Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-11-20
Things to be Considered.

In the La Porte, Ind. } Herald of
the Ist of November, we find com
munication headed Small Econo
miles," which we transfer to our col
umns and recommend its careful consid
Grafton to the readers of the Herald
The suggestions contained in the ar
ticle are emineutly worthy of the con
sideration Of every rejecting man, and
especially of every young man who
is starting out in the world to battle
his way through, and meet the storms
and adversities that are sure to meet
him on his stoney rough ines pilgrim
age:
My experience, in my profession,
brings me into necessary contact, with
very much of poverty and want-not
SO much among my own people, as
among others, of all churches, and
principally no church. A clergyman
is naturally appealed to, by any one
who may be i'll need. And | am often
panied, by other things, besides mere
a0ant, which l am called to contem-
plate; panied by the lack of thrift and
Of the economy, which would have
kept the wolI from the door - panied
because am so often driven to a con
cluslon. which, l believe, is nevertheless
capable of ample demonstration, viz;
;hat a Gerry large proportion Of the
suffering Of the poor, arises from their
mproUtdence. They have not learned
how TO use money, to make it accom-
l.lish all that it can accomplish, for
their comfort. In reference to those,
well advanced in life, it is probably
."toO late to mend;" but to the larger
class of younger readers of your pa
per, whe have to make thei- own way
i'll the world, by the labor of their
hands, wish to say few plain words
upon the topic, which stands at the
head of this article. May | have the
ear of all young men and young wo
men too, while l announce, at the out
set, the whole truth, of which ! would
convince them, that, as rule, the
only road to competence or to wealth,
is by means of small economies" -
We want to save too much, at a time
Because we cannot save dollars, we
will not save cents. Rather, l am
persuaded, that very many do not be-
gin to save, because it never occurred
to them, that it is possible. l met n
young man, in San Francisco, two
years since, who was receiving a s4lary
Of $1,000, and who had never thought
of saving any thing. Now l lay down
as a principle, that most young men,
by the time they are twenty one, re
ceiUe more than they need to spend
i. e, they may save something II
they use cigars, or tobacco, or intoXi-
eating liquors, they may and ought to
save all that is spent in such ways
They may cut down their possible saw
ings, by frequent and large livery bills,
all that any young man spends in bill
iards should be saved. Candies, nuts,
ornaments, to be worn upon the per
son, extravaganza in dress, will render
savings impossible, or will diminish
the amount saved, in a greater or less
extent. l would neither countinenee
uOr discourage any thing that looks like
meanness or smallness, but / would
urge upon young men careful atten
lion to the small economies. Save
som mething. Save 800 if you can this
year. Ii you can't do that, save 500,
II you can't do that, save SO. And
If you can't do that, there isn't the one
who cannot save at least $40. Then
| put it at interest. You can get eight
per cent may be ten. Whatever you
save will double itself in seven or eight
years. You add something to it every
year. You will be surprised to see
| how fast even small accumulations will
multiply and increase. Then, besides,
the habit of saving and economy will
be a fortune in Itself. Begin, then
with the determination to save some
thing. 1t will help to keep an accur-
ate account of dialy expenses. You
will thus be enabled to see just how
much, at the end ofthe year, you have
spent needlessly, and how much there,
fore may be saved, the coming year.
How do these thoughts affect young
! women9 While they remain SINGLE