The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-04
gntelligelllf:alr.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
FROM A DOMESTIC PoINr OF VIEW.

aInever until this fall realized the debt
we owe theepress, and | never appreciated
the advantages of,living in a country that
elects its own rulers. My husband IS
Democrat, and my father. who boariH
With, us, 81: Republican. On the 1sh 9;
November | took down my last winter ;
cloak. The cloak cost $25,, but it w:iS
short and Of course I couldn't wear it,
this season. 1t didn't seem as i'll could
wear my double Paisley silawlall winter.
butp1,. thought of the sufHerings of the
poon4ours heavy church debt, and OF the
many, obligations William bad to meet
the list, OF JANUARY, and ! concluded |
wouldn't say q word about it. l might BE
dowdy, but I would go calmly forward,
up. the church aisle, supported by the
smiles Of an approving conscience:
When William came home that night
he said New York had gone for 'Tilden ;
and there was glow upon his brow and
Alright within his eye l hadn't seen'there
for years. The biscuits were light as a
feather, and said l.: - .a.
"tWilliam, what do you think / had
better do about cloak this winter? You
know they don't wear short cloaks.
suppose YOU don't feel as if you could
afford a new one?"
"See abouttit," said William, scraping
the last drop of peach juice from his pre-
serve plate. That's a dreadfully vulgar
habit. and I've told William so over and
over again, and 1 do wonder that, being
a genuine, elegant Democrat, he will
persistin it. -.
The next morning when | passed
through the sitting-room, William sat
shivering over closed register, in his
stocking feet, his hair uncombed, but he
cried out from the top of his paper,
Democratic victories everywhere y
"The country gone en- masse for Tilden 7"
"Intense excitement and rejoicing" We
had wafies and maple molasses for
breakfast. andgf made the coffee myself
William had made. one earnest dab at his
head With the Jhair-brush, but had evil
IDENTIFY missed. Father called for toast,
and said he had neuralgic. pains streaking
all down the left side Of his face. Will
liam read aloud soothing morsels from
the Democratic paper, such as Indiana
gives Nlden 10000 majorityp
s.What do you think this morning about
my having alnew cloak, William?"
'tOf courses you can have n new cloak,
if you, needyone. full returns not yet
received from Oregon, Nevada, Florida
and Louisiana, but they are undoubtedly
oursTs" .raqqIire
l felt a good deal of anxiety about
family praters. William isn't profess
sor. Father leads devotions, and was
afraid he would be too supplicatory, ont
he prayed:mostly for the heathen-Jcws,
and such like--but didn't refer to the
Democrats, and only ,ence-just after the
heathen-alluded to our suffering cona-
try. J1.g
When William came mp to dinner, ne
said returns of Democratic maj"risie,
were pouring in from all Quarters, anu
said L: q;
civilian, I've been thinking the ma:
ter over, and do believe it would be the
best ECONOMY to buy fur cloak. Every
body is; wearing fur. i; might cost more
at first, but it would be cheapest in the
end; fur is so durable"
"How much viii it co>t?''
"Mrs. Col. fuckers seal-skin sacque
was 5000 last winter, but | don't feel Us
if in our circumstances we can afford
that. Fnrs are cheaper than last fall,
and think could get good, desirable
article, mot so.rieh as.some, but still good
enough for people in our circumstances,
"Um !' said father. "a
William had taken out bank check
and was rejecting, when in whisked the
president Of the Democratic club, and
said Florida and South Carolina had gone
for Tilden, and William was wanted down
to the club room to see about the illuml-
nation. Ee filled out the check, and l
went Immediately down street and selec-
ted the cloak.
That evening shade of anxiety, a
scarcely perceptible tinge of melancholy,
had settled on Williams countenance,
while fathers neuralgia was better. Will
liam asked if I'd done anything about
my cloak, and said if I hadn't he should
suggest waiting while, furs might be
cheaper. He ,said,e when, /. asked him
about it, that t;the Illumination had been
postponed.
The next morning I heard the boys in
the street screaming that Hayes was
elected, and when | went down father
was sitting on the front stairs coatless,
and with his vest on one shoulder, while
William balanced himself on the edge Of
the hat-stand. Both patriots were stock
ing-footed. They had just taken in the
morning papers. Very little conversation
was made at the sbreskfast-table, but ia
ther was extremely polite to William, and
said hedidR t1now when yhe had eaten
bucEwheat cakes that tasted so much as
they did when he was boy.
At noon, William didn't stay to dessert,
but father, having eaten his own pud-
ding, drew Williams untasted plate to
himseE 3Mu7a34
The tears were yelling to my eyes, and
father kindly inquired why wept.t Il
"I've been thinking my Old atfxed
oyer, won't. look. at all suitable with my
new1cloak, but William is 80 blue, can't
bear to ask him for more money"
."Mercy on smew said father, Hsdon't cry
over a bunnit! Go down and get just
what you want, and then bring the bill to
me-" x ss II: 80
My hat was to be Of, of,seal-brown. 1.-TWO
feathers or three" asked the milliner. |
thoughtof the hundreds out of employ.
ment, of the destitution and want the
winter would behold, of the vanity and
pride Of dress, but while I hesitated a
newsboy, Just out with the afternoon pa
pers, yelled: "Florida and Louisiana
both sure for Hayes" I knew how IA
ther would feel, and said: 20, three,
certainly"
For two or three days there was a look,
not so much of pure melancholy as of
gloom, wrath and vengeance commingled
in Williams countenance, and he sprin-
kled pepper upon hisbeef-steak fearfuly.
Father said he awaited the action Of the
Louisiana returning board with cona-
dence in their integrity, and slipped his
tea with a spoon. never knew father
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