Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-15


them ordered II charged.
"Mr. Matthews, you may rest assured
we shall be very happy to accommodate
you in anything"
Now II was hattering TO young Mat
thews' feelings to think that the trader
had such confidence in him; and he left
with an exceedingly good opinion of
himself and his credit, and especially OF
his grocer.
Only dollar Yes--only dollar on
the traders ledgcr-that's of no account
But q dollar out of ones pocket-that
was different. Charles would not have
bought them had he been obliged to pay
cash at the time.
"Ah, Matthews, look here, have
something to show you" This was said
by the trader the very next morning
after the purchase of the pickles, and so
! Mr.. Waldron led our hero to the back
store and opened a box of oranges.
"There, Matthews, amt they niceW
"They are nice" replied Charles
so they were.
Z" know your wife would like some of
| them; carried some home to my wife,
and she wanted me to save her three or
! four dozen of them at least"
HOW muCn 40 Jncy COsL!
" Let me sec-I can send you up three
dozen for dollar. l got these oranges
very cheap. You know they are retail
ing at five cents apiece"
Z" Yes. Well, you may send me three
dozen, and please charge them"
81 will, certainly. Anything else this
morning."
81 believe not"
And so Matthews went on. This morn
ing it would be a dollar-to-morrow per
haps fifty cents. 1t didn't seem much
The young man kept just as much money
in his pocket as though he hadn't bought
them.
"Only dollar" he would say to him
! self. "That isn't much out of the twelve
| dollars Il week" And it might not be,
but the trouble was the next dollar was
called one dollar, and he would forget to
add it to the former dollar and call it
two dollars, with the next dollar and call
! il three dollars.
One evening Charles came home with
a new gold watch chain.
Where did you get that?" inquired
Mrs. Mathews.
"Ah, replied the husband, with an
impressive shake of the head, " l made Il
bargain on this chain. Now guess how
much paid for it,"
"Tm sure l could not guess"
con, try, guess something"
"Well, ten dollars"
"Ten dollarsw echoed Charles, with
disappointed look. "Why, what are you
thinking of Jack Cummings bought
this chain two months ago and paid
twenty dollars for it. Just heft it and
see how heavy it is. Eighteen karats
fine. Jack was hard up for money, and
he let me have it for thirteen dollars"
Z" suppose it is cheap enough" re-
turned Hannah, but with not such pleas
urable surprise as her husband had OK
pected. "But," she added, "you didn't
need it, and fear you will feel the loss
of the money"
"Pooh l have money enough. You
know have spent very little lately. l
have been pretty saving"
"But you forget your bills. The
money you have is not yours"
Not mine?"
! "No; it belongs to the storekeeper, to
the butcher and landlord. You know
they must be paid"
Don't you fret about them. l know
it don't cost anything like twelve dollars
week to live, for l have made an esti
mate. There is Wilkins, who works be
side me at the shop; he has four children
and only gets the same wages do, ant
yet he lays up two or three dollars t
week"
YES" said Hannah, "Iknow he does
l was in to see his wife the other day
and she was telling me how they werC
getting along. Mr.. wilkins takes hi!
basket twice week and goes over tt
,' the market and gets his meat and vege
!. tables, and trades for cash, and so get
} everything to the very best advantage
So he does at the store. He lays in
u good quantity of all those articles which
. will keep, and buys butter, eggs, apple
s. and such things by the quantity whel
u u the market is full, and they are cheap
: and he always buys enough to last hi
Z family over the season of scarcity, whel
u u such things are high. His butter, for in
e stance, he bought for twenty-five cents
IL pound-a firkin of it-and it is mucl
sweeter than that for which you pai
a forty-eight cents yesterday"
d Forty-eight cents" exclaimed Tia
y young man in surprise.
L
% when he brought it up, and he said
had risen to forty-eight cents. MI
t. Wilkins got twenty dozen of eggs som
l. time ago for twenty cents dozen, an
/; his wife packed them down, and the
y. keep we'll You will have to pay MI
If Waldron forty-fve cents for those h
re sent up yesterday"
:" Charles Mathews was somewhat astoI
W ished at this view of the case, but
Or could not be helped now, and the sui
ject was dropped. His gold chain ha
" lost its charm. 1t did not look so wei
IN even in his own eyes, as the old blac
l cord which he had worn before.
a AT length the end of the quarter cam
W around The first bill was the rem
o, which amounted to about thirty-one do
Ii lars The next was the butchers bill {
II thirty-siX dollars. Charles was astol
ished to see how this bill footed NJ
)" But when he saw how many steaks
le had, at thirty cents pound, the cause {
Il wonder disappeared. Next he paid IL
bakers bill, which was thirteen dollar
When he came home in the evening he ha
C, paid all his bills except his grocery bill
sh Mr.. Waldron sent in his bill to-day
d, said his wife, after supper.
lie "Ah, did he? let me see it,"
do Hannah brought it, and Charles locke
to He was astonished at its length, al
n. when he came to look at the bottom
m, the column his face turned IA shade pal
g. 1t footed up just sixty-fve dollars
or average of five dollars a week.
ds "This is impossiblew he exclaimed
'er he gazed upon it. But he examined Il
nd different articles, and he could remeI
on Der when he ordered them, Those thini
which cost him only dollar looked We
Ir. innocent when viewed alone, but in d
he aggregate they had a very different a
is pearance. "How much shall we lay l
this quarter, Charles2" kindly asked b
es: wife, as she came and leaned over /
an shoulder and smoothed the hair ba
cir from his brows.
he GLOW much shall we lay upY" he /
an peated. "Not much. Get the slate al
,ra lot no rackOu nm IIa NUoo raooIvod