The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-02-17

Economy In the HessehoId.


!. Wfk cotton cloth at 40 cents yard
.Schis1tens at Is cents pound, and beat
stskc not much less-with every article
Of food and clothing greatly increased in
price, there is need Of economy. especial
" among that large class, having fixed
salaries and incomes. The war or some
thing else has greatly increased the ex-
penses of living, without adding to the
income Of large class Of the people.
The laborer and mechanic have raised the
price of their wages very properly, per
haps not in proportion to their increased
expenses. But the doctor does not charge
more for his visits, the lawyer proba-
thought he charged about enough be-
e, and the people seldom think of
Using the minister's salary, 40 or 80 per
cent Ito enable him to make both ends of
the year meet. The board OF directors
In the bank have not increased the
salary Of the cashier and clerks
grocers and dry goods men have forgot
ten that the board and clothing of
their employees have advanced third or
more. Though printing paper costs
double now, the subscription price of this
Journal is not increased at all. Withthe
general prosperity of the country, there
is good deal Of pinching in spots. What
is to be done to meet the emergency? |
The hardest matter, perhaps, is to get |
rid Of little pride, and adapt ourselves, |
with true manliness, TO our new circum- |
stances. An old coat, if it be clean, is
handsome upon an honest back, than the |
most splendid garment bankrupt ever
wore. In these days of cheap benzine,
(there is one thing cheap little money
will go a great way in removing grease
A,xI III
We must wear our garments until, like
the deacon's one-hoss shey celebrated i'm
Holmes muse, they fall to pieces Of their
own weight and antiquity, or rather until
the day before that catastrophe We
shall have less to sell to shoddy manufac-
turers, but they will make enough with
out our patronage. Then, in taking care
80 the stomach, we must go i'm for the
wv bstantial rather than the most costly
nfashionable dishes. If -four costs
III barrel, do not buy poor article of
iour, but use more Indian and rye meal
instead A dollar in this article will 90
as far in sustaining life as 81 in fine flour
Rye makes an excellent bread, and is
Huch cheaper than wheat. The unbolted
Wheat commonly known as Graham meal
makes very wholesome bread
If sugar is $40 a barrel, use less of il
Substitute sweet apples for the prepared
and both money and health
Will be saved. 1t is not necessary, at
very evening meal, to have preserved
luinces, peaches, or Strawberries, that
AVE been made with pound of sugar for
very pound of their own weight. Baked
pples, with little milk, disappear with
elerity. If coffee is so cents pound,
'arley is only 2 or 3, and the latter is the
aore nutricious article, and makes a very
air drink. Ii tea is dollar, use water,
Thich is both cheap and wholesome.
on will soon find that il agrees well with
he nerves. 'sBut would you have us
tarve to death in these hard times?''
tot ut all The country is too much in
ecd of every good citizen to lose one, by
nder OF over feeding. We must have
God wholesome food, and that which is
njoyable. When beefstake is Is cents
pound, it is not necessary that every
leal should come out of sirloin. A shin
one costing quarter as much, made
ito soup, will dine quite as large a
amilv, and give them as much strength
,r physical or mental labor. We are
realty behind our neighbors, the Ger
lans and French, in the use of soups,
nd indeed in all matters of economy at
lie table. With the same income they
i'll live comfortably and save, where we
lould feel pinchcd and run in debt
he war is working out good results for ,
,, in many respects. 1t will be one of , /,
> greatest blessings, if to teach us sim
|ar modes of living, and constrain us to i,
more healthful use of the bounties of
rovidence.-American Agriculturist