American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-10-13

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want any chowder. And third. could
not Afforded to pay for Eve extra suppers,
il the lot had fallen 10 me-
'Couldn't afford tl' repeated Walter
with Jingle OF unbehef in his tone.
No. returned lie other. L roud not.
/ used 10 'beoma aIsBd slways, sles any sucE
game, and ! iboughtit would be moan to
refuse. bat 1 have learned better. Letme
tell you how ! 6rstcams tosee The folly
Of being afraid to refuse spendin ny mon
ey fer nothing. Shall | tellyou?' 3.
Certainly returned Walter. who al
ready began to see something. ts..
We'll. pursue Niles, 'one noon as
was leaving home, my vile asked me for
a dollar. She wanted tito buy some
cloth with. l asked her il she could get
along without it. had only three dol,
lais with me. She said she really needed
the cloth. but if l bad not got any money
TO spare, she could get along. and went
away. That evening went into the sa-
loon, and we had a fine social time. Il
cost me just one dollar and BALI. l paid
the money willingly, without even one
thought of objection, and th n went home.
When entered the hall l heard my wife
tryiugto paciiy our Oldest child. The
little thing had expected new dress.
which had been promised Ter. and she felt
badly becanse she had not got it. =s-q
Watt" urged my wife, as the child
sobbed in her disappointment. = Papa
hasn't got the money now; but he'll have
some by-and by, and you shall have
pretty dress. Poor papa has to work
bard" ey s'55
+ 1.-The word smote me to the heart. ]
could not afford dollar to dress my little
child. but l could afford any amount for
the useless entertainment OF others? The
dollar which my needy wife could not get
when she asked for it. paid away almost
twice -fold for nothing. But il learned me
lesson. Iopened my eyes, and ! have
kept them open. On the very next morn.
! Jog ] afforded my wife the dollar, but ]
could not afford any more for The beer
| man. ! had NOT dreamed how much /
was wasting, and when stopped that leak
and allowed my funds to flow in their
| roper channel, 500 found that could
afford every reasonable comfort nay wife
and children needed. So stick to The
principle which has proved so beneficial
to my vile and family. Ah-what's tbst?
There's an animal in your garden, Wal
ter" ~"
They had reached tie garden fehce, and
by the dim statlight Walter could see
horned beast trampling among his sweet
corn. The bars had either been, let down
or booked down, and stray COW had cot
in. They drove her out. anil then Niles
went home. Walter saw the beast had
done considerable damage but be was not
angry. for he had something more to think
| Of He went and sat down beneath an
apple tree aud pondered.
Bless mo-. if he hasn't put the case
down about square?" he said 10 himself
at the end of some minutes meditation,---
Let me soc" be perused-"t there's sixiy>
seven cents for, chowder- 6fty cents for
ale---ffty for soda. And that within the
last three days. A dollar aud sixty y>seyen
cents | Is it possible? Over a hundred
| dollars . year! And yet | cant afford
4 two dollars for gate, nor FIVE dollars that
my family may have religious instruction
fora year, Walter Gray-y you lad better
tarn Ovsr a neU legfi'"' -...s. A..
| And Walter Gray did turn overs new
leaf On the very next day he did two
things, thereby astonishing two parties.
He had new gate made for the entrance
to the garden, and, thereby astonished bis
wife; and he refused to toss up, for the
alo, and thereby astorishsd acrowd of ex>
peetant thirsty ones. For month he
pursu ued this course, and by the expiration
Of that time be, could fully appreciate
the new blessings that were dawnlng up
on him. He discovered that he could af'
ford everything which the comfort Of hi
family demanded; and arriving at ihi'
result he had only cut loose from things
t which he really could not afford.
1t was wonder to him how be could
have been so foolish. When, at the enc
Of the year he had paid his note, and hac
ninety>two dollars left. ke felt at first al
though there must be some mistakei bu
when his wife went eyer their household
expenditures with him, and showed hin
that all they needed bad been bought ant
, paid for, he saw inst how it was, He sav
that for years he had been wasting hi
. substance and depriying himself and loyet
ones OF the comforts they needed--not in
tentionally, but through the strange mis-
, lake that leads thousands in the sam
, course. But he did SO no moro,
Sometimes. even now Walter Gray says
! I" can't afford IT," and says il very em
phatieally. too. But il is not when hi
i vile and children ask for comfort and JOY
: nor wheu the needy poor ssE for help an
I chsrity--fOr be can well afford all that
! but il. is when the wild speculation, OF th
loose, coppanion asks him to engage ]
q some game Of hazard which may lob him
: self aad family Of their substance. The
he says--and he repeats it il need be-
"CAxT AFFORD III
( NJ The timely showers and the war;
! waat her for the mast two weeks has imprt