Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-10-11
Sensible Advice,

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When a man axes me who Ibis mex
doah, began Brudder Gardner as the trian-
gle sounded to order, 81 answer him Brown
or Jones or White, or whatever de name NAV
be, but when he goes beyand dat an axes
what salary de man Arms, how often his wife
changes bennets an how they make seben
dollars a week go iurder dan I kin ~fo'teen,
L become a clam. l has no business to know,
an when L do know | won't tell. I used to
have some curiosity in dis direcshuH. but I
has got ober it of late Vars. When I know
dat q sartin man. receivin' a salary of twelve
dollars per week. kin give parties, hire car
riages an dress his wife in silks. it makes me
glum. Dat, is, it used to. I used to won
der why l couldn't do de came thing on the
same money, but I nebber could. When de
ole woman used to tell me dat sartin women
had new silks, new hats, now close an new
shoes once a month do var roun'. an we
havin' to lib SO clus, it made me orful mad.
Dat is. it used to. When 1 saw men who
owed fur deir washin' %struttin' aroun' like
lords. while 1 had to work seben days in a
week an pay my debts, I felt like smashin'
trew de sidewalk. But I has got ober all
dis. When l meet a woman who kin dress
like a bankers wife on ten or twelve dollars
per week paid her husband, I doan' low nv,
self to chen fax about it. When I see O.
man buyin twenty>cent cigars, s%portin' a
cane and tskin' champagne. while his chill,
len at home am bar'fut, l try to believe dat
it am all right. When a lady with three
hundred dollars worth Of close on, axes me
to do q job of w~hitewashin' in a parlor whar'
de bes' pictur's come from a tea store an de
bes' char ana under chattte mortgage. I don't
stop to wonder who she thinks she am foolin'.
Nayhurs of mine, who owe all de butchers
| uIHIr tha nirata 81 I'll.
labs cssh fur a libery rig on Sunday an l
shan't criticise. Wives may go shoppin'
cherry day in de week an gin parties ebery
night, an my ole woman will keep de cabin
jist de same Since we quit wonde-in' an
speculatin' ober desc 6ngs We feel much bets
ter. We know fur a fact jist how fur we kin
make money go. IF odder folks kin lib like
lords on a salary of six hundred dollars a
var it's a streak of good luck an none of
our bizness. My advice to you am to let SIGH
fngs pass. Dey are mysteries wild which we
have no bizness, an de mo- you ponder ober
dem de less yon will injoy what you have
honestly ARMED by had work and saved by
good economy
Messrs. Lowenst Elm Bros have removed
from Frederick City to Hagerstown, Md.
and are DOW located in their new quarters in
the recently completed. elegant Humrick-
house Building, in tho latter place. The
building is four stories in heighth, aud on
the first floor is the sales-room, on the
second the merchant tailoring and piece goods
department, on the third the work>roon and
on the fourth stock is stored. From top to
bottom vas. piles of clothing and goods are
displayed on every hand. aud a stock of
SEE, 600 in value sfords tho widest range IN.
style and quality to purchasers The eiti,
zens Of Hagerstown and visitors attending
the Fair. were treated, on Wednesday eve.
ming last, to 40 open air concert from the
second story front of the Messrs Lowen-
stein's establishm by the Haeers-
town Baud An evidence OF enterprise snd
public spirit on the part Of the proprietors of
the house, which we are sure was duly ap>
precisted.
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