Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
About Getting Married.

Can | marry2 This is question which
my young friends, working for moderate
salary, have often asked me. Having passed
the nervous point Of proposing" they were
worrying over the supposcd-to-be necessary
delay in calling the ministers services into
requistion 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 hun
drcds similarly situated, write this for their
encouragement
First, have you a good share Of pluck
Next is your gentle Annie also willing to
make the best Of present circumstances ?
" Yes" Then it is safe for you to marry on
even a small salary. Many times you will
have to forego some little luxury that you have
come to look on as a 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 loss to be regarded, por-
haps, than a practical example therefore
let me give you some figures that have at
hand from friend who got married on a
salary Of $500.
Boarding he had already had enough of,
and besides he wanted to feel free to invite a
friend to take a meal with himself and wife
occasionally, anG spend the evening.
Rents were high, but he took four rooms
on the second floor Of a cottage in an adjoin.
ing city, aa it was cheaper than in New York.
lie paid $500 a year, aud used one for par
lor one for kitchen one for regular bedroom,
and one for guest chamber
In the parlor was tete.a-tete, costing 8 / )
six rush-seat cottage chairs, Sl3; table, Sc;
clock, $3.50; what-not, So. In the bed.
rooms, two wash-stands, S. and So four wal
nut chairs, IS; two bedsteads $3.50 and SO
crockery, 81 In the kitchen, one rocking-chair
50 80; four oak chairs, 81 % table, S6 stove
and fixtures $40; carving knives, S2.i0
dinner aud tea knives, S435 wooden ware,
500 crockery, s25 the carpets cost sl0S.
a the curtains and shades, SIS; making
total cost for furnishing completely, in
comfort, too. s29094. He had saved up on.
ly $3.50; so you see his capital was almost
gone but instead Of taxing " wedding trip,
he used the money that that would have cost
in laying in a small stock Of groceriel. Mar.
kets being handy, he bought in small quaint.
ties, for it is better for young couple to
buy thus, even though you pay little more
than run the risk Of food growing stale OF
spelling on your hands Never get trusted
aud you will find the dealer will serve you
we'll He gave his wife SO week to supply
the table, and she managed it admirably
And here let me whisper u thing for you tC
remember; A wife that is inclined to be Il
holpmato will always Do better for You if you
give her a regular sum every week. She then
has 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 econ
omy, will show itself, bearing the neat hand
writing Of that dear little wife, and bought
with money she had been long laying aside
ont Of her allowance, cent here, dime
there, until She has roqPed her reward in your
glad surprise.
My dear fellow, you spend more money in
that unsatisfactory boarding-house for board
and in little expenses with those gay boys
there, than it would cost you to keep house 81
with that cherished being for whose compan-
ionship you so long. And when you have her
with you (you know whom | mean, be ever
careful to lock first to her comfort and to her
convenience. and you may rest assured that
you have taken the surest step to happiness
and success in life.
You can rely on the above statement for |
have seen the book my friend keeps, and saw
the vouchers; therefore, it is from an actual
case | write-Hearth and Home.