Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-12
BE TIER FIMES.

ohdii no u your morse, str! SAID a
nice. looking We spoken boy ut the up
per reservoir. | was pleased with his
appearance and address and after a walk
around the Stoae parlpet, PREPARED 10
return hom,. My little fellow would
you ike To learn traIe2 ii you woalI.
you shall have a place in printing OF.
hce.' 'ThILk yer honor said por;ly
Irish woma D, me and me four children
live IN That house there, aud make a da
cent living | should not like TO part with
the boy at all. That house, referred
TO was a W etched mud hovel-a shantv
with sin gle room, and yet the mother
contrlvet Il bring up four children in
II with SO much con eminent, that she
was unwilling TO part with one, although
II might c If, identity have bettcrcd his for
tunes How strangely is society dlvI-
deI,' said my friend, VINO took his seat
IN the buggy Is We were about return
ing to the city, also have tour chill.
dren, and yet my house with thirteen
rooms IN il, and for which | pay 81 900
per annum, Is not big enough TO contain
them
Fortune in men hath same small difference made
OHe iaunis IA rag--uue Gauers ia Drocudr"
The cobJer aprJa'd AID the hshog, s.,,s,.,'I
Tae irIar Olel and the monarch crowa'd."
believe we ire beginning TO fad out
the folly OF making sacrifices to keep up
appearances. Inc credit Of man OF
/ business Is now strengthened If he re
sides IN house plainly furnished, IS
| frugal IN his living, manages to save a
penny, makes decent appearance, with
uut the aid of fashionable extravaganza.
does no hing for feet, aud max es no
costly lerlainments. How diff rent
II was in 1885. IL was a furious con,est
Tor eXtravagant and costly rivalry. Ill
one man in business hired large house
furnishes it, splendid'y, KEPT pair of
spanking bays and barouche, another
caught the infection and also hired a
larger house, furnished il more splendid
ly, anJ sported u more elegant baroucae
or Uis a UiS than his neighbor, and thus
competition, rivalry, a.II fashionable 3D.
position involved great outlays; failure
followed failure, and in a short time
these aspiring bloods Gro gGed close IN.
on each other IN the list Of bankruDts.
Ii Is incredible how evil examples are
closely inflated. If my neighbor. no
better off than mysell,Iives extravagant.
y, sees company, gives good dinners.
has box at the opera, aud keeps a fast
trotter, am, in a measure restless and
disconnected I'LL can do the same: the
coLtaglon sprelds--wc are all i'm the in
iectel district, all have a touch of the
disease, all take the sane medicine, and
ali are equally Frustrated. Now if we
we're more disposed 10 initiate what was
worthy Of imitation, economy pro T rietv.
comfort without ostentation, simplicity
ia living, plainness Of manners, and alb
sence Of all pride AMI self suiIiciency
/ how much DETER we would be off in the
world.
I When shall the. reform commence?-
/ We answer now, from this very moment.
I Better times prevail: say what we will,
we have better times. The surface be
gins 10 get smOoth, the pillows and up-
heuyings are.loss agitaied; confidence IS
| beginning TO be gradually restored what
/ business Is done, Is done with less profit
. lt is true, but with more security; il is
diilic az TO earn the silver dollar, yet
with ordinary management, it will 20
iurther and provide much more than Il
did IN 1886. We have seen the worst.
let US improve the present, by ,ntroJu
eng everywhere a rigid economy, and
save a slXpeuce whenever we can do so.
Let US begin by discarJing everything
looking like show and Ostentatioh let
az study comfort aud give up Injuries
altogether.
A few months ago, was led by curl.
.osity to attend a sale Of splendid furni.
lure ia a spacious house ia one Of our
fashionable squares. Everything was
on the most costly scale, aud paid out Of