Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-10-29
Yes. 1t is for Mr.. Larkin.
Indeed how much does it cost

Yes. 1t is for Mr.. Larkin.
Indeed how much does it cost
Eight hundred dollars.
He ought to have fine pair Of horses for so
fine carriage.
'And so he has. lie bought noble span
last week for thousand dollars.
Mr.. Elder said what he could in praise Of the
elegant carriage; but he couldn't say much for
he had no heart to do SO lie felt worse than
ever about the deficiency in Mr. Malcom's sal
airy.
On the next day he was in better spirits, and
called in upon one of the members of the church
as he passed to his store. He stated his errand,
and received this reply.
I'm tell YOU what, Mr. Elder, am of Lar
kin's opinion in this matter. If our minister
agreed to come for four hundred dollars, he
should stick to his contract He's no business
to 60 in debt then call upon us to get him out
of his difficulties. Ii isn't the clean thing. /
don't mind few dollars, any more than you
do but like principle | like to see all men,
especially ministers, stick to their text. Nal
colin knew, before he came here, what we
could afford to give him, and if he couldn't
live upon that, he had no business to come
That's what think of it, and always speak
out my mind plainly.
Mr. Elder made no more begging calls on
that day But he tried it again on the ncxt,and
found that Larkin had been over the ground be-
.o'o ' H. a'I say, 80 nv onnlJ Jo ,,,o or no,h.
;n, ~ Thc, s u,aS sneciousncss about Larkin's
n.y.. ~ .,,,J;,r ~ ,ho snb;ect that carried
,o.,Ia :, ,,';,I' I;n, n,r,icnl.rlv as what be
pcoP,c away m'.'' n'u; w Inoy ,;',ht hoiJ
sS", '''..' ~ ,,;a,,od Gil ri.
',ar AL ,his en-, liz, q, ,aIl,inr and Jon, mara
mischief than he thought for.
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~ VIC t'I',.n "''',. IL. ~" .aJ j., ,o,oh;na
,no cos 81; Nv nc a.o5 ,,or,, co,,,ror,a.
SCHOOL iro' w.cn t re'r t rty h;, 20
We 'no"nie ii, "e n'Ip T"o '' .,.ho, NJ Do,
.o'n ,'n ~, ','e P',c A. ,,,rn,j.. n,h;oh
YOU 'e,l ''e'i nv, 10 apply o' w. t ns.' "u'
was uo"e' nc '"''e' ""s 81. n W. =, a.
uo"s man. ana was sincere III li's ues''e ~ uJ
good IN the sacrea ONCE 10 Wncn ne pe,, , t.,
lhseil caed' Mncn 'he l',V,;a.'o' ~ ee.'t
C"came, ne leil nome anu VISITED ,nc Pa..sn
IN oluer .l'"t nc ns"' uete'ne THe.n.' =. liz
ms uu'y 10 20 t'eIc Ut not va us .ee.'', ~.
VIE INJURED WI" Suou ue''' Vi ,,'I'' ~" Iii
he i'Keu inc place, anu II he thous"' nc "'"'u
~ t'hin,, chill ,ccert tho rail- bo rcp,ed-
ll'S Wa not Spohui wiz" ''"o ., ;',;aI A..
=, Doh you IKE Tue people '"4u''eu WI
M. .Wo c1 s,w ,hoo ,hov voro vsr,
,,o.so,t ,raoJ sort If nonne Rnt The salary i
en,irei,, ~ snail
Unw much
sFour hundred dpIIars year. and the mar
sopare n li,tle affair that would rent for about
hundred dollars.
.Xyo can't liyo q, that, said Mrs. Malcolm.
t;on
No cart,;pIv mr.. Ru, was assured that
at least seven or eight hundred will be made IN
duripe, the v,sr hi. has ALWAYS been done for
Mr. Pelton. and will be done for me, If accent
the call.
.. That migbt do if we pracused close vcuu,-
NV Rut whv do thew not make the salary
seyen or eiuht hundred dollars at once 1t
,vould he lust the same to them, and make the
minister feel treat deal more independent.
True. But we must let people do things in
their own wav We can live on seven hundred
dollars. and think it my duty TO give up my
school, and accept the Offer
No one, certainly, can charge You WIN sor-
did views in doing so, for your schoo' y'e'us you
now over a thousand dollars, and Is increas'
ing. >.
Il will try and keep my NINA 'ree iro'i wv,
OF what people may say OF .'h''h' 'eV"'"u ~
Malcom-' and endeavor to do rsht LOT the
sake OF right.
The wife of the Rev. Mr. Malcolm fully SYM
nothized with her husband in his wish TO enter
mon the duties of his sacred calling and was
ready to make any sacrifice that could be made
in order to see him in the position he so much
desired 10 occupy. She did not, therefore, make
any objection to- giving up the pleasant home
and sufficient income. but went with him cheer
fullv to c.. and there made every eil',rt ia
reduce all their expenses to their reduced mean,
ofliying.
1t is much easier thing to increase our cx-
penses, than to reduce them. we get used "a
a certain free way of living, and It Is one oil
the most difficult things in the world to give VI
this little luxury, and that pleasant Indulgence
and come right down to the meagre necessarie
oflife. This fact was soon apparent to Mr. am
Mrs. Malcolm; but they were III earnest II
what they were about, and practsed the requlr
ed selt-denial. Their expenses were Kept WIN
in the limits of seven hundred dollars, the low
est sum that had been named
At the end of the first three months, one hun
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