The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-06-18
Hancock Savings Bank.
THE TWO FRIENDS: Or
HOW TO WIN.

HOW TO WIN.
at all sounds very fine, " replied Wal
ton, 'but for my part, like your gen
erous fellows who spend theirInoney and
enjoy themselves as they go along"
''Did You ever read H1sop's fable Of
the grasshopper and the ants!''
NO"
''Well, n grasshopper, who had by
chance not been killed by the winter
frosts, was nearly starved, and came to
colony Of ants, begging for food. why
didn't you do as we did, said the ants,
and in the summer time lay by food for
the winter? well, said the grasshopper,
Il was fond of play, loved the sunshine
and the flowers, and passed my time
merrily, drinking, singing, and dancing,
and never once thought of winter The
ants shook their heads and said, They
who drink, sing, and dance in the sum
mer, must starve in the winter. Had
you been prudent, and provided when
you had the opportunity against the fu-
ture evils and accidents of life, you
might now enjoy your days in peace"
''PshawI' said Walton, 81 hate fables.
/ should like to know how you came to
be so much wiser than other people,
"When was fifteen years old, John,
my boss said to me one day, Now, Jim,
what do you think about wages? You
are good, willing lad, and I'll tell you
what I'll do. I'll give you now IA dollar
and n half week, if You will promise
me to put a dollar in the Savings Bank
every MONTH
az told him was ashamed 80 deposit
so small a sum.
ait is honest, said he, and shows
prudence and eeOnomyi and honesty,
prudence, and economy, are three things
no lad in the world need be ashamed Of
$50 promised him-and / tell you,
John, l never knew a happier moment
than when put that dollar in the bank.
was Just the proudeat lad In the whole
town. | didn't want to spend money
foolishly after that. | tried 10 earn
something after hours, so as to make it
more than dollar a ,AoIih; ana did,
John. In the second month put in
two dollars Instead Of one; and when
the year was out, had twenty dollars
all told.
"The next year | put in two dollars
each month, aud al the end Of the year,
when the bank wrote up my book, had,
with interest, forty-six dollars.
$50 / went on. Next year ! did bet
ter still, and got in an average of dol
lar n week, and wien the year Was up
there were $l0l, all my own, John, safe
and sound; and then the interest began
to tell"
elbow did you know It was safe and
sound!" said Walton, getting now not a
little irritated, as he reflected how diff
ferent his own conduct had been all this
time, and consequently disposed to find
all the objections he could TO his friends
ooh, it was safe enough, replied Far
mum, good -humoredly. cone couldn't
well find safer place 10 put his money
than i'm we'll conducted Savings Rank.
Their affairs are examined by State Off
GERS, appointed for the purpose. Their
Investments are made im the best securi-
ties, such as bonds and mortgages, and
government, state, or municipal bonds.
Besides, the trustees and officers who
manage their affairs. embrace some of
the best and truest citizens in the land.
Last week | called at the office OF The
!SGfegudFd, in Broad Street, to get "a
copy of the paper, and saw there list
of officers and trustees of Savings Banks,
and was convinced that in the hands Of
such men, nothing would be permitted
TO go wrong.
81 should rather have my money in
some safe place, where | could get itany
moment wanted it, +" said Walton.
"A hundred dollars hid away in an
old stocking won't increase to two hun
dred in twelve years" said Farnum.
"Besides, Ii is not safe hid away. 1t
may be found out and stolen; there are
hundreds of cases known to the police
where people have been afraid to trust
their money TO the banks, have hid it
away, been watched by thieves, and all
their savings stolen.
81 knew one old fellow vino had saved
three hundred dollars. What to do with
it he didn't know. Ffe put it in the
bank, and took it out-hid il under the
floor, and took it up-buried it in the
cellar, and then unburied il; at last, it
was in summer time-he Thought the
stove pipe was a good place. No one,
he was sure, would think of looking for
money in the stove pipe, and he could
| put it somewhere else in the fall, when
they began TO light fires So hepu it
il was all In bills-in the stove pipe, and
] said not a word about it to anybody.
| About a week later his wife was clean
ing house. There We're a lot of sweep
ings, old paper, rubbish of all sorts,
which she crammed into the stove, and
then, as the easiest way of getting rid of
the stuff, set fire to it. You can guess
the result. Not even cinder of the
three hundred dollars could be found.
Oh, no, John, the Savings Bank is the
safest"
''Well, said Walton, ''how much
money have you got in the bank nowg"
Enough for a rainy day." replied
Farnum, laughing. at was seven years
ago when Ibegan, so you can make your
own calculation. But here, / believe,
is where we part"
(TO be coatinued.l