Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-07-19
A TIN SAFE.

A TIN SAFE.
. Charles Lynford was n young me
chanic in good business. At the age
of twGnty-siX he had taken TO himself u
wife, Caroline Eustis, the daughter of
n ncighbor, who had nothing to bring
him except her own personal merits,
which were many, and habits of thrift
learned in an economical household,
under the stern teaching Of necessity.
ltwas well, perhaps that Charles Lyn-
ford should obtain u wife OF this char
actcr, Since he himself found it diff
cult to save anything from his income.
1t was not long before Caroline be-
came acquainted with her husbands
failing. She could not feel quite easy
in the knowledge that they were living
fully up to their income, for seeing
that u time would come when their
family would grow more expensive,
and perhaps her husbands business,
now ilourishiug, might become less so.
Accordingly, one day she purchased
Of u tin.peddler who came to the door,
u little tin safe, such us children fire.
quently use as u savings bank. This
She placed conspicuously on the man
tcl.piecc, so that her husband might be
sure to sec it on entering.
"Hello! Carrie, what's that?' he
asked curiOusly.
"Only little purchase | made to-
day." said the wife.
"But what is it meant fOr?' he
asked again.
"Let me Illustrate" said the wife
pIayfully. Have You ten cent piece
about you?'
Charles drew u dime from his pock-
ct. His wife taking it from his hand,
dropped il through little slit at the
top.
Charles laughed.
$50 You have taken to boarding,
Carrier My little wife become a
miscr?n
"No, only little prudent. But,
seriously, Charles, that is what | want
you to do every night"
"Whatl drop u dime into that new
tangled arrangement Of yoursw
"EXactly."
Every well; that will be easy enough.
\ dime is no great sum. But may !
know what you are going to do with
this newly commenced hOard?n
Lay it by for rainy day." an.
swcred Caroline.
Charles laughed merrily.
"And what will dime n day amount
to?' he inquired.
"ln n year il will amount com.
mcnccd his wife seriously
"Oh, never mind-spGrc me tho cal.
culation! 1t sounds too much like
business, and l have enough Of thai
during the day"
"But you don't object to my plan?'
Not in the least, have no doubt il
is very prudent and commcndablc; but
you know, Carrie, | never was giftcC
with much prudence. | am quite
aware of that. said his wife smiling.
This ended the C conversation for tn,
time.
The plan inauguratcd by the young
wife was steadily carried out. She wa
not one of those, Of whom there are Sc
many, who enter upon new plan zeal
ously, but soon tire of it. In the pres
ont case she was thoroughly satisfied o
the wisdom Of her purpose, and resolved
TO carry it through. Every morning
she called on her husband for II dime
which was quickly added to the accu
mutation. Frequently he had not tn,
exact change. but would toss her
quarter instead She would assure him
laughingly, that this would answer he
purpose equally rs well.
More than once Charles banterCd he
on the subject of-hc little savings bank
but these were not the only accession
the funds received. Her husband earl,
arranged TO make IN ample allowance
for dress. say ample, though | dar
say some of my city readers might no
considcrit so. But Caroline, who wa
in the habit of making up her owl
dresses, provided herself with u goo,
wardrobe ut n much less expense thai
some not so well versed in the scicnc
of managing could have done.
After considerable calculation sh
came to the conclusion that out of he
allowance she could be able to make
daily deposit equal TO that she cxacte
from her husband. Of this, however
she thought best on the whole not t
inform Charles-cnjoying, in anticipa
ton, the prospect of being able ut som
time to surprise him with the mcXpect
cd amount of her savings.
Atthc close of every month the ii
hox was empticd and the entire cor
tents transferred to a more pretentiou
savings bank, where interest would b
allowed. When tho sums dcposite
, there became large enough Mrs. Lyr
, ford, who had considerable busines
capacity, withdrew and invested i
bank and other stocks, which woul
: yield large per cent. Of her mod
Y of investment her husband remained j
complete ignorance. Nor did he eve
express any desire to be made AZ
quainted with his wife's management
He was an easy, careless fellow, spent
=, ing as he went, enjoying the presei
and not feeling any particular concer
S about the future.
At the end of eight years, durin
v which time he had been unusually fl
r vorcd by prosperity in business and III
;, interrupted in health, his books shove
that he had not exceeded his income
: but on the other hand had saved abs,
s lutoly nothing. Twenty-Five cen
: alone stood to his credit.
t Running pretty close, isn't it Ca
ricP" he said laughingly. 81 tal
J., credit to myself for Keeping on IL
VI right side of the line. But then, SUI
pose you have saved an immense sum.
, "How much do you thinkP" askc
his wife.
!, 80, perhaps $780," said he careles
: ly; though it would take goc
O many dimes to do that"
n His wife smiled, but did not volul
teer to enlighton him as 10 The correc
IL ness of his conjecture.
II So things went on, till at lengt
: came the panic of 1S75-a panic so +
n cent that it will be remembered
many readers of this sketch. 1t w
% be remembered how universally trat
h and business OF every kind were d
pressed at that period. Among othe