Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-08-18

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0ne.cf Mrs. Halls filts, acts v as 10 buy
blncking and brushes, and discharge The
boot black. For, a week, She brushed her
husbands boots, every morning befote he
discovered that the 'bobt' bfack bad been dis
missed; then he accidentally caught her in
the act of Frightening his leather under>
standing, very greatly 10 bis surprise. Az.
ter that, he shaved himself and blacked his
own boots without feeling himself in the
ieast degraded thereby 'a9i S''inea ss''rh
Five dollars n quarter for tobacco, So
gars sande other litlle' nick nackefies, hfr.
Hall found TO be rather a limited income;
but as hes had agreed 10 meet his extra ey>
penses with the sum, he -feit'a some pride
IN doing so. In order TO accomplisf, it,
however, he. had to abate many glasses of
wine and mineral wafer, and limit himself
to certain number Of cigars dniiy.. 9s7
AT the end ofthe irsts quarter, Mrs
Hall received one hundred and seventy dol,
lars from her husband, Eighty dollars she
had received before, and as This had been
borrowed BY her husband, he kept that
amount from his three months salary in Or.
der 10 pay it back. ''1 ls'3''7'J 5so48"s 'le.
By extra exertions, and a system Of az
most pinching economy, Mrs. Hall man
nged during the second qudrier, to pay the
rent, and few .snall bills, and got through
without asking her husband for cent more;
SO that when The salary became due a gain,
she had much larger sum 10 start witfl.-
From that time not even d bakers bill was
permitted 10 accumulate; and even her
milk bill was settled once week. gafeaaas
Mr.. Hall sometimes complained little
al his wife's short commons as he called
them, and at being cut off from oil picns
ure tnking but she consoled him by telling
him, good humoredly, 10 wait, awhile, thai
there was better time coming 9s9's 52sa'fa
The yenr for which Mrs tfall had under,
taken 10 manage affairs al last came TO a
close, and one evening she said to her hus-
band ' -,
Here are my accounts for the year.-
They are not very neatly kept, but4I pres
sumo you will find all correct. So s~ s'e'
sAcccunts: Have you kept uccountsa"
asked Mr.. Halt.'ssS ''eaa i'2;is q 1ss 50
'Oh, yes, 10 penny 'g'741 9'.''N
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Something inonf fayor. think. There
isa'tsaI cen. owed any where except Tho
balance Of your tailo,'s bilh ard yeaiknowi
| had over hundred and ffty dollars to
pay when 1 took athe management Of
things a.{I kaAag1los esa sass5T .asej
Possible = said Mr.. Hall,tsopening his
eyes - s7sa gFszsaassg s5s}a sisi .s.Ftd
e.s Yes,9 and whatiais better, have aboui
fifty dollass on hand.''fs asa d aaiEas9sd
tlDCredlblei! .gsli ig}sSc Il 81 vsh a,0s>so
But how in thesworld did you doAitsi' z,
mot by starving you al, you will ad
nit. s1.eaa. >s0f7 b1szrs 5s4sEltsr sf4s n ~
mo, ,certainlys-1we have had pleaty OF
good, wholesome food tosfeat, though j
must oahinking. sometimes. that you
indulged us lin ilia,le seasonables delicacies
rather sparingly : xssiv49s gla gcl PATS n
sit had to be done, eor else couldn'. have
got. along onfsshe reduced income Of this
year-reduced by the necessity of pa. ing
off SO many little old bills. ..ssf} ssr saassal
@But how have you done it. Harriet A.
You havn't given me the affirmative yes.'
by following this simple rule, Felix
never to buy anything that was moi wanted,
and being very careful when a want pres
sented itself, 10 see whether it wos real or
imaginary z Hereafter, L hope; you will
follow the same rule,T and if you do. you
can keep the family, on as. little as khaye
donesn's 2 " 5sass "a; JfSr.i;: :sTi
: Thank you Harriet Z" returned Mr..
Hall, smiling, but believed won't supers
cede your administration of affairs; al-
though, shall insist upon one thing, and
that is that you get stout girl of thirteen
or fourteen to assist you. You are. works
ing too hard .ssiy6lf llstl.si q
Wait until next year, .sasad dai.ns4sl
mo. 1t must be done now. We ecnn of.
ford it, But,ii iif you tbink.swe can't Il
will give up my tobacco and cigars in ors
der 10 help meet the extra EXPENSE soii -
.s7sOh. no. Iwon't ask tina. Of yoe,' said
Mrs.. Hail. z " s$ylsie ASA .se8nistsVF a,4;5i- Z
Then you mnst get the extra help ivsL
asYery well'if you insist so stronglyups
on it, suppose it must be done.'a1 gsa55
a.And il wassdone. hsT Three or four wears
hove lpassed. D Mr.. aHaAisis quite as well
dressed as before and his wife much better,
Severalarticlesof new furniture have been
adQedgI0s thelf mouse. MIS-. f1aIl Keeps
cook and R girl to help abousa andghas
much more; cheerful and less broken.doyn
appeasance. She doesn't work ehalfr as
hard as she did. Add to all this the dact,
that there isnot NJ cennowed anywhere, md
from one toftwo' hundred delinfsi alv eys1y-
ing by, and thelreader will agree with Mrs
Hall who has, quite changed hisirmind on
the subjects thatca mann CAN 1getsalong ensn
thousand dollarss shat lis. if, he have oihe
right kind .efiaa yife,s and isb willing toI let
her Eana ge things gswi.hsprudenee Apd eeon-
Courier. .ffefsr
-ttss Tyres for, Lecem0tiye Wheels fst ]
Charles WrigAts of + IffakSssille, IAiicb field
Go. Conn. has, i, taken kenpo measures tos secure =
patent for an improved mode Of forming;
tyres fer lleSo onetiye1 and ethes 9ailIosd h car
wheels. It consists In placing a cseFiessaofl
rollers upon the face Of q, diss, which lss a
series Of, graduated acilcles Jupon it, ,sA hs]
rollers are adjustable, and lheisl Reriphs5lss
may be breught, in contact s,v5.a siiner soiiI
the circles upon the face Of fhe disessu tAel