Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-11-08

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Let Sour first ca be, then independence.
Without rccuuiary Independence You are
not even intellectually free with independ-
ence even tlpvrgh Il he gained through some
occupation which you endure as drudgery
still, out Of the twenty four hours, there
win always be some hours for the occupo-'
tion in which you delight,
Independence Independence the right
and the mower TO follow the bent of your
genius, without fear Of the bailifI aud dun,
should be your FIRST iu0exibe oin. 70 at
tain indedenpeuco, so apporiion your ex-
penditure as to spcud less thau you have or
Yen earn. Make this rule Imperative. J
know of none better. 10y by something
every year, if Il be but a shilling. A shiIl'
ing laid BY net and clear from debt, is
receipt in full of all claims in the past, aud
you 20 on with light foot and light heart
10 the future. How an ] to save aud ay
by saith the author, or any other man
of wants more large than bis means. The
answer is obvious-lf you cannot increase
your means. then you must diminish your
wants. Every skilled laborer of fair repute
eau earn enough not TO stnrvc, and Sur
plus beyend that bare sulticiency Yet
many q skilled laboTer suffers moro from
positive priyalion han the unskillcd rural
peasnnt. Why Because he encourages
wants in excess of his means. x
lie who has saved for one year hnds 'he
security, pleasure and pride in it luxury
so great that bis invention will be quicken
ed to keep IL. Lay by lay 10y What
makes the capital Of uatlons ? Savings
nothing else. Neither nations nor men are
safe against fortune, unless they can hit on
system by which they save more than
they spend. When that system is once
established, at what o ratio capital accu
mulates What resources the system
gradually develbpes In that Que maxim
is the.secrct Of Englaud's greatness Do
you think it mean to save more than you
spend You do in that what alone gives
your country lis rank in the universe The
system go grand for an empire cannot be
mean for citizen.
Well, we have now added another rule
TO the cannons prescribed to the manage
meut of money Save more than you
spend. Whatever your means be, So ap
portion yourswants that your means may
exceed them Every man who earus bu
los week can do this if be pleases, What
ever he may say to the contrary ;.for, /
no can live upon l0s q week, be eau live
gpon 9s. Id.
In this rule mark The emphatic disinctO
between poverty aud nccdine,s. Poyerl.
is relative, aud therefore not ignob!e need
iness is positive degradation. Ii 1 hav
ouly 4f00 year, am rich as compared
with The majority Of my cOHDtfymen If
have 25, 900 year, may be poor com
pared with the majority of my associates
aud very poor compared to my next door
neighbor. With either of these incomes
may be positively free from ueediness
With the 500 o year-l may ueedno man.
help may at least have my crust o
bread and liberty But with 95, 900 yeal
may dread ring at my bell | may
have my tyranical masters in servants
whose wages cannot pay /; my exile ma!
be at the iat of the long suffering man wh'
enters n judgment against me a; Tor the ties
that lies nearest to my heart, some Shyloc
mny 5e dusting his scales aud whetLing h
kniIe. Nor is this an eSageraIion. Som
Of the neediest men / ever knew have
nominal 95, 200 year. Every man
needy who spends more Than be has Il
man is needy WHO spends less. | may s
III manage my money that with $4,000
year purchase the worst evils of puvert
terror aud shame may SO well ma
age my money that with 4l00 year
purchase the best blessings of wealth
safety and respect -BtackpOed'S 1IagaztR