The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-07
\ Little Story of Married Life.

In an English court there was late
~ tried an action for a protested dress
makers bill, which revealed curious
picture of womanly independence in
that country where society is supposed
to be Strictest III its conventional eXac-
tions, and the domestic subsection OF
women most complete.
The Plaintiff was London draper,
and the defendant - Yorkshire clergy
man, or as he describes himself, "a
country parson with ten daughters"
Now, daughters are a blessing, of
course, but they are great anxiety,
and when it comes to having ten OF
them man may be excused for feel
ing some anxiety to get brace or so
off his hands. Two he had already
disposed Of, and, when so desirable a
men as Il captain in tire royal artillery
proposed for the hand of the sixth, we
may suppose that the good rector of
Romaldkirk gave his consent and his
paternal blessing with something ap-
Il preaching to joyful alacrity. The
marriage took place or the goth of
, September, and the happy couple went
off to India, where the bridegroom was
, ordered, and equally happy father was
left to congratulate himself on one care
| the less. His contentment, however,
was destined to be rudely ended. The
! thunderholt fell from his cloudless sky
t in the shape of bill addressed to the
: absent bride under her maiden name,
s amounting to Gl55 5s., for the wedding
r trousseau. "The list of the things sup
: piled extended" we are told "over
s many pages, and embraced variety
: of silk and other dresses, petticoats,
@ jackets, nantes, walls, head-dresses,
a embroideries, trimmings, laces, and
< immense variety of other things
!. There was also "wedding vail, par
e ticularly long" as the fair bride was
= so very tall, being five feet ten inches
= high" and certain mysterious devices
a called "dress protectors" to be USED
1t on going to India. All these things
f. the enterprising young lady had or
d dered through an extensive persona
"a correspondence with the London man
" taumaker, and without The trifling for
:, mality of a consultation with her faith
"a er, who repudiated the debt, and TIN
* haber- dasher resorted to the law. o.
as trial it was shown by another daughte
n of the defendant that neither of he
"a parents had been consulted about tn
~ order, and that other wedding bill
=, had come in, since the brides depart
oe ure to the amount of nearly three hun
IN drcd pounds. The plaintiff testifie
with the engaging and unusual candc
es that his bill was a very reasonable ont
~ every little indeed for a lady about t
'. be married to an officer. 1t would nc
;fe have been extravagant if it had bee
nv three times as much" To this author
.ra tive exposition from an expert, thel
~. was no available answer. The defent
y; ant, to be sure, feebly protested tn;
nd che had never heard of the plaintiff
y; existence till his bill was sent to Il
,oh rectory; that he had never seen tt
~. ~ things his daughter had ordered e
va Va cept the dress in which she was ma
.or RED" and that be had told her 9TH
r 70" was a most ridiculous one, more fit
w. for a dukes daughter than for count
~ ~ parsons" All this, and the asserti
s ~. that his dutiful child's orders had nea
, of " ruined him, went for nothing WI
"a u the Jury against the decisive opinion
4,'o the plaintiff rs to the proper outlay
ILL., a lady so lucky as to be married to
' G.o officer, and verdict was given for
10. plaintiff for the full amount.
,ith If the immediate effect of this case
an not to discourage country parsons tr
are having ten daughters, it will REM
,eir them less anxious to marry them,
less least to officers.