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Show v ' tX'f: ..i: ij! Jdin Grovsk 'practised fceonomy a$ he ondcrstqodjft; but that is not alwaVi econoniy jlileh, l; called so, add JohiV .(Jrovcf fost: taahy iloIWri by W eomuim-Cul eomuim-Cul habits. , " " ' ' lie lia'dTUnce? sttbscriM for a newspaper news-paper for the ipace'ot a year; hot, at the ;cndoXtliat,timemnCh(o the regret orhhs wifo and children", who had learned to look vagcrly foV-Ita weekly v&its, he' decided de-cided to dhcontiimd it. , "Ilut. Mr;0rover,? remonstrated bis wihV'it, only cost", two dollars a vciir, and I 'am sure It affords us that amoimt-:dpIeasurc.,, amoimt-:dpIeasurc.,, "i l ? ' f,t "l'hat isij't 'thlJ-qestIdl(,, saiil hcWhus-band; hcWhus-band; 'fiemalfi jwlnt' is, w:hellnr wecart: do without hj 'l takei it, there's uotiuestioii-hig uotiuestioii-hig that. jw; itV-osisae.tlie price of a barrel dfapptcs every ;ycary when tiie'irame money jriitglit be put- into Mm hahkwhtre it'wuuld."gi1towa"'fds a'prb vision fopour old'ago' ; "v'-V . w - -. - : Uer;husbaHd, being rKow o'non his hot, by, MriOroVcr fchew that" It -would lib. no good to remowjtratorfarticrrd she gave up tlte discussloirwith'alii'igh.' The Mriseoucncd'maycasily" ho In agiued. The. childreti grew u1 "igno-rattce, "igno-rattce, with very little general information, beyond what they acquired diiring the5 thrcii months' schooling wlilclt they oln talned during the year. "This thcirfathir I deemed jttiuTciettt for all praCttculpuriidse ,not refleciihg what 0 slender jireparatfoij it would give his cliildrcD'for their' a preaching conflict with the world. Mr. Q rover had at east, the- merit of hcijig cousistrntaudtlrorougli-goiiigiii hTs! ! ccotiouiy. One day lie' camp" In from tho field complaining of a dull headache, and feeling feverish; this increased as the day I ; advanced. His wife was tinite alarmcil. "Let we send for the "doctor, Johu,?' she urged " ' "So, it wouldn't fmy;"'said he, feebly, 'r ihall feeetter bd-byi'' But' he did not reel bette?. jfevcrthe-less; jfevcrthe-less; he strciraotisly refaseil to have U10 physician called, de'clirlng' that It ivoald be a useless expense, 1 " ' The liext'dkrlie became" deirridoss tliert ;h8' wlfeniftemirtpaterifiF .bilityof calling' tlic-' phyifciafi; Thd do'ci tor looked at the liatletit'erately,' iud felt h!a pulse. "' V 5 " ' - "When was he fake'n?he Inquired.' "Yesterday early W the alterhoon;" was1 the reply.. ' - V" '-. ' fWliy xlid you' riot call for me sooner? said the doctor, -- 4 "ltvishcd o,s6Id M"rs. Grdvtr, "but my husband was very much omkiscd to It. m ddn't thick he Is seKdusly lliilic said, huxirtuly. " "" f "H 'in high' fevcr.wtis the rply. If I had been calfcd'ih timii long sick' ncsa 1 might probably lutTe 'been iivtrled! As tt i we mim let the malady hare'rb :way." -' John Graver was stektfor lx we'eks, during which be required frequent risit Irora the diysiciaiu Thei.e.wert;, of eoursef uxpemdve, to wlu'ch must be added tho loss of so mueh time from his employment, as well as the weariness of stcknet. Qu the whole, he did not gain mutltfrom his mistaken, economy Io, this case, 1 believe J, havoj not. stated that Johu J urover was a fonnerby occuation. Jlisj next neighbor was quite a different mali. lipbraiiu Fairfield took Tvrar literary, paper and. magazintaJor'tiis-familyVhc?, idiatigrwultUrarTaper,to assist bibf lU ukM soggcstjoiij hrhis .business. Uuvfarui , was uboutae(iual in extent'oud c5llW, f?