The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-01
Virtue Of ECONOMY.


Economy is as much the eiFt Of firth
as poetic gift, or any other element of
genius. Some men are naturally manag
RS. 1t is scarcely matter Of instinct
FROM their childhood, We see traces Of
this disposition with many happy pst.
sons. Ii only takes larger 6ed Of &C
ton as they grow older. But the quality
Itself gins with THAR life aud ends with
lheit dtalh. Where one is blesI with
good sense and fair opportunities. this
spirit nj economy is one Of TIE most hen.
eiicisl Of all secular gifts, aud takes high
rank among the minor virtues 1t is BY
this mysterious power 10 us. always and
everywhere profoundly mysteriousD that
the loaf is multiplied that using does not
waste. that little becomes much, tha'
scattered fragments grow 10 unity, aud
that out Of nothing or next 10 nothing,
comes The miracle Of somelhingl Econ
omy is no, merely saving. still less par
simony. 1t is foresight aud arrangement.
1t is insigb, and combination. 1t is sub.
Tile philosophy Of things by which new
uses, new compositions ara discovered
II causes inert things TO labor. useless
things to serve necessities, psrishing
things to renew their vigor, and all things
to exsr, themselves for human comfort,-
Economy is genrralship in all things.
Here is my worthy friend Plutus, who
has amsssed 90 much money, who lives
in no incousitsrable state. is osl' utalious
in his furnishings. hospital as good natur
ed vanity prompts, and proiuse upon oc
casion. Aud yel 90 man en'ers his dwell
ing without sense Of furniture suffoca
ton. There is every whore sn impression
of superfuity. The whols Appearance 81
his household is not that Of afluence, bat
of nesdlessness aud wastefulness. Hi
table is overloaded One feels 10 his din
ing rooms as il he were in parlor marke
aadin his saloons as il in museum.
Close by him lives his Deighbor whC
rents his hons, the whole of which nigh
be swallowed up in one story Of the am
bitious mansion alluded to, who is no
rich, but who lives on modrsts salary
But all the wealth in the city could no
furnish his Souse go admirable as he di
by his one single act. when he married th
woman, Row his wife. whose 'asIe, exquisite
economy and sweet deco uW ,p'ac4 bsfso
him every day the fairest domestic pauor
ANA -househeId economy! Her singl
loaf ia always luminous. She buys whsr
others buy. And yet on her tables. but
ter Is no longer vulgar, but must hav
CONF from fair herds, ,pastured Oh iragran
grasses Of celestial pastures. The sinpl
tea tray, bearing inexpensive deli, ou
shines all the gold and silver tea sArvic
OF her hrighbor, And ye. there is n
} credit due her. 1t costs her neither pain
nor thought. 1t happened SO. Every
thing she happens to touch happensrigh
Even The babe in the cradle is economical
There is just enough. not whit superfu
Gus. l., is her gfr to evoke beauty ,dtnes'
symmeiry from al things! A single Fl "
= er lights up hsr room more than a whOI
wall full Of pictures in some other houses
Is it strange that her husband thinks tha
= old bachelors must bs fools? Why shcul
t he nol2 WHAT'S his house but JOY? On
t ly in ioyfulncss is there no economy
this household. Of that. there is lrg'
, abundance and lavish profusion. II
t evenings only soften the morning'sjoy 10
5 littls more sober tranquility The whol
day is hut cylinder in a music box. .an
every hour a strain OF music, and ever
: minute, one poin. on the barrel, lifting al
striking musical bar.
J But this is a fancy picture! We don
b know any body oil this kind excep. 10 da
e dreams. We have q little kingdom U
t in ths air. not great ways up either
s which live the mos. notable people. II
Q noblest danes. the most perfect artist
d the trues. friends aud friendships an
o somstimes we forget. and describe the'
j. people of Air dom as if they lived dow
here ,
9 But, We certainly do know meu VII
8 tive better upon thousand dollafs a yei
! than others upon Eve thousand. We 3
!; know of very poor psrsops, who bel
l. about with them in everything sent
g of fitness and nice arrangement. whlt
y makes their lie artistic. They are d.
/, laborers who go home to more real con
i fort, Of neatness. arrangement aud pr
i priety 10 their single snug room. than
r to be found iu the lordly dwellings
many nilionaires. And blessings be
10 their good angel Of ofecouomy. which vast
notbiSs and yet Is not sOrdid in ssv'nI