Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1901-06-27

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On as they began, o%Ihg little bills
here, and there, and everywhere
This is not only a wrong tn them
selves, but to their children if they
nave any. We all know of prema'
turely Old and carewnrn children
who, at an early age, are weighed
down with the family debts or the
/ mortgage.
Now if this couple in the first
place had done little figuring, they
must have seen that they were I'M
/ dcrtaking too much. Then if they
, hud made Il home according to their
means, furnished it mnhcStly and
had started the new lite free from
debt, years Of worry and despair
would have been saved.
&" But like pretty things and |
V ant Il pleasant home" walls In"
bride. elect.
DO you want il furnished with
pretty things that do not belong to
you? Cheap furniture that is paid
,kr will seem more beautiful i'll the
.,iNng rHn than oak and muhugany "h
(which one is continually being nag
grd tn make payments.
II is one OF the Snphislrics ct the
credit system that one can have The
Use ut the articles while they are
being paid for. This sounds well :
but does u person of fine feelings
/ ike to use things which belong IL
some one else especially when tn"
owner may take them away after
they have been partly paid for
There is joy in the tull p"s-rSSinn
/ Of even common things.
Much Of The misery for which
debt is responsible might he pr"
vented # only parents would teach
, their children to shun ii a. they
would n pr-llrnrr. Put il I" them
| that il is fnrm If cheating. Even
if they mean t" pay, they are using
what does not br!ung to them. Try
To show them that debt and dis
honesty are near akin, and that one
-huuu be avoided Is much az thf
other. ~
STINGY CLERGYMEN.-O Once in E
great whi.a youth is found with :
morbid des. e to hoard. Personally
we have known but few such, but il
them the habit grew until they be
,1,os,$a notorious for fmeanness, say;
rite. in the Christian Advocate
or ! ia told Of celebrated bishoT
Sfin grew 81 mean that one day
when he cut his finger with a pen
knife, and no court plaster could bt
found, a clergyman standing by
brought out his card case and took
from it fve.C cent stamp and gave !
10 the bishop to use tO stop the No"
Of blood. The bishop accepted /
gratefully, placed The five cent Stanl
in his own car,lCase, and then tnot
out a One.cent stamp and placed |
over the still bleeding wound. Thl
seems almost too much to be
Ii"ve. But a celebrated minister II
New England was offered hat by
halter who WAS a friend Of his, ant
who admired him in most respects
He asked him If he had annthe
kind, "Ies.n he said, " though no
quite 81 good as that" He sail
hr would like to see one, and asked
what the price of the first one was
and was told FIVE dollars, and Of tn
| second three dollars. Well,h sai(
he. " as you offered me the first on
if | should take the second, wOult
ynu give me the difference in cash -
y young person should not be /
Spendthrift, neither should he b.
, stingy.
WIEN the Union troops wer
passing through Missouri in pursui
, Of General Price a crowd Of negroe
came out Of some cabins to look a
, the soldiers, one Of whom asked
} " Boys, are you all for the Cninn?'
? ooh! yes, maasa ; when you un
= is about We Is"
And when Price comes your
all secesh, amt you ~
: " Lori, yes, massa we's all GOO
: secesh then. Can't low de whit
! folks to get ahead Of de niggers da
way, massa."
A SCHOOL inspector, having q fey
, minutes To spare after examining th
school, put few questions to tn
lower form boys on the commo
objects in the school room.