Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-04-19

Why, Subsidiary, don't you know that
the man that makes the less, saves the more
always?
No, indeed, said he, l do not--nor / do
see the philosophy of-it--aud il you can,
you must have better eyes than the most Of
men.
Why, do you not remember what our
preacher said the other night, In his lecture,
or were you not there
Not IL never attend lectures. The
church is no place for me-
is it not Z And what place is for you ?
Way, some place where l can enjoy my
And spend yonr money?
l am not as close as you are, thank for
tune. If were l could save money too.
No, you are not so close as | am, and
yet how much do you give away in a year ?
Give Ikeyer give anything / am poor
myself A begger would be fool to come
to me, begging
What ! do you call yourself poor when
tou are making two dollars day?
But you should remember that have a
family to support.
Not half so large MS mine. have Ave
children, you only two.
And what do you give, since you are so
amazngingIy charitable 2
Oh give but little, comparatively -
say twenty dollars year, besides paying my
rent, taxes, church dues, etc, aud for the
newspaper.
Church dues 1 have none of them 10
pay, thank fortune.
You pay your taxes, OF course, anil for
yonr newspaper
Not Of cOarse, cxactly-whcn l am out.
witted, | do, sometimes.
don't understand you-what do you
neon by being outwtted
That has nothing to do with the question
the question is, how you save more money
than l, when you make less.
Well, III tell you. | stay at home and
attend to my own business when not at
work for my employers.
Now, Harry, | want none Of your inSiua.
tions. Can't man attend bowling alley
now and then, or go into a saloon, without
being jeered at or kicked about like foot.
ball or even take glass Of lager bier, if
he feels like it
A man can't go to any place and spend
his money and keep 1t. Can he do that !?
tell me-
No that is all very true, and who doubts
it And if so to a salaOn | never spend
over half dime.
That is ten cents, according to Franklin's
arithmetic, for lie saysa penny saved is two
pence clear, you know.
And what is two pence or ten cents ?
Does anybody ever feel that ? Suppose that
| ain ten cents poorer to-day than | was
yesterday, shall | mourn over it ? And yet
you would go into mourning about it, pre-
>ume-pcrhaps shed tears over it.
A man in his purse is like lean anma
in his body. If be begins TO grow poore
he keeps on so, till he is worth nothing a
all mere skeleton pecuniarily !
That would do better for your preacher
10 say than you, and if he practiced whal
he breaches he would do better still
have nothing to do with the preachers
practice. If can look out for No. /, thai
is enough for me- 70 his own master eve
ry one stands or fallS-the preacher and
all.
Then why cau't you let me alone
/ can, on one condition.
What is thOt, pray!
Why that ten years hence your wife shal
not come to me with subscription paper
TO pay the expenses of your funeral? Tel
cents day for ten years would pay thai
and leave a handsome surplus for her bene
fit. 1t might even pay all your debts be
side.
How long have you been looking into thc
future.
Ever since first saw men of your STAMP
aud noticed their end l have seen tha
those who spend ten cents day for moth
ing soon have nothing to spend.
Well, wish no spies on me- am my
own man.
How often do you 60 into the saloon anC
spend dime there?
That's my own business not yours.
Not mine, if you will SO aud buy your
coffin now.
Do you think am going to die any
quicker for going into saloous?
Yes, poorer too-oh! so poor that you
family will not mourn over you, nor an,
body else-but your own set.
A great many respectable men visi
saloons
OF course they do, aud they are on th
road to ruin, too.
Oil you are our conservator, | see?
NJ, not that exactly, but the town is.
am not on the town. Do you thinl
that am pauper?
Not yet, but you will be soon. You re
member Old Billy Grafton. He was wortl
his thousands till he pstronzed barrooms
and he died in the poor House--poor fel
low!
Why you speak as if were almost owe
the dam.
Certainly do for you are in principle
and when man is lost in principle there /
no hope for him. If man is thief .
heart won't he steal If he can get chance
and if be steals, won't he go to the Stat
Prison, whore will he 60 next?
Oh! you deal in extravagance, and al
ways did-except in money.
In my expenses l am not extravagant,
confess it.
No, you are niggardly there-you woul'
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