Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-04-16
RYE COFFEE.
now SAMUEL AwL WAS CONVERTED.

you the subjects of our tale Mr.. Samuel
Awl, and hls neighbor, Peter Saw
Samuel Awl is a gentleman Il knight
of the last good natured, industrious
sort OF fellow, a man Of principle and
sound common sense, and highly esteem
ed by all who know him. His neighbor,
Peter Saw, follows The occupation of Jos
seph OF old, and ls a gentleman in the full
acceptation OF the term; man OF great
disccrnment, fond ofreading, well inform
ed and prodigy In figures. An indlvd>
uai in whose company any one may spend
an occasional leisure hour, agreeably and
protit0bly lie is man in easy ClrCum.
stances the result, not Of stingness, but
Of unit ring industry and rigid economy
ana the father Of an interesting family Of
tlX children, four boys and two girls. His
| political tencts are, as matter Of course ;
nt the Democratic order. No sensible
being, as you wei! know, will believe in
any other creed
Well then, it 50 happened one day, or
rather evening, OF last week, that we
found ourselves at friend Peter Saws. On
entering the spacious kitchen, we found
the entire family congregated there. The
female portion industriouSly plying their
needles the boys pcrusng some Of the
lalest papers, Others their books Mrs,
Saw was busily preparing the evening re-
past, while the old gentleman was cXtoll-
ing the virtues Of Rye Coffee to his
ncjghbor, Samuc! Awl.
Darn your rye slop,' exclaimed the lat
ter, give me the real, genuine stuff, am
determined to have it so long as money
will buy it,
We'll every one to his liking, replied
or old friend, You prefer and can af-
fo'd Rio, say use IT,
BY this time supper was announced, and
feeling something Of an appetite. we
gladly accepted an invitation extended to
ia. Not so neighbor Awl. Thank you, !
! had my supper, said he. 'Can'tyou man.
age few cups CT coffee? ! know tha!
you arc fond of it, hence you may as well
sit b.. few cups on top Of your sup.
per won't hurt YOU Neghl or Awl, vino
| by the Na", is . grea' lover Of that article,
could no longer resist the kind invitation
of Mrs. Saw. So, occupying the profiered
seat, lie soon dispatched the contents Of
his cup. 1t was rerlenished second
time. Saw gave us a knowing Wink
We understood him. When Awl suffer.
ed his cup to be filled II thild time, Saw
could hardly keep from laughing. won't
you take another cup, neighb0r Awl? in,
qurcd Mrs. Saw 'Wcl., don't care if
do there is not woman in our parts
that can make better cup Of coffee than
YOU do Thank you for the compll.
ment, rcjoined the lady. The cup, the
fourth time in succession, was again filed
and Awl cmpted it in double quick time.
At this Mr.. Saw could preserve his gravl-
ly no longer, ard we, for obvious reasons,
could not but join in his laugh.
AYl was puzzlcd-he did not know what
to make Of it,.
i lhou .,ht you did not like rye slop|
inquired Saw.
you doH't mean 20 say
THAT you have drunk Rye coffee, in
tcrrupted oar old friend.
WAS il? We'll, to be honest, must say
It was very good. Upon my soul it was
excellent, exclaimed Awl.
'Didn't tell You that there wasn't
much difference between the two? In.
that the one is Rye, while the other is
Ri o. humorou,ly responded ourworthy
friend.
Now, although Mr.. Avis prejudice was
by this time somewhat overcome, he still
coalcnded that, having to live but once,
he might as well feast upon the best in
the market and as in this case the saw
ing would not amount to much-only a
few pennies per pound, Why otuse Rio?
Quoth Saw 1T is true the saving on a
single pound amounts TO but trife, yet
it is theaggregatc amount Of needless eXr
pcnditure which we must take into con-
sdeI ration, TO arrive at proper estimate.
| Many n little makes mckle' as Poor
Richard says. Did you ever make a cal
culatlon as to the extent your means
would be taxed you should continue to
live as you didin the pallny days of Dem
! ocratlc rule, when peace and prosperity
reigned throughout our land p
i have never bothered my head much
about such matters replied Samuel Awl.
'Ifyou didn't did, and can show you
my accounts if you wish to see them
Go ahead, responded our friend of the
last
At this junctrro, Mr.. Saw retired to his
desk, took out paper and sundry ac.
count books and proceeded. BY refer
ence TO my accounts, | find the quantity
of Groceries consumed by US during the
year 1860, and the cost Of the same, to
have been as follows:
80 gallons OF moiasses at so cents, SIS 90
1875 pounds Sugar at cents, 10
20 pounds Rice at E cents, 20
81 pounds Coffee at l6 cents, s 30
pound Tea, 90
50 plugs Tobacco at cents, 3 II
Amounting 10 S37 l9
To purchase the same quantity and