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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1881-07-15, Page 22 THE HUILON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1881. IIIRBIABLB J�Iti l m I t ORS. 'You don't know sank* beautiful sew carpet the Renley Naas bought,' said my wife'e I came is to dinner; 'and it oust Daly a dollar a said. It i. worth almost as much septa as man when new, .and we paid • dollar and a half s yard.' 'Carpets are mask cheaper now than ,they were when we lieuglt ours,' I re- plied, a little coldly. 'True,' said my wife; 'that was cer- Aainly • lung while talo- 1 have just been looking at ours, and it is really very latch defaced. Don't yea think we ,ouuld afford to buy a new elle ' 1 feel quite salaamed of it, it is as worn and faded.' 'Biot you did not think w indifferent- ly of it until you saw Mn Hanley'■ new one,' 1 observed 'Oh, yes, I did,' replied my wife; 'but I thought you might think we could not afferd.a.other, and so I didn't say any- thing about it.. But now that the Hen- ley* liaise purchased a beautiful new car- pet for their parlor, I feel as if we ought to do the same. Ours looks awfully shabby.' 'A nee ,carpet for our parlor mould not art wuch lea than twenty-five dollars, Jape,' I replied. 'Oh it woald not est that,' said my wife. 'It is easy le make the calculatius,' said I; 'facia are figures, and I say it will take twenty yards of carpet. 'Not more than eighteen,' persisted Jane. 'It will take five breadths,' said I, 'and I am certain the parlor is four yards long,' and forthwith I commenced my measurement, which proved my assertion correct. 'Four fives make twenty,' seid I, as I arose from my but position, and twenty yards of carpeting at • dollar a yard will cost just twenty dollars, and there are other little et ceteras that will cost at least another four or five dollars. 'Are you nut mistaken Inquired my wife, rather dubiously. 1 went carefully over the calculation with her, for she was not over quick at figures, and showed her that I was not mistaken. 'True enough,' said my wife somewhat Comprehending; but I wouldn't have thought it. Twenty-five dollars is a great deal of money; but then we don't want a new carpet every year. It is six or seven years since we bought our last; and we shall soon require a new one. I thought we might as well buy one now as at any other time; besides, my dear, I don't believe carpets will be as cheap six months hence as they are now.' My wife was fairly set upon a new parlor carpet and seemed determined to carry her point. This i understood very well, and not caring to fight a battle in which the odds were against me, 1 abandoned the contest and gave my wife twenty-five dollars to buy a new carpe., inwardly wishing Mrs. Henley a thousand miles away. As a clerk, I had a very comfortable income of twelve hundred dollars a year, out of which I laid it down as a rule that I ought to save at least two hundred dollars. This I had been able to do fur a couple of years, until, unfortunately, the Henleys moved next door, and my wife made the acquaintance of the very agreeable Mrs. Henley, whose husband was also a clerk in a city house, but he received fifteen hundred a year all of which was regularly spent by the year's end. I had about six hundred dollars snugly laid away in the savings bank when the Henley. became our neighbors: but the amount had already dwindled down to four hundred when the old car- pet was to be replaced by a new one. These new neighbors and acquaint- ances were certainly very agreeable people. I liked Henley very well, and my wife was perfectly fascinated with Mrs. Henley, who was a woman of some taste, but of rather extravagant notions for one in her circumstances. ( our style of living had been plain from the beginning, and with this style we were both very well satisfied. At the time of our marriage I •had about six hundred dollars laid by and this sum we expended in furniture, keeping in view comfort and convenience rather than show. For the first two or three years we found it necessary, in completing the comforts of our little household, to ex- pend all that could be saved out of my salary, which during that time was only one thousand dollars per annum. After that my salary was increased, and I wall able to save something. With this pleasant prospect, if health continued, of being able to save enough to ',timbale, in time, s comfortable dwelling, i was going on in a very self-satisfied state of mond, when the Henley' moved next door. Three weeks were allowed to go by, and then my wife suggested that it was no more than right that we should make the acquaintance of our new neigh- bors, who were, she had ascertained, very respectable people. 