St. Landry democrat., 1890-12-13
DIR. FRANKLIN Continued

Make the wealth small and the want great
And further, what maintains one vice
would bring up two children.
You may think, perhaps, that little
tea, or Il little punch now and then, diet
Il little more costly, clothes IL little finer,
and little entertainment now and
| then, can be no great matter; but re-
member, many little makes a mickle.
| Beware of little expenses. A small
leak will sink a great ship, as poor
Richard says; and again, who dainties
love, shall beggers prove; and more
eat them.
Here you are all got together at this
sale of tinciies and nick-nac
You call them goods but, if you do
not take care, they will prove evils to
some of You. You expect they will be
soldlcheap. and perhaps they may sell for
less than they cost but, if you have no
occasion for them, they must be dear to
you.
Remember what poor Richard says ::
Buy what thou has no need of, and ere
long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.
And again, at Il great pennyworth
pause il while. He means, that perhaps
the cheapneSs Is apparent only, and not
real OF the bargain, by strengthening
thee in thy business, may do thee more
harm than good. For in another place,
he says. many have been ruined by
buying good penuyWorths. Again, 1t is
foolish to lay out money in Il purchase
of repentance; and yet this folly Is
practcch everyday at auction, for want
Of mindluE the almanac. Many one
for the sake of tiurIy on the back, have
gone with Il hungry belly and halt
starved their families. Silks and satlns,
seal let and vclvcts, put out the kitchen
fire, as poor Richard says. THESE are
not the ucccssaiics of life; they can
scarcely be called the conNeniences
And yet, only because they look petty
how many want to have them BY
these. and other rXtruvn ganccs, the
genttrI are reduced to poverty, and
forced to borrow OF those whom they
f,,,,.,.iv d..nisaI lint vhn ,hrouol
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'''el' S''""'"s' /" WIG" CASE ~ appear
plainly, that Il plonghman on his legs is
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, as poor Richard says.
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the bottom, as poor Richard says; and
then, when the we'll is dry. they know
the worth of water. But this they
might have known before, if they had
taken his advice. II Won would know
the value of money, 90 and try to Dor
row some: for he that goes a borrowing
goes sorrowng, as poor Richard says
And indeed so does he that lends tt
such people, when he goes to Get it il
again.
Poor DICK further advises ana says
ton2 nr1r o, Hrss$, - sur" very curse
And ,g,in n,id. i 80 l,nl = hepoe
- v,,t and =, great daaI mara s,ucv
When Won hav. houvht one fine thin.
:, Won must huy ten more that yonr an
. naaranc. NAV he all of = price but moo
y Dick saws. if is easjer to SUPPRESS tn
L first desire than 70 satisfy all that fol
low it
And if is as t,uIv folly for the door +
: ane fine rich. as for the frog TO swell il
i order to equal the OK.
Vessels large may venture more.
? But NIUE Ooa'S Sho"I" keep near Snofe'
1t ~ 'o"e'eI' ioIiy soo'' puI'she'
1or' as poor h'c''ato says pr'ue III"
olheS On ''n',s' sup VIZ ''n'ei''p''
lI'"e "ftS'N'"s,e' VIII" penny u'"e'
}, WIN p'''.'S' '"'' '"rpo' "'''' ''''''' !,
Ano' ''''' an VI "''"' "S' 10 III
y p'ioe VI "ppe''', io' "'''.i, ~ HUI
u IS rlskeo' 50 much Is suheFeo IL can
hoI promote hea''h, HOT ease pam
makes no increase OIL merit Ill 'he per
d son IL creates envy u l'as'ens h'.sio'
tune bul "hat in"ohess 'li"st II 10
~ Kun III oeo' lo' ,ieso super ilo'''es
we are oiieie"' ny 'he Terms oi VII
saie' SIX hloh'hs ol cIeol'' ano ''a
. perhaps mas induced some Oh us 10 at
tend 1t, because we cannot spare Tn
ready money anu nope no" 10 10 III
u without It, Out all thihN "''aC yo
s. GO when you run III ueOt; you give