The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-11-27
2Niscellaneous.
Art of SavinO.
BY BISHOP CLARK OF RHODE ISLAND.

BY BISHOP CLARK OF RHODE ISLAND.
| great many people in these days are try
ing to economic. We are passing through q
crisis, which is net exactly ike an old fashion
ed panic, that came and went after the fashion
of a tornado, destroying all the dead trees and
| wrenching out few that had life in them; il
| is general collapse, rather than panic, and
| more like steady, persistant, withering north
easter than tornado. 1t is hard time for
those who have no money, because it is diff
cult to earn anything; but it is a hard time 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
over rating and corresponding Of the past few
years. 1t is the reaction which comes after a
debauch. 1t is useless to conceal the fact that
We a peculiar people. The French have
gone to work, economical 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 riot in extravaganza, kept up
war prices, manufactured five yards Of cloth
where one was needed, built innumerable rail-
roads on fictitious cspital, sold millions OF
bonds to the unwary 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 that is
terrible to them. The one must stint his house
hold in food and clothing, and keep the fire
low. The other must abate his luxuries, and
manage to live on ten thousand year instead
of twenty.
Some people have 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 prac-
tcal and homely way.
There is such thing as false economy
:--I hv nurehasing inferior arti-
cies, merely bcoaasv-!i--.-------i-
ment that comes to pieces after 1T has Veen
worn two or three times, may not cost much IN
the beginning but if you have to keep on buy
ing garments every few weeks, it is very cost
ly in the end. Poor -four and poor meat may
be had at great discount, but the family will
not thrive on such food. Furniture may be
bought at low rates, which does very well un-
til you begin to use it, and then it tumbles to
pieces. The true way is to buy only what IS
needed, and be careful to get your moneys
WORTH weight and good quality. 1t is
poor economy to neglect necessary repairs, IN
order to save time and money-or to allow
buildings to go to decay for want of little
paint. A stitch or two in time, five minutes
work, with few nails and hammer, or pot
of glue, or patch of leather, which every man
may do fer himself, will save a great many
valuable things from destruction. small ex-
penditpre of money for other repairs may save
a great deal of money in the end.
1t is sign OF wastefulness, and cannot be
economy, when yeu see fences with the Stats
broken, and the posts awry, and the gates un
hinged, shingles gone from the roof, windows
fractured, rickety door-steps, carts lying round
all winter with one wheel gone, dilapidateo
| ploughs, toothless rakes, dismantled grind
stones, and all kinds of tools rusting in th'
| rain. 1t is the worst kind Of economy to take
the young children away from school, and Sc
them to work. In doing SO you rob them 0
their capital, and it may be keep them poor al
through life. The temptation to do it is yer.
great, especially in manufacturing towns; s
great as to call for the intervention OF the law
as children multiply, expenses increase, an
the father may say that the young one ha
better work than suffer want. This may be SO
| Al - hrof GOy hn z
Of their stomachs and it is possible that tn
child might be kept at school a little longer,
the old folks would be willing to give up Ger
tain personal indulgences, which cost MOI
than they imagine.
True economy consists, first, in habitu'
, watchfulness, both as it regards what is brougt
into the house, and what is carried out of it,
The amount of waste in our American house
, keeping is enormous. A Frenchman woul
live luxuriosly upon what we throw ava
The crumbs which fall from our tables are vel
large A public lecture, delivered by an int
ligent Collector of Garbage-vulgarly know
as swill-man-and based upon his exper
ence in the various households that he serve
might be profitable to many. Weare also We
, vasteful in the matter Of fuel. little han
full Of sticks or two quart bag OF Goals CT
be made to cook more food in European kite
en- than barrow load of wood, or halt-bus
= ell of anthracite with us. The economical f(
eigner calculates how much fuel will be nee
ed to cook his dinner, and when that Is DO
the fire goes out; while in the hottest wealth
we keep the range roaring from morning t
- night In the article of clothing, we are st
more extravagant. 1t is not only the rich W
change their dresses as often as is demand
by the caprice of fashion-the spring and I
style must also be followed by those who ea
their bread in the sweat of their brow, and
garments had, whether the old ones are VIZ
Z or not
True economy consists in the cutting of
superAuitiea 1t is not easy in all cases to
termine what superhuity is. once kne'
:. wealthy lady, who, imagining that 1t was
cessary to retrench her expenses, sold her
, nary birds. There are some small econom
that's are simply mean. l would not take aw
even from those who most live by charity,
the little luxuries, which by use have come
IL be regarded as necessities. Let the good p
sioner have her cup of tea, although 1T CO
moro than meal and not furnish the SO
4. amount of nourishment The indulgence'
the poor are not very numerous. But w
wares are low and prices high, it is not wei
Id buy things which are costly, because they
:. out of season, or to pay double price for ia
lily brand of -four, when a cheaper article is
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