1 had no ob- jections to offer, and therefor made none; accordingly my wife one day made a e omplimentary visit to Mrs. Henley, and invited that lady in return. '1 called upon Mrs. Henley this morning,' said my wife to me when i name home to dinner. "Well, how did you like her 7' •uutrvd. hall indifferent!, anything like 'Vert. much indeed.' replied '*y a*, ee}traairw herself warmly. 'She i. nee of rams* agwiewallahomes I over mgt --41 yrtedect lady is hiti nauseaa iEe appeared quite pleasgd with soy i visit, saki has promised to trona it, aid aro to reinstate Mr. Holey. May bast everything very kindness, in the p.klor. Black walnut shaira, beautiful sofa, sad • spieedid rnarble-asp centre tale. Oa the miab ..rd they have some magnificent vases .f wax flower, heakrts of wax fret, and the most charming ornaments you ewer saw. On the mantel they have some espalier ornaments, a time piece, and • pair of elegant candelabras et each end.' As my wife said this she glanced toward the mantel and sideboards of our own plaiely furnished parlor. 'I really think we alight afford • pair of candel- abras,' she.diegre.sed to any, 'they are so ornamental, and only coat (1) fifteen or twenty dollars. I said nothing in reply; but thought our patent lamp on the sideboard looked very well, said that for the mere appear- ance of the things fifteen or twenty dollars was too much for persons in our circumstanoes to spend for candelabras to adorn the mantel. For some time my wife continued to run on about Mar agreeable neighbor. She had noticed everything in the par- lor arrangement. if her neighbor's house, and the minutest particle of her dreg, all of which she described Two days only elapsed before Mrs. Henley returned the call, and asked my wife if she wouldn't go shopping with her on the following day. This my wife promised to do, and as she had several articles to purchase, asked me far fifteen dollars with which to buy them. 'I declare,' said my wife to me after the shopping expedition with Mrs. Hen- ley, 'if I haven't been shopping all the morning, and without buying an article I intended, and have spent the whole of the money you gave me. I ought, at least, to have had twenty-five dollars, for I was going to buy for you half a dozen pocket handkerchiefs, a piece of linen for shirts, and some flannel; neither of which articles have I got 'What then have you bought r' I 'eked in surprise. 'I will show you,' she replied, bringing out &'bundle from one of her drawers. As she unrolled it, she said, 'We met with some of the finest lace collar I ever saw in 'my life. There, just look at this :—it cost only $4.50.' Forthwith my wife displayed before my eyes a worked collar that was no doubt all she alleged in regard to its quality and once, but as I was no judge of these feminine gewgaws, I was not qualified to decide as to its real worth. 'Isn't it sweet r repeated my wife. 0f course I could do no less than assent 'And it was only four dollars and a half,' she reiterated, determined, if pussible to impress upon my mind what a bargain she had made. 'Mrs Henley,' she continued. 'bought one without the least hesitation, and of nurse I could not resist the temptation to do the same, for I hadn't a single handsome collar to my mind, and really felt ashamed when I went out with Mrs. Henley, whose collars, I am certain do not cost less than $15. Those that I have are all very common: most of therm I had when we were first married.' After this I hadn't a word to say. , 'Wasn't I right in purchasing vne 1' asked nay wife, looking me intently in the face. 'Certainly any dear,' replied I; 'you wanted :. tine collar, and you did right to buy one.' 'Now look at this,' said my wife; and a rich Showy dress pattern met my eyes. 'Isn't that lovely 1' asked my wife. 'Now how much do you think it was a yard, my dear r 'Indeed I don't know, I replied. 'Only three shillings,' said my wife with an air of triumph. 