This section is from the book "The Corner Cupboard; Or, Facts For Everybody", by Robert Kemp Philp. Also available from Amazon: The Corner Cupboard; or Facts for Everybody.
Accounts. It is incumbent on every housekeeper to keep an account of his income and expenditure. "We cannot too emphatically speak of the importance of observing this rule, and submit the following as a model for keeping domestic accounts: -

 
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