The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-09-13
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'Yes, noticed that they had sofa
'lt was beauty Oh, wish bad one HenryJ
Our parlos look naked, with nothing at all in them
hardly but dozen common chairs
Il am sure, Hannah, they are neatly carpeted
have pair Of good tables and looking glass
But that's no kind of furniture. Every body
has sofa now, and I'm sure we might
| But am really, no: able to buy sofa, Han
nah
| Il am sure you as much as Hamilton
does, and our family is no larger
Il don't know how it is then, Mr. Foster replied
thong htfully. 'We cannot afford to live in the
same style that he does
| ooh, you only think So Certainly there can be
no good reason why may not.-Neury all Of
unr acquainiances have handsomer things about
them than have and am sure .yo ought to do
as other people do, who not better off
Il don't know as TO that, Hannah. ! should not
like TO do altogether some' other people, of whom
I can tell
| yes, but this is another matter
well perhaps it s. But really u don't think
we afford to buy sofa
| yes You twelve dollars a week
| am that is good wages. We can live on 8
dollars, easily; and with the other fonr might
buy great many nice things for paror during
! the course oc year.
( 'But don't you think it would be much better for
us, Hannah, if we really four dollars a
week, to put it with the savings bank, instead of
| spending il for what do not really need
'Oh but we can put our money into The saw ing s
bank after get sofa Four duliars "A week
comes to two hu ndred dollars year and a
beautiful sofa will not cost forty fifty dol.
lars. Mrs. Hamilton said they paid forty five for
| theirs, and that the cabinet maker does not want
his money for six months We could get Just
like it and save more than enough TO pay for it
long be fore the six months out
! 'Stlll Hannah, we havn't saved haifthat sum in
the past six months or indeed, in the whole lime
that has elapsed since we were married.
Move do it easily enough if we try. Eight
dollars week is plenty for to live | will
be as saving possibly can, in every thing. The
children will want but few clothes for some time
to come, as you have several old pairs of panta>
looms and one or two coats, and cut up and
make for them when those they have worn
out.
fWho made Mr.. Hamitons sofa ?? MIR. Foster
asked, evidently NOV, by his wifes arguments
EMr Bruce, around in Thomsop's street, and
Mrs Hami lion said he had another just like
hers
! 'For how much did you say p
'Foriy-five dollars.
eForty>fve dollars, (musingIy) 'Ten fours make
Gorty and four make forty four. y we can save
four dollars week for little eleven weeks we
could pay for it,
sYes, indeed! And we could ensily that
much Mrs Foster said Inv ely tone.
'You think 500
Certainly, kno,1 go.
sigh followed this assertion Of his wife, for MIR
} E,.s,ar caIt hy M means certain But his bet
| ter half seemed confident, his mind gradual
| " became assured and finally it agreed that
he should go, an the next day and buy sofa, on a
credit OF six months if that time could be obtained
on the purchase. In due time the sofa was obtain
ed for Mr.. Foster was known to the cabinet ma
kcr as an honest and indus trious snechanic.
ooh, is 1t not beautiful = Mrs. Foster exclaimed,
as the highly polished piece of furniture was
broug ht in and placed in the small palor.
1T is certainly a comfortable affair the husband
said, seang himself, and rising and falling with
the spring Of the seat.
For SOME time, Mrs. Foster enjoyed her new So
ia, with feeling o! lively pleasure. About four
weeks she called in again to spend an evening
with Mr.. Hamilton.
How neat and even elegant they have every
tbinr,' Mrs Foster said she proceeded home
ward, after their visit had been completed.
Yes, they certainly have every thing around
them comfortable
sAnd Mr.. Hamilton earns no more 'han you
do
sNo.'
sHow beautiful their set Of cane seat chairs look
ed. And how much more beGatifu they are than
the common wooden of ours
} sAnd yet, Hannah, the latter are Just as comfor
table. III, nh
!Oh no, indeed! Why, how you talk!-fheFe
is no char so pleasant as the cane seat chairs
But they cost good deal
.Onlv twenty five dollars dozen. And you
know we can save that much in siz or seven
weeks 81 ,hos,
$50, then, you are bent on having set OF tnoSe
chairs. Ill, ,a
II ooh, no-not bent on II. But then' th'nk we
ought to have a set. Other people can nave them :
; who are 10 better off; and don see any reason
wby we cannot do as other people do
, Il don't myself, see, exactly how we are gong