Year: 1870

! OLD DEACON Brown started in life very
poor. He married his wife, Susan, before
the days Of hoops, pads, &C. They had
been happy in their married life, and unto
| them was born a beautiful girl, whom they
named Kate, who, of course, when she
grew UP fell in love. Her choice was a
poor, but noble young man. The Deacon
and his wife had taught their child to
| choose for herself, but to do it wisely, and
they were glad to see that she made
| choice of an estimable young man, their
neighbor's son. II
Now, Kate took up notion that she
must have a great many articles for her
| marriage and make a fashionable show of
dress during the honeymoon, and, as they
lived at only town, she wrote her father
a note, requesting him to furnish her a
considerable amount to buy her outfit, and
stated in it that she expected she would
have to send to the city to get all she
needed, whereupoD. .thesold..m man made the
following reply: tta..g f


"DEAREsT DAUGHTER-As you are my
only daughter, may call you dearest
truly, for | love you very much. have
considered your note and this is my re a
ply: I am sorry to find you possessing a
weakness Of most of your sex, viz: that
you think you should have large outfit
for your wedding and honeymoon. When
/ married your dear mother she had but
two calico dresses and other things to fit,
and she thought herself well-off with
them, and I really thought her, as l took q
her in her calico dress, the prettieat,
sweetest girl in the land, and have never
thought otherwise. She has made meya
dear, precious wife, and has been to me q
helpmeet indeed. Now, my dear child, /
will not refuse you what you ask, but my
observation in life has convinced me that
those girls who spend a heap eff money
to provide their outfits for marriage are
generally sure to spend heaps of it after
wards, and that often they keep their
husbands noses to the grindstone of mis-
fortune and toll all their lives. io af'i


GA great many fine things for your
wedding and its after incidents will make
you no sweeter or prettier to your hus-
band, and may make you a great deal
deOrer as to his pocket. If the man of your @
choice really lovas you, as no doubt he
does, it is not for what you have on, but
for the qualities of your person. head and
heart, and as he is man of sense, have
no doubt he will think more of you when
he finds that you have not made any great
preparations for your marriage. There
are many gentlemen in this country now
worth their millions whose wives, when
they married, had no more than your
mother. BY this do not mean that you
should have no more; but your mother
tells me you now have five neat every
day dresses and four Sunday ones, and
really, they are larger, finer and better
outfit than many millions of your sex are
able to obtain. -a.v !,


81 make these suggestions for your con-
sideration, but leave you to follow them
or not, as your judgment may dictate, and,
to show you that this is the fact / enclose
you draft for a thousand dollars, on my
cashier, which you can use at your
pleasure.


Affectionately yours, ,a8


"JoHN BROWN"


Kate did not hesitate as to her course of
action. Her mother gave her few dol
lars of her pocket money, and she bought
only simple, plain white dress, and ap-
peared in it at the altar, with natural
flowers and her own loveliness for adorn-
ment. E,e ~ IA,


She drew the amount of the draft in
gold and, one month to day after her
marriage, handed the amount to her hus-
band, and accompanied the gift with these
words dearest = I applied to my father
for money to purchase what supposed l
needed, for my marriage and he wrote {
me this letter, (handing it to her husband)
and inclosed in it the draft upon which 1
drew these thousand gold dollars, which |
now present to you, as the money saved
by victory over a foolish fashion, Have
done wiselyf"


"You have, my blessed wife, and are a
thousand times nearer to me by your bet
ter judgment"


It is needless to add, that the husband
of Kate is now worth many millions of
dollars, and in delightful old age they
often tell their friends and children of the
thousand dollars as the foundation of it
IerGs, Telegraph. aa sa1a


FRANCE expects great chestnut crop
this year, that may go far toward supply