The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-29
From the Cincinnati Times.

. la From the Cincinnati Times.
The wife of q downtown merchant
entered one of our fashionable dry
goods stores on Fourth street, one
day last week, and purchased bill of
goods to the amount of about one
hundred dollars, telling the clerk, af-
ter she had completed her purchases,
to send the bill TO her husband at his
place of business and it would at once
be cashed. The goods were put up
according to order and marked for
delivery, but when the clerk made
the statement of tho lady at the cash
ier's desk about tile payment. of the
bill he was somewhat surprised to see
it Immediately sent around to the
store of the merchant before the order
was given for sending home the
goods. The said merchant, on having
the bill presented to him, declined its
payment on the ground that he had
not ordered the goods, nor had he au-
thorized anyone else to purchase them.
OF course under these circImstan-
ces the goods were not sent. The
next day the lady made. a second visit
to the. dry goods. store to ascertain
why her goods had not been deliver
ed. She was very politely informed
/ that the goods were not sent in cohse-
quencc of her husband declining to
pay the amount OF, the bill. With an
indignant and mortified look sic turn.
ed about and walked ont of the store
IN much greater haste than she enter
ed it. Then she Immediately sought
her husband, whose place Of business
was not over square or two from
the great dry goods mart, and on con-
fronting him desired to know why he
had insulted her by refusing to pay
the bill of her purchase. "Simply,
madame" replied the merchant, "be-
cause L do not propose to be made a
bankrupt by the extravaganza of any
woman"
"Then, sir" answered the now en-
ragged wife, 81 wish youto understand
that 1 am not to be mortified and
scandalized by any miserly man" and
with this the pouting and chagrined
lady left his presence with look of
vengeance that foreboded no good TO
the man who had put his veto to her
extravaganza.
The cnraged beauty OH arriving at
home Immediately had her trunks
packed, and after ordering, her car
riage, had placed thereon the afore-
said trunks, and then taking her only
child-a daughter of ten years-en-
tered the vehicle and was driven to
her father sinansion, where she now
remains, determined never again to
set foot in the house of a husband who
had so deeply wounded her pride.
The husband is terribly cut up at the
rash step his wife has taken. and is
deeply agonizcd to think that his
young daughter, whom he so devo-
teddy idolized, has also deserted him
at her mothers desire. lie has Of
fered all sorts of Overturcs to his wife
to return with his daughter, and has
even consented to give her a carte
blanche to purchase when, where and
what she pleases.
The wife still remains firm to her
resolve never to again cross his thresh-
old and the daughter has also de-
clared she will never leave her ma.
How the affair will terminate we are
unable to decide. The wife's father
is rich, and declares that all he cares
for in the matter is the happiness of
his daughter, and ifshe was content
10 dissolve her alliance with her hus-
band, he will second her efforts TO any
extent. One thing is plainly evident,
the offending husband will have to
bend his knees in humility before he
can hope to effect reconciliation with
his wife, or hear once more the merry
laugh of his winscme daughter.