Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-01-22
Il the second year of their married

L iiE AiiSi eA'p EH kff!i ttf tsl
tie charge oil the house
hold eXpens~s was to institute the
ractice OF paying cash for al articles
that came under her department. She
called Oh the butcher al.i
enquired:
How often have you been in the
h"hit Of presenting your bills. Mr.
Williams -
''Ouce in six months, was the reply
And Isuppose you someti Z. have :
had bad bills ~
Yes, one-tilird of my profits, on
the average, are swept oti by them
And you could afford to sell cheap
cr, sun o-e, for ready money!
Yes; and would be CAD if all
my customers would give ne chance
TO do 70.
Il will set them an example, then
said Mrs. Newton, Hereafter. wnat-
ever articles shali be purchased Of YOU
shall De paid for on the spot, and !
shall expect you to SELL them IS reason
ably as you can"
This arrangement was also made
with the others, who, it is scarcely
ncedful to say, were glad to enter into
the arrangement. Ready money i a
great supporter of trade, and cash
customer is worth two who purchase
on credit.
Fortunately Mrs. Newton hud a
small sum Of money ty her, Which
lasted until the first monthly ia al
ment from her husband became Que.
Thus sne was enabled to carry out her
cash plan from the beginning.
Another plan which occurred TO her
as likely to save EXPENSES vas to pur-
chase articles in large quantities. She
had soon saved enough from the mon
ey allowed her to do this. For exam
pie instead of buying sugar n few
pounds at a time, she purchased a bar
rel, and SO succeeded in saving q cent
or more OH a pound. This, PERHAPS
amounted to but & trife in the course
/ Of year, but the same system carried
4 out in regard to other things yielded a
result which was by no means a tr.il".
There are other WAYS in which a
careful hou-ekeeper il able to limit eX-
pensps which Mrs. Newton did not
overlook.
With an Object in view She was al
ways on the lookout TO prevent Wa .te,
to get the full value of whatever WAS
expended The result WAS beyond her
an.icipati"ns.
At the close Of the year, on cxanlin-
ing her bank hook--for she had rtgu-
larly deposited whatever money She
had not occasion to use-4he found
that she had 800, besides rcimhur,;no
herself for the money used during I'll
first month, and having enough I,
last another.
Well, Elizabeth. have YOU KEEP
within your allowance? - asked he1
husband at that time. Il @lltss yol
have not found il 50 easy to saves yol
thought for
have something, however, sal
lis wife How is it with You -
That i more than | can say. How
. ever, h:'~e not exceeded NY income
that, one good thing. We have live,
| fully as We'll as last year, and lon'
. know but better than when wc.spen
| 5000
9 It's knacIl Ira said lis Wi,
smiling. She WAS not inclined 10 nlvI
: tlon how much she had saved. ~h
: wanted, sometime ar other, to >urpri>
! him whcu it uollli he Il service
( She may possibly have saved L
: 50, thought Nr Newton. or som
trtIeN and 80 dismissed the matt,
3 from his mind
AT the end OF the second year Mr.
Newton : savings, including, the int,
st, amounted To 500, aud She beg;.
: to feel quite rich
Her husband did not think tpinQuiI
how much she had saved, >uppo~in
rs before, that itcouli be Very little.
However, he had a piece Of goo
!, new. 10 communicate. His salary la
been IA see! from 81 ,u1 10 81 -
He added AS before allowed y,
]. onehalf of my income ior lou>eho
:, expenses. il is 40 More than fair tllat
!. should Go 80 now Tha; Will give \,
better chance 10 save part Q. il til,
before
A. before Mrs. Newton merely :.
that she had saved something withu
specifying the amount
Her allowance va. increased 10 =.
but her expense. were not rroIcrt."
< ately increased st all So th;,, her :.
II ings for the third year swell il tAe i
gregate sum in the savings bank
id strh.
n Mr.. Newton. on the contrary. "
i, no better oil 81 the end q. tie III
" year than before. His expenses Ii
il increased by sl0o. though lie WI
.ir have found il difficult 10 tell in vi
WAY his comfort or happiness nad De