Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-10-17
BUY ONLY WHAT YOU WANT.

To buy only what you want, is maxim as
old, almost, as society itself, and at the pre-
sent time is one which it would be well to
bear in mind Spending money, in fact. is a
vice common to human nature. Where one
man degrades himself by being miser, ten
run constant peril of running themselves by
extravaganza. 1t is so fine to have elegant
furniture, to live in handsome house, or to
dress ones wife and children in rich apparel,
that it requires an unusual degree OF trmness
to resist temptation.
If all were compelled to pay cash for such
qualifications, there would be some slight
check on this tendency to useless expendi-
ture-but credit is so easily obtained in this
country, and buyers are 80 sanguine Of being
ready when settling day comes, that thou
sands Of families are induced. annually, to
cripple their future comforts by indulging IN
present follies Half the men who reach old
age impoverished, and perhaps even larger
portion owe their dependent condition to that
saddess Of all times, to early extravaganza.
five were to buy only what we wanted,
this would not be. We are far from recon-
mending niggardly parsimony. for one OF
the purposes Of wealth is that it should be
distributed for the encouragement OF trade
and the arts. But still even the wealthlest,
with few exceptions, frequently buy what
they do not want, while those less favored
constantly violate this golden rule: The
wife, charmed by new style of dress, lavish
OF her money upon it. often to the neglect OF
some more necessary article. The father,
proud of his daughter, thinks no expense too
great to crafty her whims. The young man.
fond Of display, does not stop to count the
cost when he rushes into useless expendl-
ture. The fashionable couple, who like to be
surrounded with mirrors, pictures, and hne
furniture generally, are apt to squander
money disproportionately on such costly van
ities. Yet all learn, sooner or later to re,
greet what they have done, since they add
nothing to their happiness. orange Ch'on-
icle.
SurTEE IN ISDIA-The Delhi Gazette
gives details of the recent suttee near Han
see. On the 10Th Of June last Choomar
died, and his widow insisted on immolating
herself on his pyre. The villagers. aware Of
the criminality of the act. tried to prevent
her, but she declared she was inspired, and
cursed ali who should attempt TO oppose her.
Fearful Of the curse. her neighbors proceeded
to make the necessary preparations but
meanwhile sent information to the near
est police station. eight miles on: The
thanadar took no steps to prevent the &C.
currence. Bearing "mala" in one hand,
and cocoanut in the other, the widow,
Nunno. assembled the pile at sunrise. The
nearest relative Of her husband applied the
fire, while crowds looked ON quietly. The
village has been fined 80 rupees, and the
Choomars who carried the wood and the
lumberdars have been sentenced to ten
years imprisonment. The thanadar and the
whole of the police have been dismissed by
order of the Lieutenant Governor.
The Lord Mayor of London has m allow
.nce Of about E7900; it is generally cited as
.fS0OO, but it is barely SO much. 1T vari-
able, even to the extent of tlO,0Oo year.
more or less, owing to portion OF 1t beng
derived from dues on frHit. His household
At the Mansion House consists ot twenty
gentlemen, and he has good retinue OF
servants. He has to provide his own horses,
and has to find carriage and horses for the
LADY Nayoress. The expenses of the May
orally usually exceed the allowance BY about
5000.
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