Year: 1863

istove till morning. I had one cent left
bought one cents worth Of corn meal


and the grocery man gave me q red
: pepper pod"


"What was that for?"


"Wait a little-you shall know
or all things. peppers and onions ar
appreciated BY the poor in winter. be


cause they help to keep them warm =


With my meal l made three dumplings
and these. with the pork and the pep
per-pod, put into tie pot with th,
beans and plenty of water flor tn,
pork was SALTY. and boiled the who'll
two hours; and then we had breakfast
for il was time for the children to go t,
school. We ate one OF the dump
lings and each had plate OF the souv
for breakfast, and very good break
last il was.


81 kept the pot boiling as long al
nv coke lasted. and at dinner we ate
half the meat. half the soup, and one
Of the dumplings We had the same
allowance for supper; and the children
were better satisfied than have some.
times seen them when our food has cost
FIVE times as much. The nexi day we
had another dime--it was all could
earn for all l could get 10 do-two
pairs of mems drawers each day, at
FIVE cents a pair-and on that we lived
Lived well. We had a change. too,
for instead OF the corn meal and beans
/ got four cenrs' worth of oat meal and
one cents worth Of potatoes-smsll po-
tatoes, because / could get more Of
them. ] washed them clean. so as not
to waste any thing by paring. and cut
them up and boiled them all to pieces
with the meat and meal


(Which went furihest?"


81 can't say. We ate it all each
day and / didn't feel the want of more.
though the children said: Ma. don't
you wish we had piece of bread-and-
butter. to finish off wIlh?" 1t would
have been good. to be sure; but. bless
me! what would dimes worth of bread
and butter be Tor my family? But l
had another change next day."


"What, for another dime?"


Eyes; that was all we had, day after
dav We had to live on it. Il was
very hard, 10 be sure; but il has taught
me something"


"Wtat is that?"


"That poor folks could live great
deal cheaper and better than they do.
il thev only knew how to econonize
their food. You have told them how.
hut they are slow to learn. or 10th to
change from foolish old practices"


"What was your u-z. shanpe?"


"Oh, YES, ! was about to tell YOU
that. Well, / went to the butchers
the night before, and bought five cents
worth Of little scrap pieces OF lean
beef. and I declare / think | got as
much as a pound. and this cut up in
to bits, and soaked over night--an all
important process for soup or stew
cooking it in the same water. Then |
bought two cents worth OF potatoes
and one cents worth of meal-that
made the eight cents; two had to 60
for fuel every day. and the paper | got
nv purchases 10 served for kindling.-
The meal | wet up into stiff dough.
and worked out into little round balls,
about as big as grapes, and the Pota-
toes cut up into slices, and altogether
made a stew, or chowder. seasoned
with small onion and part of pep
per- pod that l got with the potatoes
II was very good, but it did not go
quite so far as the soup either day, or
else the fresh meat tasted so good that
we wanted to eat more. But | can tell
you, small as it may seem to you, there
is a good deal of good eating in one
dime"


So there is-what a pity everybody
don't know i'll What world Of good
might be done with dimel


How Much Coop WITH A DINE
Reader, have you got dime--that is,
TO spare--only one dime? Give it to
that poor widow. Give i'll No; you owe
it. She has given you twice its value,
whether you are one that will feast to-
day on dollar, or be stinted with a
dime. She has taught you-what you
never knew before-the value Of one
dime.


What a pity so many should be
thrown awavl What pity we could
not teach this lesson of economy in
food to the thousands who will suffer
before spring for the dires wasted,
through ignorance. when dimes were
plenty Knowing how to use dime
might often save family from suffer-
ing-from beggary--from degradation.
IT'S a small coin. What if you invest
il here, and give this article to those
who would profit by learning how they
can live. and satisfy the hunger of FIVE
persons, all day--for one dime.


Yes. il is a small coin--ten will buy
this book. What if you invest il. and
give the book to some one who will
profit by its lessons. Some have al
ready. So hope we all will. and that
it will be to them dimes saved; so that
all who give will ieel that it is only pay
ing a debt; as a correspondent does.
who says: 81 feel that 1 owe that poor
widow ten dimes for what she has
taught me about economy in living
As far as the matter Of providing daily
food Tor herself aud family is concerned,
she is probably independent; but she
wants TO properly clothe and educate