Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-02-07
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! know smile came over my face,
for he ronsinu.d-
AYES, give party, and We have some
pleasant ones, I assure you. Sometimes
We have dozen guests, which is quite
enough Tor comfort, and our treat ol
chocolate, cakes, blanc mango, &C., costs
rs much as Two dollars; but this is mol
very often. Out Of our surplus, which
comes you see, 10 Two hundred dollars a
year-we have bought all you see, and
have money in the bank"
"I see it all" said I, "all but the
living. Many a mechanic spends more
than that for cigars, 10 say nothing Of Ii
quor. Prny tell me precisely how you
live. q
%"Nith pleasure. First of all then,
Ismokeno cigars, chew no tobacco, and
Mary takes no snuff"
Here the pleasant smile came in, bul
thers was no interruption, Tor Mary
seemed 10 think that her husband knew
what he was about, and could talk with
out her aid.
q hare no. drank glass Of liquor
since the day 1 was married. I had
read enough physiology to make up my
mind tha. tea and coffee contained no
nutriment, and were poisonous beside !;
and | tried vegetable diet long enoug h
to like il better than mixed one, and
10 find that it agreed with me 5etter,and
as we have read and experienced TO-
gsther, Of course Mary thinks as | do.'
sBut what do you eat and drinkp !
asked, curious to see how far this self.
taught philosopher had progressed in the
laws Of health. ,..t,
"Come this way and will show YOU,
he said, taking light and leading the
way inlo a capacious storeroom 'Here,
first Of aI,is amill which cost me twelve
ishillings. l. grinds all my grain, gives
me the freshest and most beautiful meal
aud saves tolls and profits. This is a
barrel Of wheat. It costs less than two
cents a pound, and pound Of wheat a
! day, You know. .isaioad. enough farsany
man. We make it into bread, mush.
pies and cakes. Here is barrel Of po'
tatoes. This is hominy. Here are somt
beans, box ol rice, tapioca and maca'
reai. Here is barrel Of apples, th'
best can find in the market. Here il
box Of sugar, and this is cur butte
Jar. We take a quart OF country mill
a day; | buy my other things dowr
town, by the box or barrel, wherever
can gel. them best and cheapest.
Making what we eat rs mush or bread /,
and all made coarse. without belling-
and potatoes, or hoininy, or rice. the sta
pie, you can easily see tha, a dollar
week for provisions is not only ample
but allows Of healthy and even luSnri
Gus variety. For the rest, we eal green's
vegetables, fruit and berries in their sea
son. In the summer we have strawber
riss and peaches. as soon as they are rip.
and good. Mary will get dinner from
these materials a, The cost Of shilling
better than the whole bill Of fare at the
Astor." ,., ....
l. I was satisfied. Here was cemfert, in
.slligencc, taste and medes. luxury, al
enjoyed by an humble mechanic, whe
knew how 10 live at The cost have men
toned. How much useless complaining
might be prevented If all the working
men were as wise as William Carter.
l never shock man or woman by the
hand with more hearty respect than
when I said "Good night" to this happy
couple. who, in this expensive city, are
living in luxury and growing rich on eight
dollars week, and making the bench Of
shoemaker tile chair Of practical phi.
losophy.
Reader, If sou are inclined to profit by
this little narrative, | need not write out
any other moral than The injunction oil
Scripture, $50 and do likewise" m.
As familiar example Of how proper
names become changed BY transportation
to different counties. This Story ol
john Flint may be iastanced. An En-
glish emigramt, settling in Psunsylva'
MIA, found his pa,rynomic translator by
the Germans into "Fuerstein' (Fires,ene)
unsuccessful in his operations in that