Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-09-16
From the N. Y. Weekly Mail.

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dugent every Ole, including himself People who
have gay young friends have observed that in the matter
of luXuries they uniformly weak good cigar, for
instance object Of interest to these Eighty persons
they usually indeed, lone good cigar. My gay young
friend benevoenty permits himself to smoke from three
to six per diem of those enticing ros-three being es
sental to his comfort and six to perfect happiness
Like other gay young who fun1igae, he thinks the
moneys he dsburses for tobacco bring him good reurns
for what he for bullion, except that with it he can
| buy contentment? Now he hates your saving man,
your twopenny economizer whom he stgmatizes with
epthes which vary with his moods, Ole of the most
common being misery wietch,' and another, stupid
money-hugger" With all his faults love my spright
friend indeed only that his garments smell of some
thing which he thinks is better than frankncense and
myrrh should, perhaps, in my fonder moods some
| times embrace him.
:" Why ac1H you smoke ?" once exclaimed, in an
agony Of commisseration. "Why wW you eat" he
said not without some feeble attempt at mimcry OF my
manner.
He came in to me the other day, wearing porten-
tous look and rowning much he frowns. The
phrase stupid moneybugger having escaped him as be
crossed the threshold had misgivng he had found
another" misery wretch He began at once to verify
my surmise by asking my attention to little paragraph
which he said he had lately in the papers so often
he almost sick 1t rea ed to certain niddeaged
gentleman, who, it asserted the authority of the
Erentmg Post, twenty-five years ago took notion to
the daily stagehre, the thought of which dsburse
ment had probably for some time worried him at night
by bravey Wang to his Office from his home in Bleeck
erstrtet ln five years he had saved at least $780, grant
ing him to have uniformly faced the unpropitious ee
and had out IS worth of boots breeches
ect leaving clear balance of $25 in favor of pedestrian
ism. Many another mddeaged gentleman would consider
aching joints sun-strokes wet Jackets rheumatism falls
the ice etc, etc. together with time lost, etc. all
ply compensated by this yearly saving of five dollars
Rejecting on the matter and Doubtless getting into quite
glow OF enthusiasm we may imagine this worthy gen.
teman in the prime of life revolving in bis mind
of magniyng his ingenious scheme of retrenchment by
the cutting off some other useless expenditure. Coming
to think OF It, he had none, thanks to former seldeny
ing acts OF his congress- That u.s. leaving out cigars.
! Now man who smokes two three cigars day, as
this weseasoned gentleman is reported to have done,
is unquestionaby fond Of smoking-Uery fond of smok
j ing. Undoubtedly his custom to take after
each OF the more important meals, and sometimes one
after tea. It pulled hard Il know it did) but he knew
his duty. Perhaps there fifty left in his box he
nigh smoke them? No; they could be sold for three
hundred pence and the money given to the poor mean
ing himself The quotation is all right if you change pence
to cents He sold them and made hundred per cent hay
ing bought them for $50 per 1000 This neat little opera
on quite reconcied him to his plan for at least half
day so but who over-estimate the pangs, the
quams, the yeanngs, the misgivngs of the next six
weeks MONTHS queed only by the beati6c vision of
the amount current bills; of his first years savings
What agOnles pei haps felt not but fifty times
OF morning, as he passed the cgarstores his pain
full tramp, and gazed with longing eyes the forbidden
+ weed Heavens how the passing scent of a mild Ha-
vana would torment him What pathos is i'll his trem-
uous voice he refuses the proered gift-what rank
hypocrisy when he his friend he found the prac
tice injured him, and he had to give it up How he
renes upon that hypocrisy by exhortng bis listener to
take his advice and follow his example And how he in
wardy cOmmends and enves that stubborn person. who
winds up the chat with the reply that 1t does hurt
! SOme.
This is all very WE'LL but where is our gay young friena
with his paragraph Always polite, he stands, rather
SITS awaiting good pleasure and at this very moment
y is sending procession of rings from his mouth,
which is very pretty thing for smo ker to do, but it is
apt to damage his appearance. Without even look of
reprOach to show his of the slight had put upon
him. lie clears his throat and reads the remainder of the
paragraph which give with the sentence preced-
: ing -
Twenty years ago. being convinced of the evil and
spent in cigars amounting to only two three daily He
has adhered to resolution since and the of
has reached this day $780,
. Now then lsten" said the acute though mercurial
youth, drawing slip of paper from his vest pocket
" See knock that statement into flinders ~ or in
n other words small pieces.
He says two or three cigars day call it three.
In year that is 1O95 cigars In 20 years. 81 900
Wouldn't like to see EN- all in pile Suppose he
bought 'em at retail-which amt at all likeIy-and
paid SIX cents apiece that's ST 3i4 and not cent
o more, sir !"
Perhaps ventured to suggest in the term lit
tie expenditures is included stage-hre, Also"
Il thought of that, too," cried friend triumph
call it six. Take out Sundays and he saves, at twelve
t cents day $3l 30 year In twenty years that is
$75l 70 Add 1t to tOther amount, and you have in
ALL $2O65 20. There, sir, nothing make it cent
8 more That's more than $500 below the statement
But take the probabilities An economical man. like
this tine old elderly gentleman, would buy his cigars by
: the box, and he wouldn't pay cent than $50
thousand Tor EN- That's three cents piece which
cuts Oft half the cigar bill the first slap! Then remem-
Der that storms, etc. would oen obge the old fellow to
take little comfort. Then think OF the extra wear and
tear. Why, bis boot bill alone would be $50 extra ev-
i cry year Thats-twenty times thirty-$6OO more to
come out Then his clothes especially his pants would
, wear ont twice as fast, at the least calculation Oh
e hang 1t " was my excitabe young friends emphatic
phrase, as he rose to CO. the is an ASA stupid
money-hugger-a cursed misery wretch On the whole,
he don't $40 year, with all his misery Cali
D 1t fifty and then he's | wouldn't give that for
him " SAID my young ren, in conclusion, swapping his
fingers. His last words spoken in the doorway,
and he managed to make them wonderfully emphatic by
giving the door prOdigious slam Immediately after
For few minutes-such is the power of earnestness
and real eloquence-I almost sided with my gay young
t friend. G1ACoMo
SELLING A CoLoRED PERSON IN ILL1NoIs-Recently
free colOred man, named George Bowlin was put up
on the block at Carrolton Greene county, Illinois, and
sold to the highest bidder. His offence violation
OF the law which prohibits the immigration of coored
persons into the State Having been tried and found
guilty he was fined S63, and not being able to paw the
money, he was sold to Mr. Felix Morton for sixteen
months. 1t does not appear that this little transaction
IN human flesh created any convusve excitement among
t the philanthropists of that State.
SAD ACC1DENT.-We regret to hear this morning
that the Plank Road Bridge over Little River at Muir
chsons Factory gave way yesterday afternoon, while
wagon loaded with -four passing over. The wagon
and mules thrown into the river and two of the
r mules were drowned
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