The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-05-11
ECONOMIZENG!
Greenville News.

Economic. Yes, you've heard
that before, havn't you? The
editor who smokes ten cent cigars
on salary of six dollars a week
or an income consisting principally
of potatoes and general merchan-
disc always breaches it to the
farmers, who could buy him out
and afford to use his type for fish
ing line sinkers, whenever~politics
are too dull and the rotation of
crops too threadbare to give him
an idea. The Individual Who is non
ored by being your father has
talked to you about it until be
was tried and you were sick, and
the grasping person who buys the
benefits of your massive brain for
a plttance that would be ridicu-
lous if it was not disgusting has
told you often and over that the
reason he hires you instead of
being hired himself is that be has
economized. You've had economy
thrown at you in solid chunks
ever since you were old enough
to wear out the knees of your
trousers, or dredge for minnows
with your new straw hat. You've
been thrashed as an economic
measure at home, and in your
walks abroad advantage has been
taken Of your youth by some
seedy old individual smelling like
d concentrated rum mill, or some
fat bald-headed man with a high
hat and broadcloth clothes, ard
they've beguiled you and thrown
the subject Of economy down
your throat. You've been all
along there, and Its long odds that
you won't get below the heading
ofthis present writing, if you are
anywhere between fifteen and
twenty-five. You've become wary,
and when economy crops out in
print or talk you've learned to walk
q long way arouui it. You might
have been trapped iuto reading
this if something about q girl or
billiard match or some Of the
other profound subjects on which
your intellect is exercised had
been in the beginning. But the
Daily Nee0s doesn't propose to
take advantage of you.
It's pretty hard that a man
can't enjoy his youth and have
some fun while he's young with
out having somebody everlasting
ly preaching economy at him.
We know that. Most of you
work for what you get, and
there's no use working unless you
use what you make to have som e
pleasure, and good clothes and
cigars; and billiards and night
out now and then are your pleas
ures. What's the use Of living
anyhow, if man has to lose all
the enjoyment in life. That's
very sound philosophy ; but look
here: If the fool killer don't
come along, and you don't have
the delirium tremens more than
six times you'll probably live to
be about sixty years old. When
you get past thirty, you've had
ten or fifteen. years Of good
time. What about the thirty
ahead ? You won't be as young
then as you were. Most Of your
crowd will have been crowd
ed out of the way and younge,
men about the billiard room
won't want you standing around
The chances are you'll haze
a family started then. 100, anc
if you are lucky enough tc
have a chance 10 be working fol
somebody else your wages won'1
be much more than they are now
You've got thirty odd years ther
to get through on, and you're
getting older every day. You'll
begin TO think then that the fur
you've had didn't amount tt
much after all, and when rents
due ard men with bills are hunt
ing you around, and the man yor
work for begins TO talk of cutting
down expenses your hair vii
turn gray and you'll think Of the
big silver dollars you've invested
permanently with the bar rooms
cigar stores, billiard table mer
and poker parties. Then you'll
feel like hiring somebody to kicl
you out to the graveyard, anc
hate all the good fellows wht