Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-10-25
HOUSES ron OTHERS

Was tie emblem OF the tnlMEl
Love entangled mostly thriyes
-Ho,eard G'yaf5H.
BTILDING HOUSES roR OTHERS.
Il declare, I'm almost discouraged ~
-roaued Philikins to his friend Smith +" It's
nothing but dig, dig from morning till night,
week in and week olt, nothing gained by
IT,"
.. You don't mean to say, with your
wages, that yoa don't lay by anything"
Yes do. | think myself lucky when
the year j. MP if am clear of debt
WHY. y0u have been working on good
wages for more than fifteen years. You
ought TO have a snug little homestead by this
time
But haven't and what is more | ney-
er expect to have | hear that Jones has
bought the widow Carleton place"
&c Yes, and he got it at a bargain, too.
With what improvements he can make at
odd hourS, It viii be worth double what be
paid
For my part 1 don't know how he did il
he earns no more than /. and he has
larger family
!. All, my friend, il isn't by what he earns,
but by what he saves ~
Well. | wouldn't be 50 mean and close
listed as he Is To own 4 dozen houses Only
last week asked him to Join our excursion
which would only cost him one dollar
and he said be couldn't afford it. For q man
that can bay a fifteen hundred dollar house
that Is putting it rather strong, ! should
~lv."
=. That Just the way be doe7 it,"
What by saving the expense oi the
excursion 2''
by saving that one dollar-and q good
many more. that, with YOU, 20 the same
way"
=. man mast have some pleasure.
- Yes. but was it Sueh2 By your own
account, You We're tired to baltimore -
than if you were working. You not only
lost that dav. bat was not fit for much the
day following. As for Jones being mean
and close, | can't agree with YOU. His wife
and children are ALWAYS well dressed and
cared for and is.i,- noticed si...s i.i- l''''--
IS well supplied with books and papers.
And when Lawrence was burned ont, and a
subscription was started for his benefit. he
put down five dollar. But where are You
going to now
3. Only in Blatherem's moment, Just 10
yet glass Of ale Nou walk along I'll
oyertake You.
In a few minutes Philikins reioinel Smith,
and they walked along together.
The latter noticed the ends Of two cigars
that Philikin- had thrust into hi vest
pocket.
soon they came in front of fine locking
building. evidently Just completed.
Phlikin, SURVEYED ii with an enVious
l5ok
That's Blatherem's new house" he
said. biting of the end Of one Of his ci-
:. Yes, and yoa have helped to brili il, -
,aid Smith.
Philikins stared at bis friend for mo-
ment. without speaking.
Il? Why, how do yoa make that
oat2"
81. You ratronizo him. don't you?''
Oh. my patronage don't amount Il
much
Don'tit? How many glasses Of ale do
yoa buy Of him in day ?''
Not more than three on the average.
Wen cali it three, then, At ten cents a
gic~=. tamounts to thirty cents. be-
lieve Won get vonr cigars there How many
day?
Not more tian couple aad ten cent
ones at that
That makes fits cents. Fifty cents q
i,v amounts to three dollars q week, an
three dollars a week 10 one hundred and
fity-six dollars year.
d. Well. | declare | didn't suppose Ii
would amount 70 half that ,? said Phillkns
little -oherly.
=. You forgot that it Is the dimes thai
makes the dollars. BY yoar own showing
what vou have spent for the last ten years
for ale and cigars, if put out at interest
would not only enabled you to buy the earle
ton place. but left YOU quite surplus be
sides. Now, do You suppose what you h%ay' %
drank and smoked has done YOU any good
don't think it hasdone me any harm.
Now don't you feel that spending al
amount ofmonev like that on what you thIRl
does Won no harm, and what yoa k1ow doe
You no good, Is paying rather dear for YOU
whistle -
Why, man. retorted Philikins, petu
lantlv. aincing the stump pofhis cigaraeross th'
road. :. wouldn't yoa have body have SOM
pleasures %
:. Most certainly but would have then
Of the rational and enduring kind and suol
a YOUR wife and family can participate IN
Now. vou were telling me the other day ina
vou couldn't afford to take one good iamil.
paper Why, the amount you spend ever.
week for what does YOU more harm thai
good, would pay for the subscription whol
wear.
True enough Mary ha- - tessin
me to subscribe for the village Tsper for tn
last sixmonths-
Then why don't you do it? By wha
right do YOU deny her such an innocent an
rational pleasure, while you expend hur
dred fold what it would cost, for your ow
~elfsh qualification Now, Philikins, tax
nav advice. and subscribe for it the fir
thing vou do. and hereafter let Blatherer
build his own houses. Let the next hon'
vou build be for yourself.
There is a useful lesson to he drawn irol
the foregoing conversation, and which was
actual occurrence.
am speaking TO yoa, sir-not to yot
next door neighbor. though perhaps II ma
apply equally as well to him.
Don't deny your families the simple an
innocent pleasures that make home such q
attractive and happy place, or pull down u 4
roof over your own head to build houses +
other people.