The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-02


he milkman, grocer, baker, or mar
1et-mau presents about every week,
md sometimes they are enormously
arge." /" g-'sis.. !. s.i..A
"No. doubt, no. doubt, friend Ed.
wards. And another thing; don't |
you think you. are less particular about |
he quantity you order when you have |
| bill? by. this i mean, do you not |
)ften purchase more than you would,
( obliged to pay the bill upon the de- |
livery of the articles ?"
II believe you are right again,
Tor my wife often remarks that our
bills are larger than they should be,
md sometimes / am almost certain
that we are charged twice for the
same articles, replied Edwards,
"Credit is oftentimes convenient
and very. acceptable to the person
receiving it, but beyond certain
limit it becomes disadvantageOus to
him. You will not be offended at
what say? added Wyman, earnestly.
"NO indeed. l have been blind too
long, and Pm sure If you are kind
to open my eyes to the truth,
1 should be very ungrateful to take
offence. TO be plain, myself and
wife have long wondered at your
continued prosperity, and puzzled
our brains to find out how it was
brought about; but, until to-day, we
have been completely I'm the dark. i
have been several times ON the point
of speaking to you on this subject,
but was afraid you would think me
prying and inquisitive. Now, how
ever, as the ice is broken, / will re-
ceive any suggestions, and such adj
vice as you may see fit to Offer"
GAS you have given me permission
to speak unreservedly, / will men,
ton one fault which materially in
terferes with yOursuccess in life. You
are inclined to prOcrastinate, neigh
Dor Edwards; tOput of until tO-mOr-
row what can as well be done to-day.
When pane of glass Is accidentally
broken, do you not often delay the
mending of it until another time
while, perhaps, an unruly cat makes
her debut through the same, carrying
away with her fine steak, or veal
outlet. Your fences, like other peO-
ple's sometimes need repairs but do
you not often think another time
will do just as well-there certainly
is no hurry about that fence. The
world was not made i'm a minute
John Edwards smiled in spite OF
himself, for the last remark of his
neighbours he was conscious of often
repeating.
~ suppose you never knew q COW
or swine to take advantage of the
gap to walk into your garden and de-
strOy three weeks work, did you,
my friend ? Such things have hap
pened," continued Wyman, signifi-
cantly, yet kindly.
"Cornered again! Well, go on"
laughed the other.
"And once heard of a neighbOr OF
mine, who neglected to procure a
physician when one of his children
was threatened with a fever. The
consequence was, long doctors bill,
much needless suffering and anxiety,
time lost, ETC."
"My error was realized, i'm that in
stance, when too late to repair it,
said Edwards, his voice growing
iIiOiC oCilOuS, 40 iiC IcCtileu tiIc peril
Gus situation in which his favorite
child had lain for days, and the tor
turing anxiety and remOrse that had
preyed upon his own mind.
81 recOllect another OCCASION" re.
sumed Wyman, "when the same in.
dividual lost very desirable Job by
being just an hour behind the time
appointed tor meeting to take place
to arrange terms and other etceteras
with the contractor"
1t was evident enough to Edwards
who the individual alluded to, was
but he said nothing, and Paul Wy.
man went on.
81 do not mention these things,
my friend, because 1 have any pleas.
ure in so doing, but simply to con.
vince you that procrastination is one
of your greatest drawbacks; it has
been justly called the thief of time,'
"YOu spoke of exertion is it all
on your side, or does your wife bear
her part ?" inquired Edwards.
"Indeed she does" rejOined Wy
man, warmly. II could do nothing
to advantage without her assistance.
My wages are given over into her
keeping, and never have reason to
find fault with the disposal of them.
She is an excellent hOusekeeper, q
most admirable manager, and every
thing is put to some good use by her
prudence"
81 wish my wife could take a few
lessons in managing, for Pm afraid
she don't understand the art very
well, il an art il can be called" added
the other, thoughtfully.
"You have aptly termed it it is
an art; and no man need tlatter him
self that he will succeed in making
his expenses less than his income, un-
less he is sure of the cooperation OF
his wife; she alone can well dispose
of money in household matters, and
make little, so to speak, 90 great
way. This is what mean by man.
aging. Take care of the cents, neigh
Dor, and the dollars will take care OF
themselves. Promptness in business,
and economy in all things, is the true
secret of prosperity. Indeavor to
know just what your income is, and
always regulate your expenses by the
same. BY leaving these matters to
take care of themselves you commit,
a great error. Details should be at
tended to; they cannot, will not, and
never did, 1 believe, in any case, take
care of themselves. The whole of
our lives is made up of small things,
which, when put together, assume,
i'm our estimation, the greatest i'm
portance, and demand, and have our
energies I'm caring for them. But
you must perceive that It is utterly
impossible to care wisely for large
matters, when we have entirely lost
sight of the minutie which consti-
tutes them. Pardon me, my friend,
but you lack calculation; you arc
lacking In system. Instead of con-
trolling your business, you suffer
your business to control you. In this
way, bills pour in uDon you unex-
pectedly, and instead of being your
own master, you have O master in
every creditor. You do not accumu-