Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-08-26
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The wife Of the Period.

The wife of downtown merchant en-
tered one of our fashionable dry goods
stores ON Fourth street, one day last week
and purchased bill of goods to the
amount of about $1,000, telling the clerk
to send the bill to her husband at his
place of business and it would at once
be cashed. The goods were at once put
up according to order, and marked for
delivery, but when the clerk made the
statement Of the lady at the cashiers
desk about the payment of the bill, he
was somewhat surprised to see it imme-
diately sent around to the store of the
merchant before the order was given for
sending home the goods. The said mer-
chant, on having the bill presented to
him, declined its payment on the ground
that he had not ordered the goods, nor
had he authorized any one else to pur-
chase them. Of course, under these cir.
cumstances the goods were not sent. The
next day the lady made second visit to
the dry goods store, to ascertain why her
goods had not been delivered. She was
very politely informed that the goods
were not sent in consequence of her hus-
bands declining to pay the amount of
the bill. With an indignant and morti-
fed look, she turned about and walked
out of the store in much greater haste
than she entered it. Then she immedi-
ately sought her husband, whose place
of business was not over q square or two
from the great dry goods mart, and, on
confronting him, desired to know why
he had insulted her by refusing to pay
the bill Of her purchase. "Simply, mad
vm," replied the merchant, "because I
do not propose to be made a bankrupt
by the extravaganza of any woman"
"Then, sir" answered the enraged
wife. wish you to distinctly under.
stand that 1 am not to be mortified and
scandalized by any misery man." and
with this the pouting and chagrined lady
left his presence with look of vengeance
that foreboded no goodrto the man who
had put veto on her extravagances.--
The enraged beauty, on arriving home,
Immediately had her trunks packed, and
after ordering her carriage, had placed
thereon the aforesaid trunks, and taking
her only child, a daughter of ten years,
entered the vehicle and was driven to
her fathers mansion, where she now re-
mains, determined never again to set foot
n the house other husband who had so
deeply wounded her pride. The husband
cut up at the rash step his wife has tax
en-, and is deeply agonized to think that
his young daughter, whom he devotedly
idolized, has also deserted him at her
mothers desire. He has offered her all
sorts of overtures to his wife to return
with his daughter, and has even consent
ed to give her carte blanche to purchase
when, where and what she pleases. The
wife still remains firm to her resolve to
never again cross his threshold, and the
daughter has also declared that she will
never leave her ma. How the affair will
we are unable to decide. The
wife,s father is rich and as stubborn as
his daughter. All he cares for in the
matter is the happiness of his daughter,
and if she consent to dissolve all alliance
with her husband, he will second her eff.
fort to any extent. One thing is plainly
evident, the offending husband will have
to bend his knees in humility before he
can ever hope to effect a reconciliation
with his wife, or hear once more the mer-
ry laugh Of his winsome daughter. Gin.
cinndtti Times.