Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-04
ART OF SAVING.
BY BISHOP CLARK, OF RHODE ISLAND.

through a crisis, which is not exactly like
and ld,fashioned panic, tba. came and
went after the fashion Of q tornado, aes.
troying all the dead trees and wrenching
out a few which had some life in them {:
it is a general collapse, rather than a
panic, and more like a steady, persistent
whitening north easter than a tornado
1t is a hard time for those who have no
money. because it is difficult to earn any
thing AMI it lisa hard tire for those
who have money, because there is no way
to use it. We are suffering just what
might have been expected, after the over
trading, and Ovcr,producing, and over.
rating, md over spending of the past few
years. II is the reaction whi,h comes
after a debsuch. 1t is useless to conceal
that we are peculiar people. The French
have gone to work aud ecoromized and
paid the heavy debt incurred in their
late war. They are richer than ever, and
their paper is as good as gold.
We have run rio. in extravaganza, kept
up war prices, manufactured FIVE yards Of
cloth where one was needed, built inu-
merabls railroads on fictitious capital.
sold millions OF bonds to the uuwary that
are good for nothing, paid our debts with
borrowed money, and spent two dollars
when we were earning one. And now
we feel that We must begin to retrench.-
With the poor, this means something ter
rible. and with the rich it may mean
something terrible TO them. The one
must stint household in food and clothing,
and keep the FIRE low. The other must
abate his luxuries, and manage to live on
ten thousand a year instead of twenty.
Some people have a natural gift for
saving, and whatever their income may be
always lay by something. Others live
from hand to mouth, and whatever their
income may be, lay by nothing. Let us
look at this subject in a pratical and
homely way.
There is such a thing as false economy.
Nothing is gained by purchasing inferior
articles merely because they are cheap.
A garment that comes to pieces after it
las been worn two or three times, may
not cost much in the beginning, but If
you have to keep on buying new garments
every few weeks, it is very costly in the
end. Furniture may be bought at low
rates, which does very well until you BE-,
gin to use 1t, and then it tumbles to rieces.
Poor -four and poor meat may be had at
a great discount, but the family will not
thrive upon such food. The true way is
is to buy only what is needed, and be
careful to get your moneys worth, fair
weight and good quality. 1t is very poor
econom y to neglect necessary repairs
in order to save time and money-o,
allow buildings to go to decay for want o.
a little paint. A st'ch or two 10 time
five minutes work, with a few nails anG
a hammer, or a pot of glue, or a patch o.
leather, which every man may do fol
himself. will save a great many valuable
things from destruction. A small cxpon
dituro of money for other repairs may
save a great deal of money in the end.
1t is a sign Of wastefulness und not o
economy, when you see fences with thu
stats broken. and the posts awry, and tL'
gates unbinged, shingles gone from tn
roofs, windows fractured, rickety door
steps, carts lying round all winter will
one wheel gone, dilapidated ploughs
toothless rakes, dismautled grind stones
and all sorts Of tools rusting in the rain
It is the worst kind Of economy to tax
the young children away from school, an,
set them to work. In doing this you ro'
them of their capital, and it may kee'
them poor all through life. The temp
tation to do it is very great, especially il
manufacturing towns SO gre at as to cal
for the intervention Of the law as chill
dren multiply, expenses increase, and th
father may say that the young ones ha'
better work than suffer want. This ma
be so but it is hard 10 starve their brain
for the sake Of their stomachs and it i
possible that the child might be KEEP
at school o little longer, if the old folk
would be willing to give up certain per
sonal i~ndulgcnces, which cost more thaI
they imagine.
True econory consists, first, in babitua
watohfulness, both as it regards what i
brought into the house, and what is car
ried out of it. The amount of waste il
our Ameriea bouse keepiny ia enormous