The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-27

four silver dollars In my pocket, a half
dollar, n quarter, dime and nickel
The dime took out of my trousers
pocket and put into vest pocket. Tho
nickel l paid for street-car fare, the
quarter handed to newsboy on the
car for paper The boy returned me
two dimes These went into the vest
pocket The half-dollar 1 handed at
noon to the cashier at tho restaurant
where took thirty lunch, and l
received two dimes in change. Fifty
cents put away. Ishould have bought
a cigar ordinarily. but was fifty cents
behind, and felt had to save TO make
my money hold out for neccssaries. In
the evening handed one of the dollars
to the conductor in the car going
home, and may be hung II he didn't
return me eight dimes and three nick
els m change.
IL would not have believed the thing
possible il it had not happened as IL
did. and as Ii was it nearly paralyzed
me. l put the eighty cents away with
the fifty, and instead of going down
town that evening. as l intended, l
stayed ut home and talked with the old
lady. had better luck next day, for
| spent one of the nckels for car fare
in the morning. took a ten-cent lunch
in the evening. That evening l again
stayed in the house. Well, by good
management made that money last
me as long as it would have done IL l
had not acquired the dime habit, and
found myself $2. 20 ahead on the five
dollars, or nearly five dollars, 1started
out with. The proportion in other al
lowances has not been so great, but 1t
has still been so large that found my
self away ahead OH the month.
| when we all came to reckon mp, we
discovered that we had saved enough
money to pay all the small debts wo
had out. have kept the practice up.
although the others. | believe, have
abandoned it. find myself not only
better off in purse as result Of it. but
in habits as well, and in the estima-
ton of the old folks, who have taken
|
saving my money"
Many experiences similar to those
related above were told, but none ex-
ceeded in interest the following, which
was given by young lady as happen
ing To two young people she knew.
They were young couple who were
very much in love;
''Her father was very much opposed
to the idea Of their marrying" said the
reporters fair informant. declaring
that she was too young. and that he
was nothing but clerk, who might
never be any thing better. One night
the gentleman took the lady to the ex-
| position. After the turning down Of
the lights they boarded cable car.
She lives on Vandeventer avenue.
| When the conductor came around to
the young man the latter felt in his
pockets, blushed crimson, and then,
turning to the lady, asked her if she
had any change in her purse. She rec
piled that she had forgotten to take
her purse. He asked the conductor
to stop the car. and smilingly re-
| quested his love to step ont with him.
The conductor looked surprised, but
let them off, rs they were not more
than a block and half then from the
exposition building.
No sooner were they in the street
than the gentleman offered an expla-
nation and an apology. He told his
companion that he never spent dime,
and that much to his surprise he found
when asked for his fare by the con-
ductor that he had nothing in his
pocket but dimes. Rather than break
his resolution not to part with single
dime under any circumstances he took
the liberty of requesting the lady to
lend him some change, and when she
had none to ask her to walk home.
They were both very much more will
ing to walk than to ride, fancy, and
and enjoyed that long stretch to the
utmost But it was very late when
the young lady was admitted to her
home. and she found her parents
awaiting her both little bit alarmed
at her long absence.
AFTER the departure of her COM
panion the lady explained his mishap
and did It's so nicely and with so much
praise of her hero that her father
changed his opinion of him at once. He
said that young fellow who would
save money at that price would get
along in life without II guardian, and he
determined to do all in his power TO
| ahnuy fr;and Thin for him Tho voun ~