The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-23

X SltltCou ofcI lIIG llISag pttssCi stiItt Cttq
s.Useful information. Heard Mr.. Sn1it
tell papa that beef was sold by farmers fc
!, just half the price asked BY city butcher
! ! Mem-To buy our beef and mutton alWay
) Of a farmer. Might order vegetables, mil
and fresh eggs at the same time.
ssThere, Charles dear, what do you thin
Of that?" asked Emily, triumphantly
"Isn't that economy and only think hoy
you will enjoy a nice fresE-laid egg fo
your breakfast
"But, my dear girl, I said, trying t
look grave, eve couldn't buy a who'll
sheep or a whole OK at once, you know?'
'sBut if the whole animal didn't cost hal
as much as an animal at the butcher
price, what then ?" persisted Emily, look
ing annoyed.
Given then, my darling, / think j
would be cheaper to buy our chops anc
outlets from the butcher, said I, per
suasively; because you see, we should
get tired Of whole animal before we had
eaten it ALL
sWell, we won't argue; you know ]
don't approve Of arguments, Charles, re-
replied Emily, feelingly, and SO the sub
ject was dismissed.
However, / took Emily's advice and be-
gan to study domestic economy. I pro-
vided myself with a notebook; IL asked
my married friends SO many questions
about prices, values and quantities, that I
became positively tiresome; / lost no OPP
portunity Of adding to my stock of knowl-
edge as regarded fuel, provisions, wages
and house rent. All the information thus
cleaned was carried duly to Emily, and
carefully classified by her under various
headings. f$
The evenings we spent together were no
longer devoted to the e:sweet nothings'
with which ordinary lovers are wontto de-
light themselves. On the contrary we
gave ourselves up to the most obtruse and
perplexing calculations, in which my
slender salary was divided and subdivided
to suit OUR plans. / should have enjoyed
these evenings much more if I could have
persuaded Emily to add up a column Of
figures, without counting on my fingers,
but could not.
Seventeen and six-let me see-ei gh-
teen, nineteen, twenty, tWenty-one, TWEEN
ty-two, twenty-three,'' she would say,
drumming each finger on the table, until
she reached the sum total, which she gave
with triumphant emphasis always.
However, finding that my remonstran-
ces seemed to hurt the dear girls feelings,
I said no more.
About this time our correspondence lost
much of its distinctly 1over-1ike character,
and for the same reasons. I used to send
Emily SO many scraps of information for
her notebook, and get SO many directions
in return, that tile results were rather: pc
culiar: For instance, | would write thus:
n ssMy O. DIP. D. =. F P..---Lamb is salWays
dearer than mutton. and does not 90 as
far. I find that cream of tartar is certain
" cheaper by the barrel, but Jones' wife
says she never buys but half apound at the
time. Ever yours,
CHARLIE.
But perhaps you may not understand
the meaning of those six initial letters at
the beginning Of my note. Why, that was
a very simple and convenient arrange
ment to save tikae and space III writing.
Instead of having to write over and over
again MY own dear precious darling lit
tie pet, I just used those initial letters,
and Emily knew exactly what / meant
every time. Itwas really a capital idea,
and we were the origina tors and the truth
is that II it had not been for the publicity
involved, I would have taken oiit d patent
for the Invention.
LII the same way she would write to me:
.i$ssD. o. d. D..'': And understood
dearest old darling dtieky at onee),
s.please 1iild ott il corned beef is more
economical when hashed Ask your
friend Smith, there's a D. S. r. z 81
Could any one with ordinary illtelli-
genee fail to read dear sweet precious in
those last three letters
Then again, what could be more touching
and tender than this closing sentence
up for dliiiiiilel for am
ins.to make the apple dump Q.
E '' OF course that means precious old
pet.
But enough. have, as said before,
All objection to make public the tender se-|
orets of two fond hearts Therefose will
pass over the rest Of my cottrtship- the
wedding, with its accom- pansinst.s hustle,
and our trip I'LL To N al q come onee
to the time when we began otir house
keeping.
fteI much searching and many yexa-
tious disapp pointnents, Emily and had
picked out ssflat'' or 4 house we e,ula
not attffioortl. The agent said that thia fiat
consisted of five spacious and elegant
rooms. ~ own impression was that
there were one room aI,sll foul closets. H He
said that it was Infinitely i superior tos any
house he had ever seen. differed from
this view, also, but said nothing. But
then there certainly was i fine bay win dow
h the parlor, and q beautiful tiled hearth
ID the dining room: " We took The Hat
without further liseu on.
But when tile tol, in we'd oi the
irst load next day, our troubles began.
must explain that this refarig erator was not
among Miss Vanteltuy fe1's gift. 1t was
i ] new one, Of the latest and most popular
style, which I had inst bought had
been n;s ;stllralIy good deal off inf
ny selection Of that refrI gerater bY a :ye Ell
lsreeable and intel lesIflaln al
& CO. s had Ell So heartily intol
III Jews, ile had been 81 patiiellt
;tly s:vesl tIie entire oeak, and hc IarIghe;
o eiiatiiTely III criticism
lis ifI could not 10 less than 10 take h
.dyice. afterali.
md lle made II plain the
argest one cssn get
liz III gat one tp buN bought a1islat
lloIigil i was certain oasaa ed the
tIle u bland and sor-si
Iial assurance that hai done 8 3sise
real seHsi IN lflsssa
hat e iigerato great eoIalfort.
Sui iigerataa tsea
so hi oar lsitenen, ss,la fess that
lasl doubts Is ID M saIl
lot ex tlllsla to IaIlaii
hat sIlaI hye saeS A
AZ men who forced tp tlasEE
taII1rs, tipped their hot iaces aIla sriIlIfek1