Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-11-29
ECONOMY AND WEALTH.


Mr.. Simsca Slack was very desireus t.
become rich man. He dreamed of ba nl
stocks, real estates, and an interest in sew
eral railroad corporations by night, ant
spent largo share of bis waking hours il
trying to make it reality. Is order t.
bring about this desirable event, be beve
rode when be could walk, nor purchased 6
new coat until bis old one was past repair
The old adage that 'perDy saved is
penny earned be acted upon to the let
ter.
But Mr.. Slack's was not the niggardly
economy he was just as ready to give thu
half cent as to keep it, and that is an item
worth recording 10 this day ard genera
ton. Our aspirant for worldly luere KEEP
q meat and vegetable market, and could
count a large number of customers, whose
good will be retained by sending home
dinners pOnctuHlly. and allowing generous
weight. His patrons being generally goOe
paymasters, it certainly was singular that
perseverance, and diligence IN business die
not meet with q better reward; for Mr.
Slack could not conceal from himself thai
in spite of I'LL his efforts to the contrary
the end of the year found him no richer
than at the commencement True, be had
g wife and three children to support. bu
his opposite neighbor had Eve, and report
said that be was rapidly growing RICH
Besides, he was quite sure that Mrs. Slack
was prudent and saving, and always siurt
their marriage had tried to make a little
go long wGy'
But let US examine into the nature o.
her economy. She had Dever,exprsssed
wish to attend q concert { Mrs. Slack cnuIC
&ancely tell a chord from q discordi. anC
was certain that Jenny L nd was no NOR,
worthy of being called a star chan her
self. She had no. lasts for GRAMMATICAL en-
tertainmepts, and nobody could say tia
sue spent her husbands money in that wa
Neither was she blue stocking or gull
ty of wasting her time in reading book
aud newspapers. To be sure she di
glance at the murders, shocking accident.
| dreadful catastrOpbes, and nOuruful sal
| cider, bot other things failed TO attract be
attention..
Nobody can say that am lazy she re
! iterated for the twentieth time in the pres
ence of a neighbor. i have cut and ID ad
this entire dress since ten O'Clock tn
] morning.
You cut yeGr own dresses, tAeng' re:
pOndeG Mrs. Stone.
1 o, yes, indeed. A dressmaker is an itei
of expense that CANE afford. Don't 20
| think a dull4r worth saving3'
Certainly, when it can Sc saved be
! with my ilmited knowledge of dress fttiDJ
it would be more than two dollars loss
attempt a work which know nothing
bout was the gOOd>natured rejOinder
the lady.
Wei, dPD't profess to understand
| exactly, bat mango to put pieces togett
er somehow. There's nothing like eeoat
my you know pursued Ars- Slack.
/ But not mistaken economy though
Mrs. Stone, Eaisiug her eyes from b.
work to note the movements OF the latte
She was standing before glass, endeav1
ing to make a portion OF the afOresai
dress lie dUwE, which Obstinately persistt
in sticking up.
1 What ails the thing?' she exclaims
impatientiy, after all her efforts had pro-
ed unsuccessful. We'll, 6t or no ct,
shan't take the trouble to rip it to pieces
it will have to do
Have you made the dress without tr,
ing it on 2 asked Mrs. Stone, in tone
surprise.
%, yes, can't spend time trying it
ever so many times; could make Il
whole Of it while l vas doing that
But you are spending time over it no
after you have made it. What on gain
one hour you lost another. Your theory
somewhat imperfect added the other wi
a smile.
Well, it don't always happen so,
usually l have good luck; out in this ca
believe that have made wrong CUES
for one sleeve is two inches shorter th
the other. How could make such M
take p added Mrs. Slack, okiug dubiOu
ly at the shortest article in question, al
internally wondering bow she should al
the requisite length,
Beside, the vine on one runs one wa
and on the other another. That was
faux pas added the smiling Mrs. Ston
so it does, declared But it's nOthii
but print, and didn't cost much, 81
don't care. IF it was a silk / shou
, feel bad about it, husband is so econom
call
Mrs. Stone Thought that the princi,
might be the same, whether applied 90 81
| VI Dub AAtSs 0IdCk udu IhIQHE
Indifferent opinion Of principles, in gene
/ al, so she wisely made no reply.
1t vas always 80 Mrs. Slack did ever
thing with so much haste, that nine tin
= out Of ten it was done wrong. She me-
3 stopped to measure, to calculate, to wei
a thing over in her mind, but trusted
luck, to chance, to make it come right.
was nothing bat q notion for people to
always measuring, fitting, fretting a
fussing about making things lie smooth
q 1t was an old raaidish idea, and one Il
ought to have bean exploded long ago.
She wore the aforesaid dress lust th
times, and then threw it aside because
felt 80 disagreeable when on. 1t was III
less, and all for not being properly cut
y Did the lady gain or lose City cents on
article which was destined to follow
= predecessors, aud become the property
the family washerwoman
/ Another thing Mrs. Slack talked abou
. great deal; she thought it particula
foolish and absurd to be fastidious ab
, the length Of stitches in needlework
ones tried the eyesight. and took up
: much time, that she had long since 3
j owned them. Having acquired the ar
slighting to an UNCOMMON degree,