The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-09-14

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" Well. now. my fork handle got bro
Ken accidentally last winter, and 90
did soine Of the rakes; but | immedi.
atel, took such parts as were good and
brought them up here. and then al nv
first leisure opportunity fixed them
up. There are two dollars saved. Now
you have nothing TO do to-day"
I" No. IL rains too hard"
"And vet you see | am at work.
Now how are YOU going TO get your APP
pie boxess Z"
"Marston is going to make them for
me. and am going 10 give him bar,
rel of apples"
There are two dollars more. Now,
if you hire sled made as good as mine.
il will cost you twelve dollars. That
will be sixteen dollars that have laid
up while you have been able to do no.
thing. Now let Us see how that sixteen
dollars will multiply itself. You sold
you wool last spring as soon as you
had sheared your Sheep"
Yes, ! had to. for needed the
money!"
And how much did YOU get 7"
Thirty cents pound"
" If you had had sixteen dollars BY
you in ready cash, you wouldn't have
been obliged to have sold then :"
mo-" returned Holmes, whose ewes
were beginning to open. 4 could have
squeezed along with that sum-"
Now" continued Thompson, IL
sold my wool yesterday. and they sent
to my door aud took it. | got forty.two
cents pound for it l had one hum
dred and seventy>two pounds, and by
reckoning it over after I had sold il, [
found that had made just twenty-onc
dollars; that is, had obtained just
twelve cents more ON pound than |
should ii had sold when YOU did. So
YOU see how these little things multi
ply themselves"
Aud all this comes OF your having
tools to work with" said Holmes, in
sort OF subdued tone.
Mostly" returned Thompson.
Well, il | had tools might save
good many small sums in the course
OF year, but never had the money
to spare for them. Why, the touis
you have here in the house, over aud
abu,e your farming utensils, must DO
worth $50.
81 Inst about that sum-
| Then | fear shall have Ia escape
along with borrowed tools. can ne
yer spare any such sum as that"
" You don't understand the secret,
Mr.. Holmes. Let me explain. | me-
yer should have gone with fifty dollar
bill, aud bought tools but | have col
lected them gradually. | have bought
every tool have on my premises with
my grog money"
Grog money" reiterated Holmes,
in blank surprise.
Yes" returned Tompson, with a
slight smile" with my grog money.
Now. | ann not going to give you Tenn
perance lecture, foryo are as we'll able
to judge for yourself as | am but am
gong to give you little principle of
economy, and show you its conseq uent
comiort, content and happiness. The
first year | was on this farm used uc-
casionaIly to take little spirits. and
whenever | would 20 to the village.
which was usually twice week, !
would drink two or three times.
know not that experienced amy bad
effect from it; but | am confident it
did me no good, aud that it was habit
that might grow into higher evil. As
near as | could calculate, the spirits
had used cost me on an average TWEEN
ty>fiye cents a week. | suppose that
it costs you that now"
Yes, every cent of it."
.'Well, commenced on the first day
o. January to lay up my grog money,
and with that disposition came a pecu-
liar desire to save in other ways, and
| soon found the means OF stopping up
many more gaps in my financial al.
falrs.
al saw how much might be saved it
| could only do some ut the work that
was then obliged to pay for, and to this
end commenced buying such tools as
thought would come most handy.
At the end of the first year found my
sell the owner Of thirteen dollars worth
OF tools, and it all comes from the mo.
S-pey that | III ht otherwise have drank
up. felt stronger aud heartier than
/ | did 6Store, aid felt much happier,
for kneSs tha. | was laying the iouu-
dation = Rre good. Time passed
ssa a! w;n,y-hve cents week
sn, them s'.s = ba%,| hen aaotherx plane.
then ! new ~ stock
not only ccllecte (riety