Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-01-23
MOVING.
NOT MANY CHANGES PROBABLE
THIS SEPRING-THE TROU.
Bl.E AND EXPENSE.

Although 1t is impossible to predic
with any degree of certainty at present
| the indications now are that there will
be fewer removals on the ensuing 25tl
of March than there have been for sew,
eral years.
A prominent real estate agent in
conversation with a reporter of the
REPUBLICAN a few days since, said
that last year there was an extraordi.
nary large number of persons who
changed their residence, and upon be.
ing asked the cause, said that during
the winter Of 1882 there were q great
many persons out Of work, who upon
finding that they could not pay their
rent moved into houses with their
friends.
In this way there were many houses
til at contained two or three families,
but when the spring opened and busi-
ness commenced, work was plenty, and
families moved into houses to thcm-
sci YES.
There il another class Of people
who move every year, and seem to
think it duly they owe 10 themselves
aud the community in which they live
80 to do, and of course they will be
among those who will change their
place of abode this year.
Another thing that will tend to make
fewer removals this year is the fact
that there are many people who begin
to realize that il does not pay to move
often. Benjamin Franklin said, and il
has passed into proverb, that three
removes are as bad rs a fire, and many
renters seem to understand that this is
truth.
1t Is seldom that a person moves that
they are not subjected to an increased
expense the carpets won't fit and
cannot be matched, new ones must be
purchased then there may be an ad.
ditiOnal room to be furnished, entaliing
still more expense, and when it is
summed up it will be found that
moving will cost uarties fifty or seventy
five dollars, who are actually not able
10 spend it,
There il an excellent story told Of a
merchant who was in what was con-
sidered an excellent business but he
failed. Upon being asked the
reason, he pointed to a handsome sofa,
and said THAT Is the cause of all my
trouble"
Upon being pressed for an explana.
ton he said "My wife saw this sofa,
and taking fancy to 1t gave me no
rest until purchased 1t "
When il was brought home it was
found that it made the carpet look
shabby and new and very expensive
one had to be procured"
Then the window curtains and
other furniture did not suit with the
carpet, and when others were bought, it
was found that the house was too small
and larger one had to be purchased,
and that is what swamped me-"
The story itself may be n fiction, but
its counterpart is repeated yearly, and
many persons who are well suited in a
small house come to the conclusion
that they must move, and thus con
tract debts that keep their noses to the
grindstone for a whole year to come, i'll
indeed they are out Of debt at tho end
of that time.
There are very few roses without
thorns, and it is equally true that there
are few houses without some convent |
ences, and ii is always well for per-
SONS to fully ascertain before making
= change If they are not going from
bad to worse. Unless real grievance
Exists it is always best for persons to
lse considerable delib"ration before de-
,iding TO undergo the inconvenience
lud expense of moving