The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-24
THE FARM.
Story Of Ny Nickels and Dimes
CONTINUED from last week. }

around In the attempt Of starting 4 t
hank account with my small savings, l
and now found myself with no nick =
els or dimes, but with large stock |
Dk strong resolutions, and one strong ,
sack which my banker gave. me, and
which was to play an important part !
in my future savings. This sack was
my standby" 1t was as strong as
all "get out" and would hold more
than a peck of potatoes or money, or
anything else. My banker was very
patient and almost every time ] went
TO town called for that sack and
into II chucked a handful of small
change-nothing larger than QUAY
ter. 1t looked like very small sack
from the outside but when ! would /
stand it up straight and smooth out
all its folds. so that | could survey |
all the space that was inside, IL ,
looked like it would hold barrel
1t did not seem very long, and yet
a number of years went before that
sack was half full of money. But II ]
did get half full and no mistake. Just
why kept Il in the sack and did
not put il on deposit with the bank,
am scarcely able to answer, did
without lots of things that ! wanted
nretty bad / raked and scraped
around lots Of odd hours, in order
to keep the nickels and dimes drop
ping into that sack occasionally !
hope that none OF my farmer boys,
as they read these lines, will accuse
me of being a miser or cultivating
misery spirit or OF trying to influ-
ence any OF them to become misers'
AS | look back across the more
than ten years of my carefully saw
ing and guarding my nickels and
dimes, / am sure that the best SEN
timents of my life entered into and
gave decided relish to the plan.
never for an instant wanted TO hoard
up these small coins just for the
sake of having them and keeping
them. ! felt, from the day that
dropped the first nickel into the sack
mn until | counted the last one out
that was putting them away for a
good purpose and against day VIII u
they might stand between me ano
someone who had he right ana dis
POSITION to hold a financial club 'fei
my head.
might say, Ia passing thai
trends are the grea.su blessing il
this world. There arc men wi:o wi
stand by You and be loyal 70 you II
storm as in sunshine They vii
remain steadfast to y)n even lhodsl
your skiff lodge upon the breaker
or is stranded upon sandbar. Blu
II has been my personal observation
that few dollars to your credit in
good savings bank will not drive an
= Of your friends away from Won vine
Won most need them The man WI
grows strong and fat and rich
that he may spend his days in luz
ury and ease. TO my mind is the on
that St Peter will call last But IN
man who husbands his strength nm
his intellect and his money 50 thi
he NAV reach out helping hand
those who depend upon him. or nee
It most is a credit and a blessing
ALI mankind ! have no objection
the boy taking ont enough money
hrv himself suit of clothes
not find fault with the boy WI
wants to invest In pig or she'
ar calf. making inroads upon n
savings account | know one be
who drew from the bank his last Il
dollars 10 keep the sewing machil
agent from retaining his mother
machine. These are matters that
boys must settle for themselves, al
as rule sensible boys will set
them right. But there Is a form
investment that | want to cauu
ali nv farmer boys against ]
"get-rich-quick" schemes are so co'
mon. SO alluring and so bad, that
want our boys TO shun them as IN
would poison. In the first place I
other fellow" and not you is the q