The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03
LADIES COLUMN.
HARoLINE HAROLD, EDITOR.
A Story for the Times.

| tOlu Deacon brown started IN III
very poor. He married his wife Su-
san, before the days of hoops. pads,
etc. They had been happy in their
married fife, and unto them was
born a beautiful girl whom they
named Kate, who, of course, when
she grew up, fell in love. Her
choice was a poor but noble young
man. The deacon and his wife had
taught their child to choose for her
self, but to do it wisely, and they
were glad to see that she made
choice of an estimable young man,
their neighbours son.
Now, Kate took up a notion that
she must have a great many arti-
Giles for her marriage, and to make
fashionable show of dress during
the honeymoon, as they lived at only
town, she wrote her father, a note
requiring a considerable amount to
buy her outfit, and she stated in it
that she expected she would have
to send to the city to get all she
needed, whereupon the old man
made the following reply: OF
dearest Daughter AS you are
my only daughter, / may cali you
dearest truly, for / love you very
much. / have considered your
note, and this is my reply: l am
sorry to see you possessing a weak
ness of most of your sex, viz. that
you have large outfit for your
wedding and honeymoon. When 1
married your mother, she had but
two calico dresses and other things
to fit, and she thought herself well
of with them, and / really thought
her in a calico dress the prettiest,
sweetest girl it the land, and have
never thought her otherwise. She
has made me dear, precious wife,
and has been to me helpmate in
deed. Now, my dear child, will
not refuse you what you ask, but
my observation in life has con-
WINGED me that those girls who
spend heap OF money to provide
their outfits for marriage are gener
ally sure to spend heap of it after
wards, and that often they keep
their husbands noses to the grind
stone of misfortune and toll all
their lives. d5
"a great many fine things for
your wedding and its after incl
dents will make you no sweeter or |
prettier to your husband, and make |
you a great deal 'dearer' as to his
pocket If the man of your choice
'eIlly loves you, as no doubt he /
Ices, it is not for what you have on,
)ut for the qualities of your person,
head and heart; and as he Is man
If sense, l have no doubt he will
hink more of you when he finds
hat you have not made any great
for your marriage.
There are many gentlemen in this
now worth millions, whose
7ives, when they were married, had
% more than your mother. BY
his do not mean that you should
OF have any more; but your mother
ellis me that you have now five
eat every day dresses and four
unday ones, and really they larg
r, finer and better outfit than many =
Iillions of your sex are able to OBJ {
lin. Ha
Il make these suggestions for
our consideration, as your judg- !
tent may dictate; and to show you
lat this is the fact, / inclose you ]
raft for thousand dollars on my ,
ASHER, which you can use at your !
leasure. Affectionately yours,
JOHN BROWN" F.,
Kate did not hesitate long as to |
er course of action. Her mother ,
ave her few dollars of her pocket /,
honey, and she bought only sim {
lie, plain white dress, and appeared |
] it at the altar, with natural flow !
RS and her own loneliness for q.
dornment.
She drew the amount of the draft
! gold, and one month to day af- l
sr her marriage, handed the /
mount to her husband, and accom- ,
anied the gilt with these words:
dearest, applied to my father s
or money to purchase what l sup 1
osed / needed for my marriage, {
nd he wrote this letter (handing it {
D her husband and inclosed in {
, the draft upon which 1 drew this {
lousand dollars, which l now pre-
emit to you as the money saved by I
victory over a foolish fashion.
lave done wisely?" s
you have, my blessed wife, and (
re a thousand times greater to me
y your judgment"
1t is needless to add that the 1
of Kate is now worth many 3
of dollars, and in a de-
ghtful old age they often tell their
lends and children of the thous =
I'd dollars as the foundation of all. !.