-',b Qrpvcr'si when "rtdbk TC wndciGrovertreTOdnfdSta W lprpi eieryclf t V 7"T One dsyBf Ordvcr. passed bisncigh-bor's bisncigh-bor's farm, ho saw him setting oat a targe number of small tret. , . , )Vhit, are yovi doing, f airfield?? Inquired In-quired he, leaning on, tho fence ; 1 "Setting out trees, as ybo sea." "JIo. many, havo yon got tbtror. ' " "Two hundrcd of different kiiHls.f "llbw nuch;did ju pay .for themf "Fifty cents, pleco.' . ! '- "That; makes a.hundrcd dollars Ypn are Retting Very cxtravngaiit." ' nSo at alL 1 expect they will pay inc many timet oyer," ' . (1 tovcf thrngged Ids shoulder ' ;MierlmpUiey wlllsaiidh very doubt fully 5 '".but, 1, can't afford 'id throw hway my money pit, such ntj uncertainty; When 1 have a hundfed dollars, I put it into, the bank 'ami I would. ad vise you to do tin 'same,"- - ' '' (, "A" banV.of mother earth, will pay bet-ten, bet-ten, than any jot Joue! fcity .banks,'" saM Fairfield,, smiling, v , ""i ''A fool.and hi, monty are;' sodn.prt-ed, sodn.prt-ed, thought John Groyery Jtl(ougU' he did hot sec'Gt;to" exprew llo,dpiiilom ; Fivoryeant jiassed' 'Thfr trctS' which had bcent q.ut grew and tlonrished under the generous care which was taken o( themj and. were np.w, many, of themi in bearing condition." John ' Otov?r could not heljt admitting that Ithey ery much improved the apiwurauceof his neighbor's five-acrclot, but ho thouglit "I cau'taffbrd to. pay so much for ortiamcnt." . , f.. .t.-A coiiTersiitfdii. wjifch he had wititFair; field somewhat altered hls.oplnion, ,- . llow'mnch fruit do yon suppose I have sdld off my picce?'' inquired' the lattcrf G rover one day1 ' "1 don't kiiow,ssid fjirdver. "UTow much did youTf ' , '- Tlirce hundred ddifars wdrlhi? ' ' . JThreo liutidrcd dollar worth l!1; ex-claimed ex-claimed Grorcr, opchlng his eyes, . i'c and uext ycar:!' hope td self. Totir hundred.. The rtrees ""are young;, and, of iourie,- their bearing Hbwerlucrcascji every ycar. ; '" , --.(-,' ' , if- ; ' .-"Tlirc'ei hundred dollars r'repcatcd Jdhn Qrdver. bcwildercd. ,'-, s - .v- v - !?Ycs;L-You know?ydu td)d mcwhen I waseltiiig ont mytrcci; thai it would be bstftr to fu'vest the liuhilred. dollars 'in some tiarik,. ir.I.had, thcyrwooldn't, have am'ounicd'tb oiio hundred and' fiftyyet." 1 ' John Drover rvJuctautly ackuoWlcdgetl tliatihis neighuorwaWriglit; '"'-' s -ir ' ;'Theu;- besides," he -contltiuedi' -"my laml Is .wb'rtli yefy moch'.inore.! JIbw Wueh do ydu talue; your fi ve-aere lot at? .l-.'J.i'pwe It would fetch aJlinudred dqlfars au oere' ' . ; " ' t was. offered' two "'hu'nSrcd for mine yesterday.? ' . -. -. ; . . ; -YbU 'w,ere!'; ctclalracJl Grover..?ln great -sprprwe.