The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-08-14
g.. # ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST ID B7a

!. AUGUST ! ! H. ID, 1873, ,'' j.
! t558 21G tastiEAE>. zft t&4 .e.a&5a4f issS.I
this hIi's - that querulous, half.tsunting: Il
4.nas! Which ' = many .peopl. indulge
'hsmsssslyss lussl in, .r ~ rl..4 =: .ms,.
Bat Bat. very s.rlyy, ly,'' - we're taught The
value Of money, not in ! ,ordid, vulgar
Wy, but 'u 90 exact, practical method
Of '''''s.yssooaa,pt.keepiog.'' '''.ys a, :, Almost the
frst ! i thing l. remember after, coming to
my grsndmother's house, va the ! pos.
session Of little, book ,in the, form Of
a5.diisry, wherein ! vss " taught 70 put
down eserv item Of clothing which was
purchased for me, from . gown to !, ]
shoe.string. 10 this manner it was that
15learned the various prices Of different
qualities Of fabrics, and pery soon found
that it was 4 matter Of necessity that l
should have only the simplest and
cheapest. Theo. too, I eften was re.
quirsdd to assist my grandmother iu
m'.k1ns aP her weekly household .e.
counts, 50 that I realized also how
much my. daily, bread AID butter: cost.
And often, j, IT,, contemplating !. pur.:
chase, I have heard her compare and
calculate some slight difference Of pen.
MES, in her calm grave way, which i'm
pressed me forcibly- even then: For
when this began I was only; ton years
old, and With the morbid perception Of
IN imaginative nature I saw too that it
was not .meanness :, that: caused nv
grandmother to take this course. with
us. But T did not quite understand it
until one day, Judith, our ,,.1 one servant
- woman who had grown middle.
aged in ny gsandmother's service, and
90 vs. more familiar with her than any
qne-said, i :: il : low tone, in my pres.
snoe, 8 Che glanced from the china
she We dnstiug to th. little book / Va.
pcrine ov.r, . 5's'z ~ . '..o<' ',... ''''z.
"wh.ts she 1ood, a.. Mi... Pey.,e,n, i,,,,
9 her doin' that suoh : young one"
Her mistress answered iq . loadsr
key, cool md tranquil, .:. ..>, :.
"Bee.,,se ve ~ .re poor, ; Judith and
unless she marries prosperously her
means ~ill BE- very narrow, and !. j.
M duty; to teach her how to meet her
Io,." = ~ $500. .'-' ~,+,
| judith went on dusting her ohin,,
and went on with my little line Of
6gures-wiser than l was ten minutes
before, But though l understood this
explanation, and popdered upon it in
my precooious way, 1 did not >, under
stand until long after what Judith
meant that night. When I asked her
for . bun With my glass Of milk, she
gave me two large. ones, mumbling put
Is she did 90, "Yes, for the Lord'ss.ke,
eat without counting Fem up. It'll
choke if you do. fore long," @s' ~.
i No, I did not understand good old
Judith until long aftsr-yssrs after
then it came to me. Judith was wise
i io + her VIZ; but it xss = heart kaowl-
edge, 90 went deeper than that Of he.
mistress. She foresaw with her fine,
instinct Of tenderness how this constant
weighing, and measuring, and counting
of costs at every turn, would be likely
to appal child's immature mind with
the weary cost Of outward life; how,
in "couuting 'em up" it would come
to ''choke fore long" 1t came soon
enough.
! I went through my childhood With q
vague sense of anxiety ; a boding feal
that some mistake, or miscalculation
would condemn us to psnury. Some
whore coutioually lurked the shadow
of possible want. A. grew into girl
hood I became influenced by othe,
1 (
emotions, but I did not lose my: shadow,
It affected me differently, however
than in earlier days.: As my physiqu,
mstured, and my mind expanded, my
warm and vehement temper made M
impatient Of this oonstsnt care. - J..
4 I well remember the prophetic words
(which I uttered ont Of this impotence
on my eighteenth birthday; l., had
been invited TO- ny first grand party,
and my grandmother had accepted the
invitation for me. Glad At first, I va.
| heartily sorry: in the; three days Of pre-
1paratiop, 90, grievously disappointed
].was l. in; the matter Of dress, and, %
worried y,the slosse calculation, and
onttiqgrr Of; Of bone l .rtialss, ,sby the nee.
e,sety gloves z and i sil, ,slippers. s.lp eu he'd d
eosnnted s e on on i ,plex ~ gqHp of white mus
lia !. ~ithl 'li pink sppsiss, like that of NJ
|ppst at9 intimate 81 ftiend, Ann G.rev. Blu
aa ~ yt.l tate v.s d.eidsdd by II tie + ,li high',
..EpowsrE s Eat bone. !!! 81 aszf4s; d EEs,.,5s
t.!s = can not afford :. B.. nsx gown 70,
zon, Kate ;;zbppt s~eI ~.eIs''u 'H'lll Ii have Misa
Brown xul 70 make kl,s4 over .' ny green bzpc.
Eaae' s%.i iii 11a .t9g u .s!gsoy .2.s
7 q oss'Oh, grandmother. I :,hall lloek %
ooa- @s:i:sza ,#.,:3 @2;[ 10 ~ !. =
/ ."YouT1iil look vell.dressed, If that be
[odd," returned Madame7P Peyton, in he,
coolest manner. RI, ...::~ / >s3E .aan
II WIS afFfodd dress for " i':girl oi
eighteen, especially A. that time when
these youthful materials were in vogue,
But when I stood before the glass, and
~ the brilliant contrast Of. The shin.
log sea.erielen rielen folds, finished ,nd soften.