The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1882-09-14

| comfortable, WlIiG he IS caTOuSlng II
Jhe village. wasting his time and mon
lev. and making & brute Of himsoi
ibosiles. And why does Mrs. Saryon
leone to receive her husbands wages
! herself? Simply because he cannot
I,.ot by the saloon with money in his
IT0cket. ana # she did not get tho
Imoney they would all go hungry to
| bed after his wages were paid. And
believe that every woman that earns
money here spends it as wisely rs
|! the average Of men, and | have yet
Ito hear Of one OF them being iii debt. >
Mr.. Jarvis knew he could not gain.
say 2 word his wife had said, fol
they were all true. Luckily he
| thought Of Jane.
| "Well, how much do you suppose
Jane will have left when New leal
comes? If she wouid set sick how
long could she pay for care such as
you have?'
1T is not likely she viii lay up
many dollars out OF q hundred 4 year ;
hut She is laying up something bet
| ter. think. Last winter she sent
| Lar mother . warm shawl and q pair
- .I,ao<. on1 IN her brother and sis.
~, 1,ew school books. and the warm,
IIov;nu letters they send her do her
more Good tnat twice the amount OF
money in the bank would. This
wear She Is laying by number oi
Iu5cIul end pretty things Tor them,
Iana il any misfortune should happen
20 Jane they would only be too gLad
to help her.
..z.aT, who do YOU suppose would
t.oI. ,-of if ,.ou needed hcIp?" said
-, want Of q better Ques-
Esr, JARVIS ~. ~es sparllel
Iri0n. Mrs. Javvis's ~,
an,,rjlv as she ..asvetod:
,.\oho.3v IF Won shoujd lose
,.,,,,., ,,,.,,,~t,+-- f., ,1s., sIonlJ hn .
..a.-.-1,. > ,l.,+l'4,I . ..i,ir, I'm anv ona
.lr I.<3-r vn,, haIn o1wove held
::-~r.. ..m,.,, el,.,;...~- 50 tfgl.t!T that if
| has 1a.n herd o[nnmh 10 ask for nv
or,.,, necessities la9vino, others ort
.,i-ruatl,e4. Zf~pv . ti51> % dollar O.,
+,,,n ,,,o,,Il ba,,a oroblaI mo to do
Soma ,,C,o,,,.,o ~, ,,,.,,nn ,atoId noog7
:..,1 ,-j-tl,o-.-,I, -.,,, ho,,n .I,ro,,s 9oiG
fr-at on T0rIr ,,roaartv was mine !
,.o[.sr ''e,, co',1I am l9,,9ot now CON-
,,,o,,j . GoIIar ori+.,
..r ~,.,.---... ...o.,,7-.4 ,c,,, o.,4
L"cAl1 o'' o4',ll'i 2'Il.' y '' u '''l t
ell 20 a2tio l. Oh o1s5=',IS,
1'o-'-'-1'' ; ga l--'c" e''',U "',9-~' -
speHd Moaey as "lSJly "9 oo 90 o''
W no was II 1'L,.'' oll'5 1d7O " 39n' 5''te
poor a"'ne pS5a-'I n1o uoll"i9 ,I "
."} ms lare :" 11g' 4olI ',iio .a ''i9n .. y
'-iH! O'1'" '-' o.1'ool->>? -@'1o'0 xs = 'l'I
make loE S''G ''0'lt 1S'Y -,'lo'i.: !: ,5 Iol5'
WIG coo." no. 40 "oI29 Il '-'5Itll 1
l'-I Il -oH 1'1@,',- . D. va 9,,5 ~ :l'>'o l
thS money Is 'L!l-0 ,!l - o1 > '9'I<! g IL 10
you 'i@E'$e' " 'illG C'.-lll'c c 2;lil' a q
o'},t1f "ithoGV as >l'!a o'' oi i . ''i-''
1eLA!l19 "iaV " ''.iV 10 loI Ah5 Deg
gar can geV II Ia V4e si'lne way !!
CHRISTMAS you oou9nC presents dof
us ah>i e>>l}ectoC' Us 10 DC 9t"geioi loE
them. a shawl Ior me ol 0he very
Color thaV cS'll"oO "e3l' q SeI q
loI' loF Lucy - V'','g sue l.i' mo- "1eo'
i oIum Ior l'ooIn tnaO HAS peen q
nuisance ever 5thVe' s'1lo !" loS
OF "os1hle55 toys. Vh''C ''Ie oLoAeh up
III a week. mere - u . io''y U "i'y
uollafS Oh my money : - 'le same
us thrown away yer "4-th DISK you
10 trust me Win O"o uoll'IS 3 week
you cannot imagine "n@O use nave
FOR 1t, anu lear 1t Will DC wasted.
am sure l col!lu nos Sl)6n u MY 'iol-
lars more tooIi5ely II l Ified 10.
=" ell, snapped me proprietor,
i guess 1t IS my own money, 2no 1
can spend 1t as I please. guess
you Ii ino" II: too' "lieh you get
another present.
con, it IS Your money then. |
undeTstood you To say U-ls'V iC Was all
mtna, anu pretended TO protest
against your spending lt SO IooHahly.
IL II Is your o"A, oI course you nave
a RIGHT TO spend IL as you please,
ouC 1T seems thao u woman VINO
lett parents ana broJher5 ana SISTERS,
an" all her irieho5' 70 make nome
ioI you among strangers, q woman
( vino has irJVPD her whole life IN Won