The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1853-04-14

lildue JuSJ IWenty-OHe uOllaFSj tDat is,
had obtained twelve cents more on q
pound than l should if | had beer
obliged to have sold when you did. Sc
you see how these little things multiply
themselves
And this all comes Of your having
tools to work with, said Holmes, In a sor
of subdued tone.'
Mostly returned Thompson.
We'll, if l had tools l might sare q
good many small sums in the course o.
the year, but / never have the money tc
spare for them. Why, the tools YOU have
here in the house, over and above youl
farming utensils, must be worth fifty dol.
lars
Just about that sum-
Then, l fear l shall have to scrape
along with borrowed tools. l can never
spare any such sum as that
You don't understand the secret, Mr.
Holmes, Let me explain. l never
should have gone with fifty dollar bill;
and bought tools. But have collected
them gradually. | have bought every
tool | have on my premises, with my
grog-money.'
'Grog. money" iterated Holmes, in
blank surprise.
YES returned Thompson, with slight
smile,-'with my grog-money. Now,
am not going to give you temperance
lecture, for you are as well able to judge
for yourself as am; but l am going tc
give you little principle of economy,
and show you its consequent comfort, con.
tent and happiness. The first year I was
on this farm, used occasionally to take a
little spirit, and whenever / would 90 to
the village, which was usually twice a
week, l would drink two or three times.
know not that | experienced any bad ef-
fects from it, but am confident it did me
no good, and that it was habit that
might grow to big evil. As near as
could calculate, the spirit had used cost
me on an average twenty-five cents week.
! suppose it costs you thatnow
Yes, every cent of it,
well, | commenced on the first day of
January, to lay up my grog-money, and
with that disposition came peculiar de-
sire to commence saving in other ways,
and soon found the means of stopping
up many more gaps in my financial af-
fairs. saw how much might be saved
if | could only do some of 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 myself
the owner Of thirteen dollars worth of
tools, and it had all come from the money
might have otherwise drank up. | felt
stronger and heartier than | did before,
and | felt much happier, for | knew that |
was laying the foundation for future
good. Time passed on, and my twenty
fyeeents a week kept coming in. 1t was
nor . saw, then hammer, then another
plane, then new auger, then bit stock
and bits, until, in eleven years, | have,
NOT only collected an excellent variety Of
tools, but have drawn directly from my
grog,fund nearly hundred dollars in
cash besides; but the value of my tools
cannot b, estimated in money, as have
already shown you. They are not only
source o? great profit. but they are al
so source of an ncaculsble degree OF
comfort. A small gapin. a mans business
affairs may seem triAing thing at first,
but it is like little hole in the bank that
confines the high waters of lake. The
almost Insignificant stream will be sure to
grow frightlully larger, and unless soon
stopped up, the pure waters of the lake
will ere long lose themselves in the neigh.
boring streams. lbelieve, my friend, that
in givins up my grog, have not sscrilic.
ed on single comfort. Now don't you
think you would feel full as we'll without
in Compare the products Of your grog
money with the products OF mine"
Mr.. Holmes made no answer, but he
poked deep down into the shavings with
his feet, as though he expected TO find an
idea there.
Thompson he said al length, wish
you had explained this to me years ago.
Il was afraid il might offend you, for
TO touch upon a mans private affairs is
at best a delicate matter
Il know it,-but Nathan Holmes is not
the man to be offended with his friend Tor
kind admonition and Instruction.
'Well, said Thompson. with look of
extreme qualification, is not too late
now 10 commence, and if ever you have
an opportunity to take advantage of the
market, and il fifty dollars or so would
be Of any use to you, will lend it to you
with pleasure
Mr.. Holmes thanked his friend with
mostened eyes, and shortly afterwards
he went TO his home. The next day he
went TO the village, but instead of bring
ing home his little brown jug, he brought
home an auger, and he fell really proud
when he found himself at work with one
of his own tools.
The winter passed away, and when
spring came, Holmes found himself The
owner of six dollars worth Of tools. and
all from mo- ney that he would have worse
than wasted had he not bought them
But this thing operated in many ways foI
good. Now that he had the ability TO fA
up his buildings without borrowing tools
he began to take degree Of pride in then
that he had never felt before. He bull
racks and stands for his farming utensils
reset his windows, fixed up his bee hives
and rooted them over, ,ightened his barn
and during the rainy days, he found him
self with plenty of useful and profitable
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