Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-25
Buying Poor Articles.

VI find that many mon labor und., q
great mistake in buying poor sricles.-
q man, whom We will call Un,hify,
puys yoke OF poor, i'll matched steers,
.,hree years old, for thirty five dollars;
ne Keeps three years, during which they
perform labor enough to pay, for their
Keeping, and no more; at which he ellis
them Tor sixty dollars. His neighbor,
Mr.. Thrifty. buys o pair of thrifty. we'll.
matched steers, three yeats old, for
which no pays sixty.fve dollars. Un.
thf'ity laughs at him for paying such
great price for yoke OF cattle. He
keeps them three years, and sells them
Tor one hundred and thirty dollars.
MI Unthrifty then buys poor COW,
ten years old, in the fall of tho year, for
ten dollars; he keeps her four years, du.
ring which time size gives scarcely milk
enough to pay for her keeping. Before
the end Of the third year he begins 10
sec she is not very profitable, and tries
hard 10 sell her, but does not make out
until the end Of the fourth year, when he
sells her for eight dollars, and is very
glad 10 get that. Thrifty buys a COW,
six years old. at forty dollars. Un,hrifty
makes derision Of him for paying so
much for one COW, when he might have
three or four for the same money; but
Thrifty being man Of noble mind bears
all the sneers with patience. He keeps
her four years, and in that time she pays
Tor her keeping, and fifty dollars over
md ahnvns ho thop A., t:,.1o
feeding. sells her to butcher for fifty
dollars. think Of this if you please.
Mr.. Poor Economy buys at auction
On Old pleasure wagon, entirely ont Of
fashion, for twenty dollars, he has no
use for the wagon, but buys it because
II is going cheap. During the first year
ne tries hard 10 sell it for thirty dollars,
but not succeeding, the second year he
reduces the price 10 twenty five, and
finding no sale, he reduces the price TO
twenty dollars. Remembering he hired
the money to pay for the wagon, he tries
his bes, the thirl year to sell It, and sue.
goods. He has to take for pay an old
horse, eighteen years oil in the fall Of
the year; he has no use for The horse, but
takes him because he thinks he is better
than no pay. Ii costs him twenty five
dollars to winter the horse; no tries al
winter 10 sell him, and makes out in the
month Of May to get fifteen dollars for
him; or what he ctIls that. which is ten
dollars and an old watch. His note
which he gave for the purchase money Of
his wagon, has now amounte'! to twenty.
five dollars; he hires twelve dollars
which with ,he ten, makes twenty-five.
He then turns on the old watch for three
dollars. and makes out to pay the note.
Mediate on this when it is proper
time.
A young man, wishing to be notice in
the gay circles Of the world, buys an
old watch for Ave dollars. AT the end
Of four months, fniing it does not keep
time as we'll as new one, he pays three
dollars to have it thoroughly repaired.
Two months after, finding it not exactly
new watt h, he pays two collars for
f'rher repairs. At the eni Of the year,
growing sick of it. he swops it for an old
musket. He .hen tries to get rich by
hunting, but not finding game very plen.
u, and receiving summons from the
merchant TO pay 70. his powler and shot,
which has amounted TO eight dollars;
he says 10 himself, I'll get ril Of the rot.
ten musket somehow; SO he swops it for
an old horse. and pays five dollars to
boot. He hires his horse kept at the
tavern, at which place he boarls; at the
end of tn. year his bill for bookkeeping
has amounted to forty dollars. and his
own 10 seventy five. He says to himself
this is not getting along very fast, so he
sells his horse for barrel Of bra"dy.
which finishes his earthly career.
A certain husbandman wishing to get
rich very fast, sells sll the hay. straw
and manure that his farm proluce es. At
the end Of five years he 6ndsslhat his
neghbor sells twice the amount Of pro-
4luce per acre that he does; not knowing
what is the matter, he wishes 10 get rid
Of his farm. but being in bad condition,
he does not succeed; he finally swops
with his nsighbor. by giving him two
acres Ior ono. Al the expiration Of FIVE
years, the farm he swopped away is bet
her than the onr on which he lives. He
new begins to get his eyes open. and
SOC that the fault was in him, and not
in the land. He regrets bitterly to think
ofhis poor economy, but cannot recov'
.er the farm he fooled away, without paw
ing double The sum for which he sold it,
He now thinks we will change his mode
OF husbandry, which, if he should do,
',be may YET become rich man.
Church Sext0n'S Reyerie,
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