Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-07-22

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"You dear old Pop, Ind ., Il
a ou''s fOu''n %Se,S co Haren Has, Register.
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Miud,l quote those three words.
They are none OF mine. Only, thinking
over three or four equally appropriate
titles, chose the one | use as being
the oldest; and always had q fancy
for odd things. And now for my story.
On what my aunt (by marriage) and
her family founded their claims to
uncle had been a merchant, it is true,
and one or considerable prominence III
histlay. lhave been told and so had been
hisfather before him, and his fathers
father before that That his business
in his. most prosperous time was in-
tilnately connected with China is i'm
pressed npon my mind q became an
inmate OF his house when was about
sixyearssof age, in consequence OF the
deathlof both my parents within a week
ofseach other leaving me with no means
of,support, and no other relatively by the
fact that every first OF June saw bright
newmattings laid on our floors, ,toremain
there until cold weather came again,
anu that our mantels and what-nots
were decorated with many pretty, dainty
liTleporcelnin cups, thin as egg,shells
-Farities i'll those days, but in these
penty-and cheap enough.
Now, according to all have learned
on the subject, real, simon pure arsto-
Gratis look down upon trade even OF the
grandest scale, anu never have any
thing to do with it further than once
in q, while marrying one OF its sons or
daughters who have come into posses
spn of millions enough to offset the;
honor -es T, .'7
However,, our family u yentured to
include. myself, none OF my cousins
being within bearing) assumed all The
ahs OF the "blue bloods' OF the Old
Country. iia
Eleanor, our second, wore look of
deea aiadignation. for severa! days after
manly, ,cleyer, good-looklng fellow,
the brotlter OF one Of her old school
mates SvitllSe ycopfortable income, but
whoAwasth ejuniors partner OF a firm
keepine5 af fetailistore on Sixth Avenue,
proposea for her hand. " lg
"fhe presumption OF the man!' she
exclaimed, raising her arched eyebrows
in fstonjshtilent, and curling her full,
red'nPper lip in scorn; ITO imagine for
Mmoment thai because honoredf him
with my company TO the opera. two. or
three times, would marry nm! Ii his
businessshad been wholesale, 1T would
hayea bean bad enough; butgfancy
person who sells pins and needles by
the paper, and lace by the yard! Never!
would die tirst.
SMnerva, our fourth, was equally
horror stricken at the effrontery OF, q
young book-keeper whom her brother
laurence had introduced INTO the fami-
IYclrcleAa rare thing Tor one OF her
brothers TO DO, Tor ike all other men,
as staras my limited experience goes,
they scarcely ever thought their COM
panions to be good enough to be the
companions OF their slsters-when he
ventnred to express his admiration for
her. The young man soon after sue
ceeded to very handsome property,
and pegneS q great swell" perfect
to1tor Sas9l believe the fashionable
waysofseypressing 1T now 1s-a kind OF
being after Mlnervas own heart; but
she was never invited TO ride behind
his last horses, and, what was much
worse, never again asked TO lake the
head OF MS table.
And IN like manner the graceful ano
enthuslastic professor OF music, the
stout, good-natured proprietor OF th'
extensive lr0h'works wholesale dat
retd.E') on the next Dlock' the ,youn&
HtHt who has since risen to wealth ant
ianie, and sundry Others, all falling
sshort OF the arlstocratic standard Sc
slp, py.otr iamiiy' were snuooed by M
'lahy cousins aided by their brothers
4and not wholly unassisted by thel
Amother. never had had' at the tim
this story commences, being then IN m.
,elShteentn year chahce 10 snub an.
one; Tor, lacking the personal attrac
LIONS OF my relatives as well as thel
"high-toned natures-truth to tell
having decidedly democratic tenden
EciesTl was Kept in the background ol
all occasions.
Let IL be remarked IN passing tina
Eleanor eventually married, when rath
er an old girl' widower IN the mill
business-yery wholesale, however
the father or four children. AT tn
same time Minerva, lew years young
er, deigned to become the wife OF Al
elderly bachelor, something or other il
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Their neads as hlgh as ever and declare
they had sacrlhced themselves for tn
family, uncle having failed for the sec
ond time--through no fault OF his own
dear Old mana lew months before tn
ponpie wedding.
That their "sacriilce" was for tn
good OF the family l don't deny; bp
there still were lett at home TO be take
care OF ffter' fher departure three oil
maids, young one, and two helples
young men. who, having been brorgi
uP to DO nothing, didltto perfection
z After thefailt ltfre, uncle got .situatio
.,as superintendent OF one OF the man
Department. in the large establishmer
ofthe gentleman who sold "pins an
a, needles by the paper and lace by. th
yard" Che was now head of the firm
and had apretty, lady-like wife an