Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-08-19

be pretty well adVahCeu ny l""' ''A0' "
schools. | shall be able, hope, to get help
for nv wife, who will need assistance in the
house
eAl very well to talk about, but not SO easily
DONE replied johnson.
4 don't know. For every effect there is an
cause. The cause of all this will be
the saving of seventy-fve dollars a year. This
| have been doing for three years, and hope
to be able to do it for three or four years longer.
Then the desired effect, in a capital Of five hun
bred dollars, upon which to business,
will be produced. Is it hot so?'
Yes, suppose it is. But it is one thing to
commence business, and another to succeed in
it. There are plenty Of chances in favor OF
your losing every cent you have, and then being
obliged to 90 back to journey-work, which will
not be the most agreeable thing in the world
For my part, | would much rather enjoy what
little l have as 60 along, than to stint and de-
ny myself every thing comfortable for six or
seven years in order to set up business for my
self, and then lose every cent. 1t is not every
man, | can tell you, who is fit to 90 into business,
lOI every Ulull WIZ Cdl SuCCCNu ~ Nv hOC9'
The fact is, there must be jcurneymcn as well
as master workmen. As for ME, | have no taste
for going into business, and don't believe | should
succeed i'll did set up myself. | expect 10 work
at iourney-work all my life, and might just as
we'll take my comfort as | 90 along
i shall not attempt to dispute what you say
about some men being born to be journeymen,
and others to be master workmen,, replied the
friend of johnson, for l am well aware that
the gifts Of all men are so peculiarly constituted
that they would not succeed if they were to set
up business for themselves. But the want Of a
business capacity or inclination is no reason at
all why a yourneyman mechanic should not save
every cent he can earn
'What good will it do him? lie is bound to
be a poor worker all his life, and why should he
deny himself the few comforts he has as he goes
along, in order to lay up a hundred or two dol
lars!'
4 am surprised to hear you ask such a CUES
ton, Johnson. But I will answer it by saying
that he should do it for the reason that | save my
money; that is, to enable him to educate his
children well, to tighten his own and his wiIe's
toll when they grow older, and to be able to OBJ
tain for his family more of the comforts OF NE
than they now enjoy.'
4 don't exactly see how all this IS to be a.
chIeycd. Suppose he gets together as much a,
five hundred dollars; and instead OF flahmg Itlt
his business he sends his children to some ex
penslye school, hire help for his wife, and take
some comfort as he goes along; how long 90 yoi
suppose his live hundred dollars VIII last! bo
two years, ana then he must come down AGAIN
aud be ten tunes as unhappy, tor 1t IS much ed
ser matter to get up than to 90 "
Pardon me, johnson, replied ms Ir'chd' 'Du
l must say you aIe a very short-sIghted mortal
Il you cant imagine any better mode OF usn!
your hYe hundred dollars, after you nave SaVe'
1t, | don't blame you Tor not caring about making
the attempt to 10 SO. But can tell you Del
ter way
WEI, let us near It,
with your i've hundred dollars, alter yol
nave saved 1t, you coNId ouy yourself a snug III
tie cottage WHh an acre OF ground around IT.
How much rent DO you pay now
'Seventy-hVe dollars a year
'Of course tins would be saved after that
which, added to what you were already saving
wonId make a hundred and fifty dollars a yeal
Take fifty of that to buy yourself a COW, som
pigs and chickens, aud to get lumber for you
pigstye, hen-house, and shed for your COW i
winter, and you have a hundred dollars left tn
first year, to 90 into the Savings Bank. You
garden, which YOU could work yourself by risin
an hour or two earlier in the morning, you
:, COW, your chickens and your pigs, would max
/ a sufficient saving in your expenses to pay for a
additional charges in entering your children :
a better schools. In three years more, laying b
a hundred and fifty dollars a year, which 70
t could easily do, would give you enough to bn
another cottage and an acre of ground, whic
: you could rent to a good tenant for eighty do
r las year, In three years more, going on wit
the same economy, you would have seven hun
bred dollars more to invest, which could be dor
t in property that would yield you seventy or eight
e dollars a year additional income. By this tim