CHAPTER XI.

TALES OF RURAL THRIFT.

The Old Friend and the Load of Hay--The Man Who Worked a Confidence Game on His Cows--“Stew ’Er Down”--“Never Mind, I Can Cut It”--The Empty Flour Barrel--The Town Pauper Who Made an Epigram--The Conscientious Neighbor Who Ran an Account--The Thrifty Man Who “Swore Off” Using Tobacco 216-236