Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-02
AN EXPOSED pELuSIoN.


beh~Ne IN saving huort-h.
What sort OF insane folly is II that
possesses some of ms at times, and
makes us save all our odds and ends
OF every description under the delu-
sion that they will come handy" som,
time? They never do ''comc handy,
but we cling To them with great
tenacity instead OF having the good
sense to bestow them on the ash man
rs his rightful prcrogativcs.
My wife and have well developed
economical tendencies. and we pride
ourselves on never wasting n thing
that may ''bc useful or come handy"
any time in the future.
| have read Of men OF wealth who
traced the beginning OF their riches
back to the time when they carefully
saved pieces Of twinc. never cutting il
from u bundle. but carefully untying
IL and laying 1t away for future use.
until they must have had
barrel or two OF old twinc lying
around some place. Once | read
of millionaire who set hi, fellow
Ah'h nh tNHAtRAN w III w EfAiAuS
out OF his carriage and picking up
rusty nail he saw by the roadside. and
] emulated his example until had
about forty pounds OF old. rusty. bent
and broken nails lying around; and
about once in six months used y
pound or two Of them in trying to find
one that could drive into board,
without bending or breaking. At last
] sold the lot for old iron and got ten
cents for them. Then began to re-
form and the other day began re-
forming my wife.
was cleaning out the accumulation
of years In closet in the basement
and piling most Of its contents up for
the ash man when my wife came down
| stairs.
There are some things in that closet
! want saved" she said. they'll come
handy some time" But | resolved to
| be firm.
''You don't want that?" said hold
ing up AN old tea kettle without any
spout and with six big holes in the bot
tom Of ii.
We'll. it might come handy for some
thing some day"
tossed il into the ash barrel and
held up II pair of very old boots dis
cardcd four years ago, and now green
| with mold.
No use in saving these, is thcre?"
asked.
| well, don't know. A little piece
of leather often comes handy in II house
for hinge or something"
| called to mind pair OF leather
hinges once made and the boots fol-
lowed the tcal1ettle.
What do you want this rusty old
hoopskirt for?"
''Oh, a piece of hoopskirt wire often
comes in useful in house."
1T hasn't been asked for in this
house since before the war;" said.
Here's an old hat OF mine that's been
lying around nine years. Better throw
it away. hadn't I?'
We'll, perhaps so. I've often thought
of giving it TO some poor man. but
{ forget it every time tramp comes
! around. gave it to one tramp and he
went off and left it on the front gate
] post.
Showed his good sense" said.
''Do you want all these old broken
| dishes?n
Yes. I'll have them all mended
some day. I've intended having it
done for five years" When her back
was turned they went into the ash-bar-
! rel.
NO use in saving these old bo;tle1.
eh?"
We'll. bottles n handy thing TO
have around. Better save them"
My dear" | said. ''here are at
least ssyenty-fve old bottles and to my
certain knowledge we don't use one y
| year. and ! think We can trust our
great-grcat-greai-gr grandchildren
/ % get their own bottles; 50 here they
! go"
/ In the same daring. reckless way
threw away three old bastles. old bon
nets. brceche.. lamps. skille;s, hair
comhings. shoes. saw-dust. tin pans,
old papers. popcorn. Wormy walnuts.
soap-gr~ase. broken lamps, spoutleSs
tea-po;s. bottomles> eOifee-pOt>. cracked
kettles and ten thousand other things
that had for years and years waited
their turn to come handy, but which
never 20 nd or could come handy in
this world or in the world to come
/ Detroit FIRE. Press