Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-12-24

With an object III view she WIS al
ways on the lookout 70 prevent waste,
10 set the fun valuc Of whatever was
expended The result was beyond her
anticipationS.
At the close If the year, eli exam
lining her handbook She had
regularly deposited whatever money
she had not had occasion 10 use III one
az the inStitutions-sh found that She
had $3.50, besides reimburSing herself
for the money during the first month,
and having enough TO last the other.
Well, Elizabeth, have you kept
within Your allowance - asked her
husband Mt that time. guess you
have not found it SO easy to save rs YOU
! thought for.
Il have something, however, said
his wife. How is ii with Won -
That's more than | can say,
However, | have not exceeded my in
come, that's one good thing. We have
lived fully as well as last year, and
don't know but better than when we
spent $500
Its knack. Ezra, said his wife,
smiling. She was not inclined to mon-
ton how much She had saved She
wanted, sometime or other, 70 surprise
him when it would bc 4 service
"Shc may possibly have saved M
SO" thought Mr., Newton, or some
tritlc," and SO dismissed the matter
from his mined.
At the end OF the second year Mrs.
Ncwton's savings, including the inter-
est, amounted TO $3.50, and She began
to feel quite rich.
Her husband did not thinS to inquire
how much she had saved, supposing
us before that it could be hut very
little
However he had Il piece of good
news To communicate. His salary had
been raised from 81, 100 to $1,000.
He added: AS | before allowed
You one-half of my income for house
hold expenses, it is no more than fair
should DO Sonow. That will give you
4 better chance 10 save part Of il than
before
A. before, Mrs. Newton merely said
that she had saved something, without
specifying the amount.
hut her expenses were not proportions
atcly increased at all, 50 that her say
ings tor the third year swelled the Nc
gregatc sum in the savings bank to
5000
Mr. Newton, on the contrary, in spite
of his increased salary, was no better
off at the end of his third year than he-
fore. His expenses had increased by
800, though he would have found it
difficult to tell in what way his com
fort or happiness had been increased
thereby,
In spite of his carelcssness in regard
to his own affairs, Mr. Newton WAS am
excellent man in regard to his business,
and his services We're valuable to his
employers. They accordingly in
creased his salary from time 70 time,
till it reached $1,000. He had steadily
preserve! the custom Of assigning one
halfto his wife, rs heretofore, and this
had become such 4 habit that to never
thought 70 inquire whether She found
| i necessary q employ the whole OF
mot
Thus ten years rolled away. During
I'LL this time Newton lived iii the same
hired house, for which he paid an an
nual rent Of $3.50 LattcrIy, however,
he had become dissatisfied with it. II
had passed into the hands Of a new
landlord who was not disposed to keep
it in the repair which he considered
desirable
About this time block Of excellent
houses was erected by a capitalist. who
designed to sell them or let them as he
migh have an opportunity They were
modern and much better arranged than
the one in which Mr.. Newton now
lived, and he felt strong desire To
move into one of them. lie mentioned
it to his wife one morning.
What's the rent !" inquired she.
Two hundred and twenty-five for
the corner house; 5000 for either Of the
Others
The corner house would be prefcra-
bic, on account % the side windows
"Ies, aud they have large yard be-
sides. ! think we had better take one
of them. | guess I'll engage one Of
them to-day; you know our year is out
next week.
Please wait till tomorrow, before
engaging one"
For what reason %
II should like to examine the
house.
Very well, Isuppose tomorrow will
be sufficiently early
soon after breakfast, Mrs. Newton
called on Squire Bent, the owner Of the
new block, and minated her desire 10
bc shown the corner house. Her re-
quest was readily complied with Mrs.
Newton was quite delighted with all
the arrangements, aud expressed her
satisfaction.
Are these houses for sale or % lct s.
She inquired
Either" said the owner.
THE rent il, understand, twa hum
dred and twenty-five dollars.
"Ges. ! consider tho corner house
worth At least twenty-five dollars more
than tie rest
"Aud what do you charge ~ the
house for cash purchaser asked Mrs.
Newton, with subducd eagerness.
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