Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-06-23
yrom de Maine Farmer.

LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS.
we don'tlike stinginess. Wedon'tlike econ
omy" when it comes down to Tagsand starvation.
We have no sympathy with the notion that the
stand still while the rest oftho world moves for
ward. It Bno mans duty to deny himself eve
Fyamusement, every luxury, every recreation,
every comfort that he may get rich. 1t ts no
mans duty to make an Iceberg of himself to
shut his eyes and ears 70 the sutferings of his
felioWRsand to deny himselft the enjoyment that
results from generous actions, merely that he
.sInay hoard wealth for his heirs to quarrel about.
But there's vet an economy which Is every
mans duty, and which is especially commenda-
bic in the man who struggles with poverty, an
economy which is consistent with happiness, and
which must be pTactlced, iflthe poor man would
secure independence.
II is every mans privilege, andit becomes his
duty, to live within his means; not up to but
within them. Wealth does not make the man,
we admit, and should never be taken into the
account in our judgment of men.
gBnteompetcnce should be secured when it can
sbe; and It almost always can be, by the practice
Of economy and self-denial to only a tOleFable ex-
tent. 1tshould be secured, not so much for 9TH
.efs to look upon, or to raise us in the estimation
of others. as to secure the consciousness of in
dependence, and the constant satisfaction that is
derived from its requirement and possession:
We would like to impress this single fact up-
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.pcrnsc this short article, thati tits possible forhim
to rise above poverty, and that the path to inde-
pendence, though beSet with tolls and selE-sacri-
ice, is much pleasanter to the traveller tian any
1one he can enter upon.
The man who feels that he is earning some
thing more than he is spending, will walk the
streets with a much lighter heart, and enter his
home with q much more cheerful countenancc,
than he who spends as he goes, rails gradually
tbehindh his necessities in acquiring the means OF
meeting them.
Next to the slavery Of intemperance there is
no slavery on earth moro CALLING than that of
poverty and Indebtedness. The man who is
a~yery6ody'a debtor is ~eveTybody's slave, and in
muet worse condition than he who serves q
single MASTER
For the sake Of the present. then, as well as
for tho sake Of the future, we would most ear
nestly urge upon every working man to live
within his means. Let him lay by something
every day4if but q penny, be It a penny-it is
better than nothing; infinitely better than rum
ming IN debt q penny q day, or q penny a week.
If he can earn q dollar let him Try, fairly and
faithfully, the experiment Of living on190 cents.
Hewil4iksit
Rapeople VIII laugh LetthemiRugh. tsThey
s~GftleaIl mt stingy.p Better to call you. stingy
than say ~you.donot pay your debts. 'sThey
live In a finer house, and attend conccrtsandthe
ptay house Letthem wonder, for q while; 1t
wont hurt them, and It certainly won't you
yand by you can have a fine house and fine
furniture Of your own, aud they viii wonder
a9ain, and come billing and cooling around you,
ifsc many pleased fools Try 4 Live with
n your means