Something Like Ministerial Retrenchment.
Times are hard, money is scarce, business is dull, retrenchment is duty; please stop m y—whisky ? Oh no ; times are not hard ; enough for that yet. But there is something which costs me a great amount iof money every year which I wish to save. Please stop my—tobacco, cigars, and snnff? No, no ; not "these ; but f must retrench somewhere. Please stop my ribbons, jewellery, ornaments, and trinkets ? Not at all; pride must be fostered, if times are ever so hard; but I believe I can see a way to effect quite a saving in another direction. Please stop my—tea, coffee, and needless unhealthful luxuries? No, no ; not these; it must be something else. Ah ! I have it now—my paper. It costs me five cents a month or sixty cents a year. I must save that. Please stop my paper! that wflj .. carry me through the panic easily. I beUevein retrenchment and. economy, especially in °~ brains.—Boston paper.
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Evening Star, Issue 7251, 30 June 1887, Page 1
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161Something Like Ministerial Retrenchment. Evening Star, Issue 7251, 30 June 1887, Page 1
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