The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-08-10
The Wife Of the Period.

InG WIG VI luc TOIIOus
It is the Cincinnati Times that tells
the following:
The wife of downtown merchant
entered one of our fashionable dry
goods stores on Fourth street, one day
last week, and purchased a bill of goods
to the amount of about one hundred
dollars, telling the clerk, afrer she had
completed her purchase, to send the
bill to her husband at his place of bust
ness, and it would at once be cashed.-
The goods were putu 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 Immediately sent
around to the store of the merchant be-
fore 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 authorized any one else to pur
chase them.
OF course, under these circumstances
the goods were not sent. The next
day the lady made Il second visit to
the dry goods store to ascertain why
her goods had not been delivered
She was very politely informed that
of her husband declining to pay the
amount of the bill. A With an indignant
and mortified look she turned about
and walked out Of the store in much
greater haste Ahan she entered it
Then she Immediately sought her hus-
band, whose place of business was not
over square or two from the great
dry goods mart, and on confronting
him, desired to know why he had in.
suited her by refusing to pay the bill
of her purchase. "Simply, madam, re-
piled the merchant, 'because do not
propose to be made a bankrupt by the
extravaganza of any woman"
"rhen, sir" answered the now en-
ragged wife, 81 wish you to distinctly
understand that l am not to be morti-
fed and scandalized by any misery
man." and with this the pouting and
chagrined lady left his presence with d
look of vengence that fOrebOded nc
good to the man who had put his veto
on her extravagances.
The enraged beauty, on arriving al
home, Immediately had her trunks
packed, and, after ordering her carriage
had placed thereon the aforesaid trunks
and then taking her only child
daughter of ten years-entered the
vehicle and was driven to her father.
i,,,a~csD,, x,-1n cIn In.
termined never again to set foot in the
house of a husband who had so deeply
wounded her pride. The husband il
terribly cut up at the rash step his wife
has taken, and is deeply agonized tx
} think that his young daughter, whom
he SO devotedly idOlized, has also de
serted him at her mothers desire. HI
hos offered all sorts of 0vertures to hi
: wife to return with his daughter, AM
has even consented to give her q cart
blanche to purchase when, where, ant
what she pleases.
The wife still remains firm to he
resolve never again to cross hi
threshold, and the daughter has ais
e declared she will never leave her ma
!; How the affair will terminate we az
. unable to decide. The wife's father
rich, and as stubborn as his daugf
n ter, and declares that all he cares fO
n in the matter is the happiness of hi
; daughter, and if she is content to dii
: solve her alliance with her husband h
e will second her efforts, to any exten
J. One thing is plainly evident, the o
. Tending husband will have to bend h
u knees in humility before he can ev'
ir hope to effect reconciliation with h
# wife, or hear once more the meri
laugh of his winsome daughter.