The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-18
Rdwsu and Angelina.
HR INSISTS ON VHB NECESSITY FOR RooNoM
ING, AND sHB EcoNoAIzEs.

9R INSISTS ON THE NECESSITY FOR ECoNOhlZ-
ING, AND sHB ECONOMIES.
from the Chicago Tibune.1
H1win has hankerng after political econ.
omy and things Of that sort, and makes An
gelina's life burden to her with lectures
upon the tendency OF the age to extravaganza,
the shrinkage of values, the necessity OF TAX
ing speedy steps toward specie resumption,
aud the like. Thursday be said to her at the
dinner-table, stirring his tea mean while in
8 very profound manner, "Angelina, the
oply hope for the public benefit lies in pri-
yate virtue. That great man Henry Carey
Baird has calculated, and his estimates
have been verified by that eminent Stats.
tician Alexander Delmar, some of whose
letters in the Inter- Ocean you may
not have read, that if every one of the 8,oOO,-
900 families in the American Union would
only skim the soap grease off of their dish
water, and invest its proceeds in sinking
fund at four per cent. compound interest,
the proceeds in 1859 years, two months ana
ELEVEN days would pay off the national debt.
There is at present a shrinkage oil values, 70
which we must accommodate ourselves II we
anticipate or desire return to the only soiIu
foundation Of specie-payments. Ec1no-
m;zp. nv love-" be said, taking another lump
of sugar, " economical" Now Angelina has, as
she says, got tired OF being preached at, and,
for her part, can't see why she, etc. On
|. Friday morning Edwin came down to break
fast and found Angelina presiding over the
l.breakfast-tray. smiling as to her eyes, frown-
ing as 10 her forehead, aud ambiguous as to
her mouth. She passed Edwin smoking
cup of coffee. He took drink thereof; his
| lower, Jaw iel like the tail board of q coal
cart, and the accursed beverage streamed
out of the corners of his mouth and upon
his shirt.fron.. "Holy smoke, Angelina :"
he at length calculated, do you wapt to
poison ,meI What's that?" "Ob!" re-.
Joined Angelina, Il thought I'd begin TO re.
trench at once; so put its own weight Of
burned peas to the coffee. It saves half our
bill, you see" she continued, "and you
wouldn't know the difference, would your"
But" said Edwin, here's shingle nail.
and two chunks of sugar cane, and bit O.
hoop, and tatbom of petticoat binding, and
a teaspooufui of slluvium at the bottom of
my cup. Aud have youEothing but Musco-.
syado sugar 10 the house? If were running
house I'd Heyer let my supply of loaf.
sugar run short" ooh, yes" responded
bis spouse, " bat wanted to economize, SO ]
got this. 1t ouig costs nine cents; the other
isa3." Then she fed Edwin with round steak
instead OF porterShouse, anG,oomf0rted him
Wild, bran-breads (which is mHch lees eXpen-
sive than white, Gud gave him omesHice
chrQI,e yellow butter, encrusted with salt
crystals, and whaIShe came hsme at night
answered the bell herself, With her skirt
thraaa over her head and patches of coal
dust or, her nose aad cheeks, declaring that
she haE dispensed with the services of the
servant girl SO as to save four dollars week.
When Edwin went to .bed at night he sank
through deceptive snRer-structure of straw
mattress, gnd printed Impressions of bed
;lsts upon himself from tie calves ef.his legs
10 the nape Ct his neck. Chen he rose up In
aio wrath and said that be wanted his house
,us decentlyif the nation Was whelmed In q
yea of bankruptcy, and that by the great
born spoon, ifihere wasn't coffee aud loaf
lugst for breakfast next day he'd know Hhy.