The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-09-17

reply, and that meant over hundre,
dollars more TO the credit Of this In
dependent farmer The comfortable,
rural couple do some more thinking
and finally talk Of plans which result
in their loosening up the idle money
! I'Mommer' suddenly remembers that
she owes widow In the village foi
doing some sewing. OF course she
intended 10 settle the bill the next
time she went up 70 the store, but il
dawns on her mind now that perhaps
the widow would like 10 have the
money sooner than that. And Pop
per recalls that the village blacksmith
has claim on him for shoeing the
team and repairing one or two Of the
wagons and farming implements; and
the man at the store has bill against
the family, all Of which would be paid
Of course, but there never has been
any hurry in the past, and bills have
always been paid when convenient.
Between them they figure up
where htey can let loose good share
Of one hundred dollars that are idle,
and the next day they pay their bills.
Immediately not one but several dol
lars are started on their missions of
accomplishing things, and if this
couple are not alone in their dutiful
tasks of paying what they owe with
money they can spare instead Of
boarding it up because of the general
impression that money is tight
what an interesting tour one dollar
can take and, to borrow the express
sion of the bankrupt machinist Of
1858, how interesting to learn what
a dollar can dop
Travels of the Dollar
take the cause of the widow who
did the sewing for Mrs. Farmer, for
example: The five or six dollars came
in mighty handy with school about to
open. With one dollar she purchased
pair of shoes for her child so that
he could look presentable when going
TO school. This dollar was welcomed
by the village storekeper who sold the
shoes, who added it to few more he
had been saving, and with it was able
to purchase things he needed for his
own family, One dollar of il he spent
for medicine for his sick wife, for
there is seldom want unless there is a
case of sickness related to it. The dol
lar came in handy to the village
apothecary, who, perhaps, owed it to
the blacksmith who had just receive,
some money from Mr.. Farmer. This
one dollar added to the few the farm
er owed him perhaps enabled him TO
pay his hired help, who had been put
off until someone came in and paid a
bill.
"The hired assistant, being a single
man, was enabled to pay his board bill,
or part of it anyway, and the landlady
was glad to get it because her only
trying to acquire knowl-
edge of music to fit her for self-sup-
port, needed money for carfare and
tuition in Troy, perchance. Then, the
music teacher in Troy, after sum
ner of idleness, whole or in part, was
glad to get the dollar as part Of the
.uition fee paid to her by the land
ady's daughter, as it would enable her
% pay the piano tuner, and goodness
Knows the piano needs tuning. The
.uner was glad to get the dollar be-
,ause the insurance man had been put
,f a week when he called for the
premium on the industrial insurance
policy and now he could rest easy at
light because he would not have to
worry at losing his insurance, and one ,
lever knows the moment when, sud
len death will strike, and death seems i,
o take delight in striking at those un-
prepared for him, whether through ,
heir own fault or the force of cir !
!
And the insurance mani That ,
,oor, hard working solicitor for busi- !
less on policies requiring premiums
Il five or ten cents week, and de- |
,ending on his collections and cer-
ain amount Of new business to fur
Iish him his meagre income on COM
rather meagre because of !
he prevailing idea Of tight money, !.
vas really overjoyed at receiving the :
ollar. The few cents he could ex- !;
ract from that dollar and add to a !
ew other extracts Of similar char
cter enabled his wife TO pay the milk !
nan dollar the next morning, and ;,
With bottle baby TO take care OF :
.ood milk is a necessity, and insur- !,
nee collectors not owning cows have 1,
0 patronize a milkman. !
Ii Came Back
what did the milk-man do with the
ollar? OF course this scheme Of i'm \
ginning what the dollar did and where !,
went could be followed out on the !,
Ian Of the endless chain far enough i
n Al every column Of The Troy