Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-12-17

"And suppose you sometimes have had
bad billsg"
"Yes; one-third of my profits, on the nv
erage, are swept off by them"
"And you could afford to sell cheaper
suppose, for ready money!"
"Yes, and would be glad if all my GUS
toners would give me chance to do So"
81 win set them an example, them" said
Mrs. Newton. thereafter, whatever articles
shall be purchased of you will be paid for on
the spot, and shall expect you to sell them
as reasonable as you can"
This arrangement was also made with the
others, who it is scarcely necdful to say,
Were glad to enter into the arrangement.
Ready money is the great supporter of trade
! andea cash customer is worth two who pur-
~ ,ase on credit.
Fortunately Mrs Newton had u small
supply of money by her which lasted till the
first monthly installment from her husband
became due. Thus she was enabled to carry
out her cash plan from the beginning.
Another plan which occurred to her as
likely to save expense, was to purchase art-
Giles in large quantities She had soon saved
enough from the money to allow her to do
this. For example, instead of buying sugar
n few pounds at a time she purchased bar
rel, and so succeeded in saving a cent or
more on Il pound. This, perhaps, amounted
| to but II trifc in the course of n year, but the
same system carried out in regard to other
things yielded result which was by no
means a trine.
There are other ways in which careful
housekeeper is able to limit expenses, which
Mrs. Newton did not overlook
With an object in view, she was always on
the lookout to prevent waste, to get the full
value of whatever was expended.
AT the close Of the year, on examining her
bank booll--lor she had regularly deposited
whatever money she had not occasion to use,
in one of the institutons--she found that
she had one hundred and fifty dollars, be-
sides rembursing herself for the money dur
ing the first month and having enough to
last the other
''''i i1lN't''hi1 i''N' )'N hitilll
your alowanceY asked her husband at that
time. 81 guess you have not found it so
easy TO save rs yOu thought for
"I have saved something, however," said
his wife GLOW is it with your
THAT'S more than | can say. However,
have not exceeded my income, that's one
good thing. We have lived fully as well as
last year, and don't know but better than
when we spent five hundred"
"Its knack, Ezra said his wife, smiling.
She was not inclined to mention how much
she had saved. She wanted, some time or
other, TO surprise him when it would be
service
"She may possibly have saved up twenty
five dollars" thought Mr. Newton, cor some
trne," and so dismissed the matter from his
mind
At the end Of the second year Mrs New
tons savings including the interest, amount
ed to three hundred and fifty dollars, and
she began to feel quite rich
! Her husband did not think to inquire how
much she had saved, suppos8 as before
! that it could be but very little.
| However, he had piece Of good news to
communicate. His salary had been raised
! from Il thousand to twelve hundred dollars
lie added "As | before allowed you
one-half my income for household expenses,
it is no more than fair | should do so now.
That will give you a better chance TO save
part Of it than before"
As before, Mrs Newton merely said that
she had saved something, without specify
ing the amount.
Her allowance was increased To- six hun
dred dollars, but her expenses were not pro-
portionately increased at all so that her
savings for the third year swclled the aggre-
gate sum in the savings bank TO six hun
dred dollars.
Mr.. Newton, on the contrary, in spite of
his increased salary, was no better off ut the
end Of his third year than before. His
expenses had increased by II hundred dol
lars, though he would have found il difficult
TO tell in what way his comfort or happiness
had been increased thereby.
In spite Of his carelessncss in regard 10
his own affairs, Mr.. Newton was an excel
lent man in regard b. his business, and his
services were valuable 10 his. employers.
They accordingly increased his salary from
time 10 time, till il reached sixteen hundred
dollars lie had steadily preserved the Gus
tom Of assigning onc-half 10 his wife rs
heretofore, and this had become such habit
that he never thought TO inquire whether
she found IL necessary 10 employ the whole
or not
Thus ten years rolled away. During all
this time Mr.. Newton lived in the same
hired house for which he had paid an an
nnal rent of one hundred and fifty dollars
Latterly, however, lac had become dissa.is
fed with il. II had passed into the hands
Of a new landlord, who was not disposed 10
keep it in the repair which he considered
desirable.
About this time n block Of excellent houses
was erected by capitalist, who designed 30
sell them or let them as he might have an
opportunity They were modern and much
better arranged than the one in which Mr..
Newton now lived, aud he felt strong de-
sire TO move in one Of them. lie mentioned
II 10 his wife one morning.
whats the rentY" inquired she
1.-TWO hundred and twenty-five for the
corner house, two hundred for either Of the
others"
"fhc corner house would be preferable on
account Of the side windows"
"Yes, and they have a large yard besides,
] think we had better hire one Of them
guess III engage one to-day you know our
year Is out next week"
please wait I'LL tomorrow, before cngag-
/ ing one"
"For what reason p
81 should like 10 examine the house,
Al