Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-08-16

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"lf YOU ar~ out of debt, n Ia easy On
keep out; but II you are In debt and
have to pay interest money, t's q hard
pall." ~ aid the first speaker Ia the
car seat behind u, az We were going
home after work, to the scst-mste beside
him.
IL don't know about that" replied the
one addressed; at makes all the differ
some men can't keep out of debt any
more than "a hen can keep out of the
garden. II they get out, they gct In
again just as quick as they can, and seem
as happy about Il a. old Tilley was
about his soul"
"Ne-, I know" continued the hr-t
speaker; "but I tell YOU u IL easy 10
keep out of debt II you once get out I;
for II q man has been harassed by debt
as much az I have for the last zen years
be will have learned lesson that will he
worth q good deal to him. II IL all In
being independent. sni In making NJ
your mind to get along without thing-,
aud not getting them I'LL YOU have the
money 10 pay for them. Aud even then
! have taught myself Ia keep my money
Ia my pocket, even when I wanted a
thing very much indeed, and could not
have paid for Il. hut my experience has
shown m. that q man IL not halt so lia-
bic To bay things he does not absolutely
need, II bc has the money In his pocket,
20 hc IL II he get. II on credit"
II have always thought the other way
about that" ssld the other, BEGINNING
before the ilrst speaker had fairly stop
ped. You s-c, II a man has the stamp.
right In hls fat, away they 20 for things
herr and there, and before he stops to
think hc I. two or three dollars out, hut
u b. don't have the money he cant
spend u, aud very likely h. wont buy
the things and gvt them charged"
swell, that depends on the man ioo,
and the plac-. he has been through"
pat In the one Who had hegun The con-
Vcrsaiion. Experience !. worth some
thing. aud u msn don't learn anything
from u, %. Il q dull scholar. New, NV
expcriepce h,. bsen that With money In
hi. wallet which q man has worked hard
to earn, b. l. going To BE- careful how he
put. Il out, aud he Is SURF he l. gcin; Ia
g-t the worth of hi. money In things hc
needs beforr he spend. Il. This Il likely
10 bc the cas-. u h. has had hard time
to pull through lot ~ old debts, bat II
he has, and has got through, b. !. going
Ia hold on to his money, nov tell you"
"Nou been harasscl by debt Tor ten
years, Tomf" said hi. seat-mats, lnqulr-
ingly. Nobody knew IL. thought
YOU we're getting on first-rate."
"well, am now. replied the speaker
a "A q a.. stfat
for the past ten year. have had hard
time and have been In debt every mo-
ment. ~ YOU say, people generally
have not known IL. but then felt every
day a. though everybody knew u.
WHY, when lived down on the plain.
snd traded With sawyer (and YOU know
folks call sawyer a sharper ! have
.tood on hl. doorstep many an evening,
molss.c. jug Ia hand, drcading Ia 90
into 'he store because lots of my old
nelghbors we're sitting around the stove,
aud kncw I hal got 10 have that mo-
la..c. charged, aud was owing sawyer
forty or fiity dollar. besides, aud felt
a. though everybody knew that too.
Well, charley. a. true a. you live, after
little Harry died aud ~ had sickness in
the family, had Ia turn my COW over Ia
sawyer, aud besides hired s'5 to pay
ap NV bills. Then came ou dull times
and Tor two or three winters ] got no
work, for there was No Building going
on. And h-iorr could manage to pay
ths, money III bct paid II once ln
Interest. Hut paid Il aud owe no man
q bill I can't paw heforc night this very
day. Ana tell you feel independent.
I ask NO man To put his name on NV
paper pay for my molas.e. when !
get u. giyra little 90 the minister
every sunday for Betty's sake, aud
generally have fcW trade dollars Ia my
pocket just to Jingle. rather like the
sound of them. And depend upon IL,
Charley, that. the way to-"
"Cherry Iiill." shouted the brakcmin.
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