Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-06-22

lHOOCO, uOA hnOH HOW you IldNO
succeeded in saving anything thus
ar" F9HsHTnR NMfag
aid that she had saved someth ing, and
not specifying theem0Hnt. .75r,r rr.c,I
Her allowance was increased to six
hundred dollars, but herexpenses were
not proportionately increased at all; so
that her savings for the third year were
larger than before. His expenses had
increased hundred dollars, though he /
would have found it difficult to tell in
what way his comfort or rhappiness had
been increased thereby saoi55'hoJ is.sb1a
In spite of his caIelessness in regard /
to his own affairs, Mr.. Newton was an |
excellent man in regard to his busi-l
ness, and his services were valuable to |
his employers. They accordingly fin-
creased lis salary, from time to time, |
till it reached sixteen hundred dollars
He had steadily preserved the custom
of assigning one-half to his wife for the !
same purpose as heretofore, and this |
had become such a habit that ne never
thought to inquire whether she found
it necessary to employ the whole of ii
or not.
Thus ten years rolled away During
all this time Mr.. Newton lived in the
same hired house for which he had paid
an annual rent of one hundred and fifty
dollars. Latterly, however, he had be-
come dissatisfied with it. 1t had passed
into the hands of a new landlord, who
was not disposed to. keep it in the re-
pair which he considered desirable. a.
About this time block of excellent
houses were erected by capitalist, who
designed to sell tnem or let them as he
might have an opportunity. They
were more modern and much better ar
ranged than the one in which Mr..
Newton now lived, and he felt a strong
desire to move, In one of them. He
mentioned it to his wife one morning.
"What is the rent, Ezra p, inquired
she. d S- =. TX, Z, = '.2'iieii' 4. y - -
1.-TWO hundred and twenty-five dol
lars for the corner house; two hundred
for either OF the 0thers.Y ~ ,qii.r 5si,.('si
'srFhe corner would be. preferable, on
account of the side window" 5+.,- II
'Yes and they have a large yard sbe-
sides, Il think we must hire one of
them.~ I guess F'fl engage one ef thenl
today. you know our year scout next
week.
''Please wait, Ezra, until tomorrow,
before engaging oHe.''lq nao3ss
"For what reason?" -rcT-f.rr., ,,-t-r
| 81 should like to examine the house
| fiISt.',-gE g = - .s-r,sgS,.Tfa
Soon after breakfast Mrs. Newton
called on Squire Bent, the owner OF
the new block, and intimated her de
sire to be shown the corner house. The
request was readily complied with;
Mrs. Newton was delighted with all the
arrangements, and expressed her salts
faction. ,g99s9TSlgW
"a Are these houses for sale or to let ?''
she inquired. 'srfcai1einfsf.I
"Either, )" said the owner. ,,,-.
sThe rent is, I understand, two hun
dred and twenty-five dollars" Daise'
| ''Yes, the corner house is worth at
least twenty-five dollars more than the
lrest.ne
Y Sand what do you charge for the
house to cash purchaser ?" asked Mrs.
i Newton with sudden eagerness.
-Four tho oussnd dol Ears cash, n waS
1.-THE reply, and that is but a small 'ad.
vance on thecest.''fI 7EsfYtrvr
VERY wel l17wiiiI VII buy itof yo,", !, she Ps
aMhat did j i u .und erstand 1t Il you ID to oEay?a'
asked the 'Squires scarcely believing
his ears. - 70 epEia iin b5
i It repeat T will buy Your house al
your price, and pay the money within
a Weeksf;gog. .,IIA s.aaTss k4AUD sH
4, "Then the house is yours, Bot YOU
husband said nothing of his intention,
land IN fact / did not Know, 1i228a Z ?
IL "Thath had the m9ney eyte invest,
Isuppo5e. YOU would say, Neither does
he, know it, and /. must ask, youl not tt
tell him for the present. ps-ti ~ .l7sI ,gaIf
I The next morning Mrs. Newton in,
Eyited her husband to- take a walk, ibut
without specifying the direction p iai.-
4 They soon stood in front of the house
in which he desired to live Is .5E aa3i.
aW W5uld you like to go IN ?''s she in
iquiced.o 1sug0a % s5luf G7. XII IN $50 T. sf,.
"Yes.a y e 1l # s5a is5a pity We we haven't got the
E II have the key, said his wife, and
forthwith walked up the steps and pro
ceeded to open the door. i flstt s,,. :, /.
j "When did you get the key ~ in.
quired her husband is ifs,3 '3 ~ =. = .,l''o 'i'
Il l"Yesterday, when I bought the
house, said his wife.
/ Mr.. Newton lgazed at his wife in p1o.
found establishment. HEluIiI IA /
! "What on earth do you mea n, Eliza.
beth!?" he inquired.
i"Just what Isay. The house is mine,
land what is mine is thine. So the house
is yours, Ezra" ",,,- -
ISWhere in the nsaae of goodness die
you raise the money!" asked her hus.
band, his aInazeme ment still as great a
4 lever. - = 4 n 8 =, - ss7, ~ :
\ 81 haven't been a managing wife fol
ten years for nothing, 7ssaid Mrs. New.
ton smiling.
With some. dificulty Mrs. INewtof
persuaded her husband that the price
: tOf the house was really the result O
,fher savings. He felt when he surveyed
1.-THE commedieus sarrap pgements of the
ihouse that he had areason$t5 be crate
!, tful for the prudence of his managing
,,Iwife,
i Frightful Railroad Accident
.I Child and its Rescuer Killed.
i The Cincinnati andI Pittsburgh express
t coming west over the Baltimore & Ohit
traiir0ad yesterday morning, about {
mile east of Glover's gap, ran over anC
> INSTANTLY killed a young man ,ofsper
: -fhaps eighteen and a child of five or Six
sfwhich he was trying to rescue from
/, danger. Theyoung man was mendins
II a fence not far from the track, and the
Echild, whose brother he was, appears
: to have left the house with the inten
ton of crossing the road and going tx
: him, The child ,.when seen blythe en-
: Igineer, was Walking aloLg beside tbs
l road at a safe siistance. 4 When yths