AND WHERE TO FIND ONE. 163 



CHAPTER VII. 



Getting the first thousand dollars How to save Man wants but 

 little here below Actual cost of food Great successes A dime 

 a day. 



ECONOMY is the sheet-anchor of every beginner, 

 no matter what calling he may adopt. &quot;Without it, 

 industry and hard work go for almost nothing. As 

 a general rule, men more frequently grow rich from 

 what they save than from what they make. In 

 farming, especially, it may be assumed that this rule 

 has no exceptions. Our actual bodily wants are 

 few, and may be cheaply supplied without convert 

 ing us into a race of misers. In illustration of these 

 positions I have gathered from various sources some 

 facts sufficiently striking to command general atten 

 tion, even if they* should be found too hard to 

 imitate. 



The greatest fortunes have originated in the 

 smallest beginnings. Stephen Girard, the million 

 aire of Philadelphia, began the world by selling 

 oranges from the head of a barrel in the streets of 

 an obscure country town. His remark in after life 

 was, that when a man had acquired his first thou 

 sand dollars, there was no difficulty in becoming 

 rich. John Jacob Astor began his wonderful career 