- "Of; ccumeyou uccetifcd Hja c "I c -j '.:;. ".v "Of course hotr T)b yoi think;! wdiijc Bcirtatid " jieldttig; mc i'fcvcnn'e of 'three hliiidred dollars o"yca'VTith'ii)oroJii Wds-' pect, for thousand, dollati??' ' " ' John Grover hegan td 'tliitik'hc had been acting- foolishly; His jw lite-acre lo was equally ui good; uatunilly, ai tairfieldt; yet the' latlcr's would now bring double the price in tho runtket. He decided to get sumo trees Immediately, lftdtd so, but could not be prevailed nrwii ,tc- trca tha, land as. ccncrotisly as tiilrfield had done; he considered that It Was money thrown away. The cob'stv ,queiice was. that hii trees advanced much more rfowlythan' his nelg;hlirir'e, and ii took hfearly double the,t:toVfdrr;tfieitf to reach, the- shnie bearing condition: with Iho latter. .'Xeverflaiessi lit :ha'd? taken .one s(c JuT Uie.' riglitVUfrevtfdit.- I'Uut; weddiM aslm.airto ,hlsyieculiar imtibiis or ccnbiivy;.it vas 'itDpoisiblb for Jdm to giro them u(f ti. diicp' J - -x 1 A J ""I IiuVk Wt'buomKreTM(aticcof"filsr falseyi-o'nijhiyftd relate- 'fotfhe 'coSsci queiici-: A-htch !thiscntaitcd wercc sVsfcrt-ouj sVsfcrt-ouj that, 'they ppiuld his cys elfccti'tally 10 the; error of the course which" lie'had kb Jiuiihfg,;' Due "day as he w'uati wbrfc; iir tlie field, he, saW a stranger aiv proaching'hinrr ' " ' " "Go'oJiIfty,''Mtdthelatleri. 1 John Grbvcr retarncd 'hls salqtatibn, and waited td'jidyd hinj tiufold 'his' business.' busi-ness.' This lie 'pjroccededb'ilo: "I apt the agent" of A' lire- Insurance company Jield.' "3' I iiiquire jvjieilierydur buildhigrare'lnsured! 1 ' "Jfo," said G rover? ' "Then I w'jmld a'dviseydu id' embrace tlie present ppiwrtuntty to "sccurePtheitt from tho contlngcm-y. of fire, Tlib com-pahyby com-pahyby whom I am "cniploycd are ifre-pai-cd to do Iron fair ienus 4,Tlic fiousc has s'.ood'lhlrty'years without with-out being: burnt, ami jt liu't ut'all likely It will burn: down now." The agent smiled, "Yoq might 0& well say.r lie answered, 'that because mjuj bmi lived thirty years without dyibg, thire ia no likelihood of hii"dyiiig-at all," "How much do'toul charge' for insur-aucef insur-aucef ' "I should judge that'on your bnildiogs .It woyld l9"nboht Ipii dollars a year."'' i "Suiiiwse,' siild'" Jbhif Grdver, iriumph'-antlyi iriumph'-antlyi hWiLiiaylug' tliat;Viduo forihe last thirty yearsjl don't.yott "set' I S.houfd-liavb'lost three. hUndred dollars?" J4But if tho house had bnrncd do'w'i,' you wouhl have Jo3t five tlmw ihiilVnount."' : "Hut It haan'r hufut 'down; I haTent;paid ttlcent.:V '' '"'Ybirncighbor 'has h'fid his hotiso ItT-sured." ItT-sured." " ".Of course; Tkhdrt lfo wcnld. Tair"' field i always spcuditg '.for liew-raiigled thiiiirs. "Yet he seems to be prosperous." "Well; es !said John GVoVer, rclue-fahtly"; rclue-fahtly"; "ho gcta'Idng bretty Well:" "Then j9ii doiit thiiik you'll insure?" "No. Itwoutd hii Uirowlpg tuy money awav:" ' ' - "Within a week, John. Grover'a house cuoght fire ffom some deTect'in thqchtmi tioy, which; coijlrary to his, wife's advice. b didn't think wortli atteliding to, aud in a short time", that and the oat-bulldihgs, which were at a tittle distant, yere, a heap of n&hes. Fifteeu hundred ddllars gone ia one night! "j 1 John Grover Wtterly repented .that he" ' had nok insured his-uildiugs. ThUlast severplcsson completed lift reformation. With, tho aidofa thouSaiid dolfafywhich ;J "'oa'rlield fas hi a situatiou ,ib ronYlhat limf,tadopTeoTttmbjC rilifierai 'W'l; t M the yud orrUft,years,iToTplte of his Ioa,bj'tho:iIre;Hq wtwQiimiU twicfi aa muckas if .hChad adh ered'tq.hui oUriijoiUiBf ceoumy" " |