2O LIBERTY AND A LIVING. 



Probably books and magazines cost us as much 

 as our dinners throughout the summer. Never- 

 theless, I have made out this little table, com- 

 piled from the expense accounts kept with 

 scrupulous care for the eight months beginning 

 with the first of May and ending with the first 

 of January : 



Rent (for the whole year) ..... $160 oo 



Wages 100 oo 



Grocer's and butcher's bill . . . . . 128 oo 

 Expenses upon garden, boat, house, including 



tools, paint, repairs, seeds, etc. ... 35 oo 



Coal and wood 25 oo 



Total $448 oo 



This shows a total of $448, or an average of 

 per month. To offset this sum, I have 

 only to show as coming from the place the in- 

 significant sum of $43, made up by sending 

 surplus eggs to the grocer's, and giving what 

 vegetables and hay I did not need to a neigh- 

 bor. There is also a small sum to be credited 

 to my bees. Taking the expenses of the sum- 

 mer, therefore, and counting the summer at 

 eight months of the year, and leaving out the 

 money which went for clothes, books, etc., and 

 small extras, we have an outgo of $50 a month. 



