Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-12-18
BEGINNING AT THE RIGHT END.

Nate 8 nimhlt nngere,a As tor Will
he was equally busy.
And, for marvel, most people
seemed to be Satisfied, and agreed In
saying what good match it was aud
what a fire. couple they would make.
Kate was so neat and industrious :
not strictly beautiful, but with that
natural loneliness that youth, health.
and sweet and cheerful temper
gwen TO every woman. And Will
was steady, sensible Young man,
with stout heart and broad shout
ders, with which to push his way in
the world.
| They both brought into this mu.
tual partnership, together with the
wealth of loving hearts and strong,
helpful hauds,a little of worldly gear.
Wills consisted of new and pretty
cottage, every stick of which was
laid with his own hands-for he was
house carpenter-and every room
constructed with an eye to the com
fort and convenience of its expected
mistress. Hates dowry consisted of
a few hundred dollars, left her by an
uncle, and which was to be hers al
the age of eighteen, or on the eve of
her marriage.
Kate thought the best use to nut
the money to would be to furnish the
house. and SO go at once to house.
keeping, and W.ll agreed with her.
Then came the ali important sub
Ject OF selections; for Kate had onlv
certain amount, and was anxious
to lay it out to the best advantage.
she had neither mother nor sister,
but fortunately Aunt Sarah, kind
hearted, sensible woman, with no lit
tie experience in such matters, was
on her annual visit to her brothers
house, and she determined to avail
herself of her counsel and assistance.
The old lady had been but few
days In the house, but her sharp,
kindly eyes had been sufficiently OBJ.
serving; so she was not at all sur
prised when her niece said, with a
slight blush
4 am going to be married next
month, aunty
so judged. from the appearance
of things, my dear And, unless my
old eyes deceive me, you will have a
good husband
VIII Is one OF the best and kindest
OF men, returned Kate, with pleased
and happy smile. i only wish he was
sure OF as good wife You know
the money Uncle Eli left me? Will
has built beautiful little cottage, and
think of furnishing it, so that then
we can go directly TO housekeeping.
And as shall ha-A - :,
many things, ! should like your ad
vice in selecting and arranging them.
Il think your plan a very good
one, niece, and shall be glad to give
you any assistance in my power. II
will be less expensive than boarding,
besides being much pleasanter.
The next day Kate showed her
aunt over TO the house, which had
just been painted, papered and blind
ed. The lower story contained four
rooms, parlor, sitting room, kitchen
and wash room,-and above, three
chambers.
They looked very pleasant and
convenient, and Aunt Sarah duly ad.
mired them, to Kate's great satlsfac-
ton.
i shall have enough to furnish it
very nicely, she said. sand shall take
so much pleasure in arranging and
selecting it,
'You will have enough to make
you very comfortable, my DEAR re-
turned Aunt Sarah, but you must
not count on spending a great deal
for mere outside show.
ooh no, aunt; / intend to do with
things that are plain and inexpen.
sive, until we can afford to have bet
ter. think we will go to Browns
first. saw some nice carpeting and
curtains there, that will be such a
nice match for the parlor and paper,
and very reasonable they are, too
As they were walking along, Aunt
Sarah suggested that before purchas-
ing she make an inventory OF what
she intended to get, together with
the price. To this Kate agreed
though she was qnite confident tha
she had ample means to carry on,
the plan she laid down
So Kate began to select furniture
first for the parlor, then the sitting
room, then for the parlor chamber,
jotting down the price of each arti.
Gle. They then went home to dinner.
Aunt Sarah had promised to make
out list Of what kitchen furniture
she would neeo, and after dinner she
sat down to redeem it. In the mean.
time Kate, at her suggestion, began
to add up the long row of figure,
that had been the result of her morn
iDg's work, Her cheeks flushed a.
she proceeded, and the result seemed
very unsatisfactory, for she went
}, over it twice.
Aunt Sarah noticed her perplexity
, How much will you have left fol
your kitchen furniture !? she inquired
Three dollars and fifty cents ?
The old lady smiled.
, You viii have enough to get /;
couple of TIN plates and half dozer
knives and forks
Il don't understand it. | though
that | bad qnite enough to furnisl
the house comfortably
/, 'And so you have, my dear; bu
in your selection you have bad tn
eye more to show than to comfort.
thought then | would let you tax
( your own way, but knew very we
where it would terminate, fo- 20
did not begin at the right end
Il don'tknow what you mean, aunt
why, you should have begun wit
the kitchen, aud thus have secure
the things that you mus. have. Their
+ if there is anything left for the par
\ Tor, it could be easily got
Kate looked sghast at the list {
articles that was handed her.
Shall need all those things, aunt
= IT You wish to do your work we
: and economically, you can not %
along with less. Never stint th
kitchen and make show in tn