True economy is a careful treasurer in the
service of benevolence; and where they are united respectability,
prosperity and peace will follow.
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ODD SCRAPS FOR THE ECONOMICAL.
If you would avoid waste in your family, attend to the following
rules, and do not despise them because they appear so unimportant:
'many a little makes a mickle.'
Look frequently to the pails, to see that nothing is thrown to the
pigs which should have been in the grease-pot.
Look to the grease-pot, and see that nothing is there which might have
served to nourish your own family, or a poorer one.
See that the beef and pork are always _under_ brine; and that the
brine is sweet and clean.
Count towels, sheets, spoons, &c. occasionally; that those who use
them may not become careless.
See that the vegetables are neither sprouting nor decaying: if they
are so, remove them to a drier place, and spread them.
Examine preserves, to see that they are not contracting mould; and
your pickles, to see that they are not growing soft and tasteless.
As far as it is possible, have bits of bread eaten up before they
become hard.
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