The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-01-25
'OLUME xII.-NUMBER 4
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The city editor Of the New York Tribune
tells the following story Of q poor widow Of
that city: ','I.
"Ihad," she said, " one day last week,
only one dime in the world, and that was TO
feed me and my four children all day; for l
would not ask for credit and could notbor-
row, and never did beg. did live thro'
the day, and I did not 90 hungry. fed
myself and family with one dime"
"Howw
"Oh, that was not all. bought fuel,
too." ..
"what, with one dimc?'
"Ya, with one dime. I bought two
cents worth Of coke, because that is cheapcr
than coal, and besides could kindle itwith
a piece Of paper In my little bits of charcoal
that some crelers boy had dropped In the
street just in my path. With three cents
| bought shaggy piece Of salt pork, half
Fat and half lean. There might have been
half a pound ofit-thc man did not weigh
it. Now halfmy money was gone, and tho
show for breakfast, dinner, and supper, was
certainly very poor one. With the rest
of my dime | bought four cents worth Of
white beans. BY the by, got these at
night, and soaked them In tepid water ON q
neighbor's stove. till morning. / had ono
cent left bought one cents worth of corn
meal, and the grocery man gave me red
pepper pod"
"What was that for?"
"Wait a little-you shall know. or all
tho things, peppers and unions are appre.
ciatcd by the poor in winter, because they
help to keep them warm. With my meal
made three dumplngs, and those, with tho
pork and pepper pod, I put into the pot
with the beans and plenty ofwater (for the
pork was salty and boiled the whole two
hours, and then we had breakfast, for II was
time for the children to go to school. We
ate ono Of the dumplings and each had
plate Of the soup for breakfast, and q very
good breakfast II was"
al kept my pot boiling as long as my
coke lasted, and at dinner we ate half the
meat, half the soup and one Of the dump
lings. We had the same allowance for sup
per and the children were better satisfied
than have sometimes seen them when our
food has cost Eve times as much. The next
day We had another dime--it was all could
earn, for all could get to do-two pairs Of
mems drawers each day, at Eve cents pair
and on that We lived well. We had q
change, too, for instead Of the corn meal
and beans, ! got four cents worth Of oat
meal, and one cents worth Of potatoes
small potatoes, because l could get more Of
them. washed them clean 10 rs not to
waste anything by pairing, and cut them up
up and boiled them all to pieces with tho
meat and meal
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