The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-08-23

ShooS VI IGS oAuSCu'u COliCClloll, uc
appointing money-takcr at the
door, and crediting mo towards the
purchase al tho money received af.
ter paying expenses allowing me
fifty dollars per month on which to
support my family, consisting Of a
wife and three children. This was
my own proposition MS l was deter
mined SO to live, that, six hundred
dollars per annum should defray all
the expenses of my ralnily,until /
had paid for the Museum; and my
treasure Of wife and such q wife IS
a 'treasurc,'] gladly asscnted to the
arrangement, and expressed her vii.
llngncss to cut the expenses down to
$500 per annum if necessary. One,
day, somo six months after l had
purchased the Museum my friend
Mr.. Omstcd happened in at my
ticket office, at about IL o'clock
and found me alone eating my
dinner, which consisted OF a few
slices Of corncd beef and bread that
| had brought from home in
tho morning.
IS this the way you cat your
dinner?' he inquired.
| have not eaten a warm din.
ner since bought the Museum, ex.
ccpt on the sabbath I replied; and
| never intend to eat another on a
week day until l get out Of debt
'Ah! you arc safe, andwill pay for
the Museum before the year is
OUT he replied, slapping me IA,
miliarly on the shoulder; and he
was right for in less thania year from
that period | was in full possession
Of the Museum as my own proper.
ty, every cent paid out Of the prof.
its of the establishment!EHad been
less economical, and cssEdetcrmincd,
my expenses would 8have kept
pace with my incone--I should
have lost much valuable time in
going home every day. tss my din.
ner;anl my present sitkation would
= .oS'eAlY have been ssfg different
tea yllaGSi lis.zz
r Men. and women, accustomed to
crafty every Whim and caprice,
will find it hard at first to cut down
their various unnecessary expenses,
and will feel it a great self denial
to live i'll smaller house than they
huYc been accustomed to, with less
expensive furniture, less company,
lcs' costly clothing, a less number
Of balls, parties, thcatrc.goinss, car.
riagc-lidings, pleasure excursions,
cigarsmol;ings, liquor-drinkings, &C.,
but, after all, if they will try the
plan of laying by "ncst-cgg," or,
in other words, 4 small sum of mo.
ney, after paying all expenses, they
will be surprised at the pleasure to
be derived from constantly adding to
their little 'phc,' as well as from
all the economical habits which fol-
low in the pursuit 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 vii!
prove more cxhilarating than a ride in
the finest coach; a social family
chat, an evenings reading in the
family circle, or an hours play OF
"hmt the slipper" and Sblinl mans
bnil," will be ia: more pleasant than
a fifty or five hundred dollar party,
when the reflection on the MDcyence
M the cost is INDUCED in, by those
who begin to know the pleasures
Of saving.
Thousands Of men arc kept
poor, and tens of thousands arc
made so after they have acquired
quito sufficient to support them
well through life. in consequence
of laying their plans Of living on too
expensive a platform. Some fam,
lilies IN this country cXpend $4,000
per annum, and some much more,
and would scarcely know how to
live on smaller sum. Prosperity is
q more severe ordeal than adycrsity
especially sudden prospcrity.' Easy
come, easy go" is an old ard
true proverb. Pride, when per.
mittcd full sway, is the great un.
dying cankcr-worm which knaws the
very vitals of a mans worldly posses
sions, let them be small or great.
hundreds or millions. Many persons,
as they begin to prosper, immediate
ly commence cxpcndins for luxuries
until in a short time their cxpcn
scs swallow up their income, and
they become ruined in their ridicu
lous attempts to keep up appear
anccs, and make q Sensation"
| know q gentleman Of fortune.
who says that, when he first bcgar
to nrocpor kia vffa s5po,,7J L bn,o .