The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-07-31

DduhS1tHdt uo udu ouOuBH u 10 10 taKo
up his notes, and so he put him off for
that time with promises. John did no,
much like this, but as his wages we're
regularly rising, he thought he could ge,
alcnG well enough for the present.
HIS wife was a notable woman, as
times go, though she would be urging
him on, every now and then, into little
expenses which might have been let a.
lone, because, as she sad,h he could afford
ii,his wages being go high, ,&je every now
and then getting peg higher. But the
old man shook his head wheE ever he,
saw any new inery about the house and
he was always telling John 'he NIGH,
better save something for rainy day.
BY degrees, asahe Banks multiplied:
and hard money disappeared to make
room for the Shin Plasiers; as old
Brown always ealled,them, the cost of
supporting growing family, gradually
increased, far beyond the rise Of wages;
flour and beef, and every necessary of
life became so dear, that John every day
found himself poorer and poorer, the
higher his wages rose. 1t was hard
work TO make both ends meet, and he
sometimes mustered courage to dun the
Boss, who was so busy, borrowing mon
ey of the Banks, and buying lots on
speculation that, though every body
said he was immensely rich, he never
could find it convenient to pay his debts
and was so harrassed for money, that
he hardly knew which wayto turn hlm-
self.
AT the end ofthe second year of his
marriage, the landlord came round and
gave him warning that he was going to
raise his rent fifty per cent as property
was getting TO be SO immensely valuable
all over town. John secured the neigh
borhood far and near to find a chea per
house, but it was every where the
same. New Banks were chartered ev>
cry session of the Legislature-paper
money increased 10 such an extent tha;
it became almost worth nothing; ever}
body, except poor laboring men, could
ge, as much as they asked for, and
though his wages we're somewhat JIM
creased, John found to his cost, that the
prices Of every thing else increased
much faster than his wages. Though
he earned half dollar day more than
he did year or two before, the differ
ence in the rent Of his house came to
moro than the difference of his wages,
and the rise in the price Of all the nee,
essarie- of life was just 80 much money
out OF his pocket.
John came home one day after was
ting the better part of Whole week in
looking out for cheaper house. and
said to bis wife: Wife, we must cut our
cloth, and haul in our horns little
.Haul in a 6ddlestiok,' replied she,
there is Tom Green over the way, who
don't earn as much as you, by two sbIl-
Iings a day lives in better house, and
spends more than we do. ] shan't haul
IN my horns, promise you. have
been used 10 live IN certain style, an d
shall continue to do go, as long as you
can earn two dollars ga half day,as U
do now. 1t was in vain John told her
that two dollars and half of paper mon
ey, was not equal 10 half that sum, in
old times, hard cash; and while they
were dlsputlng; The old man happening
10 come ln,the mater was referred to his
decision. John, said he, 'beu are of the
temptations Of SHIN Plasters. I've 60,
a great pocket book full Of continental
money, the earnings of some Of The hest
years of my life, which when was star
wing, would not procure me loaf OF
bread. Beware, say of Shin PIasiers,
and always take care to lay up some.
thing for a rainy day.
"A fiddle stick for rainy days. said
the wife; 'ra4ny days will take care of
themselves, as we'll as sun shiny ones.'
Daughter quolh old Brown, stake
care you don't lie out of doors some
rainy day.
The short and the long Of the bust
ness was, that John was lain to take the
house another year at the new rent, and
old Brown became bis curity for the
payment. The year went round; John
worked and shaved harder than ever; and
though his earnings still increased, he
found the prices of every thing increase
still faster, so that his rent continued to
get behind hand, and at the end of The
year, six months remained due. The
landlord insisted on being paid, as he
had right 10 do, for landlords have
their debts to- pay as well as tenants, and
finally old Brown was obliged to adj
vance the money, for the Boss was now
richer and more in want of cash than
ever. John dunned him hard this time,
but received pretty broad hint abodt
being discharged, that shut. his mouth
for that time. People that pay the pi-
per for others o;dance have right 10
give them good advice, and old Brown,
as he launched out his cash for the rent,
tnnk tha Lhnytv of aovin0. CTohn dn.).