The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-10-21

lhe case ammg iafmens, i would seem
but imp.a Justice TIA, esoh should have
sisted early STARE of ihe income.
We'll. Il stlkes me that we men are
about pa,ed ont aud the sooner We take
ourselves oat IF the world The beiser, re-.
marked John, doleiailv
Oh a0l We can't possibly spare you
YET, laughiugly replied she wife, At lhe
same time going on with her reading.
Aher seasou Of profound meditation
John beaks the silence by saying
can't see why you should be so stirred up
81 tbis subject, for am sure I've always
given you 81 the money you've asked
for
Aud 80. indeed, you have, and its be-
cause you've always been so good and
reasonable ID that respect that I've never
said before what I've often thought, that
I would rather have certain share--as
the butter or egg mouey for instance
which ! can cali my own from year to
wear, chan a much larger sum that | must
ask for every time | wpnt few dollars.
| don't think you men ever realize how
women mie 20 ask for money, even
when they know It will be cheerinlly
given. And theu al men are not as kind
a. you are There's sister Mary's hus-
band who can never give ber a cent
without a growl, though she's worked as
hard as be to make and save. know
she'd rather fGce a cannon any time than
to ask for money, rich as be is. declare
Il makes my blood boil sometimes when
think Of il; I'm almost ready to take
the stump for women's rights.
Go ahead, 60 ahead said John, laugh
ing, rm sure you can speeehify with the
best OF 'cm. Wen have Parson Brown
give out an appointment for you next
sunday subject; Womsn's rights to but
ter and eggs
Then there's another thing I've been
wanting to speak TO you about for some
time, continued Minerva, who was thor
ougbly IN earnest, aud meant to have her
say ou!. Walter told me a while ago that
he wished father would let him work out
this summer aud have bis own earnings
don't think the boy really wants TO
leave home, but only to feel that be has
something he can call bis own. You
know you often say that he's worth more
to You than any man on tic farm, he's so
steady and faithful. Now why not pay
him the same wages you do other men
and there's Joe, who always says he
won't be a farmer because farmers have
to work so hard and have such dull
times think II we could get him inter.
ested in something about the place he'd
feel differently. He and Mary might
share the poultry and egg money between
them. We could require them to keep a
strict account Of expenses and sales, aud
so they would be learning business hab-
4 its and the true value of money. OF
course they would make some mstah es
at first, and perhaps spend a few dollars
4 looishly, but when they find that an old
dress or coat must be worn a little longer
because Of their folly, they'll soon learn
wisdom. really believe Joe would be-
come a real enthusiast in the business
/ with little encouragement, for he al
ready knows every breed Of fowls for
Eve miles around, aud such an enthusi-
asm would be worth a great deal in keep
ing him out of mischief
Well, don't know but you are right
about that; Pm sure III go for any plan
thatll keep him from raising Ned gene
rally as be does most OF the time, said
the father.
have often thought, resumed thc
wonderful woman, that this way OF never
letting children have any money bu
what they can get by hook or by crool
+ almost sure to result in making then
either speudthrifls or misers. There
Jim Silver, whose father would never lie
him have a cent except what he coulC
earn by working occasionally day for
neighbor.
He has his board and clothes, ant
that's all ever had at bis age, and whel
I'm gone he'll have it all, the old ma
said.
Now see that fine property Is bein
sqsuniered. Then there are the Dexters
! How the old Squire used to rake an
/ scrape year after year, keeping the boy
and girls hard at work, with never
: book or newspaper in the house, and no'
J his children are quarreling like cats an
dogs over the sixty thousand dollars b
j left them. Somehow ! never can beG
a the thought that our children may begi
% calculate how much ihey'll have whe
/. we're gone, and you may be sure the
: viii, unless we make them feel that the
I have a present a. we'll as prospecti'
G interest in the property.
, Really, wife, you're making out a pre-
Z ty strong case; don't see but IN ha'
/, 10 turn the concern into partDersh
i fair.
Wei, I've only one more point
: make aud I'm through. Anna aud
r might have the butter money; perhal
i Il would not always be quite as much
we get now 10 the course Of the yes
{. bot whatever IL is we'll promise to
i sail fled, and know we can plan
J. much better advantage, and make t
Is money 10 a grea, deal farther il we kno
r. exactly what We have TO depend upon.
81 fts. tttlu ntn ent the clock, strikii
b ten, put an end to The weighty conf
ie eucc.
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