Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-08-09

Say, were Blad 70 enter into the arrange
mont Ready money is q great sup.
porter Of trade, and cash customer il
worth two who purchase on credit.
/ There are other ways in which q care
full housekeeper is able to limit expenses.
which Mrs Newton did not overlook.
With an object in view she was always
on the lookout tc prevent waste, to get
the full value Of whatever was expended.
Tine result was beyond her anticipa.
tions.
At the close of the year, on examining
her bank book-for she had regularly
deposited whatever money she had not
had occasion to use in one of the insti.
tutions--she found that she had $50.
beside reimbursing herself for the mon
ey spent during the first month, and had
enough to last the other. 90
"Well, Elizabeth, have you kept
within your allowance ?" asked her hus-
band ct that time. ~ guess you have
not found it so easy to save as you
thoughtr ~
81 have saved something, however, "
said his wife. show is it with you?"
"That's more than can say. How
ever, have not exceeded my income,
that's ono 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 men,
ton how much she had saved. She
wanted, some time or other, to surprise
him when it would be of service.
"She may possibly have saved s25, -
thought Mr.. Newton. cor some triHe, 4"
and so dismissed the matter from his
mind.
At the end Of the second year Mrs.
Newton's savings, including the inter-
est, amounted to $3.50, and she began to
feel quite rich.
Her husband did not think 10 inquire
how much she had saved, suppcsing, as
before, it could be but little.
However. he had a piece of good news
to communicate. His salary had been
raised from 81, 900 to 1900.
He added GAS Ibefore allowed you
sne.hslf Of my income for household
| avropaao - 10 M roora than fa;r that
should do so now. That will give you o
better chance 10 save part of it than be-
fore.
As before, Mrs. Newton merely said
that she had saved something, without
specifying the amount .....
Her allowance was increased 10 $500,
but her expenses were not increased at
all, so that her savings for the third year
swelled the aggregate sum in the
savings bank to $500.
Mr.. Newton, on the contrary, in spite
of his increased salary, was no better of
at the eud Of his third year than before.
His expenses had increased by 500,
though he would have found it difficult
TO tell in what way his comfort or happi-
ness had been increased thereby.
In spite of his carelessness in regard
to his own affairs, Mr.. Newton was an
excellent man in regard to his business,
and bis services were valuable to his
employers. They accordingly increased
his salary from time to time, until it
reached 81 800. He had preserved the
custom of assigning onehalf to his
wife, as heretofore, and this had become
such habit that he never thought to in
quire whether she found it necessary to
employ the whole or not.
Thus ten years rolled away. During
all this time Newton lived in the same
hired house, for which he paid an an.
nual rent of $50. Latterly, however,
he had become dissatisfied with 1t. 1t
| had passed into the hands Of o new land
lord, who was not disposed to keep 1t In
the repair which he considered desirable.
About this time block of excellent
houses was erected by capitalist, who
desired to sell or let them as he might
have an opportunity. They were mod
ern and much better arranged than the
one in which Mr.. Newton had lived, and
he felt strong desire TO move into one
of them. He mentioned it to his wife
one morning. .t...-.,-..
| +" What is the rent?' k III
9"T~o hundred and twenty-five for
the corner house, 500 for either OF the
Others"
1.-THE corner house would be prefera-
bic on account of the side windows"
eyes, and they have large yard be-
side. think we had better take one OF
them. guess I'll engage one Of them
TO- day you know on- year is out next
week"
"Please wait till TO- morrow before you
engage one"
"For what reason 2
/ "I should like TO examine the house. =
every we'll. I suppose tomorrow
will be sufficiently early"
Soon after breakfast Mrs. Newton
called on Squire Bent, the owner OF the
new BLOCK, and intimated her desire to
be shown the corner house. Her re-
orest vss readily complied with. Mrs.