'Last season nothing could be had like it for leu than seventy-five cents. Mrs. Henley said she had not seen anything so rich or handsome, and she purchased a dress immediately; and as I wanted a new dress I did the same. It will make up most beautifully—don't you think so— my dear 1' 'Yes,' replied 1; 'I think it will.' What else could I say 1' My wife needed a new drew, and this she thought both cheap and pretty. If it pleased her I was satisfied. Half a dozen other little matters, of which I did not clearly un- derstand the use, completed [the list of purchases—things my wife wesld not have dreamed d waiting, had she Dol been out shopping with her agreeable neighlor. On the next day I furnished another fifteen dallars to i;et the linen. flannel said handkerchiefs, which, as my wife had said. were for my own particular self, and which, she had informed me, 1 required for immediate um. .As my wife hal I,ern w kind as to go shopping with Mn. Henley, that lady very kindly consented to go out with my wife. Ac- cordingly they went shopping together. The pocket handkerchiefs were bought, but the linnen and flannel were emitted. The ladies saw a couple of silk bonnets, the price of which was only eight dollar each; the establishment was selling off; and the pries was exceedingly low. and the said bonnets an struck their fancy 1 en litrai Itey Ilorthw►th concluded to buy iIIJIIl 1e thing !' amid say wife, *Whig .111e really bead... sed be- eettaing JouMng lttea.t en her head, end looting W,iitir Seat younger red ra- tan 'Now,. Jast't you Shish .o dear r do, rased;I .ora aotidp say - i& anwink.► wanatk 4 mawier that greatly pleased my good wife. 'I Auld boas wanted a raw homiest in a M weeka," said ley wife, 'and must have paid at lomat ten dollar for one neither so handsome nor so peod as this; sad as they were selling off, I could not let such an opportunity escaped for securing a bargain like this. I had 'willing to advance by wag of objection, another fifteen dollars metre supplied for &hopping purposes. This time the linen and flannel were forth- coming. Thus began my wife's acquaintance with her agreeable neighbor, Mrs. Henley. From that period money went more rapidly. It cost for shopping porpoises Mune just double what it had done before. My wife's appearance and that of our two little ones was certainly mueh improved, and so far this was agreeable enough, but I could not. help feeling that it was all costing too much. I found that in- stead of saving a few dollars to lay up at the end of the month, I hadn't • cent. Of course all was not spent in shopping; but what was true in the clothing depart- ment was true in every other depart- ment. Before the Henley. had been our neighbor six months various ornaments made their appearance on our side- boards, and our mantel displayed a beautiful pair of candelabras, besides other little nicknacks which had hitherto been considered as superfluous. Mr. Henley, whose acquaintance my wife had insisted I should make, I found an intelligent, agreeable man, and fre- quently spent a pleasant evening with him. As for the ladies, they saw each other daily; and from the first week of their acquaintance the ideas of my wife began gradually to enlarge, and her taste to become refined. The thought of ec- onomy gradually faded from her mind. Mrs. Henley became her model, and Mrs. Henley's ideas of things her ideas. She used every season to put up • few jar of preserves, the coat of which did not exceed a few shilling& But, this, the first season of her acquaintance with Mr. Henley, she was visited with a re- gular preserving mania. Quinces, peaches, pears, and plums, and I don't know what besides, were boiled down in the best double refined Loaf sugar, and sealed up in glass jars, the number of which I Inn not pretend to give. And so things went on for more than a year, my deposits in the savings bank steadily decreasing until I had not two hundred dollars left. I now began to feel really serious, and to wish that Mrs. Henley had been married to the man in the moon. About this time the new carpet was bought. It looked very fine. I had to acknowledge that. But the chain and plain black walnut table appeared rather ashamed of themselves in such genteel company. 'Mrs. Henley says [our chain will never do,' observed my wife. 