Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-06-17
HOW TO SUPPORT A FAMILY OF
FOUR ON TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A
{ sunday Afternoon for MayI

and she had four TO support on twenty
five cents day, and by self-denial and
arithmetic she did It. Her rent was
fifty cents week, and there was fuel to
buy and oil and food. This Is the way
she did it; she appropriated seven cents
each day for rent, SIN for fuel, two for ol
and ten for food Now the oil never cost
quite the daily two cents, for Sundays
and in summer she used none, so out OF
the oil money came the lacking cent tor
rent. and whatever else was saved out Of
il went for a wick, a chimney, or some
thing of that kind. She arranged with
a coal merchant to bring him thirty-Six
cents each Saturday evening; her coal
was safe in her cellar, the men mixed 1t
with coke for her, and IN summer she used
so little that her money accumulated In
his hands and he put fuel in her cellar
for IL when fuel was cheapest, and so her
winter supply was sufficient as she doled
II out. As she had fire and convcn-
fences for washing ard ironing, poor
neighbor did her washing and Mary
together in Mary'S cellar every week and
ironed for both; a tub of suds was left,
and az night Mary secured her room and
cleaned her windows and furniture Her
place was always clean, SO were her chill
drcn: consequently they were healthy.
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also. both the bow and girl extended their
fuel hunt and offered their services az
more stores and stalls for crraud,. and
Pho Dennic> OPP worn clothing earned I'm
tbi, way supplied the family wardrobe.
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their trouble, ON people. and / doub, III
tbev were known or ever GOT any help
bevond perhaps q triAe now and then
from the schoo, teacher.
.S,Il / cannot comprehend how ten
cents a DAY fed four. even with an occa-
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Miss Help searched N her desk. orc"
out Sip OF paper and read ms poor
woman method OF feeding i'ar people
Tor ten cents day
Monday: one-halt pound barley, three
cents; half pound corn meal. two
cents; half pound dried beans, three
cents: scrap meat two cents The corn
meal made into mu>h was their break
fast; the beans and half the scrap meat
20 flavor them made dinner; half the bar
ley boiled with little scrap meat made
supper. You see here were three very
wholesome. uourshins. diScsti5,c dishes,
capable of going a long way In support