The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08
Can | Marry.

working for q moderate salary, hav
often asked me. Having passed tn
nervous point of ''proposlng,' the,
we're worrying over the supposed-to
be necessary delay in calling tn,
minister's services in requisition
from fear lest their income is in
sufficient for supporting a home.-
From a knowledge of the doubts en-
tertained by many of my youns
friends. and that there are hundred.
similarly situated, l write this fol
their encouragement.
First, have yoa a good share o
pluck? Next. Is your 'fgentle An
ME" also willing to make the best o
present circumstances? "Yes."-
Then it is safe for you to marry OF
even a small salary. Many times
you will have to iorego some little
luxury that you have come to lool
on as necessity, but you will bc
surprised TO find how little you real
Ily need if you boldly set about living
Economically. The best OF advice
is less to be regarded, perhaps, than
a practical example; therefore, lei
me give you some figures that | Lave
at hand from a friend who got mar.
ried on a salary Of eight hundred
dollars.
Boarding he had already had
enough Of and besides, he wanted
to feel free to invite friend to take
a meal with himself and wife occa
sionally, and spend the evening.
Rents were high, but be took four
rooms On the second floor of a cot
tage in an adjoining city, as it was
cheaper than in New York. He
paid $500 q year, and used one for
parlor, one for kitchen. ono for regu-
lar bedroom, and one for guest
In the parlor was a tete tete cost
ing SIS; six Tnsh-seat cottage chairs,
sl3; table, So; clock, 80; what |
lot, So H. =! bedrooms, two wash
stands, s. sE-i 50; four walnut
chairs, IS; tn" sodsteads, $3.50 and
81; erockery, II. In the kitchen, |
,ne rocking g-chair, $3.50; four oak
chairs, s7.25; table, Sc; stove and
fixtures, SO; carving set, $3.50; din
ler and tea knives, S4.25; wooden
ware, S22; croekery, S25; the car.
BETS cost Sl0S.44; the curtains and
shades, SS; making a total cost for
completely, in comfort, |.
90, $290.94. He had saved up oniv
$3.50; so you see his capital was al, |
most gone; but instead of taking a
wedding trip" he used the money |
hat it would have cost in laying in |
/ small stock of groceries. Markets
,eing handy, he bought in small |
Quantities, for it is better for a Young
couple to buy thus, even though YOU
,ay little more, than run the risk
# food growing stale or spelling on
our hands. Never get trusted, and
'ou will find the dealer Will serve
'ou well. lie gave his wife six dol
ars a week to supply the table, and
be managed it admirably. And
ere let me whisper a thing for you
D remember: A wife that is inclined
, be helpmate will always do bet
,r for you if you give her a regular
I'm each week. She then has a
hapce to plan ahead, and can exer-
Sc her best powers Of management.
en- chances to one, when Christmas
,mes, some longed for convenience
eferred on the score of economy,
ill show itself, bearing the neat
lndwriting of that dear little wife. r
Id bought with money she has been q
ying aside ont Of her allowance, a
mt here, q dime there. until she has fr
aped her reward III Your glad SIR.
Use.
My dear fellow, you spend more
oney in that unsatisfactory board :
g house for board, and in little ex-
nses with those gay hoys'' there
an it would cost yoa to "keepI i
use" with that cherished being I'd
: whose companionship you so
lg. And when you have her with
lyon know who | mean-be ever
refui to look first to her comfort
d to her convenience, and you NAV
It assured that you have taken the
rest road to happiness and success
life.
You can rely On the above state
Mt, for | have seen the book my
end keeps, and saw the vouchers:
refcre, it is from an actual case II
lte.-H6q1'M and Home.