'We were looking at some excellent black walnut horse hair chair this morning, they were only thirty-one dollars the half dozen, and we paid, I think it was, twenty-one dollars for these cane -bot- tomed ones with chintz seats. It's a a pity we hadn't bought black walnut horsehair chair at first. But those will do very well for the bed -room, and those now in the bed -room may be disposed of to advantage to the person who has the horse hair chairs for sale. At least, so Mrs. Henley says. When any wife got a thing into her head, or rather Mrs. Henley had cram- med anything into it, there was no get- ting it nut. After she had said this I saw the new chain in our parlor. This was in imagination: but the real vision soon came. Another dew upon my de- posits in the savings bank furnished my wife with the means of gratifying her desire to have a set of hone -hair chain, and with them came the desire for other things. Mr. Henley had pronouneed them beautiful„ but suggested that there was still something wanted to complete the effect. There must either be a sofa table or centre -table with a marble top; and she thought that our sofa did not exactly corresbond with our carpet or chain; and suggested a fashionable eouels - 'Mr. Henley is ray kind in her sug- gest ion s, I could sot help saying, a little sarcastically. 41j wife did not like this at all, and met it with a warm defence of her agreeable neighbor. 1 was silenced. No more was said about couch or table for more than a weep. when my wife, with the aid .1 her friend, informed me that they had discovered the very thing that was wanted in a hsndenne sofa table, the price of which was only twenty dollars; and as there was • pair of them. and the Henleys had bought one of them, 1 couldn't object. Carpets, chain rid sed& table were rather costly articles, which. together with sundry other purchases ton numer- ous to enumerate. had made quite a distinct impression up..n the little sum 1 had saved. int besides these marked irspressiona, there was • gradual waetuig away of my cherished deposit. 14 Rade, was a Sideman who always wasted something, and sever was satisfitig un- less ahs wee upending money. 1$ site aurae 4 • year and a hehl she hod so filled my wife air her spirit, that ear ettrr'ent exposure, instead of maxim within my Maar, lead actually exceed- ed it, and any depe.its were nearly all drawn out of this *avings bank. I now had good cause to feel ober. 'This will never do,' I would say to my wife. 'We re living beyond our income.' 'I am sur I try tele ernes i i, she would reply. 'We ilii to better than other people in our eisoumatanoss live. I am sur Mn. Henley spends two dol- lar on herself where 1 vend one.' 'We used to get alueg very comfor- tably with my salary, hat we have not only spent that for the lest two years, but have drawn every Dent out of the savings bank.' 'Yes, my dear,' said my wife, very coaxingly, 'but look how much furniture we have bought, and look how elegantly our parlor is furnished !—and then there is that elegant easy chair in the bed- room, besides the dressing -bureau, wash- stand and patent bed -stead.' 'True,' I:replied; 'but for All this change, are we auy happier than we were 1 To speak for myself I can say that I am not.' 'We shall not have to buy them again,' suggested my wife by way of consolation. 'They will last us our life time.' 'Yee my dear,' said I, 'but we are and have been living far beyond my income for two years.' My wife looked very serious. 'I don't know what we can do,' she said in a de- sponding tone. 'If you don't, I must tind out,' my mental reply. When 1 left home I went direct to my landlord, with whom I was on very good terms. 'Good morning, Mr. Lewis,' said I, as I entered that gentleman's breakfast parlor, 'have you another house to let in any part of the town, as I wish to leave the one I now occupy.' He seemed somewhat surprised at my straightforward manner of addressing him, but presently replied: 'Yes, I shall have at the end of the month an excel- lent house vacant, but the rent is sixty dollars a year more than you pay at pre- sent.' 'No matter about the rent,' said I 'that house will suit me. Now, Mr. Lewis, I want you to write me a formal notice to leave my present house on the first of the month, and I will sign an agreement to take possession of the one you have named.' 'Why so r said the astonished land- lord. 'This is a strange proceeding.' I then gave him a history of the effect produced upon my finances by our very agreeable neighbors, and declared that if he did not do as I wished I should be ruined. He smiled, but promised to do as I desired; and you may judge of my wife's surprise when the peremptory notice to quit was received. 