Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-06-24

Stead Of taking from her The means Of buying
bread for her children At least this is my way
Of reasoning
And precious lot of money it must take to
support such a system of reasoning. But how
much, pray, do you have week TO keep the
family? | am curious to know
'Thirty-hvc dollars
'Thrty-fve dollars You are testing
oh, no That is exactly what | receive, and
as have sad find the SUN ample
while receive fifty dollars week said Mrs.
Mier, 'and am forever calling on my husband to
settle some bill or other for me. And yet /
never pay the exorbiant prices asked by every
body fol every thing. am strictly economical
in my family While other people pay their
domestics dollar and half and two dollars
week. give but dollar and quarter each to
my cook and chambermad and require the
chambermad to help the wasberwoman on Mon
days. Nothing is wasted in my kitchen, for |
take care in marketing, not to allow room for
waste. don't know how it is that you save
money on your system, while | find fifty dollars
inadequate with my system
The exact difference in the two systems will
be clearly understood by the reader, when he is
Informed that although Mrs Mer never paid
anybody as much as was at first asked for an ar
tlcIe, and was always talking ABOUT economy and
trying to practice it, by Withholding from others
what was Justly their due, as in the case Of the
'strawbcry-woman yet she was very eXtrava-
giant person, and spared no money in gratifying
her own pride. Mrs. Gilman, her visitor, was,
on the contrary, really economical, because she
was moderate in all her desires, and was usual
lily as well satisfied with an article Of dress or
furniture that cost ten or twenty dollars, as
Mrs Mer was with one that cost forty or fifty
dollars. In little things the former was not so
particular as to infringe the rights of others,
while in larger matters, she was careful not to
run into exuavagance in order to CRAFTY her
own or chlldrens pride and vanity, while the
latter pursued course directly opposite.
Mrs. Gilman was not as much dissatisfied on
reflection, about the price she had paid for her
Strawberries, as she had felt at first.
Il would rather pay these poor creatures two
cents quart too much thar too little she said
to herself-dear knows that they earn their
money hard enough, and get but scanty por-
ton after ALL
Although the tray Of the poor strawberry-wo-
man, when she passed from the presence of Mrs.
Mier was lighter by five boxes, her heart was
heavier, and that made her steps more weary
than before. The next place at which she stop
ped, she found the same disposition to beat her
down in her price
I'll give You nine cents, and take four box.
es,' said the lady,
Indeed, madam, that is too little replied
the woman, ten cents is the lowest at which
can sell them and make even reasonable
profit
well, say thirty-seven and half cents fol
four boxes, and will take them 1t is onl,
two cents and half less than you ask fol
; them
. Give me ftp, ma!-there comes the candy
=. man? exclaimed little fellow pressing up tc
= the side of the lady. Quick, ma! Here candy
mani calling after an old man with tin cvlin
. der under his arm, that looked something GIk
an ice-cream freezer. The lady drew out he
purse and searched among its contents for tn
i small coin her child wanted.
Il haven't anything less than levy, she {
length said
" 'Oh, well, he can change it, Candy-man, 20
can change leVyp
II BY this time the 'candy-man' stood smiin
y beside the strawberry-woman. As he wa
: counting out the fps worth of candy, the chill
spoke up in an earnest voice and said