Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-06-01
Little Savings Banks.

There is no use in keeping q pig this
year" said Mr.. Positive to his wife
haven't doubt but that the pair We iatted
last year cost US thirty cents a pound. 1t is
a great deal better 70 buy one ready dressed IN
the fall and put it up
But think what convenience that pork
barrel and tub of lard have been to US all
this winter. don't know how we could have
got on without it, with all other provisions so
dear | am afraid you will think pig costs
so much ready money in the fall that you
can't afford to buy one. We don't feel its
cost when we pay out little at time
That is Just a woman's way Of looking at
the matter said Mr.. Positive with sheer.
They never can be made to see that money
in lump is Just the same as money broken
into dimes and quarters. You know it will
be Just the same in the end. So what is the
use in discussing the matter
Mrs p. sighed to herself, what's the use,
to be sure She had learned by experience
that there was very little use in trying to set
her husband right, no matter how crooked his
notions were Her only consolation was in
the present matter, that experience is sure
il it is dear school.
We'll the season rolled round. There was
much refuse from the kitchen that must be
wasted because there was nothing to eat it,
which would have gone long way towards
keeping q pig. The time for packing down
the pork had come, and as is quite common,
it had suddenly taken rise That is, 1t
was two cents pound higher than was ex-
pected, and Mr. Positive was Indignant
Catch him paying such an exorbitant price
for pork. No, indeed he could 90 without
rather than submit to such extortion. Forty
dollars, good pig would cost him. He
should like to know where the money was to
come from. He hadn't half that sum ahead.
Mrs. p. did not say, told you So" but
am fraid she looked it little, and | an
quite confident she thought it. Mr.. Positive
was convinced, if he did not own it. II,
missed his delicate doughnuts, and delicious
fakey pie crust that winter and he wa'
obliged to depend on a very Indifferent mark.
ct for his supply Of meat and sausages. And
the sam paid seemed greater than the oos
Of all the corn be bought for his last years
pigs.
The fact was that he learned what many
others are slow to learn, that such things a
pigs and poultry are the householder's SINAI
savings banks. The money they spend Of
them would be lrted away on triAes, and no
saved up 50 as to constitute fund FOR max
ing such purchases all at once. They hell
also to form habits of frugality and thought
fulness, without which no one can thrive.
/ know a lady who always puts her reius,
into the stove. If crumbs and crusts are lief
over, they are scraped into the FIRE If a pie
is burnt so as to be unfit for the table, j
shares the same fate. 1t is very bad exam
pie to set before children and servants, ant
may lay the foundation of future thriltlessnesi
and poverty.
1t is a handy thing to have dozen or two
Of chickens to fall back on in an emergency
when good dinner is wanted for unexpected
guests. Poultry is always high, and out q
the reach of many who could easily raise :
brood or two of chickens and never miss theii
food 1t takes prudence and pain-taking t.
do this economically, but it pays for the con
yenienee and comfort it brings to the family
Country Gentleman.