The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-02-14
EcOInomiiziing 0Eerdone.

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ENTEPHEN Gordon was
~ rich farmer. Broad acres
3 S5SS fertile lands, and money a
S&1s interest were his, but will
ali this, he was always talking econ
omy. ''We must economlze'' in thi!
or that or the other, was always hi.
theme. His family consisted of ,
wife and three boys, and an uncl,
of his, and an old man of more thar
seventy years.
One morning he entered the
kitchen where his wife had JUS
been working over butter, and had
the great balls all ready for market
"Myi Hannah! What butter! il
makes a fellows mouth water to
look at it, and I've got forty cents O
pound all winter; it's SO much bet.
tern most folks butter they are
willing to pay good price for it.
How much have you made this
month";"
"This makes forty pounds this
month"
''Well, that amt bad this time OF
the year"
"No, but it's real hard to work
over so much butter by hand this
cold weather. If only had but
er-worker, it would be so much
easier; it makes me so very tired
every time 1 work over ten or fifteen
pounds. / don't get over it in two
or three days, my arms and back are
so lame. Can't l have a butter
worker, Stephen?'
':Nonsense, wife! / suppose you
want me to pay five dollars for a
butter worker, don't you? Why, my
mother had a large dairy, and she
never wanted a butter worker-she
preferred to do it with her hands
and save the money rather than
spend it on every new thing that
came along" ~.
"Well, your father had more
grass to NOW than ever you had,
and he never had a moving ma
chine or a raking machine, and you
have both"
"Well, don't you see how much
time and labor they save? Why, 1
should have to hire twice the men 1
do now, if it wasn't for them"
''And don't you suppose it would
save me time and strength, tooP'
"Weu, perhaps you can have one
~ hr1t II have
things to buy this spring, I've got
to have a new horse and wagon, and
several new fences, and l don't
know what to tell you, wife, we
must econ omize all we can," said
Stephen, as he left the room. hf
Yes, that was always the way
when she wanted anything; perhaps
she might have it some time, but
now she must economize. This her
husband said five years age, when
she wanted a new stove, and she
was using the old cracked stove
yet. 1t was just so about everything
in the house. Herlhouse was. bare
and comfortless. Didn't she econo-
mize in everything? Wasn't her
own wardrobe threadbare, and also
that of her boys? Didn't she patch
their clothes until it was time vast
ed to patch them more? Didn't
she economize in everything but
her table? Oh yes!-and the little
woman ratified her dishes in a way
that surprised Uncle Moses in the
corner. She would economize so as
to make Mr. Gordon feel it.
Hannah, you shall have a but
worker if you want it, said Un-
Gle Moses.
"No, uncle; 1 will have one, but
you shan't give it to me. Stephen
can afford it, or | would not have
asked him. 1 have taken too much
from you already, but now 1 am GO
ing TO economize so can have all /
need. husbands always talking
economy to his family, but L can't
see any way that he practices it
himself;-but he is going to"
The next day at dinner Mr.. Cor
don said, 81 guess you forgot to put
cream on this boiled ham, Hannah"
'No, didn't forget, but l am
saving my cream for butter. must
make all L can, for we must econo-
mize."
And little later:
Pm ready for pie now, wife.
Perhaps you've got one of those
nice puddings, that are just what 1
like
mo, Stephen, have neither. 1t
costs great deal to make pastry
and puddings, and it takes time,
too. We must economic, you
know"
"Papa, can't 1 have a sled? You
said last winter perhaps L might
this winter" said little Willie, the
six-year-old.
"And can't / have a pair of
skates?' said Fred, a boy of ten.
''It is such good skating, please buy
them for me, papa
mo, indeed, boys, we must econ
omize. l never had asled or skates,
and l guess you can do without
them"
you must have lost lots of fun,
then; I'm real sorry for you,' said
Willie, with tears in his eyes. Il
shan't let my boys go without when
I'm man."
A week passed by. In that time
the Gordon family had no pastry,
cakes or pnddings. Now Mr.. Cor
don liked all kinds of sweetmeats,
and it was hard for him to do with
out them. He craved them so much
that when he went to the store he
bought half-a-pound of block sugar
and filled his pockets. He had never
economical" on his living, and he
prided himself on setting as good a
table as any one in town. So
On going home one night he
found the minister and his wife
making a call. He was glad to see
them,o course, and now, he thought
to himself, Hannah will have a de-
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