The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-07

cent graduate of the C Il
s., being engaged to be married to
worthy and promising student of Har-
ward University, in the department of
-, thought that the time had about
arrived when she thought to broach the
subject of suitable dowry for herself
to her estimable father. The said pa
rent was well.to-do business man, not
of great wealth, but in the way of
becoming so in the not far distant fu-
ture, If his ship kept on her course as
she is now heading, and no head wind
should occur.
The bride was quite proficient In
mathematics while at the high shool and
If she were not, she couldn't have been
the daughter of her father. So one day
last month she ventured to suggest the
interesting topic ut the breakfast table,
asking in the apparently careless man.
ner what mark he proposed to make as
q dowry on the occasion of her APP
proaching marriage. The father tack
led to it kindly"
"Oh," replied he, 81 don't know. L
haven't thought much about 1t as yet
1 don't intend to be mean, but at exact
ly what figure to fix it am not now
prepared to say.'
The daughter had, as we have said,
devoted some time in particular to the
study of the wonderful accumulation of
money at compound interest and by the
process of involution, and so was es-
pecially enlightened upon the all alb
sorbing theme = to her = and to which
her parent was not quite SO fresh in his
studies, acute as he was as financier.
Then she replied
Now, dear father" (so kindly "I
don't mean to be hard with you in
fact, 4 only want enough to give me
decent outfit-one suited to your means
and my social position. Now if you'll
give me one cent this morning and
simply double the amount every day for
only month it will be all / ask"
The doting parent at once grasped the
proposition as hungry fish would
fresh clam bait, and drew forth bright
new nickle from his pocket and gave it
was alluded to at every mornings break
fast, as the amount kept doubling at
two, four, eight, and sixteen cents, and
the father thought he was getting off
amazingly low.
At the tenth day the amount had
only reached $5.12, q very, very small
sum surely. On the fifteenth day it
reached $163.s4, and it now seemed to
increase rapidly, yet the father thought
it would come out about right in
the end. At the twentieth day the sum
began to trouble the gentleman just
little, for although he might be able to
pay $5,24S.S8 easily, which indeed was
about the figure he really thought the
final product would be, still be began
to be alarmed about the issue of the next
ten days. So he resolved to go to his
place of business Immediately after
breakfast and figure up the balance
When he did so he was absolutely aston
ished, and very soon convinced, by the
figures that cannot lie, that If he would
give the gallant fathers daughter" the
sum of his "whole pile" and as much
more as he might be able to borrow on
his own securities, it would not nearly
suffice to equal the amount " nominated
in the bond,' for on the twenty-fifth
day he found it would amount to S167,-
771.16l So, as he was a man of the
world, especially to his child, something
had to be done and that right quickly
He went home to dinner that day,
thing he hadn't done for many a long
day, and dined happily with his family.
Then he called his daughter into the par
lor, and she at once began to suspect the
cause, for 1t was to explain his situation
to her.
mo-" said he, 1T is absolutely inn
possible for me TO continue this arrange
ment; must compound with you now,
although have been compounding''
ever since the first day. Now If you'll
release me from the accomplishment of
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