poverty and profligacy go hand in hand, as a rule.

do not want anything except poverty–wold not have a thousand acres of good land if you were to give it to them–they would trade it for a saloon, and then give the saloon away.  Hundreds of times the author has asked the question: “Why do you not save your money and buy you a little home?” and almost invariably received the following answer:  “What do I want with a home?  I wouldn’t be bothered with one.”