The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-05
Can 1 Marryi

This is question my young fiendA
working for a moderate salary. have often
asked me. Having passed the nervous
point OF proposing" they were worrying
over the supposed to-be necessary delay
in calling the minister's services into requi-
sition, from q fear lest their income was
insufficient for supporting home. From
a knowledge of the doubts entertained by
many of my young friends, and that there
are hundreds similarly situated, / write
this for their encouragement.
First, have you good share Of plucki
Next, is your gentle Annie" also willing
to make the best of present circumstances!
Eyes" Then it is safe for you to marry
on even q small salary. Many times you
will have to forego some little luxury that
you have come to look on as necessity;
but you will be surprised to find how little
you really need if you boldly set about
living economically. The best of advice
is less to be regarded, perhaps, than q
practical example; therefore, let me give
you some figures that have ct hand from
friend who got married on Q salary of
$500:
Boarding he had already had enough OF,
and besides, he wanted to feel free to In
vite friend to take a meal with himself
and wife occasionally, and spend the
evening.
Rents were high, but he took four
rooms on the second floor of cottage in
an adjoining city, as it was cheaper than
in New York. He paid $500 year, and
used one for parlor, one for kitchen, one
for regular bedroom, and one for guest
chamber"
In the parlor was a tee-a-tete, costing
SIS; six rush seat cottage chairs, $13 ;
table, Sc; clock, $3.50; whatnot, s.. In
the bedrooms, two washstands, IS and g;
four walnut chairs, So; two bedsteads,
$3.50 and 3d.. erockery, In the
chairs, $7.25; table, S.; stove and fixtures,
$19; carving set, $3.50; dinner and tea
knives, $425j woodenware, $22; crock
cry, $25; the carpets cost $100.44; the
curtains and shades, SIS making . totsl
cost for furnishing completely, in comfort
too, $29094 He had saved up only $3.50;
80 you see his capital was most gone; but
instead Of taking q wedding trip" he
used the money that would have cost "a
| laying in q small stock sof groceries
Markets being handy he bought in small
quantities, for it is better for q young
couple to buy thus, even though you pay
a little more, than run the risk of food
| growing stale or spelling on your hands
Never get trusted, and you win find the
the dealer will serve you we'll He gave hii
wife $6ia week to support the table, and she
managed it admirably. And here let nae
whisper a thing for you to remember: "A
wife that is inclinedte be a helpmste viii
always do better for you if you give heI
a regular sum every week. She then has
chance to plan ahead, and can exercise
her best powers of management Ter
chances to one, when Christmas comes
some longed for convenience, deferred on
the score of economy, will show itself
bearing the neat handwriting of that deal
little wife, and bought with money she ha!
been long laying aside out of her allow
ance, cent here, dime there, until sht
has reaped her reward in your glad sur
prise.
My dear fellow, you spend mors
money in that unsatisfactory board
ing house for board, and in ittls
expenses with those "gay boys" there
than it would cost you to keep house
with that cherished being for whose com
partnership you so long. And when you
have her with you (you know who
mean), be ever careful to look first TO he
comfort and convenience, and you ma.
rest assured that you have taken TIL
surest step to happiness and success u
life. sfsfs
You can rely upon the above statement
for have seen the book my friend keeps
and saw the vouchers; therefore, it
from an actual case / write.-Hedr& an
Home.