St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-19
The Odd Dollar.

| in This CITY and stated that he wished
+, make a deposit of twenty-One dollars.
This NAV not seem very strange pro
c.aJiur. and to he sure it was not but
stiIl there was something in the act
which is worthy of notice. If the sum
deposited had been thirty, twenty five,
twenty. fifteen, or even ten dollars, it
would not have occasiOned IA second
thought. such amounts as these being
daily brought to the savings banks to
place on interest. But here was il most
unusual sIlm-twenty- dollars IN
dicating that the depositor was desir-
Gus of laying by all his surplus money;
not even thinking the odd dollar too
small for consideration. He was not,
evidently, like many i'll the commun-
| ity, inclined to look upon trities as i'll
! significant. The one odd dollar was,
in his estimation, worth saving. He
had made up his mind to be prOvident,
and was aware that this seemingly in
significant sum would help to swell the
amount that would some day be in
creased to proportions which even the
Scotfers of small beginners would not
dcSpiSe. He had one dollar which he
had no immediate use for, and so, in
stead of dispoSing of it for some unnec-
essary article, he put it with the twenty,
and placed this seemingly odd sum on
deposit. The mere idea of gaining six
cents as interest was not, probably, the
thought that prompted the man; it was
the true spirit of providence the con-
viction that any amount, no matter
how small, is too much to eXpend for
what we do not need.
mere Is " leSsoii 10 I've le'i neu iio.'
.iliS 'h'iuriil Nh'n iiia! iio, "e "iiPi"l
''a"ie' NOV many vi us are app " ,"oN
upon uoii"i "S vi hp' ',i"Ii
Wien We ma, 'n'''SI vi inns wv :
coi'iioi's. Ahu Se' WI" can 'ori INV
sooi' 'i"' i't'i' sum may '' Vi
I'i''e ~ US i"'pIt;H ioi :" no
uepoii'''u "P1ii ~ ''iuiS en-
u'ii'i IAPonucu NV oii'i''ei" ''lS "'.H
DC neeueu III ''nne W come: Even ~; ~
""i =" ny We 'h. "p' W rs 'i ms
Ho"hs "."n may nav "1sne w lay
ny Soiiie''iliiS ior RAINY u"H' anu III
LOOKING over MS money mas, perhaps
he can put ny MY uoiiars Mitho'lt III
convenience. hlt heSlaeS thlS, ne may
nave one, wv" or three more, Tor when
ne mas no actual Use. sui the Thought
OF putting nfty-one dollars Ill the bank
Is, Ill his mind, piece OF perfect non
sense. 81 Will put the nifty on deposit.
ne says: las Tor these few odd dollars,
they are not worth entering on the ac-
count: they Will do for spending
change" Thus dollar after dollar slips
through his hands, which, if he kept
account of, would ;Stomish him in the
aggregate. And what bcntit has he de
rived ut the close of the wear from what
he has thus expended ! He has perhaps
INDUCED in IL few Injuries which have
done him more harm than good he
may have attended some entertainment
which was of no possible benefit: but
Us for advantages gained 10y the expend-
turc, he cannot point to one Would it
not have been more iudiciouS TO have.
taken care of the odd dollars. and thus
added to the amount he had resolved
upon saving! Fifty-ouc dollars invest
ed is better than fifty saved.
Its only IL dollar has been the banc
of many i'm Individuals existence. The
bank note of small denomination
seems hut of little value. to he sure. he
side the one hearing more prctentiouS
figures upon its face. And vet twenty
or fifty dollars are worth no more, when
i'll single bill, than if comprising IL
number, each of which is "only Il dol
lar"
Surprising person had twenty dol
should take each one. saving its ONLY