Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-12-31

wife IN Jar last evening ana Sne LnlnkS
them superior to any she ever saw"
Now Charles knew that his wife had
plenty of plain picked cucumbers, some
that her mother had put down for her,
but Mr.. Waldron's wife had some of
these fancy ones, and why shouldn't Han
nah?
And so he ordered the jar, and, as it was
ineonvenient to pay for it, ordered it
charged.
''Mr. Matthews, anything you may
want you can order at any time, and you
may rest assured we shall be very happy
to accommodate you.'
Now this was fattering to young Mat
thews' feelings, to think that the trader
had such confidence in him, and he went
away with an exceeding good opinion of
himself and of his credit and of the store
keeper in particular.
Only dollari Yes-only dollar on
the traders ledger-that's of no account.
But dollar right out of ones pocket
that was different. Charles would not
have bought them had he been obliged to
pay the cash at the time.
'tAh, Matthews, look here, have some
thing nice to show YOU" This was said
by the trader to the young man the very
next morning after the purchase of the
pickles. And so Mr.. Waldron led orr
hero to the back store and opened a
box.
"There, Matthews, amt those nice
oranges?"
"They are nice" replied Charles. And
SO they really were.
81 knew your wife would like some of
these. | carried some home to my wife
and she wanted me to save her three or
four DOZEN
"They are nice. How high are they ~
+" Let me see; [ can send you up three
dozen for dollar. I got these very cheap.
You know they are retailing at five cents
apiece"
:" Yes. Well you may send me up
three dozen. Just charge it, if you
please"
Certainly. Anything else this morn
ing?'
And SO Matthews went on. This morn
ing it would be dollar-to- morrow per-
haps fifty cents-and then again perhaps
only twenty-five cents. 1t didn't seem
much. The young man had just as much
money in his pocket as though he hadn't
bought them. "Only dollar" he would
say to himself. "That isn't much out of
twelve dollars week" And it might not
be, but the trouble was that the nextdollar
was called one dollar, and he would for
get to add it to the former dollar and call
It two dollars; and with the next dollar
and call it three dollars, and so on.
One evening Charles came home with
a new gold chain attached to his watch.
"Where did you get that?" asked his
wife.
"Ah," returned the husband, with an
impressive shake of the head, Z" made a
bargain on this chain. Now guess how
much paid for it,
+" am sure I could not guess"
ooh, but try-guess somethlng.'
Well, perhaps ten dollars ~
e Ten dollars - echoed Charles, with Z.
disappointed look. Why, what are you
thinking of? Jack Cummins bought this
chain two months ago, and paid twenty
dollars for 1t. Why, just heft it and see
how heavy it is. Eighteen carats fine.
Jack was hard up for money and let me
have it for thirteen dollars
cit is cheap, to be sure,' returned Han
nah, but yet with not such pleasurable
surprise as her husband had expected.
"But," she added, "you did not need it.,
and / fear you will feel the loss of the
money"
"Pooh; I have money enough. You
know have spent but very little lately.
I have been pretty saving"
"But you forget our things, Charles.
The money which you have ON hand is
not yours"
"Not mine?" he exclaimed.
"No; it belongs to the storekeeper, and
to the butcher, and to our landlord. You
know they must be paid"
"Don't you fret about them. know it
don't cost nowhere near twelve dollars a
week to live, for / have made an estimate.
There is Wilkins, who works beside me
at the shop, he has four children, and only
gets the same wages do, and yet he lays
up two or three dollars each week"
yes" sal Hannah, 81 know he does
was in to see his wife the other day, and
she was telling me how they get along.
Mr.. Wilkins takes his basket twice week
and gets his meat and vegetables, and
trades for cash, and so gets everything to
the very best advantage. So he does at the
store. He lays in a good quantity of these
articles which will keep, and buys butter,
eggs, apples and such things by the guam
tity when the market is full and they are
cheap, and he always buys enough to last
his family over the season of scarcity,
when such things are high. His butter !,
for instance, he bought for twenty-five
cents per pound, a firkin of it-and it is
much sweeter than that for which you paid
forty-eight cents yesterday"
"Forty-eight cents!' repeated the young
man in surprise.
Eyes. 1 asked Mr. Waldron's man
when he brought it up, and he said it had
risen to forty-eight cents. Mr.. Wilkins
got twenty dozen of eggs some time ago
for twenty cents dozen, and his wife
packed them down, and they keep WELL
You will have to pay Mr.. Waldron forty
five cents for those he sent up yesterday"
Charles Matthews was somewhat aston
isbed at this view of the case, but it could
not be helped now, and the subject was
dropped. His gold chain had lost its
charm. Tt did not look so well, even in
his own ewes, as the old black cord which
he had worn before.
At length the end of the quarter came
around. The first bill was the rent, which
amounted to thirty one dollars. The next
was the butchers bill of thirty six dollars.
Charles was astonished to see how his
meat bill footed up. But when he saw
how MANY steaks he had had at thirty
cents per pound the cause of the wonder
disappeared. Next he paid the bakers
bill, which was thirteen dollars. When
he came home in the evening he had paid
all the bills except the grocery bill.
&c Mr.. Waldron sent his bill to-day, !"
his wife said, after supper.
q All, did he Let me see 1t. I"
Hannah brought it and Charles looked.
He was astonished at its length, and when
he came to look at the bottom of the
column his face turned a shade pale. 1t
footed up just sixty-fve dollars-an
average of five dollars week.
"This is impossiblep' he exclaimed,
as he gazed upon it. But he examined
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