St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-30
customers would give NE ii chance tn

tlcles we shall purchase of You will he
paid for ON the spot, and We shall rx-
pect YOU to sell them as reasonable as
| You can.
This arrangement WAS also made with
the others, who, il is scarcely nerdtul
to say, were very glad TO enter into the
arIangement.-Re Ready money is the great
support of trade, and il cash customer is
worth two who purchase on credit.
Fortunately, Mrs. Newton had IL small
supply OF money by her which lasted
till the first monthly in>tallmemt from
her husband became due. Thus she
was enabled to carry out her cash plan
from the beginning.
Another plan which occurred to her
as likely to save expense, was to pur-
chase articles in large quantities. She
bad soon saved enough from the money
| allowed her to do this. For example.
instead of buying sugar few pounds
at Il time, she purchased IL barrel. and
50 succeeded in saving Il cent OF more
on the pound. This, perhaps. amounted
to but tlitie in the course of Il wear.
but the same system carried out in re-
gard to other articles yielded Il result
which was 10y no means Il triile.
There were other ways in which Il
careful housekeeper is able to limit ex-
pense. which Mrs Newton did not over
look. With All object in view she WAS
always on the lookout to prevent waste.
and to get the full value of whatever
waS expended.
The result WAS beyond her anticipa-
tIons.
At the close of the year. on eXamim-
ing her bank book for she had regularly
deposited whatever money she had not
occasion to use in one of these iustitu-
tioms she found that she had one hun
dred and fifty dollars, besides rcim-
bursting herself for the money used
during the first month. and having mon
cI enough to last another.
Well. Elizabeth. have Nou kept with
in your allowance asked her husband.
at this time. guess You have not
found II S" easy to save a> You thought
for.
have saved something. however.
said his wife. How is it with you
That's more than can SAY. How
ever. | have not exceeded my income.
that's one good thing. We have lived
full aS we'll. and don't know hut bet
ter. than last wear. when We spent five
hundred
It's knack. Ezra. said his wife. sml-
ing.
She Was not inclined t" mention how
much she had saved. She wanted. some
time OF other, to surprise him when il
would he of some service.
She may possibly have saved up
twenty-five dollars. thought Nh. New
ton. Or some such tritlc. and 81 dis
missed the matter from his mind.
At the end of the second year. Mrs.
Newtnn'> savings amounted t" three
hundred and fifty dollars. and she hr-
gan t" feel quite rich. Her husband
did not think to inquire how she had
succeeded. surprising. as before. that 1t
could hc but Il very small sum.
However, he had IL pirc, ot good news
/" communicate. His salary had been
raised from ii thousand to twelve hun
dled dollars.
He added As before allowed YOU
one half my income for household cN-
penscs. il is no more than fair should
do 50 now. That will give Nou Il bet
tel chance to save pant "t il than hct"Ir.
Indeed. don't know how You have
succeeded in saving anNtiIug thus fan.
\ before. Mrs. Newton merely sud
that she had saved >omcrhiug. Withnut
specify ing the amount.
Her allowance WAS Increased to SIN
hundred dollars. but her expenses were
not propurtiomatclN increased :" that
her savings for the third year SWcllcd
the aggregate sum in the s,iN img> bank
to six hundred dollars.
MIR. Newton. on the contrary. in spite
ot his increased SALARY. Ms NO hr;trI
of at the end OF the third NriI than
before. His expenses had Increased nN
Il hundred dollars. though he would
have found il difficult {" tell in W hat
way his comfort or happiness had been
Increased thereby.
In spite of his calclc>Snr>> in regard
to his own affairs. Mr. Newton WIS am
excellent man in regard To his bu>nc>>.
and his services WcIc Valuable to his
employers. They accordiuylN incrca>-
| ell his salary from time Ia time. TIL II
reached sixteen hundred dollars. lie
steadily pursued the custom of assign
| ing one half to his wife for the same
| purpose aS heretofore, and this had be
come such Il habit that he never thought
| to inquire whether she found il ncccs-
sary to employ the whole OF not.
Thus ten Years rolled away. During
all this time Mr.. Newton lived in the
same hired house for which he had paid
an annual rent oi one hundred and fifty
dollars. Latterly. however. he had
/ become dissatisfied with it. 1t had
passed into the hands of Il new land
lord. who WAS not disposed to keep il IN
the repair which he considered desir-
able.
About this time block of excellent
houses was erected 10y il capitalist, who
designed to sell them or let them, as he
might have an opportunity. They were
more modern and much better arranged
than the one in which Mr.. Newton now
lived, and he felt Il strong desire to
move into one of them. He mentioned
it to his wife, one morning.
What is the rent, Ezra she inquired.
Two hundred and twenty-five dol
lars for the corner house two hundred
for either of he others.
The corner one would he preferable.
on account of the side windows.
Yes, and they have Il large yard be
sides. think we must hire one of
them. | guess I'll engage one to-day :;
YOU know our wear is out next week.
Please wait. Ezra. till o-morrow be
fore engaging one.
! For what reassu
should like to examine the house.
Very we'll, ! suppose tomorrow will
be sufficiently early.
Soon after breakfast. Mrs. Newton
called on Squire Bent the owner of the
new block, and intimatcd her desire to
be shown the corner house. The request
he readily complied with: Mrs. Newton
WAS quite delighted with all the ar
l..nmeInents and eNnressel her S;Itis-