Weekly graphic., 1883-02-09
TEE HOME CIRCLE
oNuucTEp BY MRS. NJ. woLvERTeN
Home Letter.

DEAN HOME CiRcLE.--.N long TIM
ago-orer a year ihink-we com
menccd taking the GRAPHIC: ant
| though find no fault with the paper
We. it does seem to me that tine edito
might publish an extra thousand, ex
rressly for the accomodat,on ofborrow
ers. Ours is borrowed before we &c
it-first, by the postmaster, who having
family of nine children to provide to-
cannot be expected to take newspa
per; next our neighbor across the wa,
who always goes to town every day a:
soon as the sun is out OF bed. anC get.
our mail-he never has any of his owr
taking the liber:v OF reading all the
newspapers in return for bringing them
from tho post-office; the school teach,
er and a vagabond cabinet organ agent
board at his house, and by the time the
GRAPHIC passes through the hands o.
the postmaster's ''nine' and our neigh.
bor's boarders. we manage 70 very
thankfully get what Is left of it. Now,
Mr.. Editor, protest that it is not fair
and for the benefit of the lnhuman race
of borrowers, ! desire to have you pub,
llsh number of free copies, and will
agree to take all of the .glo,y of giving
II EN- away, if it proves too great bur
den for you to bear.
Speaking of borrowing newspapers
brings to my mind still greater griev-
ance, and that is the !iabit which some
people have of borrowing things which
they ought to own themselves. This is
not by any means confined to the coun-
try. or to grown people. 1t is some
times eXcusable in the rural districts, as
the dwelle1s there cannot at all times
make it convenient to take trip to
town to purchase the desired article.
In cases of borrowing, about ninety
nine times out of every hundred, it
could be avoided if the borrower would
only think so. They are out of -four,
"r tea. or soda, or salt, or sugar, or
some one of a dozen noii-essentlal arti-
cles. which could be done without, and
40 great inconvenience occasioned.
But the parties do notwish 10 do with
out:' SO they send to the nearest,,neigh-
Dor for the desired article, and failing
to obtain it perhaps apply to three or
four others before meeting with sue
cess. The teaspoonful Of soda or the
cup of sugar, or whatever it happens to
be. is finally obtained alter good deal
of running, and in the course of time is
forgotten, and Fever returned or if re.
turned is deficient in both quality and
quantity The habitual borrower ncv-
er buys when he can help it, and the
things he is actually compelled to pur-
chase are of the poorest quality. l re-
collect "once upon a time" lending
some sugar to a neighbor. She came
for it without anything to carry it home
In, and l, of course, was requested to
furnish bowl with the sugar. | Won
dered at the time that she did not want
ME to stop my work and carry it home
for her. The bowl was heaped with
pure white Jumps. Time passed on
and l was out of sugar and also out Of
money to buy with. Hesitating TO send
for /, to my borrowing neighbor, l did
without until one of my. children was
taken sick and l was compelled to
have some for use, in making a cough
syrup.
l sent twice to my neighborly neigh
Dor and received nothing. Finally
about three weeks after. a girl came
from them one morning carving in her
hand my bowl which had been absent
over three months and with it came
the message pap and mother said as
how this ere sugar is good enough fur
lis, and they reckon it's good enough
fur you'ns.f The bowl proved to be
a little over half full of as dirty Lrown
sugar as it was ever my lot to behold.
Mother laughed at me and l cred.
/ could multiply such experiences,
but l forbear. Very early IN life, l
formed habit of doing without that
which l was not able to buy for myself,
and livery soon found that it did not
require such great amount ofself de-
NAL as some might think, for in the
stores Of eatables to be found in the
pantry and cellar OF almost all house
keepers, there are articles of food that
can be used to take the place of that
you would borrow
Therefore ! say, for your own con-
'enience, comfort and happiness, as
Well as the well being and peace of
mind of your neighbors, ;'do not bor-
'ow." ELLA CHUTNEY.
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