Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-18

H A DIALOGUE DELEcTABLE AND DEMoSsTRA
IlTIvE.-'Isaac have you paid the printer
Inquired an old lady Of her husband, who was
lldeghting the family circle by reading them
a fine looking newspaper-(excuseo our olus"'
es, for we editors are modest as maidens
II mo Rebecca, have not, answered tne o'o
gentleman, adjusting his spectacies-'
you know it is only trfe. The pr'n'eIs,
see, give.a very polite dun, out tney eG, ,;,;""i
mean me, as ] am one OF the" P',,s
friends, and at all events my Two 'o""''
would be but trhlng moiety W 'nen'.
mVelI Isaac. if all their subscribers were
- ssv ,he same thing, the poor fellows would
|, s,,rve. unless they could conjure their types
into corn. and the press into flour MILL
And surely YOU, as their friend should be
lInore punctua in paying them, than IT you
were their political enemy; besides 1t would
show your political attachment for them and
| the good cause which they advocate"
II II thought Of settling my subscription when
II I was in town last said Isaac, wincing from
1 the rub, 'but the money which | received Il T
my produce was better than usual, and dis.
like 10 part with it,
"Why certainly, you would not pny them
in bad money, Isaac"
mo, my dear, but sometimes am obliged
to take uncurrent money, and prefer paying
my debts with that when | can get it of.-O
these banks any way, that would silt tie
printers just os well. as they don't keep il
long. My Deighbor jenkins said he passed
some off on them that nobody else would
take, and they did not refuse it,
Shane on you Isaac y exclaimed the good
old lady-'you would not, hope, imi'a'e the
example of that miserable fellow Jenkins
why he would jew the parson out Of half OF
his sipend and pay the balance in irade.'
/ Yct he paid the printers, grandma inter.
rnpted little flaxen haired miss, who stood
beside her grandiather's knees.
swell, WELL | will call and pay them,
said the old gentleman, not little neitlcd-
for an article | read in their paper the other
day was worth twice the amount of the sub
scripiion."
And you know, grandpa, you said that
piece about the countrriclters saved you
twenty dollars, which you would have taken
from The Yankee pedlar,' again interrupted
the little girl.
Yes it did SO, Maryland for that, when !
90 to town, I'll pay off my old score, and
next year in advance, into the bargain
Mr. Isaac -, kept his word, like an
honest man. And whether because his con-
science smutc him about the uncuuTeml money
or because he was convinced of the eXcellen-
cy of the arguments Of his amabe spouse,
and rosy checked grandchlld, we cannot say I;
be that as II may we assure our readers that
our pockets rang with the tangible proof Of
our friend Isaac's probity and patronage, un-
I'll We paid our debts. Now, we feel assured
that IT the good LADIES IN town and country,
and throughout all creation, as that most
venerable nondescript, Major Jack Downing
would say, only knew how The heart and
hand Of the poor printer j. gladdened and
warmed by the welcome salutation Of such
MAN as Isaac, they would read this paragraph
to their husbands, and say, in the language
of the good old book Go thou and DO Ike
cise'