Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-12-01
FROM me FR"0aetpHH SdtMddy CoHlze
c Mt GET ALON
By KATE SUTHERLAND.

L don't know how it IS said Felix
Hall, that some people can get along 50
completely on i thousand dollars wear
We can't do it.
I'm sure try to economic all can,
returned Mrs. Hall, sadly, for she felt that
her husbands remark was more than hall
intended as reflection upon her. i only
keep one girl and do nearly all my own
sewing
i don't blame you, Harriet said Mr.
Hall, Il am sure | don't. | know YOU
work hard-too hard, | often wish it was
easier for you. But what can do NV
salary is only thousand dollars And vet
that is all Hawkins receives, and he
seems to get along so smoothly, and even
lays by, he tells me, hundred dollars a
wear
| don't know how they do it, replied
Mrs. Hall, know lat Mrs. Hawkins
doesn't work half as hard as do, though
her house always looks in better order than
mine. They have better furniture than we
have, and | am sure Mrs. Hawkins clothes
cost double what mine do. don't think
1t it my fault
,
do your part the best YOU know how. But
something must be wrong sowewhere.-
Other people can live very we'll on a thous-
and dollars while we are always owing bills
to this, that, and the other one. Here is
the quarters bill for groceries amounting
20 sixty five dollars, and | owe seventy to
my tailor besides. Then there is an un-
settled bill at the provision store of fifteen
or twenty dollars, besides the rent, bread
bill, the milk bill, and | don't know how
many other bills
wish these bills were not allowed to
run on, remarked Mrs. Hall. I'm sure
It would be great deal better to pay for
every thing as we 90 along
50 it would, but we hav'nt the money
10 do 1t with. | takes nearly nv whole
quarters salary regularly, to pay off the
bills OF three months; and then there is no
way to live but to 90 or trust for almost
every thing for three months longer. lis
bad system, know, but there appears to
be no help for it just now
And in the fall conviction that there was
no hell for il, Mr.. Hall drew his quarters
salary Of two hundred and fifty dollars, and
went and paid of Bills and borrowed money
debts amounting to two hundred dollars
Then giving his wife ten dollars to get little
things with, he started, under n feeling Of
Encouragement, on 4 new quarter, with but
troty dollars in his pocket. Although he
had paid two hundred dollars Of debts,
there was almost an equal amount still
hanging over him.
Mr.. Hall was a clerk in the bank, where
he WAS engaged regularly from eight o.
clock in the morning until about four o'clock
IN the afternoon. Tie lived in 4 house for
which he paid TWO hundred dollars a year,
and paid his tailor from hundred to a hum
bred and iilty dollars annually. He carried a
gold lever watch which had cost eighty dol
lars, and wore chain for which he paid
forty. lie also INDUCED in one or two eN-
pcnsve breast pins, and before his family
had become as large rs at present, had speu;
good deal of money on jcwelry for his
wife. But dhc dropping in orone child at-
ter another. until the number grew to five.
ntcrered with these little induEances very
materially. and called so loudly ior sell-dc-
NAL tha, the appeal could not be entirely
dsrcgarded. But the scit-dcniai was prac-
,iccd more bv Mrs. HaIl-much more than
by her husband. She denied herself almost
everything, even sufficient res. Tor her over
wcarled body. while he went on IN most
things, about the same IS he did when he
and his wife paid eigh. dollars q week for
their boarding, and had just the same IN
come they had at present. But letus look
a little more closely into his way ofgeung
along, and see it 1t Is not possible 10 dis
cover what appeared so great mystery to
hun.
On the day after Mr.. Hall had spoken
to his wife so dcspondingly, he spent Tor to-
bacco and cigars eighteen and three quarter
cents; for a luncheon and a glass OF wine
Sangarcc. twelve and halice more; and
IN toys for children. fifty cents. lie also
bought bottle of wine, for which he paid
scyeutv-fve cents. These items amounted
- one dollar and fifty cents in single
DAY On the next day he paid his barber :
bill for theee months, which was three dol
lars and a half; and his boot blacks bill,
which was two dollars. Luncheon and
some cakes. aud candies for the children.
cost twenty-five cents; and 4 very pretty
FAptl lbltttl WHICH c4tt4t n HIS ''Atl' e'AN
trille Of twenty-five cents more. Here was
SIX dollars for the second day, nearly all OF
which might have been saved If he
aad shaved himself and BACKED his
own boots. to do either OF which would
have been far more honorable, genteel and
nraiscwor,hv, than to indulge in the luxury
AZ barber and boo; block. and let his
vile work herself to death. On the third
.Iav ne hirad 4 chaiSc and rode out with his
family after ne had left the bank III the at-
.eruoor The chaISe hire was dollar
and halt, aLd t0il-gates and refreshments
tor alt. fifty certs more. Already III Iun'
sheor, ejglrs. aud cue az two o,her lIttle
matters, 3 bali dolIar had been expen led by
Mr.. HAN IL the fore par, Of the day. 50
tiat GA the third day 81 the week. three
dollars were expended unnecessarily Du-
ring this tirs, fer marketing. Skoes tor one
ar two Of the children, and sVa4rv expen
ses Incident to a large family, Elk dollars
melted from the hands Of Mr. Halt.
On In, evening after the ride, Mr.. Hail
tasa put tls poke; pook and counted his
lqgrey. 30 his after as.onishmeEt AID
d;sTay, he fouad TIA, he kad only twenty