, 1877-02-10
Cutting Down Expenses.


struggling to keep his head above water anC
bis family from starvation on 5000 year, o.
less, believe in dead earnest that never fat,
was 50 hard as bis, and nothing but meTicl,
of pinching and screwius in the matter o.
sngar, tea, coffe, tobacco, aud beer, AMI al
the etceteras Of domestic comfort, to say moth
lug of dogs and cats, enables him to avoid
the humiliation Of appealing 10 The pCS'mas
ter, or the relief society, for aid. or 10 sink il
( hopeless arrears with the grocer and bg,chcr
All lhese people are convinced tha: they have
reached The primitive granite bed rock Of
economy, the lowest limit OF selfdenial above
which life Is eudurable But they really
know nothing Of the meaning Of the word
ecouony. If they did, how Is it that rhC
man whose yearly earnings hardly amount
to $500 manages to maintain a family of six
or eight chubby children? He surley knows
something about economy. Not bit Of it.
He has hardly touched the surface OF the sub.
ieet. If be did but know it be is rolling il
affiuence and rioting in cxtr.yaganCe and
as for the other fellows with twice or thrice
his income they are the pAmpered nabobs Of
luxury. II they want TO know what ecoao-
my really means ler them 90 to to the homes
of The frontier settlers who have BEEN study
ing the subject Of economy uudsr tbs stern
discipline Of CnloPtenus Sp7e;us, the hungry
and hish-steping ic5noclast Of human PRIDE
from the Rocky Mountains, otherwise known
as the hopper. Ia his recent tour Of inquiry
through these districts, Governor PIilsbury
paid a visit to a family Of foar or five, whose
dwelling, like great many IN that region,
consisted Of rude log but, partially sunk iu-
to the side Of a hill, and buried with earth
on the roof and sides, an excellent protection
against the winter co!d This family had
been subsising for weeks chiefly on bran
was al the food they had. Their small sup
ply was nearly gone, and they knew not
where to get another. The Governor gave
the man who presided over this luxurious el-
tablishment ten dollars The man was over
ccme with astonishment, aud wild with joy.
Ten dollars Why, he said, that was a
princely fortune. It was mere mOusy Than
he had seen for two years It wac amply
sufficient for the support of his family tall
spring. With ten dollars he could bny beans
and meal, &c, enough 20 enable them to live
ike Sighting cocks for the next four months.
Nov, think OF that. Here was q man, and a
very intelligent man, too, Used 70 better
things, who had found out how to live On
such scale Of economy that Providential
two dollars and d h.li per month, his sole re-
-1uVce, was ample o supply all hIz uecessi-
ties. And ye, people with hundred dollars
a moath complain Of hard times We relate
ed, on Sunday some Of the iucideu;s Of aDO,h.
- visit Of he Governor TO another rude home
IN which two families Of twelve persons al
told, were hud&led in order to econom:zs fuel,
clio hes ani bedding. Thy had nothing in
the world to live on but fsw pounds C; bran
ard the milk Of one COW, TO which, IN fort
night they expected 10 add the milk Of an
other COW, and these were their only re-
sources tor getting through the winter. But
even with these they were much letter of
thaa some Of their naiShJUrs. The Governor
made list Of tbc provisions sufficient 10 sup
ply all their necessities till spring. Two
bushels Of beans, a sack Of mtll sack Of
-four, bushei of onions, and some. other
articles were awarded to each family OF six
ger-ons at a cost OF Sll 80, and they look
cd upon this unexpected supply is it the very
horn Of plenty .ls-li had showered lis abau-
dance upon ,hsm. Yet these were Pop.e Uf
Intelligence, ac :as'oinei 10 comfortable lIV'
iDg, and who had never known want till the
'hoTprr- introduced the subject TO their no.
tics. They had learned the lesson of ecouo-
my So vel, that ,hey could live happily and
comfortably on less than three dollars pr
month. And this l. about the average scale
Of expenditure in the relief Of each destitute
fimily, though o. c'urs., 1t does not iaclaie
the item of clothing Bat their experience
demonstrates that when necessity, mother Of
all arts, has taught the science of economy
in all its inner msaa;a - and mysteries, it Is
possible even for people who have been train
ed in the luxurious prolisaii;y Of cur modern
civilization TO support family Of six very
comfortably on less than seveuTy-ige dollars
a year, and that even this moderate supply
is capable, even iu emergencies, o. being
greatly reduced without reaching the limit
Of actual starvation. These examples Of tru-
g.!ity are worth the study Of many Of our
excellent people who are deVofiEg their At
tenrion to the sutj-ct OF reducing their tx
p-nees aad who, after exh4u-rln-s every de
VIC Of ryfrenchmeut and reform find /; imPos
sihle TO make bo il ends meet On salaries rang
Ing from SIX hundred to two thousand dol-
lars a yetr.-LLAaags.