The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-04-08

the carpet. Il would do very nicely for mp stairs
bat as it IL. when a caller steps into tho hail and
admirrs ;he neat mating. I must say is pruvak-
ing 10 notice how quje, they are ia The parior.
am sure tha. Mrs \. noticed every li.Ie darn aud
worn place he last .ime she called"
" Wen. wells" I exclaimed granted ibat wc
ough. TO have . new c4ipct, will ,bst aot make %
necessary shat We should touch up ,ae paint
around thc doors aud windows"
Oi course said vile hastily not ouly ilai.
bui ! am sure you uusi have noticed bow yellow
tie ceiling has grown. and oh bow The mise have
gnawed little holes through the cloth. ! am sure
every time Ahehan sweeps the rooms be gathers
up 4 dust-pan-ful Of whiie-wash that has fallen
down. IkHoJr the man who built this house did
not make it tight, FOR il 4 high wind the cloth on
the ceiling shakes, and then everything Is spccklcd
with white-wash."
Now I had often spoken OF The folly Of ceiling a
room With bits OF boards and then covering 90 with
cloth. aud SO / remarked that The best plan would
be to have all the ceilings covered with neat
tOngue-and-grooved s,sd, and that painted.
Wife thought that would De splendid and
while We are about il. dear. lets have The base
boards taken up aud see il We cannot stop the RAT,
from running up and down between the partitions.
l am sure it won't take vrry long. and {: will be-
SO much nicer"
Now wife's thought was one that struck nae a.
being a particularly happy one just then for I
had been using d" Costar's rat eNterminator fee
ly, and though the label on The boxes certified
that /" they meaning the rats came out Of
their holes TO die yet | found that they did SO
only to climb up in the partitions and there
d" shuttle of the mortal coil Consequently, when
there was not an uncomfortable smell peryading The
dining room, it was equally unbearablc in our
bedrooms or the parlor.
Therefore | acquiesced in the plan for tighten
ing the house and then listened to suggestions
made for turning a small closet adjoining our bed
room into a bathroom. | was told that in one
corner could be placed a large cask that could be
filed, by means OF a pump, from the tank outside.
-" and then the bath-tub could be- placed over
here, where after we had used The water, il could
run out to wet the roots Of the ferns to be placed
in the little fernery that you have promised to have
built for me-"
Now the extent of my promise =" consisted in
my having unguardedly remarked one day, that a
small fernery would be a pretty finish tor the cnd
of the front verandah and this idea bad been en-
laIged into a distinct en~gagement-so wife says
on my part to have built a glassrooicd place,
sx3O feet.
"a tApfhSt vas mNhA1bs "hAh W Az Hlbh
to be expended on repairs. and since then new
flooring for the kitchen, a neat wood-house, an en-
largement of the pantry, a high frame for a water
lemon vine, green blinds for the whole house, re-
painting and papering ; a set Of furniture for the
parlor Ito match our new piano and pier glass;,
curtains TO match the furniture. cronices for the
curtains, ~regilded picture frames TO match the
cronices, a new center light to show off the pictures;
and new suits of clothes all around to enable us to
sit with comfort in the parlor;-all these have fol
lowed each other in quick succession to the intense
delight OF wife and the children, the envy Of all
our neighbors, and the depletion of my pocket.
The next thing will be a trip to the coast TO select
silver ware of a new pattern, china and glass 10
go with the silver ware, finally a complete re-
finishing of the dining room; and then-but not
till tben-wife will plan the building Of a new
house. l am resigned. If my crops turn out well,
the treaty passes, and if / can avoid buying a
pair Of horses and carriage, all will be well. II
not - )! IGNORAMUs.