unless he has a little home of some kind, or the money to purchase one–young men should remember this fact.

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.”

because home manufacturers charge you too much–your neighbor may have sold the goods to your New York or London merchant.

–you are liable to neglect your home, and may sometimes forget you have a husband.

spends about fifty cents a day for tobacco, beer and whisky—fifty cents a day for seven years amounts to a sum large enough to buy a neat little home and furnish it.