The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-11-04
ssHaw TO Get Along'' Explained by Il
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From one of Pomeroy's "Saturday
Night'' articles we take the following
instructive lesson in household econo-
my and happiness, given by young
timer:
1 never found any great trouble
about getting along. L could always
find place to work, and when man
has that he can snap his fingers in the
face Of king. The great, great trouble
is that men do not always know when
they are we'll off. They see somebody
doing a little better than they are do
ing, and then they throw away certain
ty for an uncertainty, and that makes
trouble.
uSome men are never satisfied. They
choose trade when boy, then in
stead of working at it to make them
selves better wOrkmen, they are al
ways trying to get out ofit-into some
new business, into some speculation,
or into politics., and then they are
gone, for they don't know how to take
care of themselves. -4s."
"Eleven years ago l finished my
trade, or my time as an apprentice.
I had tried to learn it all, and thought
I had, but every day I learn little
more and do my work Il little better.
When q man gets so he don't know
any more and can't do any better,
think he is about dead.
| "One day 1 was married. My wife
| is the very best woman ever saw. she
| believes in me, and L believe in her.
| Our faith in each other is perfect, and
each of us are bound to keep it so. We
1 gf,Sy
each other as well or better to day than
when we first began life together.
Sometimes am sick and tired and go
home a little cross, for the annoyances
of the shop and the mon who do not
always do their work well cannot be
thrown off as you would an old jacket.
| Then my wife says it is all right, and
that with my good example in the
shop all the men Will soon be perfect.
That encourages me, and think have
no right to fill her head with block tin,
| timers tools and careless workmen's
mistakes, SO I look at her and think
how good she always is to me when L
am sick, and how she takes care OF the
babies, and the little things about the
| house, and feel ashamed to think l
ever thought of worrying her With the
little troubles of the day which passed
at the time.
tsI earn more than it costs us to live,
for we always live within our means.
That is the best way. 1t don't cost
half as much to live rs people think,
| for it is not what we want so much as
| what we don't want, that eats up
| the money. I know it is easier to keep
out of debt than to get in and pay out.
awe have enough to eat and to live
on. We don't squander money fool
ishly. That is what hurts folks the
most. We have all we want, too. new
er lose Il days time getting drunk,
then another, day getting over it. You
see when man docs that he must run
behind, for his expenses run on no mat
ter whether he earns any thing or
not.
$50 can afford to buy II book, or
bouquet to take home for my wife,
once in while. She likes books, and
flowers, and SO do 1. They rest man
so. When I so home tired, can rest
better to see books, and pictures, and
flowers, and II smiling wife, than l
could in a bare, dirty, room, with my
wife in dirty clothes, and looking all
the while as if she had nothing to live
for.
81 don't use liquors, or beer, or to-
bacco, so that saves me i good deal in
a year, in money, time and health. !
can get more good out OF two dollars
worth of books and papers than out OF
two or ten dollars worth of drinks.
"Sometimes the men in the shoi, say
something because l don't treat to the
beer or whisky, but L tell them didn't
marry them, but did marry the little
wife at home, and must look out for
her, and to keep my place in the shop
and my health all the time. Tho men
say am right, and more than half of
them belong to the same society L do
and are getting along better than ever
before.
"You see the more Il man does to
make his home nice, the better he
likes it, the more the pride he takes in
it and the more comfort. I never liked
to work for nothing, but 4 man does
when he spends his money for what he
don't want, and for what does him no
good.
"Sonc Of these days i am going 10
buy lot out of the city, and then we
will have \ homo where we can raise
some fruit and flowers and not pay so
much rent ...
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