Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-04-20
VOLUME III. NO. 26
9 One dollar a niece %

I N~-. BaCNcs
'No-one dollar. You seem surprised
but we have reckoned il over and over
IL cost more at first, but now we have
learned TO live both better and cheaper: so
that we have q clear surplus of four dol
las week, after paying all expenses Of
rent, light, water. clothing and food.
do not count Injuries. such as an evening
at the theatre, a concert, or a treat 10 onr
friends when we give a party
know smile. came over my face for
he continued:
Yes, give party; and we have soms
pleasant ones l assure you. Sometimes
We have a dozen guests, which is quite
enough for comfort, and our treat Of choc-
o!ate, cakes, blaucmange. &C., costs as
much as two dollars; but this is not very
often. Out of our surplus-which comes
yol see, to two hundred dollars year we
have bought all you see. and have money
in the bank
{ see it all, said I; all but the living,
Many a mechanic spends more than that
for segars, to say nothing of liquor. Pray
tell me precisely how YOU live.'
With pleasure. First of all, then, I
smoke no segars, and chew no tobac 90, and
Mary takes no snuff
Here the pleasant smile came in, but
there was no interruption, for Mary seemed
to think her husband knew what he was
about, and could talk very we'll without her
aid
havenot drank glass of liqror since
the day l vas married. except glass of
wine about fourtimes year. on Christmas.
New Years, Fourth of July, and Willie's
birth day. The last is our urcspecial holiday.
have read enough Of physiology to mako
up my mind that tea and coffee contain no
nutrimsnt, and are poisonous besides
and l tried vegetable diet long enongh to
like 1t better than mixed one, and to find
that 1t agrees with me better and as we
have read anteexperimented together, of
cours Mary thinks as / do
But do you eat and drink asked,
curious to see how far this self-taught
philosopher had progressed iu the law of
health
Come this way, and I will show you
he said, taking the light and leading the
way into capacious store-room. Here.
first of all is mill, which cost me twelve
sh llings. 1t glinds all my grain, gives
me the freshest and most beautiful meal and
saves tolls and profits. This is barrel of
wheat buy the best, and am sure that
it's clean and good. 1t costs less than
three cents pound; and pound of wheat
a day. you know, is food enough for any
man. We make it into bread, mush, pies
and cake. Here is barrel of potatoes
This is hominy. Here are some beans, q
box of rice, tapioca, macaroni. Hers is
barrel of apples. the best that l can find in
Fulton Market. Here is box of suger,
an this is our butter jar. We take
quart of country milk a day; buy the
rest of our living by the box or barrel.
where l can get it best and cheapest. Max
ing wheat-eaten as mush or bread, and all
made without bolting-and potatoes, or
rice, the staple, you can easily SEQ that o
dollar week for provisions is not ouly
ample but allows Of a healthy and almost
luxurious variety; for the rest we ca: green
vegetables, fruit and berries in their season.
In the summer we lrave strawberries and
peaches, as soon as they are ripe and good.
Mary will get mp dinner from these mate
rals at the cost Of shilling, better than
the whole bill offare at the Astore House.
was satisfied. Here was comfort, in
telligence, taste, and modest luxury, all
enjoyed by humble mechanic who knew
how to live, at the cost have mentioned.
How much complaining mightibe saved
how mnch genuine happiness enjoyed
how much Of evil and suffering might be
prevented if all the working men in New
York were as wise as WILLIAM CARTaR
l never shook man or woman by the
hand with more hearty respect than when
said Good night to this happy couple
who, in this expensive city, are living in
luxury and growing rich on eight dollars
week, and making the bench offs shoe
maker chair of practical philosophy.
Reader ifyou are inclined to profit by
this little narrative, need not write out
any other moral than the injunction Of
Scripture Go AND DO LIKEWISE