The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-16
nook Krrrrsc .aoso rAnaEns.


We all know shat 10 think Of a trades
man who Keeps bis accounts ncgbgenily
-lao sometimes charges his goods sold. end
sometimes rust. 10 memory whose books
are Weldon posted 10 ono season. We pre-
die, his failure. We hesitate TO deal with
hin. For his sake and our own We wish
him better accountant.
The same remark ny be made OF farm
era. Probably M eiss- Of men nrc more
habItuliiy 'neghgeni VI their accounts
Because they handle comparatively snail
amount Of money they consider accuracy
IN keeping debt and credit unnecessary
the door of window shutter being their day.
book and ledger, end q bit Of chalk their
wniing tool. Why should they not keep
a we'll arranged book account Otherwise
how can they tell whether farming is prof
table or is running then in debt, What
is due 10 them and what they owe 10 9th.
ersi The farmer should charge himself
with the iniercs, on the COS, Of his farm,
with villa, he spends for stock, tools, seeds.
labor, taxes, aInusemsnts, H. short with ev-
cry onigo, and credit his farm with better
Ineu,s, 10 labor for others, produce sold, and
every Income. Then, ii At the end of the
year, he fall short, he will a, least have the
satisfaction Of knowing where the money is
gone. Some undertake thus and continue
II awhile, and &c, discouraged with the APP
pearanec ofthe debtor side, and give it up.
Is this wise' II IL best 10 look a diffiuiy
steadily In the face as a preparation for
overcoming II. Why should we wish to
pu, of the reckoning that must inevitably
come +; Especially If such neglect only
tends TO make our accounts irretricvably
.ntricatel
Besides the habi, Of charging ourselves
with every item expended tends 10 make
Us cautious sbou, spending incau,iously
We see JUS, how fast our money is going
or how large bill We are running up with
our creditors, aud when we occasionally
look over our book, We may perhaps be re-
minded, here and there, tina, We might have
dispensed With this or that article, and so
learn a new lesson in economy.
have sometimes thought that farmers.
by not keeping exact accounts, understand
less than others. lie wonders tha, his sal
aired neighbor, with six or eight hundred
dollars year does no, become rich. Ifh
had 80 much, he imagines that he should
save one half or one third Of i,.-But should
he charge himself with rent, firewood, but
ter, milk, cheese, eggs, horse hire aud eve
| ~ little item which his farm or his garden
produces, and which the other purchased,
he would sec the matter IN inst light, and
might perhaps find that he had done his
neighbor injustice. lie will learn what he
may never have thought Of before, that is,
exactly how much the maintenance Of a
family costs. The farmer and his neigh
Dor may be equally economical. The diff
ference Is, that one knows whit it costs to
1--we, and the other does not,
Some OF the hes, farmers in my neigh
borhood have kept their book accounts ac :
curaiely and perseveringly for years and
literally they find their accounts in it. II is
good plan TO have proper memorandum
book for every day in the year, in which
cn,riesmigh, be made resi- Getting the wealth
cr, time Of planting, journey undertaken,
domestic affairs, and remarkable occurren-
ccs. II IS pleasant to look over such a
boob, and often profitable. II might be
used as as important witness IN pecuniary
transactions, and 10 various ways might be
turned TO useful ends. Ny object in wri-
ing viii be attained If shall have called