Results of a One-Cent Investment in One of Our Country Sunday Schools
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At a Sunday School missionary meeting, the Superintendent received a number of letters from the scholars, giving an account of how they had traded with a cent which had been given them a year ago. It is needless to say that this was by no means the least attractive part of the programme. The following are some of the letters as received, in which we have made no corrections:—
“I bought a cent’s worth of radish seed and sowed them in a plot of ground which my Mother gave me. I tended to them with care and sold them at 5 cts. a dozen. I sold 12 dozen and made 60 cts.”
“Two years ago I took a cent to see how much I could make for missions. One year ago I took another cent. I spent them both and gained nothing with them. You can’t speculate much with a cent. A lady wanted me to do some work for her and said she would pay me, so I got $1.15 for last year, but didn’t get it in time for the meeting, and this year I have added 35 cts. more. Total amount, $1.50.”
“Bot lead pencils at wholesale and sold them out retail, with the proceeds bot some sugar and made taffy and sold it for missionaries, making in all, 58 cts.”
“I have twenty-five cents to give you for the missionaries. I sold some cucumbers to a lady for five cents, and the rest Ma gave me for doing errands.”
“I earned this money buying and selling rhubarb, 20 cts.”
“I bought one egg, raised a Pullet and sold one dozen for 20 cts., one dozen eggs for 15 cents, then sold the hen for 20 cts. Total amount made, 55 cts.”
“I ernt this fifteen cents by buying and selling eggs.”
“I bought a patch of potatoes for one cent and tended to them and sold them for 10 cts., making a profit of 9 cts.”
“I have just 51 cts. I went errands and washed dishes and did other little things for it.”
“I bought beans and planted them and sold them for 3 cts.”
“I bought with my cent some radish seed, and Mr. Wilson gave me a plot to sow it in. I watered and weeded them and sold them at 5 cts. a bunch, and made $1.”
“I blacked the boots for a month and earned 15 cts. I will try to do better next time.”
“My cent I invested in potatoes. I planted and tended them and arranged with a gentleman to take the potatoes at 40 cts. per bag. I am glad to hand in my $1 as the result.”
“I am a very little boy, but I ain’t too small to work. Last year you did not give me a copper to work with, but I thought I would try and do something for poor little boys and girls away off in heathen lands, so last summer I picked dandelions, tied them in bunches, and sold them around the town, total amount, 5 cts.”
“Total proceeds, $12.12.”
“I first bought a can with my cent, and picked berries and sold them. Received twenty cents.”
“I bought a row of carrots of my Father for a cent, and had five pails, and sold them at 10c. per pail, which is fifty cents.”
“I bought a cents worth of knitting cotton and knit a pair of garters and sold them for Ten cents. (10c.)”
“We Bought 2 cents worth of Eggs and Sett them, got 2 chickens, and sold them for 20 cents.”
“Bought one ct’s worth of Bootblacking, blackned boots for five cts. bought five ct’s worth, blackned boots for five cts. a week, got one dollar.”—Missionary Outlook.