The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-11-09

knew his wife had been right from the
first. + EFff ~ Aasst III
"Don't say word," he said; ~
see the mistake. But Ill have to
work around into the right track by
degrees"
How 80, George Z" fi
"Why, I haven't enough left of my
months wages to quite pay this bill,
SO shall he utterly unable to enter
upon the cash principle at present. =
"There need be no difficulty in
that direction said Hattie. g I have
not quite spent all my capital. have
alreedy fixed it for q bit OF nest-egg !;
and :Is:11on't know that it could be put
to better use than the laying of .
foundation for cash payments; and at
any rate, George, let us try it for a
while" ussss G.s
George, kissed his wife and said
that she was blessing, and he prom
ised 70 follow her advice ii the. future.
He took the money she had to give,
and held it as loan, which. he was
to return at the earliest possible mo-
ment; and he felt an ambition, too, to
see how speedily he could do It.
And on Monday morning the new
rule of life went into operation.
George paid Mr.. Skid's bill, and told
him that hereafter he should pay cash
for everything he bought. The store
keeper poOh-poohed, and said there
was no need of that. ...s.r.,....., Il =.
Bless you my boy, I'd as lief
trust you as not" Af Il. - ~
!" do not donbt it Mr.. Skid, but |
prefer not to be trusted. I would
rather consume my own groceries
than to consume yours. A bill is an
evil at best, and / don't choose to
have evils growing on my hand if |
can help it," ..s...e...3 .s.sss = /.
Mr.. Skid saw very plainly that his
customers vision was clear, and he
said no more. Hss ##~ts essE
On the eve of that very Monday
Mr.. Skid exhibited to George some
extra nice preserves, and the rich nice
young mans first impulse was to
buy pot of them, but the taking out
OF his wallet and the breaking of n
five dollar bill was a palpable remind
or, and he concluded that he could
get along without them. Said .he to
himself: st...- ~ .5 .s..-s
''rhese seemingly trivial sums, it
I save them, will, at the end Of the
month, add up as greatly in my favor
as they have hitherto added up
against me.n ,...,.a,.. ;x.s
And he found it 50. And he found
one thing more in his favor from cash
payments which he had not particu-
larly counted upon. As he had the
money in hand to pay for articles
which he had planned to buy, he
could purchase it where ne could get
it. cheapest and best. as i = -.
Traders are not willing to lose cash
customers and they do only the fair
and honest thing when they sell to
such q customer cheaper than they
sell to others. ..a..ssuzI
Not only is the interest on the
money an important item in the ag-
gregate of many accounts, but keep
ing that account in day-book and
ledger is al expense. ..l..s.
George very soon learned all this,
and he found that Mr.. Skid sold to
him cheaper than he had sold the
previous month. ,.s...- vi ta:.. wi
And as the months rolled on George
Brown opened no more accounts with
traders. He found that in paying
cash he was constantly reminded OF
the value Of each separate sum as he
counted it out, and hence, he was not
likely to purchase what he did not
need. 4s=F *szjI.s..l s@5fs r
And then he had goal ahead which
he was determined to reach as soon as
possible; and by his system Of cash
payments he could estimate at the
close of the day the gain he was max
ing toward the desired end. In two
months he paid what he had borrowed
Of his wife, she put it into the COM
mon fund; and in five years his
home was his own, and he owed no
man anything but love and good
will. '@~* 5.' @