Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-10-13

PtiloT W dnyNniug sue ever saw before.
Now Charles knew that his wife had
plenty of plain picked cucumbers, some
that her mother had put down for her. but
Mr.. Waldron's wife had had some of these
fancy ones, and why shouldn't Hannah?
"Shall send you up jar?"
allow much are they %
"Only dollar"
ayes, you may send it up-snd Just
charge il, if you please"
40, certainly. Anything you want you
may order at any time, and you be assured
we shall he happy TO accommodate you"
Now this was latterng to young Matlh-
ews' feelings, TO think that the trader had
such confidence in him, and he went away
with an exceeding good opinion of himself
and his credit, and Of the store-keeper in
particular
"Only dollarl" Yes--only a dollar
on the traders ger,--thatis is nothing =
But dollar right out of ones pocket--that
is different Charles would not have
bought these pickles If the cash had been
required for them.
"Ah, Matthews, look here: I've got
something to show you" This was said
by the trader to the young man on the ve-
ry next morning after the purchase of the
pickles.
And so Mr. Waldron led our hero out to
the back side Of the store and opened a
box.
There, Matthews, amt these nice oran-
ges?"
They are nice" replied Charles. And
so they really were.
al know your wife would like some of
these. | carried some in to my wife, and she
wanted me to save her four or five dozen"
"These are nice. How do they come ?"
Lets see; | can send you up three do
zen for dollar. | got these very cheap
You know they are retailing at five and six
cents apiece"
Yes. Well you may send me up the
three dozen. Just charge them if you
please"
"Certainly. Anything else this morn,
ing?"
81 believe not"
"And SO Matthews went on. This NOR
ming it would be dolar--to- morrow per.
haps fifty cents--and then. again, perhaps
only twenty-five cents. 1t didn't seem
much. The young man kept Just as much
money in his pocket as though he had not
bought them. Only dollar he would
say to himself "rhat is not much oat of
twelve dollars week" And so it might
not be; but The trouble was, that the next
dollar was also only dollar. He forgot to
add this dollar with the former dollar and
call it 1.-TWO dollars" and with the next dol
lar. and call il "ihree," and so on.
One evening Charles came home with a
new gold chain attached to his watch.
"Where did you get that?" asked his
wife
"Ah," returned the husband, with an
impressive shake of the head, Il made a
bargain in this chain. Now guess what
paid for it?"
"rm sure | can not guess"
80, but try--guess something"
"Well, perhaps ten dollars"
"Ten dollars!" echoed Charles with a
sort of disappointed look. "Why, what are
you thinking of? Jack Cummings bought
this chain Two months ago. and paid twenty
dollars cash for it. Why. just heft it and
sec how heavy i; is. Eighteen carets fine.
Jack was hard mp for money and let me
have it for twelve dollars"
at is cheap, 10 be sure" returned Han
nah, but yet with not so much pleasurabe
surprise as her husband had anticipated. -
"But," she added "you did not need it, and
| fear you will feel the loss Of the money"
"Poohl | have money enough You
know have not spent much money lately.
| have been pretty saving"
"But you forgot our things, Charles. :
The money you have on hand is not
yours"
"Not mine ?"
"No. 1t belongs to the store keeper and
to the butcher, and to our landlord. You
know they must be paid,'
Don't you fret about them. know it
don't cost me any where near twelve dol
lars a week to live, for have made an esti-
mate. There is wilkins, who works right
the side of me in the shop. he has four
children, and only gets the same wages
that do, and yet he lays up some three
or four dallars every week, besides paying
his rents.
"Yes." said Hannah, 81 know he does
| was in to see his wife the other day, and
she was telling me how welt they were
getting along. Mr.. Wilkins takes bis bas-
ket every Saturday evening and goes over
TO the market and buys his weeks quantity
of meat and vegetables. and trades for
cash, so that he gets everything at the best
advantage. So he does at the store. He
lays in quantity of all those articles which
will keep. and buys them as cheap as be
can. Butter, eggs, cheese, apples, and so
on; he buys when the market is full. and
when they are cheap. and he always
buys enough to last his family over the
season Of scarcity. when such things are
lhigh His butter, for instance, he bought
for eighteen cents per pound-a whole fir
kin of--and tits mnbh sweeter than thai
for which you paid twenty sight cents yes
terday!" 4
Twenty eight centsP' repeated the
young man in surprise f'@
ayes asked Mr.. Watlron's man whS
brought il up and he sidit had risen tc
twenty eilht cents, Mr. Wilkins got fifty
dozen Of eggs some time ago for twelve
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