Show PAY AS YOU GO debt i is an all incubus a terrible nightmare it haunts men in their dreams it disturbs their repose report e through gli the tile silent watches of the night and by day the mind is distressed and the brain is sometimes e fearfully exercised to devise mean meane to rid themselves of the tyrant I low how easy it is for some people t to incur debt hov how difficult it is ahr some of us to live within our mean our reil reul income the tile follies and vices of fashion the inordinate ambition and desire the determination not to bo be out done by ones neighbors in putting on a respectable exterior has induced man many y people to incur debts they were unable to liquidate at the time the payment pa mant should bo be made As an equivalent then a note was drawn secured by a mortgage b to satisfy the demands odthe of the creditor and we ft could tell instances where the mortgage has bas been fore foreclosed closel the homestead has been sold under the hammer and the occupants have been left without a place of their own to shelter them from the scored scorching in heat beat of the summer sun or the tile chil chilling lim blasts of a rigid winter they have I learned earned the loss lysons ons of e economy onomy and prudence by their sad experience and the sufferings they hive have endured through their folly and extravagance in imitating fashions ions they could not sustain and they are forced to the realization that in many instances the man mail who buys what he be docs does not need and is unable to pay for at the time of purchase is mortgaging his life and lamorand lab orand incurring a burden which most surely he will regret how many times people have formed resolutions to emancipate themselves from the thralldom into which debt had bad involved them them with apparent firm determination to live within their incomes and enjoy the V freedom of owing no man man anything r except good will and yet et R V tile they y no sooner emerge into the enjoyment entile A t of their freedom than they remand themselves back into VY bondage again by indulging in the same extravagances by which they thy were before enslaved now good advice is always in season especially when it is tended with good intent and not riot in the spirit of ostentation and we consider the present an opportune time to say a word to our friends on this subject A few more days and the year 1881 will be numbered with the eternities that are buried in the mighty 11 past and we would advise all 11 our readers as far as practicable ts ettle up all their acco account unta with their creditors before the present year has closed and to commence the new year with new ethic to begin with the opening day of 1882 to live strictly within their means not to be penurious but economical no mical to learn what they need purchase what is necessary and pay as they go foy fbi what they purchase if wages arc are good or busie business s yields profitable returns le turns husband the surplus and thereby realize that a friend in need in the shape of a few extra dollars is a friend indeed frequently when in pros prosperous percus icus circumstances men are led into speculations such as lead to the discounting of notes and incurring other obligations which go to protest and result too frequently in their ruin economy is the parent of integrity of liberty and of case it of temperance cheerfulness and health it is calculation realized it is is the doctrine of proportion reduced lu ed to practice and joined to industry and sobriety it is better than a ready made fortune pay as you go is a wise maxim for yourself honest for your nei neighbor I I lorjust just its observance will liglin en the burdens and cares cam of life sweeten toil encourage industry lenard reward honesty promote good and induce prosperity A MINISTERS life in france is not riot a happy one it appears that lil gambetta grants few audiences audience s and keeps the archivists archi vista busy he is is engaged from morning to night on oil the days ho be has not to transact parliamentary business and often far into the night in reading dispatches and letters not intended for publication from diplomatic agents to I his i g necasio rs za |