Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-23

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purchase of the Musem collection, he ap-
pointing a money-taker at the door, and
crediting me, towards the purchase, all
the money received after paying expen-
ses, allowing me fifty dollars per month,
on which to support my family, consist
ing of wife and three children. This
was my own proposition, as L was de-
termined so to live, that six hundred dol
lars per annum should defray all the ex-
penses of my family until l paid for the
Museum and my treasure of a wife (and
such wife is a ''treasure'') gladly assem-
ted to the arrangement, and expressed
her willingness to cut the expenses down
to s4O0 per annum if necessary. One
day, some six months after had purchas-
ed the Museum, my friend Mr.. Olmstead
happened in at my ticket-ofice, at about
II clock, and found me alone, eating
my dinner, which consisted of a few sli-
ces of corned beef and bread that [ had
brought from home in the morning.
'Is this the way you eat your dinner?"
he inquired.
II have not eaten a warm dinner since
| bought the Museum, except on the Sab
bath" l replied, "and intend never to
eat another on weekday until get out
of debt
"Ah! you are safe and will pay for
the Museum before the year is out" he
replied, slapping me familiarly on the
shoulder, and he was right, for in less
than a year from that period l was in
full possession of the Museum as my own
property, every cent paid out of the prof
fits of the establishment. Had | been
less economical, and less determined, my
expenses would have kept pace with my
income; should have lost much valuable
time in going home every day to mBdin-
ner; and my present situation would
have been very different from
what it is. ,..........-.5 E-r
Men and women, accustomed to graft
fy every whim and caprice, will find it
hard at first to cut down their various un-
necessary expenses, and will feel it a great
self denial to live in smaller house than
they have been accustomed to, with less
expensive furniture, less company, less
costly clothing, less number of balls,
parties, theatre -goings, carriage-ridings,
pleasure excursions, cigar-smokings, Ii
quor drinking, &C., &C., &C.; but after all,
if they will try the plan of laying by a
'nest-egg, or, in other words, small sum
of money, after paying all expenses, they
viii be surprised at the pleasure to be de-
rived from constantly adding to their lit
tie pile" as well as from all the eco
nomical habits which follow in the pur-
suit of this peculiar pleasure. The old
suit of clothes, and the old bonnet and
dress, will answer for another season; the
Croton or spring water will taste better
than champagne. brisk walk will prove
more exhilirating than a ride in the finest
coach; social family chat, an evenings
reading in the family circle. or an hours
play Of hunt the slipper, and "blind mans
buff" will be far more pleasant than fifty
or a five hundred dollar party, when the
reflection on the difference in cost is in
dulged in bythose who begin to know the
pleasure Of saving.
Thousands Of men are kept poor, and
tens Of thousands are made 50 after they
have acquired quite sufficient to support
them well through life, in consequence of
laying their plans of living on too expen-
sive a platform. Some families in this
country expend 10000 per annum, and
some much more, and would scarcely
know how to live on a smaller sum- =
Prosperityis more severe ordeal than ad :
versity, especially sudden prosperity
+" Easy come easy go" is an old true
proverb. Pide when permitted full sway
is the great undying canker worm which
gnaws the very vitals of a mans worldly
possessions, let them be small or great,
hundreds or millions. Many persons, as
they begin to prosper, Immediately com
mence expending for Injuries, until in a
short. time their expenses swallow up their
income, and they become ruined in their
ridiculous 9 pt attempts t0 keep up up aPpseaarran Ppsearr
know gentleman of fortune, e,hG WHO says 3
that, when he first began to prosper, his
wife Soa1a haee new and elegant mt sofa cf2ii
hbasand s b s'y fhs sS sls ss !. thirty t5a.
explained. When the sofa reached the
house, it was found necessary to get chairs
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