The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-04-04


pirssani hing. indeed. 10 cnue home frnl
|, Newpon. zfirr months eKlrassssnr
and tlissipsilen. and have my paper Il
osrr immediately alter"
] -Oh. lherr's m daEFcfof lkasr' sai
Mrs. PTeslan. impsliensIg.
Deg your Pardon. madam. There
danger. NO me who waste. his none,
ran expect 10 prosper. Snppa.e We hal
gone on - raiIasaganlly IS lie Fnllon
q-sliai then! Why. we would Las,
been As poor Is ihry are. l'fsdence am
industry have made me prosperous 10 ,
certain sslenl; ant rsnnnl think nf mar
rinR all by departing Al The present lin,
flom Ilie good iale wisely Adopted m III
BEGINNING
/ II Was or no nse Cor Mrs.. Preston 10 ar-
que Tie case with her husband. lie held
the puTse-slria.. aud thai. Ion. with nj
lighi grasp. llhe did MOI feel able Ia siI.rd
the expense. ~ mailer Who Gravel tie
indulgence, il lad a. ne given up. III
The IMP u Neapan az Saralogi vas
Abandoned foi that seasan: ihoueh under
a pIomise, which was made in cider 10 ger
the suhjrcl postponed. Il compliance
with tie Wis wishes when tie neal
summer came round.
Al the lime ibis plea Of being ian pnof
Ia bean the expenses was 50 successfully
urged, Mr.. Preston was warih. Il least.
a hundred thousand dollars. anil wss ron.
duciing business on a very extensive
scale. Hut oil his means were lacked M
10 his business or otherwise invested. and
he keri himself poor By pushing his en-.
ierprise 10 The fullest extent. Every
hundred dollar cheek, drawn fnr family
expenses was lilled up with sigh; for
thai murh was last. irrccnserahly. Money
expended IN business. like seed snun in
the ground, produced mnrc muney; b1i
money spent Tor eating. drinking. aal
other things. necessary IN the support of
life. was fell 10 be like 80 much thrown
into the sea. As Mr.. Preston grew older
and more prosperous, this false estimate
became more and more confirmed, and
the feeling arising iberefrom, stronger
and stronger. lie never fell Otherwise
than poor; lor he nescr saw clearly how
he could spare money frnm his business or
investments, in which he rnuld have used
Proiiiahly Eve times as much as be really
possessed.
When The daughters oi Mr. Preston
arrived at woman's age, he found an in.
fuence brought to hear upon him that he
could moi resist; and money. much as the
Extravaganza panied him, was spent with a
freedom certainly al variance with his pre-.
vious habits. Spite Of all resistance on his
part, the trip 10 Saratoga was made in The
summer succeeding that in which he adj.
mtied that Ne was able 10 take has wife
but not his daughters; and. agreeably To
hls estimate Of expense. the levy upon
his purse for thai extra piece Of folly"
as he did moi fail 10 pronounce il. was
exactly one thousand dollars; aud tins III |
spite af all his disputes with porlers.
rahmen. bootblacks, walters. and hotel.
keepers, the ahole posse af whom he
declared were IN combination 10 swiniIe !
travellers.
The wife and daughter uf Mr.. Preston
having gained decided advantage 10
were not At oil inrliaetl 10 re-
inquish il. The trip 10 The Springs made
hem three or four new CITY acquaintance.
with whom visits were exchanged soon
alter their return. These new acquaIntan-
:es happened 10 be li.ing in style THAI
'alher shamed The ladies Of Mr. Plenton's
alnily, and opened their eye. a lille in
egard TO what was due 10 their social po- I
'ilion. A larger house, and newer and
nore elegant furniture were proposed, and,
4 course. opposed. Bui AR. Preslun's
opposition was not Of long continuance.
The odds we're entirely against him. lie /
RED 10 gel the matter pu. of year or
wo; 10 time when he hoped 10 feel more
lble In afford the expense; but no such !
would be listened to. As for
he plea Of being "ioo poor 4, afford an
xlrayagpnl slyie Of living" il was moi IN
he least regarded, for il was moi belies.
d.
So very rapid was Mr.. Prenton's accu. /
aulailon Of money, thai could he have
epi his annual expenditure within the
mil il had attained previous 10 this new
he would have begun 10 feel
little comioriable--in fact, TO regard hmm /
eli as being in quite easy circumstances. /
'ut the purchase Of house al cost Of
wenly ihousand dollars. with the addition
] item added thereto af fur thousand dol
lrs for fashionable furniture. caused him 10
rel 80 poor as TO become actually unhap- |,
y; the more especially. as, shortly after
he possession Of his elegant residence,
he new year came round. and with il the
ccustomed annual investigation into bu-
mess affairs. Unexpectedly, the resall
i this investigation was discovery thai.
instead Of clear yearly profit Of Ten or
welve thousand dollars, moi single cent
lad really been made. Two or three
,reliy serinns losses, through failures, al /
led 10 sudden depression Of prices, while
! large stock OF manufactured goods were
N hand. had produced this result. These
'aiIures and This depression in prices were