Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1855-02-08
NO. A.

|far roe eelaest to rass without = watering
me, u Mr. Chapman'a fauily were AZ
hNost the best customers for ire tempting
f9uit-ii first Lsylng learned their excelienee
NJ NJ, ihe iibersli'y Of Mr. Briggs, -Nbo never
l''ief r. send : specimen q bis best Of bic
The ilfih season came twas frpi..
1nl ycaFl Apple, pear. reneh, plum, and
III other trees were loaded with fruit -
Keeping 10 mind his conversation with Mr..
Chapwan, Mr. Briggs had directed his
family to set down every cents worth Of
fruit sold % Mr. Chapman and his family.
fhis year, s. il happened. was q, year Of
'fxtreme hard times The boot business
vas at lis worst ebb; little work and very
lpw wages-and jet the price. of every kind
q provisions we're up to the highest notch,
ana money extremely tight, :
Ddt sfrre WIS -vsiss. fafisfi ) t6s< I'D poe
seem TO be in the least affected BY the hard
times low prices Of labor, high prices Of
provisions, OF the scarcity Of money. Mr..
briggs aud bis two oldest sons, all Of them
pad little spare change to let on short
tune with interest 10 their needy neigh-
bors
One day Mr.. Chapman, who vas sLor,.
spilled to MI. Briggs for half for
quarter meaning Atty dollars for three
months
\ 4 Yes, said Mr. Briggs, i have half a.
aI'whole, just as you like
What, hundred dollars By you shesA
timesR / don't see how it comes Ysd
atd your boys don work any harder than
I and my boys do, and we can hardly ges
along We are Is saving aud pinching as can
be, too; times are so dreadful hard, and eve,
~ thing family las to huyist-so dreadful
high, and wages SO low potatoes, dollArA
bpshel, beef fifteen cents pound, pork sig,
teen cents, eggs, twenty-five cents dozen,
and -four, ten or twelve dollars barrel -
How can a mdn live p
1t Won't be hardly fair foF me to ask
you for that twenty-five dollars now, will
Twenty fveiiollars2 What 90 you means
! don't understand you =
don You recollect we had a bet between
us about the, price Of some fruit trees I
bought five Yeas ago next spring rs
fAh I / do remember something about H.
You wore to give me twenty-five dollars.
if you didn't get your twenty-five dollars
back from me for the products Of these trees
and things twill come very handy just
now
Iai'Don't be too fast neighbor I am d.
fIAid itEon't come9very handy just DOW
Yhat was what l was duGning yon for, that
twenty fRe dollarsp
Il What you don't pretend to say We have
hsd twenty five dollars worth of stuff from.
your gatden,
Il Moro than that from that very twenty.
Eve dollars worth Of trees and other thingst
Here is an account Of every thing you hare
baught and paid for; Of course it don't in.
clRde what / have scnt you gratis
And you have certainly not been stingy
Why the bill amounts to thirty seven dol
lars is lit possible
I It II just So; you have had over twenty
bushels Of apples. and three bushels of
pears, 4nd these alone come to twenty-five
dollars Fri
+, II own up tie corn draw the Aote for
sefentyEfyei
NO, 4 guess we will let the twenty-five
cot / only mention it to show you that
there maybe good sense in new thisgs
Now will bet the twenty FIVE
dollars (oyer again, that my store bill las
notsb edn half rs large the past season. as
yours, though have had one more in my
family
AIf 1 had not been so badly taken 10 be.
fore would stand you; but guess il WON'T
beFsafe'
We have raised our own potatoes, corn,
peas, leans, and all other garden vegetables.
Our eggs ARE always fresh, and 10 abun-
dance from the nest; aud for more than tvo
years We have not been without ripe fresh
fruit
We'll, l declare, that is something I
MEYER thought Of; but it. takes too much
time apd bother to get these things started
them il is an everlasting job to take care Of
them
/ 1T heeds6oEmore time and money than
yop THROW away on things that amount 10
nothing at all; and an abundance Of fruit
viii save the expense Of heavy meat bill,
which Is not healthy in hot weather Ne
doctor has been called to set foot into my
door for eyer four years past Fresh ripe
fruits arkasureI remedies for all ailments,
and theys not bard to take
pr Chapman put tho fifty into his
sWeazelskiD, and left with flea in bis ear
Ns1c En2iand Farncy