Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-01-25

/ lor repairing the disH' j hc li"'loip """ 80,
TO find u suitable thing 10 boil IL IN. Inc
dinner pot WAS too small at The ihouth' ai'o
nothing could be found large enough but Tue
wash boiler; IN this IL set admirably.
We'll, Jemima, how much water does II
take to ill the boiler us high as ihls" {" point
ling TO the extreme end oi The crack.
L .Why, about bucket and a half
| -Four gallons Of milk in time. Unfor;u-
nate season indeed for such an undertaking.
| Pumpkin pies had monopolized all that the
COWS in the neighborhood could produce I'LL
the evenliul day. As nothing could be done
with it, Jemima rather sorrowiully and care
fully placed il in Il conspicuous paIt oil the
closet, with the defect out of sight as much
as possible, until some future day when they
might keep a COW, and mend 1t moro eco
nomically.
Rather ashamed of her speculation, Jemi'
ma said nothing OF new dish, and the Old-
school family were amply served from the
smaller one. Many curious aud wondering
eyes were that day cast by the vlsters upon
the unused blue dish on the closet she'll
! And Simon smiled as Jemima bit her llp
when the memento of her rare speculation
met her eye.
| Simon, in all his wisdom and economy,
was not infallible. The tedious mode OF
roasting geese, which had been practsed in
! the OIdschool family from the days OF the
| pilgrims, was TO suspend them by wire be-
! fore the fire; not unfrequently leaving 1t
! matter Of some doubt whether the cook or
the goose had the greatest scorchng. ST.
mon, in the plenitude Of his affection, was
! determined to save his beloved from such u
fate, whenever he could make suitable pro-
zion economically.
ro1 haA
| drawn conconrse of people together, he
found among lot Of secondhand furniture
the very article he wanted After waiting
two hours, the auctioneer approached the spot
where Simon had patiently stationed himself
.or the purpose Of securing the prize. The
bids began at five cents, and after close bid
ding for few minutes, il was knocked off,
! and tho clerk directed to put down zone Sec
| ond- hand tin. kitchen, little used, to Simon
| Oldschool-thrty seven and half cents
| d.livered.'
This is the screen for Jemima,' thought
Simon, as he took it in his hand-'and a
| lcheap one too
| why, Simon exclaimed his beloved as
he entered the door, what black, greasy thing
have you got here-it is
\ 1T Is an economical purchase, dcary-only
think but two and three pence, spit and ALL
II Jemi!na now began to scrape the Jumps Of
dough and putty from the bottom of the tin
| kitchen, and exhibited to Simon tolerable
colander. He contemplated his cheap pur-
chase u few moments, and then SAID in good
humored tone as he could assume-'Wcll, my
dear, guess we shall have to boil this with
| your cracked DISH
| The article was not comcly enough to
adorn the closet, but Jemima was careful to
place it where it would meet her husbands
| eyes as often as the cracked dish should hers,
hoping that the memento would not be less
useful to him than the dish had been to her.
| Now there are few married people who
have not bought their cracked dishes and old
tin Kitchens 1t is not in these simple clrcum-
stances that the merit Of the tale consists
but it is in the use to which such speculations
can be applied. 1t is TO the purchase or the
! dish and tn.kltchen that mach Of the pros
! perity of the Oldschool family is owing.
i After their first speculations they learnt
! the important lesson, not TO purchase any ar
tce of furniture without consulting each
other.
\ Sam SIop adYertises goods below COST
Jemima remembers the cracked dish, and is
careful 10 go where men are willing TO own
that they sell on living profit.
Simon, on his way to his place OF business,
passes an auction mart-he looks straight
ahead, and hurries his step as he passes and
thinks of his tin-kitchen speculation; and
when he is really in want OF an article, he
goes to the regular dealer, buys good arti-
Gle, pays fair price, and has the noble con-
sciousnoss that he is helping the trade.
\ When Jemima talked of buying pretty
navarino for several dollars, ,Simon only point
ed to the closet shelf, and her mind was made
up at once.
At the time when the fever Of land specu-
lation was raging high, Simon was almost in
! duced by the solicitation of some Of his neigh
bors to take a share in township; the bar
/ gain he would not venture to make, however,
without Jemma's knowledge and consent
! you know best, Simon,' was her reply, 'but
don't forget tie old tin-kitchen.' This was
enough, and the specializing company was
made up without him.
/ Thus scarcely day passes without some
! important or trivial matter being decided, by
udverting 10 one Of these valuable regula-
| tors.
/ 1t would do one good 10 60 over their house
and see how the standing monitors have pre-
served their rooms from the accumulation of
useless furniture Of all kinds-and the busi-
ness oc Simon from the inroads Of all visiona-
! ry speculations.
! Year after year has passed away-and ma
| ny has been the joyful Thanksgiving dinner
/ the writer has taken in the Oldschool family
/ dozens of dishes have been broken and pas
sed into oblivion cooking apparatus has been
burnt out and repenisled time and again
/ yet as often as the day has returned, the new
\ ly secured old tin-kitchcn has been hung up
in its wonted conspicuous location-yct un-
/ hoilpd unused and unhroken
To every newly married couple we would
say-pres as the most valuable and I'M