Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1870 — Kate's Trousseau. [ARTICLE]

Kate's Trousseau.

Old Deacokßroww started In lift m poor. He married his wife, Susan, before the days of hoop*, pod*, Ac. They bed been happy in their married life, ana onto them we* born abeautfftil gm, whom they named Kate, who, of course, when ahe grew np fell in lore. Her choice waa a poor, bnt noble young men. The Deacon and hla wife had taught their child to chooae for herself, bnt to do it wieely, and they were glad to aee that ahe made choice of an estimable young man, their neighbor’s ton. How, Kate took up a notion that ahe moat have a great many articles for her marriage and make a fashionable show of drees during the honeymoon, and, as they lived at only a 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, whereupon;th<old'man made the following reply: r “ Dearest Daughteu—As you are my onlv daughter, I may call you dearest truly, fori love you very much. I have considered yonr note, and this is my re ply: lam sorry to find you possessing a weakness of most of your sex, viz: that you think you should have a large outfit for your wedding and honeymoon. When I married your a ear 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 I took her in her calico drees, the prettiest, sweetest girl in the land, and I have never thought otherwise. She has made me a dear, precious wife, and has been to ms a helpmeet indeed. Now, my dear child, I will not refuse you what you ask, bht my observation in life has convinced me that those girls who spend a heap of money to provide their outfits for marriage are generally sure to spend heaps of it afterwards, and that often they keep their husbands’ noses to the grindstone of misfortune and toil all their lives.

“ A great many fine things for your wedding and its after incidents will make you no sweeter or prettier to your husband, and may make you a great deal dearer as to his pocket. If the man of your choice really loves you, as no doun he does, it is not for what you have on, but for the qualities of your person, head and heart, and as he is a man of sense, I have no doubt he will think more of yon when he finds that you have not made anygre&t 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 Ido 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 area larger, finer and better outfit than many minions of your sex are able to obtain. “ 1 make these suggestions for your consideration, but leave you to follow them or not, as your judgment may dictate, and, to show you that this is the fact, I enclose you a draft for a thousand dollars, on my cashier, which you can use at your pleasure. “Affectionately yours, “John Bnowx.” Kate did not hesitate as to her course of action. Her mother gave her a few dollars of her pocket money, and she bought only a simple, plain white dress, and appeared in it at the altar, with natural flowers and her own lovelineea for adornment. She drew the amount of the draft in gold, and, one month to a day after her marriage, handed the amount to her husband, and accompanied the gift with these words: “ Dearest—l applied to my father for money to purchase what I supposed I needed, for my marriage, and he wrote me this letter, (handing it to her husband) and inclosed in it the anff noon which I drew these thousand gold dollars, which I now present to you, as the money saved by a victory over a foolish fashion, Have I done wisely t n “ You have, my blessed wife, and are a thousand times nearer to me by your better judgment.’’ It is needless to add, that the husband of Kate is now worth many millions of dollars, and in a delightful old age they often tell their friends and children of the thousand dollars as the foundation of it alL— Houston, Texas, Telegraph. Fbahcs expects a great chestnut crop this year, that may go far toward supplying the deficiency in the corn crop