The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-01-10

and simple material. And her hus-
band had the less prudent knaok of
securing very expensive things some
how. We think, and are probably not
lar wrong, that he never had any ac-
tual ownership in the money which
came into his hands 1t was all mort
gagged before he received it.
And this was the man out of whom
Sarah expected to make a prudent
husband. How could she marry him?
You have asked that before. We only
know she did; and that plenty of pru-
dent women have careless husbands
30 much the better for the husbands.
The question under consideration
was the renting of a house Two
houses were in view; and the differ
ence IN rent was two or three hundred
dollars. The husband considered that
he could obtain the money without
much difficulty. The wife thought, in
her quiet way, that the extra labor
might be well saved; and that even if
the labor were given, and the amount
secured, 1t might be much better in
vested than in the mere qualification
OF preference which she thought
dearly secured: though, if there had
been no difference Of dollars and cents.
there could have been no hesitation.
The husband declared for the dearer.
TIE wire roi Tie cheaper house; ana IN
the course of the discussion Sarah adj
vanced the not very new apothegm
with which our sketch opens: "A dol
lar saved is two dollars earned Mus
~ this, 10 doubtful certainly true,
and capable OF authentical demonstra-
ton The dollar saved IS one. The
dollar earned, and not being spent,
while the other dollar still remains.
makes ttc0.
Playfully, as to the mode. but earn
estly and sincerely as to the intention,
tic wife resisted her husbands wish
But the result was reached which usu-
ally closes all such disputes in the be-
ginning OF married life. The husband
maintains, with adFoit lattery, that it
is all for the happiness of his wife that
he wishes to do extravagant things.
Few women can resist such hattery;
even if they suspect, they viii not ack
nowledge to themselves, much less ex-
pose the leaven Of human aud male
vanity and selfshness which is hidden
by all these honeyed words. If the
lady is we'll dressed, the husband is as
much pleased rs she, and rather more,
fol he has none of the trouble of The
toilet If she is we'll housed, and the
good house is elegantly furnished, tie
husband certainly shares the gratitica-
ton Of all this. II she is we'll fed and
well served, he is no. Indifferent to
good coffee and pleasant dinner
And if she likes visiting and public
spectacles and amusements, Journeys
abroad. and q nice turn ont for subur-
ban rides, it is not 20 be supposed that
he is Indifferent And, to crown al, il
his wife IS pleased, he IS pretty sure to
be made comfortable.
And SO it happens that many fond
brides second heartily their husband S
extravaganza, accepting without hesi-
tation the compliment that 1t is all re
card for them, and not at ell the gen
tleman's own pleasure; or that II the
husbands do find qualification in It, it
is only that they rejoice to see their
wives delighted. j pleasant delusion
while it lasts; but when the crash
comes, all the men-and women too
say that the extrayagant Mrs Smith
has ruined her husband Or if the
bubble does not burst until the man
dies, tie insolvent estate is put to the
credit Of the defunct's "extrayagant
family" And though the lamented
deceased has been the most expensive
item ia the collection, the lamenting
relict takes all the blame, and suffers
all the Inconvenience.
But we are DEPRESSING into a dis
course, instead OF sketching a sketch.
SO, ''rerenons nos mout0ns," let us re-
turn to our two sheep, and the fold for
their future lambs. Harry carried his
point, and the more expensive house
was taken. Sarah yielded, but it was
with mental reservation; a determin-
alton scarcely cherished, that what
was wasted in rent should be saved in
some other direction. Trust a woman
who has made up her mind, to accom-
plish her purpose; for she 'rW do it
On the first Of January, in year
which we need not specify, since chro-
nology is not important in a story like
this, Mr. and Mrs. Prince took their
new house. The gossips in the neigh
borhood were not little amused at
the fewness of the furniture wagons
which brought the outfit. 1t was not
to be denied that what furniture did
come was of very neat severely cor
rect pattern but there was 50 little Of
it Ambitious little wrens, starting
in housekeeping, like Mr.. and Mrs.
Prince, are very apt to select quarters
four times too large for them. The
wrens industriously pile up and cum
Der their dwellings with all the appar-
emily useless sticks they can collect,
which. to them, represent furnishing
goods; and the real home IS IN q little
corner, difficult of approach. Soyoung
married folks are prone to transfer
from furnishing stores any amount OF
elegant lumber, at vast expense, while
the part of the large house actually oc-
cupied is to the remainder as a wren S
nest. Sarah Prince managed better.
Nothing which she saw pleased her,
and the result of her tiaesse was the