Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-09-03

my HlEcS uIe III Dcltcl blutI. '"oy
mot raise more than youtlo, but ] guess
the rats and squirrels don't have such
an easy entrance to my grain cham
bcrs as they doitp yours. ~
Perhaps you are. right, muttcred
Holmes, with q crest fallen lnok /;
"and l suppose you arc laying up
money
Certainly I am-onc or two hun.
lred dollars every year. s..
SO much as that p uttered Holmes,
with II look Of surprise. Why, |
cant lay up cent rM-a"
'Lct me give you a Nit of a secret.
said Thompson, in kind, neighborly
tunc, as he laid his plane upon the
bench. Last summer you bought
fur now rakes and pitchfork. Now,
how much did they cost youP ei.
Lets see; the rakcs were twenty
five cents apiece, aud the fork came
to one dollar I'd, n.s'
We'll, now my fork.handlc got bro
ken accidentally last winter, aud SO
did some of the rakes; but imme-
dia,cly took such parts as were good,
and brought them up here, aud then
at my first leisure opportunity | fixed
them up. There are two dollars sa-
we'd. Now, you have nothing to do
to-day IVY
No; it rains too hard
And yet yon see | am at work.
Now, how are you going to get your
apple boxes !" ..7r.. s.ia. .4s
Nlartson is going to make them for
me, and l am going to give him bar
rel of apples la -..i.,
There are two dollars more. Now,
if you hire. sled made rs good as
mine, it will cost you twelve dollars.
That will bc sixteen dollars that |
have laid up, while You have been a.
bic to do nothing. Nov le! us see
how that sixteen dnllars will multiply
itself. You sold your wool last spring
as soon as you had shcarcd your
Sheep " ai,.r ,i3iss
.Yes, l had to do it, for l needed
the. money! !.
lf1t And how much did you gct?' w
Thirty cents apound.' 3i u"
If you had had sixteen dollars by
you in ready cash, you wouldn't have
been obliged to have sold lhenl
No. replied Holmes, whose eyes
were beginning TO open. Il could
have squeezed along with that sum-
Now continued Thompson, |
sold my wool yesterday, and they sent
to my door and took it. ] got forty
two cents pound for it. | had one
hundred aud sevcnty-iive pounds, and
| by reckoning it over after had sold
it. | found that ! had made just twen-
ty.one dollars; that is, had obtained
twelve cents more .on u pound than |
should if had sold when you did.
So you see how these little things
multiply themselves iai
'And all this comes Of your having
tools to work WITH said Holmes, in
sort of subdued tone. 'a. ,"..
Mostly returned Thompson.
well, if l had tools | might save
good many small sums in the course
of the year, but | never had the mo-
ney to spare for them. Why, the
tools you have here in the house, over
and above your farming utensils. must
be worth fifty dollars
Just about that sum-
Then fearI shall have to scrape
along with borrowed tools. | can
never spare any such sum as that
you don't understand the secret,
Mr.. Holmes. Let me explain. !
never should have gone with fifty
dollar bill, and bought tools. have
bought every tool khave on my prem
ises with my grog money
'Grqg Money! reiterated Holmes
in blank surprise.
YES returned Thompson, with a
slight smile-'with my grog money.
Now, l am not going to give youla
temperance lecture, for you are as
we'll able to Judge for yourself as i
am; but | am going TO give you q lit
tie principle of economy. and show
you its consequent comfort, content,
and happiness. The first year was
on this farm fused occasionally to
take little spirits, and whenever i
would 60 to the village, which was
usually twice aweek, ! would drink
two or three times. Iknew not that
l experienced any bad effect from it;
but am confident it didm no good,
and that it was a habitthat might
grow into big evil. AS near as l
could calculate, the spirits / had used
cost me on an average twenty-five
cents week. suppose it costs you
that now
YES, every cent of it,
well, l commenced on the first
day of January TO lay up my grog