Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-08-29

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'Pew-rent, six dollars said the hus
band promptly.
Here it is, answered she, pointing tt
the entry in the book. Try again
Season ticket on the railroad, twen
ty.'
1 have it.
Saving wood
Entered
Charles reflected a moment the cas-,
began to look desperate.
New Innings for the cooking stove
'Here-two dollars
Cleaning the clock
'One dollar-here it is
Mr.. Converse began to look hopeless
My taxes
We'll, | have not got that
But that was the only thing he coulC
mention of these necessary expenses tha
was not found to be regularly entered OF
his wifcs book. Still Mr.. Converse wa
not satistic
Your figures cannot be correct Mary.
said he.
why not ,
My salary is all used up. and you ca,
account for only four hundred and nine
tytwo dollars of it,
You must explain the balance
L! Why. Mary, have not been ex
travagant. It is true, | buy graa
many little things in the course of the
year, but they are hardly worth the men
ton
'Ah there's the mischief, That i
where the money goes, you may depcr,
upon it.
Nonsense You women don't un
derstand these things
of course we don't
We'll Your figures show that 20,
don't. Where has the three hundrc,
dollars gone to them
Il don, know, Charley. l haven
the least idea. am sure that hav
got down all the items that came within
my knowlege | am positive that yo,
have brought home no article of an
description that has not been entered up
on the book mean the articles of foo,
AMI clothing, and things for the house
But Just look at it moment. Io,
don't mean to say that | have spen
three hundred dollars over and above OIL
necessary expenses = said Charles a lit
tie warmly.
! i don't mean to say anything about 1t
for | 'lon't know anything about it.
Now | think of it, there's my life in.
surancc haze you got that down
i have not.
There is forty of the hundred
/ but it leaves two hundred and sixty
eight dollars unaccountcd for
Il. would take great while to collec
money enough to build a house. even i
the whole OF this sum We're saved.
Not a great while, Charles. -io,
know my father has promised to givt
you the land when you have the mean
to build house uponi',
1t will be long time, laughed tht
husband.
Five or six years, perhaps If you art
prudent. Hasn't the President OF YOU
bank promised you thousand.a 4 year !:
Yes
Then you can certainly save four hun
drcd dollars year
There is thousand things we want
when my salary is raised
But we can do without them.
Il suppose we can.
Just look here, Charles.
Mrs. Converse took from her pocket q
circular issued by the People Saving
Bank, in which the accumulation of sew
eral small sums deposited weekly anc
quarterly, we,c arranged in table.
Fifty dollars deposited every quarter
will net in five years, one thousand one
hundred and forty one dollars twenty-five
cents:' continued she, reading from the
circular.
Bah = added Mr.. Converse.
That sum would build very comfor
table house and when your salary is /
thousand dollars a year you can saw
more than fifty dollars a quarter.
a five per cent, institution, isn't 1t :
asked the young man.
But he was much impressed by thu
reasoning of his wife, and in the coarse
of the evening he carefully read the CIR
cular Of the Peoples Savings Bank.
Certainly he had every inducement TO
being saving and economical. He hae
lived very cheaply in small house be
longing to his father-i n-law, for which
he paid merely nominal rent.
His wifes father was a wealthy farmer
or rather had been farmer, before hi
domain was invaded by the march of i'm
provement, his pastures and moving lot
laid out into house lots. As it was. HI
still, from the force of habit, improved
few acres, kept a couple of cows,
'henery.' and half dozen pigs.
Chales Converse found this proximit.
to the 'old folks at home, rather salts
factory, in pecuniarv as we'll as socia
point of view, for his larder was partial
iy stocked from the farm 4; and, o
course, no account was ever made o
half pig, barrel of apples or potatoes
or pair of chickens. Milk and egg
were so much better and fresher from
l.pa's," that of course the young couple
never desired to obtain them from any