The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-21
A COSBY LETTER.
Cousin Prissy Takos n Day Out
With Hef Country Kiniolk.

The following is extracted from cosby
| letter "My country cousins have very
! exalted idea of my ability rs Il shopping
guide, TO square dealing, good articles and
fair prices. Sometimes this reputation II a
! pleasure, and sometimes likewise IL Is a
nuisance; when they aro nice malo coun-
| try cousins II In charming. when II Is
| u sweet girl graduate II is interesting, but
| when IL is we'll, when II is n bore, IL IL,
! that's all. One sdny last week my Aunt
! Kate, u grnndmoihcrly dame OF the old
| regime, who lives away down In Mlssis-
I sippi, sent 20 my care her youngest
! daughter, Jenny, n magnificent volct-eycd
| duplicate OF Aunt Kate in her younger
| days, with her lover, to have inc give
them nv valuable assistance la selecting
their wedding paraphernnia. Aunt Kate
nlwnys had her own ideas concerning silver
ware, and the jowclcr. aud when she
liked any place TO trade she always went
there aud sent all her friends, 80 | knew
she would have some pet place In which
she believed, and as she has supreme
contempt Tor sham and shoddy, | knew that
where thc suggested would be- all right,
unless they were out Of business, which,
~ her shopping cculloctions OF Mem
phis were obtained generation ago,
when Il was u village ON the Chickusw
Bluffs, was extremely probable. | vel
coined Cousin Jenny aud her attendant,
and after hearing the family news We sat
down Ia business and firstly said l.
"Whcrc did Aunt Kate say you should be-
taken 20 get your silycrwap, ctc.Y She
said "Nou tell Cousin prssy that my
wedding silycrNarc, diamonds and other
solid wedding presents were got OF Mr..
Byrd, who was connected with some firm
Who we've In little place on Front Row,
but have since moved up on Main. |
wonder Cousin Jenny, II II can be- the
same Byrd who has that magnificent irW-
clry store corner Main aud Madison"
Gle has no little place 10 b. pubihly the
finest and beet stoWand collection ui goods
~ that line Of trade IN tho South. bat he
b. q young man and am sure was not born
nt me tmc Aunt Kate WIS married, bat
We will see "Mamma,aid We were tp 90
iu some ntm that only dealt In the solid old.
fashioned way, with none ui the now
notions OF trade. You know she IL old.
! fashioned aud believes la plain, solid, old
fashioned WAYS ul dealing We went To-
! hyrl's aud told him what Aunt Kate said.
! lie laughed. "Mcll. no. was not In the
! trade iurty wears ago, II WAS my brother
/
Square. little ono room place, when Mem.
phiH was village with $50 inhabitants,
In 1915 they moved to Front Row, aud in
1870, when Memphis had 1900 pcbplc
aud WIS q thriving business city, came up
on Main street IN very line storc Tor the
tizo 1T tic place. In 1855 We came Ia
this, which is a. line aud we'll appointed
an one ~ any in the South" We told
him II the orders Aunt Kate gave, telling
him that all the wares she bought oi his
brother had been used every day since
their purchase, except when they we're
buried during the war, Tor another idea Ut
hers b 10 have hcr best Tor every dny fam.
ily Use, and that except Nhrrc the chill.
drrn had left thc marks Of their little teeth
upon some Of the spoons all was as good ~
! when purchased. ! don't know which
was thc most pleased at the meeting, be- or
We, | certainly WAS, Tor my troubles
were over, aud all We had tu DO
was to tell him what We would like 20
have and how much money W. could
| spend. aud then together chouse. We So
lcytcd an elegant vet Ol Solid silver etched
In beautiful designs, an assortment 81
spoons With uNidIgrd handles made iu tho
most elegant taste, with knives. nutpcks
etc, etc, put up IN the dalnticst oi
cases. There were diamonds, oi
which hg makes specially. Mr.
Byrd showed NJ one diamond that was the
most tempting thing | over saw. Il was q
stone With a light blue iingc, from tho
mines OF Gluconda, which ave nov very
rare. II was worth unset -. 500 and liz
soul flashed out like au imprisoned angel
oh, it was revelation Of beauty. There
was everything that wealth could coyri OF
the most iBslidilus taste select. Tor table,
sdChoafd ur ,ICial u.y, clocks ul iuCuat
ing designs that seemed made % tick away
the fairy hours wis little alarmed
when tie bill was asked iur. but then, too
We were surprised. II Was so much less
than We feared that ! was inclined 10 be-.
icyc that Cousin lcnuy's violet eyes aud
Aunt kalC's words ui direction had caft
a glamour over his figures AMI prices, but
be- assured us that il was a'l right. And I
Know that no young couple In that srr-
ton Of Mississippi will have morc Gle.
CANT oultit CUrstN pmsuutA."