Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-08

family of the world there Governor
Chamberlain, of South Carolina, took
his bride; Mrs. Robcson's brothcr-in-
law married there. Senators ought
to promote the Government service.
SOMETHING ABOUT TME TRICK
OF SAVING MONEH.
Htnss wer,h More Than she rive
Cents N"T .. r:,a tor '"''
a writer in CdSsels E'dmiiy Magd-
:ine says: of any who read these
lines are conscious that their pockets
arc made of such materials that
whatever money is put into them
will burn a hole until il gets out,
would advise them, whenever they
! take Inc air, to leave their money at
home, or better still. 10 keep an exact
account Of every halfpcnny they
spcnd. tits astonishing how foolish
small extravagances appear when
they have to be pm, down in black
and white, after The temptation TO in
dulgc in them is over. And they
must he pui down in detail. and not
conveniently classed together under
the general heading Of "snndries."
The item s'snndries" Is never admit
ted into wcll-kcrt household ac-
counts. No one who has moi tried il
] would believe what check il is upon
personal expenditures to kecpa rough
account Of money spent, and col only
Il check, hut help: for prices may be
compared, and thus lessons learned
from experience.
i Generally speaking. whenever large
savings have been made, they have
effected little sums. Very few per-
SONS of ordinary honesty deliberately
sci to work to make large purchases
/ which they cannot afford, and yet
numbers spend just rs much in the
long run. in little things that they
scarcely think worthy OF notice. 1t is
very difficult TO realize fully the value
of small sums. IL the half-pcnnies
and pennies that lie loose in the
| pockets were properly appreciated,
there would not be so much pecnnia-
Try embarrassment in the world as
there is. "Many picklc makes q
muckle;" this is true il Of nothing
more than of half-pcnnics aud pen.
MES.
! These little savings, as rule, must
be made in personal expenditure
! more than in anything else. What i
spent over the household is generally
needed, but the small personal lux
uries which cost so little are moi
And when any saving is made in this
way, The money should be PM aside
as saved. instead Of being mixed with
the spending fund, aud additions
made to il as frequently as possible
that will make yon understand as
soon ms anything what small econo-
mics amount to.
! When money is PM aside 10 he
saved, ii should be put in some place
/ where il cannot be directly got at. l
| cannot speak too highly OF the Post.
Office Savings bank for This purpose
! The very fact that a little trouble and
formula has to be gone through be.
fore il can he obtained, prevents il
! being spent many time when il
most certainly would he if il were
close at hand
1 said Just now, that what was spent
for the household was generally q
necessary outlay. and yet there arc
two or three ways in which money
can be saved here that should like
to mention.
/ The first, by buying in large guam.
/ titles. OF course the danger is that
when there is stock ofthings to "run
al" as servants say, they will he more
extravagantly used. All ] can say OF
this point is. that they must not be
"rnn at" A proper quantity must be
portioncd ont and the rest put away
Then ii will be found that articles
may be bought both cheaper and bet.
er in large quantities than in small
ones.
/ Another way TO save expense is tt
pay for everything as yOu get il. il
you do this yon will avoid over
charge. and will buy far less. If Tho
money had to be put down al the mo.
ment, many an unnecessary purchase
would be avoided. People who have
limited incomes are those who ca,
least afford to live on credit. and I'M
fortunately they do il more than any
others.
heard of a workin.man the Other
day who was very DESTROYS TO save
and yet: in looking over his eNpcndi.
turc, he could moi detect any extrava.
eance in any part Of il. lie came r.
the conclusion that The only way i,
which he could possibly economics
was TO walk to his work instead OF
riding, and 10 fake his dinner will
him from home iuslead Of bpyin" Il
/ in the city. lie did this and nut
away the money thus saved. and in a
few years he found nc hal, in his pos.
session enough TO buy tho cottage ii
which be lived. lie was, besides
much better Up health for the regular
exercise lie had taken.
| Speaking Of dinlcrs reminds me 4,
say ihai il i M economy 10 liv'
poorly. Nature requires . ccriail
amount Of D0lIrishIhrnt. and will
have il or he rcycHged and iile re;
vcnge will, in all probability, lake The
form of a long doctors hin or dimin.
ishpl working power. This sort Of
| saving Is aapeHly wise and pound
foolish The ihiass 10 sayo out o.
are sham', false appearance and self.
! indulgencies, not necc--aries. Wherc
is the saving in working in dim
light 10 save candles or gas, and in.
iuring the SIGHT: ii wearing boots
that take in wafer and bringing IN
rheumatic fever3 in living on poor
food and lowering tho system: Far
better wear shabby hat a week CT
two longer than usual, or dispense
altogether with lhQi piece Of iinery
you were contemplating, Yhe worst
Of it is, however that people arc gen
orally more willing to dispense with
with useless cs.traYagaNfes llai nHord
an opportunity Tor ulsplay NhlcA
every G4e sees through. ~
| Before ! conclude, mnsi say one
word Of warning ig reference to
small connfmirs, We continually
n mi In Ia