Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-06-22

50 his ,lntis world contains but one ba-
ker Tie cannot always choose his mart
even for dear bargains.
Are there nc other drains, peculiar Ia
The nature ofpoverly, upon his slender
resources ! Several. But we shall ex-
hibt enough when we show the ienden-
~ To waste, the unavoidable extrava-
gance, Of purchasing in every instance
the very smallest quantities. The poor
find out this hardness Of their condition;
but still unnvailingly. They are obliged
Ia watch for the turn of the scale, yet
they lose grains continually. Therpro-
visious. ifthey could keep little store,
would improve in quality, and 60 farther.
Their half'ouDce Of something will serve
but Tor one occasion, one meal ; hut
could they have afforded 10 lay in a
whole ounce, il might have served three
times. Never by any turn in The course
"f fortune, can the cheapest way be-
open to the poor. Every road has a
turnpike for them and others seem To
d" on Sundays only, they pay double
every other day.
bC pun ISGCNC WIN sbIt uuUu, UuI
they pay with both. We observe them
living "lrom hand 10 mouth )" but when
the hand barely reaches the mouth, and
the efforts and the strain grow greater
dny by day, we merely moralize on the
evils Of improvidence, and not on the
impossibilty of cconomizing, after the
fashion "f weal,hier professors; who cx-
nlt in "lay ing in n stock" and securing
the "cheapesi in the end"
% To pay double, however, is not the
exclusive aflliciion of the poor nor is
the attainment Of cheapDess the easy
privilege Of The rich The man ofweaIlh
like the man Of need, must almost neces-
sarly pay double. Ills wide-necked
purse nay distend or collapse AT his will,
bni he must generally, against his will,
pay double He may choose his SER
wants, and change his trndrsmen but
there are invariably two To one against
him and the continual consequence is,
The aboninable double payment.
lie spaysih highest premium for CON
tidrn'nl servants who plumber him cinn
pririiegm, and play The rankcrworm snb
rosia. lie gives the hes, wages, that
his trnsiy serv vi'ors may be beyond the
reach to temptation and they sell his
wnx-Iighis To his own chandler before
they have burnt half way. This is surely
burning The candle at both ends, or, in
other words, paying double.
Inc only choice he has ia, not whether
he viii pay too much or enough, but
whether the sum 10 be purloined from
h'm shall be- sexirac'ed from the right
band pocket or The lrn He may re-
dr'r his establishment, and keep bnt "A
singh servant; yet a single servant is
quite sufficient 60 make II mau pay .dou-
Tile. lie may 80 watch The solitary cy-
iorilonrr, so cramp him 10 his sphere of
action, so bind him down upon the rack
of undertaking honesty, as Ia prevent all
ORDINARY ,nrohds upon his own pocket
hut To do this he mus, spend more IN
time than he can save 10 cash moro in
labor than statute fair could relieve him
from more in health than his physician
could restore him in fifty visits. 1t would
be the very eytravaeance of economy.
lie would rob himself of his peace 10
save his purse. lie would hang him
self IN iweIvemorih, through sheer
anxiety To prevent another from lncurring !
the penalty. lie must keep his eye
open in sleep, and receive his guests by .
The knchen-fre. Ie must be prepared .
la die The death of IA martyr every day 4
kc lived; which would be paying the .
debt "f nniure--o oh I? more than double. /
liut without rendering hinselfa slave To
servants or tradesmen, the rich man may
exercise an ordinary sagaciiy, and fore
s'al m the praci,ser at imposition, by
striking otr as an ovcrcharge one half of
the the amount of everv demand made
upon him. Still, has he any, security
that his deduction is assen,cd
io--ihai he IS not agreeing even then to
pay double
Five hundred is too much for the
mare, Mr.. Sharpe: two hunded and fifty
is my maximum "Ruinous :" returns
Mr.. Sharpe "but | must trouble your
lordship to draw the check" And The
rich man still pays double.
Such is the tenor Of every verse
throughout the chapter. An individual
is seldom so cunning as the world and
the world is laying IN ambush near the
rich mans pocket. II to coun;eraci llv
effect OF his loses, and To rc,o,t the az.
gressIons which he cannot avoid, he sues
his debtors, or sqneczcs his tenants
without due secrecy aud method, then
the world pounccs, not upon his pocket
but his reputation. llc is damaged ia
ruined in temper, hurt liule
perhaps in conscience and thus, again
To avoid the evils of overcharge, he pays
double ~ another way. The rich know
that they are expected 10 pay not at an
adj rdiortm rate, but according "Io their
own honor and dignity ;" which exactly
doubles that Of the class halfway down
IN the gull ol society
Then it must be his class Of persons,
who seem 10 have Just enough for thoii
wants without "A supcrabundance, by whom
the penalty of paying double is lclici-
tously avoided We should Judge
hastily in so deciding. They have their
d"hls, and difficulties, and consequently
ih"w double payTepts--like the notori-