The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-02-20
MISTAKEN ECONOMY.

wbe'ei said obadiah. tugging wildly .
bis uhi.ksfs
fes. Indeed. ssii srinsins my hands
We nusil Bat I'm sure. 0by. deaf "
sre nei,ber Of We eItrsvsssni. We mus
eat. se NUT drink add We mus, live.
Ard obsdish and I "a, and looked 8
each other 10 . sort Of mild despair.
We bad only been married .iI months
Obadiah aud | We we're very Young
both OF us. and perhaps bad begun th'
world too sstlr. Oar relation told us ",
hsdn't .by business 10 marry; bat AS thri
graia.tons opinions acre al thsi they bat
ever silei Us, or ever intended 10 Give ne
We bad pot paid mueh atisu,ion to ihes'
u't.f4gees
We had taken little one STORY cottage
just on the high road. which aas to r.,
cheap. because there were onls two room.
sni kitchen TO II. But wba, did Obs
dilb aud ] wspt with more than tive
rooms aad ki,chenS had ihr furni
ture which Grsndmotb.r Nracouib had
given me, and rag carpet which my poor
mother bad woven the wintef before she
died. To be sure our sccommo dations
were not extensive. but we did not expect
10 hold fashionable receptions. or give
sree dinner parties.
Obadiah bad plenty Of work in the
woolen factory. down by the depot, and l
hung out my sign. "Dressmaking and
Millinery" and hoped that some one
would see il. aud come 10 and give me an
order Bat no one came. had plenty
OF time after my housekeeping duties
were over in the morning and | couldn't
be always beeswsring the furniture. ar
ranging the china cupboard or polishing
the windows.
wish could get some dressmaking to
dol said |. wistfully; for obsiiah's earn
iugs were small, and did so long for a
dollar or two of my own.
Why don't You advertise in the village
psper2 said old Mr.. Meggs
Obadiah burst out laughing.
ADVERTISED said he. Why. what on earth
do you take us for, Mr.. Meggs? It costs
a deal Of money to advertise.
II costs something, certainly. said Mr..
Meggs, thoughtfully stroking bis chin but,
then, 1t calls public attention to the
particular sort Of iron that you have in the
fire.
A little local paper like that? said Oba
diab, rather contemptuously.
It's local custom that your wife wants,
isn't 1t? said Mr. Meggs.
And never did think much Of news
papers, added Obadiah,
SO that settled the question; and after
ward, when the foreman OF the wooden fac.
tory cut down all the wages OF the work
men twenty per cent aud coal went up
aud the winter set in hard and cold. and We
b,gan TO consider the question OF how and
where We could economiz, the local paper
was almost the first thing upon which
Obadiah settled.
Tiat, at least. is nm unnecessary extrsv
agar ce, said be.
WINGED little. The Boggsville Her
aid bad been my companion for more
lonely evenings than cared to remem
Der.
It's only dollar aud half year. Oba.
diab, said |; and really it's very interest
ing little paper.
just dollar aud q half too much, said
my husband curtly. The subscription ia
Just out. I'll tell em we won't renew it,
Josie. you can easily borrow Mrs. Meggs'
paper.
! was silent. never could make Oba-
diah understand the deep.rooted aversion
to borrowing" OF any creature whatever
that had inherited from my mother
SO We cut down the weekly paper, and
left Of using butter, and burned candles
a penny pound cheaper, and ! sponged
and cleaned, and rebound, aud new but
toned Obadish's gresicost instead OF buy
lng new one. aud left of going to church
because my old cloak was so shabby and
| couldn't sfiord any thing better.
And, oh, did miss the Boggsville He
all.
II could only get a little dressmaking
10 do, said to myself, would subscribe
again myself. But cannot bear to ask
Obadiah for cent OF his hard earned
money.
Iwas sitting very sad aud lonely one
reezing February day by the window. try. I
M to mend one OF Obadisb's old waist ,
.oits, 50 that it wonld last for few days
onser. when a travelling pedler with I
oag basket of china ofnsments on one :
rm AID bundle on bis shoulder, knock.
q at the door. be uo1ded 10 an insiuu
tlr manner at me as | answered the
nmmons.
Couldn't sell you anything this morn /
ng, ms'am? said be. with liberal dis $
lay OF very white aud even set Of I,
eeth. Anything 10 the way OF elegant .
Mantle vases. ststuettes. d corsted china. q
ns,ch boxes, |
have no money, SAID | spiritlessly. 0
nd do not need any Of your wares.
Alb, bot you do not knos What a splen c
id article have here. be persisted, loot- {
ming the straps which passed across bis '
boulder. aud lowering the precious pack
se rsretaliy 10 the floor. A pair II real
isBeies. 0h. dou' shake your