehow, the money increased. It
vas no mystery to me, though, for L
watched them pretty sharp. You
never saw great display of finery-
such as laces, and founces, and fur
bellows. You never saw him before
he kept horse riding much for
pleasure. No-they both pulled one
way, and took their pleasure in being
sober, industrious and useful, and
now they reap their reward in being
universally respected. Why, there
amt man that has so much money
to let as Squire Thorndike, and he is
never hard and screwing about it as
some are. He isn't stingy, either.
He has taken the two children of one
Lawyer Willis to bring up, and he
does as well by them as he does by
his own. Lawyer Willis wife was
kind of cousin to Squire Thorn
dike's wife. She was a dashy, showy
gal. Lord! you'd ha' thought the
richest folks upon airth were married
when they had the knot tied. Poor
fellow! he had hard time, notwith-
standing, to support his lady wife in
style. He took to drink, and died.
I've heard say that she turned up her
nose ut her cousins match, bnt she
little thought her boys would be glad
to go to that same cousin for home,
while she would be glad to take up
with the little house that Squire
Thorndike's mother lived in.
"Ah! SIR" continued the old man,
''this is Il changing world; but, to
my mind, if folks would only be pru-
dent and Industrious, and give up
hankering after things beyond their
means, there would be more real
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