Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-11-13

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house upon it."
cit will be a long while," laughed the
husband.
"Five or six years, perhaps, if you are
prudent. Hasn't the president of your bank
promised you a thousand dollars year?'
dyes"
"Then you can certainly save four hun
dred dollars year"
"There isa thousand things we want when
my salary is raised"
"But we can do without them"
~ suppose we can."
"Just look here, Charles"
Mrs. Converse took from her pocket cir
cular issued from the "People's Savings
Bank" in which the accumulations of seve-
raj small sums deposited weekly and quar-
terly, were arranged in table.
"Fity dollars deposited overy quarter will
net, in five years, one thousand one hundred
and forty-one dollars and twenty-five cents !"
continued she reading from the circular.
"Bah ~ added Mr.. Converse.
"That sum would build a very comforta-
bic house and when your salary is thou
sand dollars year you can save more than
fifty dollars quarter"
"A five percent institution, isn't it" ask
ed the young man."
But he was much impressed by the rea-
soning of his wife, and in the course of the
evening he carefully read the circular of the
"People's Savings Bank"
Certainly he had everyinducement for be-
ing saving and economical. He had lived very
cheaply in small house belonging to his
father-in-law, for which he paid merely
nominal rent.
His wife's father was wealthy farmer, or
rather he had been farmer, before his do
main was invaded by the march of improve
ment, and his pastures and moving lots laid
out in into house lots. As it was, he still,
from the force of habit, improveda few acres,
kept couple of cows a "henery," and half
a dozen pigs.
Charles Converse found his proximity to
the sold folks at home" rather satisfactory,
in pecuniary as we'll as a social point Of
view, for his larder was partly stocked from
the farm; and, of course, no account was
ever made of barrel of apples or potatoes.
or pair of chickens. Milk and eggs were
so much better from "pa's," that of course
the young couple never desired to obtair
them from any other source.
They lived cheaply, and lived in clover be-
sides. Charles never liked to talk about fl
nancial matters with "pa," because the
worthy old gentleman used to tell how he
lived on a hundred and fifty dollars a yeal
after he was married-thought he had fa
salary, and supposed, of course, he saved
four hundred dollars year out of it-and al
ways wound up by saying that he would give
him lot-might take his pick out of al
he owned-whenever he got ready to build
All these things rather worked upon Char
les Converse. He hadn't saved a dollar
and, what was more, there was no present
prospect that he would ever do so. Tht
promised advance in salary was already ap
propriated to sundry luxuIes. The idea o.
taking Mary to the opera, or a pleasant tril
to the Niagara, and other amjabilities, hat
taken possession of him.
But the reasoning of his wife had pro
duced a strong impression upon his mind
She had been brought up in the strictes
habits of'economy. Here father, thougl
rich, had an army of children; but the.
were all wealthy in their thrifty habits.
Charles read over and over the circular o
the Savings Bank in the evening, figured
up the statistics, and wondered what had be
come of that two hundred and sixty-eigh
dollars.
Before he went to bed he had matured ;
resolution, though he did not say word tt
his wife about it.
The next day Charles Converse received ;
quarters salary, andh first step was to visi
the Peoples Savings Bank where he deposi
ted fifty dollars.
But the hundred and fifty dollars which
he had left burned in his pockets. 1t wa
all he had to carry him through the ensu
, ing three months. There were dozen lit
things that he wanted, and dozen big one
for that matter. Against the latter be reso
lutely set his face, though, in consideration
of the fact that his salary would be thou
sand dollars year, after the next pay day
he had week before made up his minc
to have them.
Among other things, his cigar case wa
empty, and he stepped into Seavy's, in Con
gress Street, to have it replcnished. Segar
were luxury-in fact, necessity to him
in his own opinion.
The gentlemany proprietor OF the estab
lishment, placed box Of the fragant roll
upon the counter.
D "somcthiug new" said he.
Charles took up handful and smelt them
c "Best segars in the market" continued tn
4 vender
. "Tip-top," replied Charles, inhaling tn
e grateful odor. GLOW do you sell them?'