Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-10-31

on are late Charles SAID mary
when he reached his sunny little cottage.
4 have been paying my quarter bills,
replied he with smile. Here they are
my sweet accountant
He threw the bills upon the table, and
while she was examining them, he tossed
his bank book in her face
What! = exclaimed She in astonish-
ment, as she saw the book, fifty dollars?
Yes, my dear female infuence-the
influence Of wife, and the husband
playfully kissed her. 1 am convicted,
too, which tits better still. l am resol-
we'd to be prudent, economical, saving,
even paIsimonious.
l am glad to hear it.
And the house will be built in FIVE
years according to the programme of the
Savings Bank
As he spoke he took from his pocket
three of the evening papers.
Not quit cured, Charles said Mary,
with a smile.
What do you mean !?
journal, Transcript, and 7raveIer-
two cents each,' laughed Mary. You
are determined the publishers shall live ,
Why, Mary. you wouldn't have me
live without a newspaper, would you ?
That would be depth of barbarism to
which 1 would never descend replied
Charles, with look of astonishment at
the interesting mentor.
Certainly not but is not one paper a
day enough :?
That is but a trihe.'
The rain falls in drops, but washes
the whole earth. Four cents day for a
year amounts to about twelve dollars.
Charles scratched his head. 1t was a
most astonishing revelation to him.
You are right, Mary, one paper is
enough
Charles ate his supper, but was moody
and abstracted. A new idea was pene-
trating his brain, which he began to
think, had been rather muddy on finn
cial affairs
As he rose from the table he took out
his cigar case, and as he did so, the lit
tie fellow within, who had spoke to him
when he came out of the cigar shop, be-
gan to upbraid him pretty sharply. He
burned his fingers in attempting to light
The flgrant roll, and then relapsed into
fl of deep r.using.
] What are you thinking about,
Charles p asked Mary after she had
cleared away the table.
Eh ? Oh, l was thinking how much
twelve times three hundred and sixty
{ FIVE are
Twelve means twelve cents, sup
pose p said she, performing the problem
ON the MAJ gin of one of the newspapers
Here'i is--S43. .8O.'
For cigars. added Charles blankly.
Which added to the sum paid for su-
perhuous newspapers makes $685.
And twenty for shaving, which NAV
do myself, are 76, ,28,' continued Charles,
taking the pencil and cyphering away
with all his might for few moments. =.
I Gteason's Pictorial, Home Journal,
Saturday Courier, and your County pa
per comes to
But my dear, we can't do without
our County paper p exclaimed Charles,
looking with amazement into the face of
his wife.
Il don't want you to do without that,
Charles.
Sherry cobblers, ice cream, and oys-
ters, over hundred dollars, by thun-
der ! continued Charles, turning to his
figures again.
Indeed =
Il begin to see where the three hun
dred and sixty-eight dollars have gone
1 to, said he.
And sherry cobblers are worse than
useless. 1 had no idea you drank.
Charles.
Say no more Mary; 1 am done
And he was DONE The idea of
saving up something took complete
possession of him-not so far as to make
him niggardly-but far enough to make
him abandon the four cent cigars, three
evening papers. YintOn's compounds, and
especially cobblers
On the next quarter day, one hundred
dollars was added to his deposit at the
Saving Bank, and his habits improved
afterwards, and as his salary was sIill
further increased, much greater sums
Were added.
In four years the house wa built, new
furniture bought and paid for, and
Charles is considered one of the most
thrifty young men in the town-all of
wi ieh propitiOus events, we honestly be.
lieve, had their origin in the benifcienI
influence of the Savings Bank, whose
circular had opened his eyes, and slim
ulated him to carry out his resolution.
Ii you do what you should not, you
must hear what you would not.