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The Printer Who Saved His Drinking Money

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 25, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 8.

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The Printer Who Saved His Drinking Money

A NEW ORLEANS paper tells of a printer who, when his fellow-workmen went out to drink beer, during the working hours, put in the bank the exact amount which he would have spent if he had gone out to drink. He thus kept his resolution for five years. He then examined his bank account and found he had on deposit $521.86. In the five years he had not lost a day from ill-health. Three out of five of his fellow-workmen had in the meantime become drunkards, were worthless, and were discharged.