Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-07-27

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ssYou wels!S. sxclaimsd >Groyer. IN
great surprise "Of courss you 90
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'sOf course not. Do ,yea think I
would sell land yielding me . revenue
Of three hundred dollars . syear, With
more in prospect, for atAedsand dsR
lars I" ryasg.,o
John Grover began to think he had
been acting foolishly. His own five
acreslot Vas equally as good ntnral-
ly, S9Fslr6eld's, st the Late sweuld
now Ach double lie price i uirket.
He decided to get some trees immsdi-
aasly. He did 500 but, could not be
prevailed upon to treat the lind gem
;erously a. Fairfield had done ); he con-
sidered that it was money thrown away.
Tie consequence was,t thAt his trees
advanced more slowly than his neigh
hor's, and it took nearly double the
time for th6m to reash lie Ame bear
ing condition With the latter. Never
theless he had taken one step In the
right direction. But, welded - he was
to his peculiar notions Of economy, It
WIS Impossible for him to give themnp
lot enoe. 3D.. 49,: a8 ,hllw ooo0
=, I have but ono more instance Of his
false economy::to relate, for the conse-
ouences which this sentsiled were so
serious that they opene1:his eyes effect
ually to tho error of his course which
he had been pursuing. One day as he
was ct work in the field, he saw .
stranger approaching him.
Good day." said the latter.
John Grove. returned his salutation,
and waited to have him unfold his bus
mess. This he proceeded to do a~s
81 am the agent of . fire. insurance
COMPANY" he said. 'sMay / inquire
whether your buildings are insured r!
Ono" said Grover. | & ( Il sS
ssThen l would advise you to'embrace
the present opportunity to secure them
from the contingency of Ere. The
company by whom | am employed are
prepared to do it on far terms"
1.-THE house has stood thirty years
without being burnt, and it isn't ct all
likely it will burn down now"
The agent smiled. "You might as
we'll say" he answered, "that because
a man has lived thirty years without
dying, there is no likelihood Of his
dying at all." - @y 1
GLOW much do you charge for insur.
ance ?"1 .
| 81 should judge that on your build
ings it would be about ten dollars {
year." = ~ .,D'l - .'.e ,''- :.
/ ssSuppese," said John Grover, tri-
umphantly, Fl had been paying tina
amount for the last thirty years dom
you see should have lost three hund
red dollars" :. sss4 y 49,
'sBut, if the house had burned down
you would have lost FIVE times tina
amount - 80 sen 49, l".-4. ,
ssBut it hasn't burnt down, and
haven't paid . cent" -. =.
"Your neighbor has had his hous
insured. s.. s,s8lial.-. $50 a2sl.s
| "Of course I knew he would. Fair
Geld is always spending his money TO
new tangled things"
| ssYet he seems to be prosperous. "
"Well, yes" said John Grover, re
luctantly, che gets along pretty well.
tsThen you don't think you'll in
sure ~ '7.,- .',l ~.
"Within q week, John Grover
house caught fire from some defect il
the chimney, which he did not thinl
worth attending to, and in q short tim
that and the out buildings, which wer
at a little distance, were 8 heap Of ruins
Fifteen hundred dollars were gone il
one night = -','.. >. .i. ss. -'
John Grover bitterly rspented tina
he had not insured his buildings. Thi
last severe lesson completed his re
, formation. E With the aid Of thous
and dollars, which his neighbor Fair
| field Yves in q sitdation to- lend him, b
put up new buildings, and from tina
time adopted more liberal policy e
At the end 6f ten years, in spite cf hi
} loss by fire, he was worth nearly twic
as much as if he had adhered to hi
old notions of economy.