'He can't get you out till the end of the next month," suggested Mr. Hen - was SEASONABLE HINTS. ew to Keep Beak", he the 1/.e-e61w 4*, ea lbes PAsiokiw i This -haw tire" reminds ,use that a Lew partial suggestions •s to how to bee is het tissat * stjgkl b. d valor lo thsseadess oltheihr Prim Sunstroke is • proventeble dl.v¢er, sgaiilJ7 caused by exoentive heat, Improper: food, intemper- ance, told air, lust of rest, and any kind of prolonged excitement; also a neglect of the skin, and sometimes we have a predisposing influence. As a general rule sunstroke attacks those exposed to the direct effect of the sun, more parti- cularly on the third or fourth days of a hued toren. With but little care and attention to a few rules, sunstroke—even among those whose occupations expose them to • great heat—ought to be a very rare occurrence. In the first place, people u a general thing eat too much )neat during the hot months. I have known many families who feed their children while yet quite young, on salt bacon, salt fish, fat gravies, butter and such complications a dishes, flavoured with hot condiments, and it is a great wonder that not more die during the heated term. Those people who must work and who cannot avoid the piercing rays of the sun, can, at least, avoid all such articles of food which have a tendency to fire up the system, and then, in the next place, everything should be carefully avoided that tends to check perspiration. In f when the skin be- comes dry persons y drink water until they perspire in • free manner. When the akin is in good working order, there is not much danger of becoming over- heated. Hence a daily bath may be just the thing. This is one of the most important ways from becoming overheated. A straw hat is a very good covering for the head,and a good plan to keep the headcool is to wear • leaf pre- viously dipped in water in the crown of the hat. Every opportunity should be taken to remove the hat when in the shade, as the fresh air cools the head and removes any tendency there may be to a slight congestion of the brain. All strong drink should be avoided without exception. The useof alcoholic beverages has a greater influence to overheat the body, by producing fevered action ofthe heart, then all she predisposing causes together. It is s evfe rule never to drink ice wa- ter, yet those who are in the habit of drinking ice water it will not hurt so much as those who only occasionally use it. Another perc&rious habit which people have, is to drink ice water imme- diately after eating fruit For example, a young fellow with his sweet -heart goes to the ice cream saloon, and not unfre- quently they eat a dish of strawberries, a dish of ice cream, and then drink a glass of ice water. Such violations of nature's laws will produce congestion of the stomach, and the body necomesover- heated by increased activity of the whole vital organism of the intruder. and now this feeling of hest is attributed to the hot weather, when it comes from a want HERRING AND C O F I S H of knowledve of physiology. . Great care should be taken as to the quality of the food used. Partially de- cayed fruit, berries and vegetables are more frequently the immediate cause of a large number of the cases of diar- ley. 'I wouldn't go for him said Mr rhoea and digestive troubles that people Henley, with strongly marked etflphas- suffer so from during the hot sum- mer months. Fruits and berries, if PAY Irl'. ,err sew mut 4 lI re Drit btell�geesaary t►�M cteimlt et le gem �ooausr•7ed hl him QZORGE lhtrna. LIBERAL OFFERB FOR 1881_ 'cr✓ Two Years for the Price of One ! THE REPRINTS OF TUB .U.SlesIMPART RLT Mallet/teat), sees tw*STUALT Ituasereatioci. ttalxatecu (WAig), AND WasTIMINPITER (Liberal) REVIEWS, •ivu 3lachvood's Edinburgh )(amine, Present the but foreign periodienis In a con- venient form and without abridgment or alterntioie. Tends etlteb•erfsstes (asteteettag res4age.1 Blackwood or any one Itertew 94.00 per an. Blackwood mad any one Review. 7.1.10 Blackwood and two Reviews.. . 10.00 " Blackwood and three Reviews 1100 " Any two Reviews 7.00 " The four Reviews . 12.00 " Blackwood and the four Reviews 15.10 " These are about hal/ the pries charged by the Muesli Publishers. 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B.