Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-23
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establishment. Had peen less eSp' Say'
nomnicaal, and less detefnstaea, my e'si ex.
Iai.ssa pcnssesas9 would. have kept pace with ny
inc NJ, = / should have lost tt.uch val
liable time III going home every ,da! day
TO my dinner; and my present sitqiai sitqii
ton would probably have been very
diFepent from what tits. .'it,;;,, ~ e Z
Men and, women, accustomed y
crafty every whim and caprice, will
find 81 hard At FIRST 10 cut down thellI
various urlai unnecessary expenses, and
viii feel IL q great, solfdenial to liye
in in, a aasmaller house than they have been
accustomed to, with less expensiIe
furniture, less company, less costly
clothing, a less number Of balls. par ar
ties, lheatre:go carriage+ridings,
pleasure excursions, cigar.sm okings,
iiquor;drinkipgs, &C.,. &c.g &C.; but,
after oil, if they will Try the plan Of Of
laying by q q nest egg" or, in other
words, a small sum d. ,aoiiey,i after
paying all expenses, they will be sur;
prised at The. pleasure, TO, be derived
from constantly adding to their little
"pile,," as we'll as from all the eco,
nomical habits which, follow in the
pursuit ofthis peculiar pleasure. Thlt
old suit! of clothes, and the old bon
net and dress, will answer for another
season; the Crotoa OF spring watel
will taste better than champagne; {
brisk walk will prove more cxhilara
ting than ride, in the finest couch; .
social family chat an evening read
ing in the family circle or an hours
play Of "hunt the slipper" and
abiind mans buff" will be far more
pleasantthan a'fifty or a five hundred
dollar party, when the reflection on
the,di6sseaee in aic0st is indalgedl in,
by those whobegin .oiknow tho plea
sarsef saving.s 3a'Nsi 4a5f ,i'',.
Thousand Of, men. are kept poor.
and tens Of thousands arc made SC
after they have acquired quite sufli'
cient TO support them VEL, through
life, in consequence Of laying ,heil
plans Of living on too expensive q
platform. Some families in this coun.
Try expend $4,000 per annum,
and some much more, and would
ecarcely know how TO live OH small.
er sum. Prosperity is q more sdvers
ordeal than adversely, especially sud.
den prosperity. EASY come, easy
go," is anold andatrue pfoverb.' Pride
when permitted full sway, is thegrea'
Iundying csnker.worm which gnnW.
tile very 9itals Of a mans worldly
possessions, iletthem be small ggreat
hundreds or millions. Many persons
as they begin to'rfosper,. Immediate
Ily commence expehding for luxuribs,
nu,il in q short time their expenses
swallow up their income, and they
l.secome ruined in their. ridiculous at.
tsmp.s to.kecp up appearances; and
make a sensation" f,aattt % /
Islknow a gentleman Of fortune,
who says that, when he first began to
prosper. his vito ,eoul6 hare, a new
and elegant sofa. "That sofa." he
says, cost me thirty thousand dol
,Elars r. The riddle is thus explained
EWhens the sofa reached the house. il
WAS found necessary to get chairs %tc
,matelsp;then sideboards, carpets. and
Itabses, .to, correspond with them,
and 81, on through the entiro stock Of
furniture, when at lasttit was found
THAT Tie house itselfswas quite, .too
lsmallI and old. fashioned for the furni:
/ lure, and a new one was builtis to
with the sofas and a. ce7
seras; 'sthus," added. my friend,
4 Ifunning up an outlay Of $4,000
\ 1cassed By, that single, sofa and sad:
,Edling on me, in the shape of,seryants,
[esuipuge, and the necessary expen-
ses attendanti on keeping up o line
4, establishment" % yearly outlay Of
,EeleSen thousand, dollars, and q tight
1 pinch;a, that {; whereas ten years ago
i we lived with much more real comfort
,ljbecause with much less care, on q
many hundreds: The truth isl he
Continued. g that sofa would have
brought me to inevitable bankruptcy,
had not q most unoxampled tide o
prosperitykept me above it." "sp0s 8
10Th. do aotidtpesdtapos otAsrs.-
Your success must depend upon you
own individual ,eaertions. Trust no
to the assistahcerof friends, butllearl
that every man must be tue arclfi,ec
of his own fortune i and with Prope
attention TO the foregoing rules. lan'
such observations. as u man Of sens
will pick up in his own experience
tho road to. competence will not,
think, usually be found a difficult ono
..,.el.. 8at P. 7. BARNiUMI. !
Bridgeport. ConnYJu 49, 1859,
OF all the bores in this world, th
.good advicen bore is the most lryinI