The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-08-15

Iiitit III NlHtI NIA-. liNtI NEXT NNIfI.
She i a CHEEKY little body. and when il
Genes % home affairs knows every
tang: 50 we esteemed ourselves .ort-
innate in being able 10 retain her conn-
sell. She advised on the carpet pat
terms. the wallpaper. and even tho
cas-iiXturcs: III short. went with us In
all our preliminary shopping. II Is as
tonishing what store Of wisdom some
women carry about with them Al 10 the
primary comforts and little luNnrie,
that make everyday lite tolerable
Yes. she knew everything and why il
was 80. II there was any mistake in
her counsel Il consisted in tho fact that
she was inclined 10 estimate the con
. tents II our pokct-hoox by those y!
her own fat one. But we succeeded In
getting through quit. satisfactorily in
The first outlay And this rather sur
priscs me. rs Clara was in and ont con-
/ stantiy Tor 4 week, coaxing rs into what
seemed extrayaganccs. but which we
shortly learned were necessities that we
had overlooked.
| And now that we were settled and
| the first blush was beginning to sub
I side. we received shock OF surprise
such as we shall not soon forget. My
/ wife had left the house early in the
afternoon and had Joined her in the
evening at the house Of friend where
we took tea. Circumstances made II
necessary for us to return 10 our own
abode At an early hour. do not think
that il could have been as late as eight
O'clock In the afternoon mail we
found shabby little po~tal-card stat
ing that at the freight depot Of the &.
4 NJ Road there were some six hum
drcd pounds Of furniture. from New
Buffalo. consigned 10 my address: and
that the same had been on hand for
several days. and that i would be well
for me u pay the charges and remove
the Aforesaid furniture ~ once. My
wife leaned over nv shoulder and read
the postal with me- We read il again.
Furn;ture9 furniture, New buffalo?
We looked AT each other; looked again,
and smiled The bright thought struck
US both at the same instant Ihave al
ways been particular about the exact
date of that ideas rise In our m nds;
the bright thought struck us both al
me s0,ns instant namely -tnc'e John!
substantial token Of regard furni-
tnre' We read the shabby little postal
once more. and once more we smiled.
Bless III dear old heart! just like
him always so thoughtful My
mothers brother. indeed But New
Buffalo? never heard Of such place.
You understand. don't you21
said: \. be has bought the furniture ii
Buffalo. and this New Buffalo Is some
suburban village where the firm has il
factory. The goods would naturally b.
shipped from that point. And six hun
dred pounds, What can il be? There
does not seem to have been any scrio't'
doubt in my mind on the score oi thu
charges not having been prepaid: MOI
vet from the fat that ! had received
no announcement Of the approach d
this formidable gift. The former
might have been due TO forgetfu'ness W
unclr always WINS 50 fcrgetfnl In small
matters or il might have been owing
to certain necessities Of the situation
And. al tor the announcement, why, d
course the whole thing was his ole
way Of giving us surprise. And had
hc not announced IL? Had he moi said
that he meant to see what he could "a
for Us? f'urniiurc! Six hunirsD
pounds! Oh. that some artist Nigh
ha Q photographed for US the ex-
pressions Of 10y and comriacency tina
spread over our faces as we sat an,
looked al each other. and chewed th'
cud 81 satisfaction. and gave eael
other knowing winks. and turned tha
m SCRABBLE little postal for the hun
dredth time.
.Come. nv dear" cried I. "what d
You think II is?" And we laughed agar
in our Joy.
II am sure lean not guess" she said
"But we know II is not ; kitchen stove
and il would hardly be anything for tn
dining-room. II had TO guess bcley
should say--in fact. think somcthin!
seems 20 tell me that il Is Parlor furni
rturu."
} "A correct observation. my dear; Ger
tainlv correct. should have said y
myself. but / wished TO get the bench
Of YOUR woman's intu ton, and wa
afraid that any opinion of mine thrus
forward might throw il OF The ira
You know / have great confidence il
your intuition. Have ! not often sai'
SOP"
Eyes" she re'oined, very soberly
land II my intuition tells me anything
. II indicates parlor furniture. But then
we must not feel too sure; Il might b
4 bedroom set. Yet Uncle John knew
J that we had one fins sci. rcmembe
distinctly 81 my telling him that every
, thing ri our room was ours.
You will allow. ] suppose. said
sfhat six hundred pounds u furnilur
means several articles. II II had bcel
bookcase. the postal would have SAL
bookcase; but no. il uses the name of !
class. not 81 single object. This tell
me that whatever il max be, Il consist
Of several pieces. Now, how much doe
that sofa weigh? A hundred pounds
Less. II anything. I'LL warrant YOU
That marble-top table can not possibl
20 over sevcnty-iivc, and each Of thes
easy chairs will weigh-say eighty. La
me see. that makes three hundred an'