—Alsotorsale. aheating apparatus. run - able for amateur, consisting of boiler. tour- ist* ourlath pipes, and expansion tank. 17et t1NE FRMTS.Ii' NEW ' ALENCIAS, NEW LAYERS, NEW CURRANTS, S. S. ALMONDS, WALNUTS, FILBERTS, CHESSNUTS. Czar LAKE SUPERIOR SI TROUT, WHITE FISH & HERRING. An- SALT WATER ink But I said I wouldn't live in the not a ready sale is had, after a few dap t d and rather than house another month if he allowed me to remain rent free. Oh the following day I took my wife to see the new house; but she strongly objected to going so far away. 'So far away from where .l' I asked. This she was not able to answer very satisfactorily. When, moreover, she saw the house and found it to be larger and more convenient than the one we were about to leave, she waived all ob- jections, and in less than a month we were snugly settled in it. The only thing that my wife regretted in the change was the loss of her agreeable neighbor, Mrs. Henley. I need not ex- press my feelings on that subject. Soon we had matters going on the old way, and I am once more laying by a few dollars $ year, and I shall continue to do so, I hope, unless the Henleys should take a fancy to move into our neigh- borhood, which heaven forbid So much for our very agreeable neigh- bors. They were pleasant people cer- tainly, but their acquaintance coat oon- eiderably too much. rat ate aM t..l.Oaser. A one -legged Welsh orator named Jones was pretty suooessful in bantering an Irishman, when the latter asked hire, "How did you come to Ince your leg t" -Well," said Jones, "on elamming my pedigree and looking up my descent, I found there was some Irish blood in me, and armdist heing cmvinoed at it was all settled an that leg, i had at cut off &t once." "Be the power,'. exclaimed Pat, "it 'and se been a good thing if at hadon- ly etetI �d in your head'. Vs xigan u Say, lose themthe vendor puts the pncedown in exact ratio as the decaying process progresses, and those who can ill afford to pay a big price for fresh and sound fruit, buy the cheaper, and this is one reason why among • certain class of peo,)le a greater percentage of derange- ments peculiar to summer is found than among those who avoid this kind of diet. Muskmelons and watermelons may be very pleasant to the taste, called ally when on ice, but unless perfectly ripe and fresh are often the source of much trouble. To persona when very thirsty, and as a rule in very hot weather, lemon and water is a very pleasant drink. The or- dinary lemonade, made with sugar, is sweet and nice, but not always a healthy drink. Milk for children, but not too much. Care can be taken in obtaining milk free from poisons. There is per- haps no other article of diet so easily rendered unfit for use as milk. Exposed even for a short time to impure air, it is not alone spoiled, but is rendered ab- solutely poisonous. Sleeping in a close room without proper ventilatarm for a night will poison the system. To avoid spurious cholera, cholera -morbus, biliousness, fevers, sun- stroke and like disorders it will pay for people to give some attention to the few simple suggestions here given. There is no subject perhaps mor neglected than • study of the rules of health applicable to habits and methods of life dunng the hot weather. --[Fre. Pre Thousands of children are lest annu- ally from cholera infantum, diarrhea. and the summer c.•mplainta, whose lives might he preserved l v mono; Extract of Wild Strawberry. Physicians rseem 7.nrasa, rams Ruett. its wnnder mend and use of constantly it is • ful &Alnity to the digestive &pprra►n. of ,sw1e„ty well known, and more highly the human stomach, its most surprising veined the longer known. it is for Bale effect upon a t.nr liver, and in cleans at all drug storm, and is within reach d ing and toning t e system, can he tested j .eeryone ties advertisements b with a ten twit sample brittle another a olumn ALSO, A LARDS Amui0kTYL5T Or Teas, Sugars, .1Sul General Grouse, ; CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, A ND CHINA. Dr. Piucs's Cream Baking Powder. Dr. Palo c't Lupulin Yeast Gems. Chas. A. Nairn, THE S(tUARE. 1758 W. S. Hart & Co. PROPRIETORS OF THE Goderich Mills JLATE PIPER'S.) Reg to return their thanks to the public for the liberal patronage received during the past year, and to state they are prepared to do GRIST IN on the shorten notice. or for the convenience of parties living at a distance will exchange piste at their town store (Late W. M. 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