Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-06-03
THE APPRENTICES LIBRARY.
BY ELIHU BURRITT.

BY ELIHU BURRITT.
why, Frank Wilson! where
on earth did you get all these books
Here what, the Knlckerbncker too,
and The North American and American
Eclectic! Now, Frank, where did you
get the money 10 buy all hese? Whv,
/ have ten dollars more wear than
yoOi ye' have to send down to father
Tor money almost every month. You
lake the Eclectic, indeed Why. there
are mono but squire WaIers and Doctor
MarVIn in tho whoe town who think
themselves able to have such a costly
work, which is only meant for a Ce W
rich people 10 read. Pretty we'll, ehP :
tor poor apprentice to a soa pbQier.-
" Where did you gel that book case and
all those books you have SUCK I'd there ?
Lets see PlulUrch s lives? hos he 2
what's that! Rollins Ancient History!
why didn't he write it all in one hook
as well as 10 have dozen about? (;lb.
hons Rome! there's no such place in
the United States, Why, nv dear
fellow, what a long list OF ou,andjsh
names you've got toere. let ne see
H'ttoa' Shakespeare, Yonrg, Pope,
D'}ae". owper, Bacon, Locke, Gold
sH''H, aud a the other Smiths Ia Gre
Hi'"n, aS vel a. those IN America
Now come, will light my Havaooa,
and glvo lnu chance to explain how
YOU an approoice, with only $40 a
year, conlrlve to scrape together a H.
hrary half as large as parson Day.
TONS"
Sitting down in The protfarpd chair,
aud lighting his Havana Edward Saun
ders placed his feet upon his friends
clear desk, and seemed really to BE-
waiting for a detailed account of the
moduS ,opcrdHdi by which an apprentice
could acquire, honestly such a coIec-
IIon OF valuable books Nor did Fran
els hesitate To grauIy his curiosity -
h''h OF the young men were IN The
middle oI 'helr apprenticeship; and the
most cotd'a intimacy had subs,sled he
tween them iron their youjh Edward
was deficient III nothing so much as in
that economy so necessary for al ap
prentice IN expendlng his smaI annuity:
and Francis hit upon a very successful
method of administering 10 his youug
TREND snlutary lesson upon this sub
lect, while he explained how, even an
apprentice, couid acquire q taste and
The means tor the cultivation of his in
telICcl.
edward" said he taking up his pen
cIl. Il Will explain to YOU 10 figures
Whit seems 10 have excited your wond-
er, II you vii. permit me by the way
to ask You a lew questions in order to
solve the problem, | see you are very
fond OF smoking how many cigars DO
you buy weekF
None. OF any account replied Ed
ward anticipating some unplra;nnl
stnctures upon his favorte praptc,,
'aiter working all day. it is really
10 smoke one Havana: it does
not amount 10 any thing; on = smoke
SIX IN the course Of tho wnne week
six HaVanas a week." replied Fcan-
cls putting Il down upon paper, With as
much formaitg as il he we're reg .rer-
ing the data OF problem; AK week
Al two cents apiece, amount 10 The very
IrHng sum Of six dollars and twenty
tour cents per annum | suppose you
spend lr'fie at the Ifui' shops, conln
ued Francis
Nothing worth mentioning.' replied
Edward rather startled at thr aggregate
oi such smaI! items; 'aIl bus apples,
NUS, raisins. figs, oranges, &c, do not
amount 10 ninepencr n week Why, that
ls not hall Us much as Tom Williams,
tho gotd5mrh's apprentice. spends Tor
mint JaIIps 10 half thai time; and be
sides Francis, you know never taste
a drop oil any kind Of Iiquor-not even
wlne. You certainly can't think |
tack economy, Fronkr
'Nn"Pence week for nuts. raisaps.
and Ggs,' repeated Francis. in
setIons tone, pronouncing the items
one by one, rs he wrole them down,
with all the precision and gravity OF a !,
'lerS IN country n,nepence a
week amounts TO six dollars and fihy
cents per ononm; which, added TO SIX
iollars and twentyGour cents spent for
'lgars, makes the trl0tng sum of twelve
toIIars seventy four cents Tor one year
Now, Edward, see what have obtained
usi Tor this sum. Here said he, tax
ng down several neatly bound volumes