Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-12-17
farm and Anusfllola.
How Can Fa~m.rs G.. Foreh.nded

The secret of getting rich, take it, all
lies in nutshell; "Spend less than you
learn.n A man who sees 10 it that he
does that, at the end of every week,
month, and year, will be sure to geD
ahead. 1t was on this principle that
/ sally and | begun housekeeping, and
every year has seen little progress, until
we have got things fixed up pretty much
to suit us. BY fixed habit, we live
within our means, and this makes rich
man, in Hookertown, or III your city, no
matter what his bank account is. We
didn't have any carpets on the floors, at
| first, because l thought the land wanted
"A carpet of manure great deal the most.
We had sheep, and ii wa long before
I sally managed to cave rag carpet,
ald she didn't have to pay out money
FOR anything but the dye stuH. BY the
time this was worn out the money that
[ kept laying out on the land. began TO
come back so fast that We could have Il
Brussels carpet in the Parlor without
running in debt for it. Ii was rather u
proud day when that roll of carpeting
was brought into the house. Sally had
waited fora dozen years, and every thread
of it came out OF her own bones, as much
as if she had spun aud wove Ii all her
self. Every thing thai comes into the
house must be marked paid was the
motto she started with, and she has stuck
to it like "A true woman ever since. Ii Il
man begins farming with IA small capi-
tai he must 90 upon this principle i'll
his housekeeping. All ie can afford TO
run in debt Tor, is his stock in trade,
tools, manure, seed, aud animals. These
pay Il big interest, while millinery and
furniture, pianos and bronze clocks, cost
considerable to keep them agoing. The
Europeans of whom that Western man
speaks, adopt this principle, if they
thrive. The average IEshm or Ger
man comes over here with very little
inOney, and no credit. Almost his whole
capital is in his person. Heworils feaV
years, and saves his money. When ise
has few hundred dollars ahead, he buys
a few acres in the outskirts of the village
puts up a small, plain house, marries a
prudent woman, and goes to houSekeep-
ing. She does not indulge in carpets, or
pumpkin seed bonnets, aud things to,
match, but she works is steadily as her
husband, and pays her way. She is
ready for any kind -of woman'S work,
and is not afraid toise the hoe and spade
in the garden. She almost supports the
family herself, with her washing, her
eggs and milk, and garden truck, while !
Patrick saves his dollars and invests in |
mote COWS, a horse and cart, and more
land.g Ina few wears he is done with
working other folks land, and hires men
to work his own. He is tidy firner,
his house and barns are enlarged, his
stock increased, his children are well |
educated and well dressed, and they |
smell so strong OF Plymouth Rock that /
the old Hookertown families intermarry
with them. Now, what is there in an
average Yankee, that he should nCt.puF-
sue the same course, and pay for what he
enjoys in his house before he comes into
possession If he can have IA carpet 1
Without taking another mans money 90
pay for it, let him have it. But if he
cannot afford it, bare floors will not hurt
honest mems feet. Let him keep a car
riage if he can afford it, but if he cannot,
then drive the box wagon to mill and to
meeting. The grist and the sermon Will
digest just as we'll. His pride may suf
fer little, but his credit will not. "Pay
as you go" was the good old maxim of
our fathers, and by it they bought and
paid for their homes. 1t would be better
if more of their sons and daughters walk
ed in their footsteps. No! my Ohio
friend, there is no short, easy road to
riches for common folks You can't do
wait for the millinery youscan't pay for
to-day. You might run in debt for pun
kin seed, if you cannot get them in any
otherway. But the pumkin seed bonnet
will ruin you, if you agree to pay for it
Bunker"-Ameri-
can Agriculturist.