Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-28
Can / Marry +?
J0NfndI.

This is a. question my young friends,
working for 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 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 plrck?
Next, is your "gentle Annie also willing
to make the hest ofpresent circumstances?
Yes" Then it is safe for you to marry
on even 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 n
practical example; therefore, let me give
you some figures that have at hand from
a friend who got married on salary Of
$500:
Boarding he had already had enough of,
and besides, he wanted to feel free to in
vite Il friend to take 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 5000 year, and
used one for parlor, one for kitchen, one
for regular bedroom, and one for guest
chamber"
In the parlor was tete-a.tete, costing
SO; six rush seat cottage chairs, Sl3;
table, SIS clock, $3.50; whatnot, So. In
the bedrooms, two washstands, IS and 50;
four walnut chairs, So; two bedsteads,
$3.50 and So crockery, a. In the
kitchen, one rocking chair, $3.50 four oak
chairs, 1925; table, So; stove and fixtures,
$40; carving set, $3.50; dinner and tea
knives, 81 %; woodenware, $22; crock
cry, $25; the carpets cost $100.44 the
curtains and shades, SIS making total
cost for furnishing completely, in comfort
too, $29O9t He had saved up only $3.50;
so you see his capital was most gone; but
instead of taking wedding trip" he
used the money that would have cost in
laying in small stock of groceries,
Markets being handy he bought in small
quantities, for it is better for young
couple to buy thus, even though you pay
q little more, than run the risk of food
growing stale or spelling on your hands,
Never get trusted, and you will find the
the dealer will serve you we'll He gave his
wife So a week to support the table, and she
managed il admirably. And here let me
whisper thing for you to remember; A
wife that is inclined 10 be helpmate will
always do better for you if you give her
Il regular sum every week She then has
a chance to plan ahead, and can exercise
her best powers Of management. Ten
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 dear
/ little wife, and bought with money she has
/ been long laying aside out of her allow
ance, a cent here, dime there, until she
has reaped her reward in your glad sur
prise.
My dear fellow, you spend more
money in that unsatisfactory board
4 ing house for board and in little
expenses with those gay boys" there,
than il would cost you to keep house "
with that cherished being for whose com
partnership you so long. And when you
have her with you tyou know who |
mean), be ever careful to look first to her
comfort and convenience, and you may
rest assured that you have taken the
surest step to happiness and success in
/ life.
You can rely upon the above statement,
for | have seen the book my friend keeps,
and saw the vouchers; therefore, it is
from an actual case | write.-Hsarth and
home.