Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-06-30
The Managing wife.

IlFa newton hdd Just nuisheu looking
over his yearly accounts Well" asked
his wife, looking up, chow do you come out?'
end, said her husband, " that my ex-
peuscs during the last year have been thirty
seven cents over thousand dollars"
Aud your income has been thousand
dollars 2"
" Yes. ] managed pretty well, didn't | p
q" Do YOU think it's managing well TO ex
ceed your income ?" said his wife.
" What's thirly-seyen cents q asked Mr.
Newton, lightly
" Not much, 10 be sure, but still something
II seems to me that we ought to have saved
/ instead Of falling behind"
But how can we save on such n salary,
| Elizabeth. We haven't lived extrayagautly.
/ Still, 10 seems to have taken itall"
Perhaps there's something in which we
might retrench. Suppose you mention some
of your itcms.'
"Ihe most important are house rent. one
hundred and fifty dollars and articles of food,
five hundred dollars"
Just half"
AYES, aud You admit that we can't ire
trench there, Elizabeth. like to live well.
/ had enough Of poor board before married.
/ Now ! mean to live as well as | can"
"S.ill, we ought to be saving up something
/ against q rainy day, Ezra
That would be something like carrying
an umbrella when the sun shines"
still il is well to have an umbrella in the
nous r,.
gan ooh,'o'''l your ios'q' hii@aneln'
pu. ii aila'u we s,ah t,.l qe aple 70 save
N'il ","t- Wy, 1"' "h'n KY ny saia'
russell l' Will "e uiue ohoush 10 'lihA o'
'na'
=, Ls' me MAKE n proposition 70 you sald
'iI7' NeN,oh' ou say one n9Ii your IN
Voihl Ha9 n,rh eNI"nueu ON afVoIes OF lo9d'
are you Wlllhs To auo" me that sum lor thc
pul pose ,, ....
iou guarantee TO pay Ml nlu' ont oi u
leS
men VIII Snlt lhe responsibility upon
I you With pleasure hut can tell you be
ioIehand you won't be aole TO save much
out qt H.
terhaps not. At any rate, ! Will engage
/ not to exceed It,
Ihat = well. ! shouldn't relish having
any additional bills to pay. As am paid
! every MONTH VIII at each payment hand
/ You half the money
The different characters OF husband and
WE may ne Judged from the conversation
| Which mas Teen recorded. Mr.. Newton had
out niue prudence or foresight. lie llved
chiefly ior the present, aud seemed to fancy
that Whatever contingencies might rise IN
the luturc' ne would somehow be provided
ior' Now, trust TO Providence Is very
proper feeling, but there Is a good deal OF
truth IN the ola adage that God VIII help
those who help themselves
Mrs. Newton, ON tho contrary, had been
brought up in family which was compelled
TO be economical, and although she was
not disposed to deny herself comforts, yet
she ielt that 1t was desirable to procure then
at a TAR pr'eo
Ihe time at which this conversation tool
place was at the commencement OF the sec
ond year OF their married lie.
Ihe iirst step which Mrs. Newton took, or
accepting the charge OF the household ex
penses' was 70 institute the practice oi pay
ing e'sh ior an articles tnnt came under her
department Nhe accordingly called ON the
butcher and Inquired
ilow often nave you been M the habit oi
presenting your hiHS, Mr Williams
once ln SIX months, was the reply
And ! suppose you sometimes have bad
ollls
les one-thlrl oi my proiits, on the aver
age are swept on by them.
Ana you could AFFORD suppose, to sell
fi."' 't''f -''--'''
" es' and would be glad II all my Gus
toners would give me chance to do So
VIII set theln an example, then, said
Mr,;; Newton; Hereafter whatever articles
shali oe purchlsed oi you VIII be paid lol
on the sp't' ana we Shail expect you to sell
then as REASONABLE a' you cam
,ihS arrangement was also made WIN the
olh'iS' "Ho, II Is scarcely neednl TO say
were very slhd To enter INTO the arrange
ln'gt h,ady money Is the great support OF
lralt' ana cAsh customer is worth Two VINO
l",chase on circuit
fortunately MIS- Newton had small sup
ply ol money ny nef Whlch lasted till the
hfs' monthly llstall'ient irom her husband
"'ea'n' au,' nus she was enabled To carry
oul har cash pan nom lhe beginning
,., Another plan winch occurred To- her as
uNrly 10 gave expense, was to purchase ar
iici's in NlfSs quantities She mad soon
saved enough from the money allowed hei
to do this For example, instead OF buying
sugar few pounds at time, she purchased
q barrel aud so succeeded IN saving a cent
OF mora on the pound. This, perhaps
amounted 70 but u tiue m the course OF
year but me same system carried ont in re
g"d % other articles Yielded result "hicl
was 10y no means trlne'
H.i' WNle "Vil'I WHY'S III winch u calelu
houseSeeper IS able to limit expense, whicl
Mrs Newton did not overlook with an oh
lect IN view she was always ON the lookout
to prevent waste, and to get the full value o.
whatever was expended.
The result was beyond her anticipations
At the close OF the year, on examining he
bank book-for she had regularly deposite,
whatever money she had not occasion 10 u.s.
IN one of those insttutions-she found tha
she had one hundred and fifty dollas, beside
rembursing herself for the money used during
the first month"; aud having money enough {,
last another.
"Well, Elizabeth, have you kept within
your allowance p asked her husband, at thi
time, | guess you have not found it S,
easy 10 save as you thought for"
have saved something however, sal,
his wife How is it with you ?"
That's more than can say. However
have not exceeded my income, that's ont
good thing. We have lived full as well, m,
! don't know but better, than last year, whel
we spent FIVE hundred 2"
Z" It's knack, Ezra" said his wife, smiling
She was not inclined to mention how
much She had saved. She wanted SOM
time or other, 10 surprise him, when il woul,
; be OF some service:
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