The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-07-14
Pay as You Go,

What, not avail myself Of this capital op-
portunity for bargain, just because the mon
ey is not in my pocket! There are great
many snug fortunes made by buying on time.
But our friends who draw most largely on
ther credit, will agree with US in advising a
young man to "pay as he goes" A sixpen-
ny loaf of bread without butter, and no debt
on it, has better relish than your best dinner
that is TO be paid for tomorrow. The pola-
toes that are paid for before eating them have
no bitter taste, while coPpery favor min
giles with the vanilla of the creams that are
bought on credit. Cash lards handsomely the
The lcanest beef. Credit makes the fattest
slices shrink in the pan. If You pay as you
20, very likely you Will fall astcrn Of your
bold speculatiBg neighbor, bat you will have
your vessel in better trim for a sqUa!l. Men
DO not always get rich very rapidly who adopt
the motto, but they very seldom can make
out to fail. 1t may be hard for them to get
rich, but it is harder for other people to suffer
very bitterly on occount of their poverty
The man who pays as he goes, and has moth
ing but the suit he has on, and the meal he
is eating, that he can call his owD,-how
much poorer is he than his neighbor who
keeps carriage and servant, and lives in
sDlendor, and owes more than he can ever
pay! The latter, one Will say, enjoys all the
sL,4 he cploplor That &c
very much matter of taste. We should not
enjoy it. Widows and orphans will weep
when he dies, rot because he has gone, but
because his estate pays only twenty cents on
the dollar. PAY as you CO." and leave no
unpleasant business for your executors to
transact. 1t is not gratifying for the widow
TO have your debts to settle, and children come
by degrees to think less of their deceased ia
ther, when bills are presented that cannot be
met by his assets. Pay as you 90, sleep
sound o'night, and drive out the nightmare
from your dormitory. You will keep things
snugger about the house. Your account book
will be model of simplicity. Yo1 will buy
what you want, and leave what is unneeded
till money is plenter, You will find the ne
cessties of life to be only the defamation Of
what generally are called such. Of their ia
ces, tearing the lean and haggard mask, you
will find jolly, lazy luxuries behind. Your
library will contain fewer and choicer books.
Your wardrobe will be collection of weara-
bic garments,-your home an aggregation of
comforts for every day use. Your wife will
be as tidy and neat as the best Of them. She
will have very little old jewelry to exchange
Cor new, and the moths will not D,uch trouble
her these warm days. Your balance sheet
will always be pleasant document 70 study.
The amount you have in the bank, the prop
erty you hold, the stock you own, will be the
true representative of your means. Pay as
you go, and when you die enjoy The satisfac-
ton that there is but one debt left behind you.
If you have not anything, the undertaker's
bill viii not be very heaVy--:oo small to trou-
bic you much afterwards Next TO having
money enough, the most comfortable thing,
IN financial aspect, is to owe nothing to a.
ny man. Pay everybody as you 60, but pay
the printer in advance.-NeW York Times.
E@ a blacksmith was lately summon
ed to town court as witness, in dis
pute between two of his workmen The
Judge. after hearing the testimony. asked