Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-01-06
From the American Union.
A DIALOGUE.
pELEcrABIE AND DEMoNsTRATIyE.

n OlhAOOOEs
pELEcTABLE AND DEMoNsTRATIvE.
Isaac, have you paid the printersy
inquired an old lady Of her husband, who
was delighting the family circle by rea-
ding to.them fine looking newspaper
excuse our bushes, for the editors are
as modest as maidens.
"No Rebecca, have not, answered
the old gentleman, adjusting his specta-
cles-' but you know it is only a trifie.
The printers, | see, give very polite
dun, but they cannot mean me, as / am
one of their political friends, and at all
events, my two dollars would be but
trlAing moiety to them. aee
We'll, Isaac, if all their subscribers
were to say the same thing, the poor
fellows would slarve, unless they could
conjure their types into corn, and the
press into flour mill. And surely you
as their friend, should be more punctu-
al in paying them than if you were their
political enemy; besides, it would show
your attachment to them and the good
cause which they advocate
Il thought Of settling my subscription
when | was in town last said Isaac,
wincing from the, rub, but the money
which received for my produce was
better than usual, and dislike to part
with it.
why certainly, you would not pay
them in bad money, Isaac
'Nomy dear, but sometimes ! am obli-
ged to take uncurent paper, and ! pre-
fer paying debts with that when / can
get it off-O, these banks these banks !
ANY way that sort would suit the prin-
ters jus! as well, as they don't keepit long.
My neighbor jenkins said he passed off
some on them that no body else would
take, and they did not refuse it,
'Shame on you, Isaac !, exclaimed
the good old lady-'you would not, ]
hope, initiate the example Of that mise
rable fellow Jenkins-why he would jew
the parson out OF his stipend, and pay
, the balance in trade.
!, yet he paid the printers, grandma,
interrupted little flaxen-haired miss
who stood beside her grandfather's
I knees.
i, 1'Well, we'll; I'll call and pay them,'
said the old gentleman, not little net
tied for an article read in their pa
| per the other day, was worth twice the
S amount of the subscription
$ 'And you know; grandpa, you said
: that piece about the counterteiters saved
2 you twenty dollars, which you would
, have taken from the Yankee peddler,'
7 again interrupted the little girl.
Yes, it did so, Mary-and for that
= when go TO town, I'll pay off my old
: score, and next year in advance, into
, the pargain.'
sMr. Isaac kept his word, like
! an honest man. And whether because
, his conscience smote him about the un-
current money, or because he was con-
: vinced of the excellence of the arguments
of his amiable spouse and rosy-cheeked
, grandchild, we cannot say ;-be that as
t it may, we assure you, our readers that
our pockets range with the tangible proof
: of friend Isaacs probity and patronage,
until we paid our debts. Now, we feel
: assured, that if the good LADIES in the
Y town and country. and throughout all
e creation,' as that most ueritable monde
e script Major Jack Downing would say
J. only knew how the heart and hand ol
l. the poor printeris gladdened and warm.
ed by the welcome salutation Of such q
d MAN as Isaac, they would read this para
e graph to their husbands, and say in the
;. language Of the good old book, Gt
d THOU AND DO LIKEWISE.