Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-18
Buying Bridal "TrOssy. !"
Chicago Evening Journal.

Ollc uity ldot Week ~ powerfully -DullG
young man, to whose right arm was
linked tall, thin girl of eighteen, with
a sharp nose, pale blue eyes, and hair
like the color Of an old knife handle,
entered Lake avenue store, with both
eyes full of business. AS the pair took
seats, a clerk intimated that he was
ready to take bottom prices on any
goods in the store, from the finest silk
to the glaziest calico.
"This is kinder delicate business for
us" replied the young man, casting
sleeps eyes at the girl
"That is to say-that is-yes, ahem!"
stammered the clerk.
But [ guess we'll live through it,
Molly, and so here goes. What we
want is a trossy for this girl-a bridal
trossy, [ believe they call it."
THAT is exactly what they call it,"
replied the clerk; tell me what article
you want, and I'll give the lowest fig
ures."
The pair looked at each other in
half foolish way for a minute, and then
the girl hid her face behind stack Of
goods.
GA little skeery, but she'll git over it, :"
unused the lover. "The first thing /
s'pose is a dress?"
''FrOm one to sixteen dresses, as you
like. You'll take a black silk, per-
haps?"
and perhaps [ won't. There's no
style about us, Mister We marry for
love, and we've got to make little mon
ey go long ways. Is calico purity
low?"
"Oh, Zeke!" gasped the girl, sudden
ly showing her face.
"Well, we'll go little better, then,
though calico is my motto. Hand us
down something about twenty cents per
yard Give us dove color, for doves are
meek and lovely, and SO is Molly"
Twelve yards Of dove colored goods
were cut off, and Zeke looked around
and said: g Less, see, s'pose a back
comb, two yards of blue ribbon, a bunch
of hair pins and two or three collars,
ought to figure in somewhere" .a.a 3
The clerk agreed, and they were fig
ured in.
"Less see. She'll wear her sisters
hat to stand up in, and her sisters shoes
won't show if she has long dress on.
[ guess that's about all, isn't it, Molly?"
The girl blushed very red, beckoned
him closer and, after a minute, he
turned to the clerk and said: 23.' =.
cts kinder throwing money away,
but she's purity good and gentle, and |
don't mind. She thinks she ought to
have fifty cent corset and two pairs of
stockings" -..,.s.s., o., .+s-,
The articles were brought, inspected,
and placed with the I" trossy," and after
the lovers held another whispered con-
versation, Zeke observed:
"Well that's all. Figger up, and
there's your cash. We've got to go and
git some hair OIL and a pair of, sleeve
buttons and some shoe strings, and you
see the outfit is going to squeeze me
bad" Hsffa ..,eaat
"When does the marriage come OFF,"
asked the clerk. o. AaS'44"
g In about ten days She's a good
girl and loves me, and I am trying to
do the fair thing by her. 'Taint many
young men who would put up seven
dollars on bridal trossy for his girl;
but when / make up my mind to marry
any one Pm almost reckless of wealth.
She didn't need the corset any more
than need .suspenders, but she had a
sister married with a corset on, and she
didn't want to be behind her." st 3:f
hope you will be happy use
1--WE shall be-can't help it. This
ere girl can sling more enthusiasm into
a mess of taters than any queen in Eu-
rope. I had to take her old dad by the
collar and jerk his heels to the ceiling
before he'd consent to this marriage
Well, good bye" h eH 80