The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1837-12-30
A DIALOGUE.

DELEcTABLE AND DEMoEsTRABlE
Isaac have you pain the pr,nter! ,nJui.
red an old lad " of her husband, who as
de'Ighing tue family circle by reading
TO them fine looking newspaper-ex
cuse our buses, for editors are as modest
as tnaidens.i
mo, Rebecca; | have not, answere d
the Old gentleman, adjusting his sppcla.
c'es---"but you know It IS only trhe
The printers, | see, give very polite
dun, but they cannot mean me, as am
one OF their political friends, aud a, all
events, my FIVE dollars would be but a
tf'hlng moiety 70 Them
swell, Isaac, il all their Subscribers
were to say the same thing, the poor tel.
lows would starve, unless they could con
June their types into corn, and the press
INTO -Four mill. -And surely YOU, as
their friend should be more puoctual in
paying them, than if you were their 20
lItical enemy; besides. it would shr "
your attachment to Them and The good
cause which they advocate.
4 thought OF settling my subscrirtion
when was in town last,' said Isaac.
w'ncing from the rub, but the money
which received for my produce was BET
ter than usual, and disllked to part v III
il.
why certainly, you would not pay
them in bad money, Isaac
No, my dear, but sometimes m obli-
ged to take uncurrent paper, and prefer
paying my debts with that when Lean
get It off 0, these banks, these banks!
.4ny way. that sort will suit the printers
just as well, as they don't keep i, Icing.
My neighbor Jenkins said he passed Of
some on them which no body else would
take and they did not refuse it,
"Shame on you, lsasc!' exclaimed the
good old lady--'you would not, hope,
initiate the example OF that miserable TEL
low jenkins why, he would Jew the
Parson out of half his stipend, and pay
the balance in trade
. Yet he paid the printers, grandma in
terruptsd little haxen.headed girl that
stood beside her grandfather knees.
Well, we'll; IN call and pay Them
said the old man, not a little nettled-
"for an article read in their paper the
other day, was worth twice the amount
OF the subscription
'And,you know, grandpa, you said that
that piece about toe counlerfeiters saved
you twenty dollars, which y~u would
have taken from the Yankee pedlar, a.
gain interrupted the little girl,
Yes it did so, Maryland for that when
| go to town, III pay of the old score,
and next year in advance, into The bar,
gain.
Mr.. Isaac kept his word, like
an honest man. And whether his con-
science smote him about the uncurrent
money, or whether he was convinced of
the excellence Of the arguments OF his
miable spouse and rosy checked grand
child, we cannot say;-be that as it may,
we assure you, our readers that our peck
cts rang with the tangible proof Of friend
lsaac's probity and patronage, until we
paid our debts. Now, we feel assured,
that il the good LADIES in the town and
country, and throughout all creaiion.,,
as that veritabc nondescrpt Major Jack
Downing would say, only knew how the
heart and hand Of every poor printer is
gaddened and warmed by the welcome
salutation of such Man as Isaac, they
would read this paragraph TO their hus
bands, and say in the language Of the
good old book, Go THOU AND DO like