Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-19
YANKEE MANAGEMENT;

r,r Sou,Iern brethren are perpirxed to Know
how :, 4. that ahey. with rich land. warm sum
and staple productions giving an income OF 'loh,
four 10 twenty per cent, are becoming poor anu
casbless, while we yankees are becoming f,en,
and are having money, If not in a6pndance' .,
least az much as is necessary II they "ou'u
come among US, and study our economy. me au.
,wer would soon strike them. One little instance
| is no bad example Of that yankee economy anu
skill that turns all things, even the worst 10 au'
vantage.
| 1t may not be generally known that 10 many
parts Of our State our school masters are not on
~ :. boarded round" so as to save drawing the
pay of the school masters board from the schoo'
! fund.-that Is, the schoOi-master IS boarded
week here aud three days there. according 10 'he
number of ch,ldren-but that the school master
is often " bid OFF, or "put up at auct'"n' as
are our paupers-and the IoWest bidder IN the
district takes him, as The highest bidder taxes
| an article at regular auction.
| The writer Of this article, when preparing 10
be a college boy, being short OF funds anu VII"
no other means of getting money than by keeping
school, hired out as school master. tor ten DOL.
lars month. This was all the school district
could we'll afford to give.-as their tuna was
smal,-apd even with this small sum g''eo' I"
was necessary to board the school master as
cheap az possible. The school committee here'
fore, called the District together into new' neat
convenien, and comfortable schonl house, anu IN
his presence, scene OF thus sort TOOK pace: -,
.9uctioneer-" What will you take hm tori"
Ist Bidder" One dollar and twenty hive
cents week."
.4uc,ioneer-s' One dollar twenty i've, one
dollar ~ en.y Eve"
2d Bidder-" One dollar and twelve cents and
a half"
Sd Bidder" One dollar"
.9nciioneer-s. One dollar. who'll take hin for
| less than dollar! One dollar, one dollar, any
body lessi Who speaks?
ain Bidder-Is Seventy FIVE cents"
5fh Bidder" Seventy cents"
| And thus the bids went down, the auctioneer
cxcaiming as usual IN the mean time, I'LL the
school master was bid of at forty cents per week
Yes. the lowest bidder took him to board Tor Tor.
~ cents per week. On going home with this bid.
der. sociable, happy man, whose house had
more comfurts and Injuries than niue tenths OF
the houses of the rich planters in the interior OF
| the Southern country, and whose table was as
good as many sit down at, paying fourteen dol
lars week for board, the writer held the follow
ing dialogue:
How on earth can you afford to board me Tor
forty cents week."
.4nswtr-'. make money by II, and have
your company in the bargain"
:. How SOP"
.4,suer-." Why, you will board with me four
teen weeks The whole pay for board will be
$3.50. My taxes are lutte over six dollars.
Nov | have bread enough. meat enough. poultry
enoush. cider enough. in short, enough and more
than enough Of every thing necessary TO eat and
drink. have enough Of every thing but money.
All want of money is to pay my taxes. But
in order TO raise these six dollars, If DO not get
a town order for your board. must make jour
ney to Portland, or to Bath. with three times the
produce you will eat, and from all this. find 1t
difficult to raise six dollars in cash. Therefore
make money in keeping you TO eat this produce,
and have your company, these long winter eve
nings. IN the bargain. Thus you see am in,e-
rested, at boarding you even at forty cents per
week"
| Now we give this to all our Southern brethren,
a. specimen Of the manner in which we yankees
live, and thrive. Let them do likewise, and their
country will be the richest and the happiest on
the Globe. Here we are shiverlng in summer
with corn but three inches high at the most, while
they are ENJOYING the blessings OF midsummer,
| and have corn almost ready for the harvest.
Portland Advertiser.