The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-10-17

be II she does not lay aside The saniiies
Of This world. IsuPPose she never said
. prayer in her life"
.Nol she: if ron should talk 10 her az
praying she would smile 10 your face"
"a SD condition indeed! How The
world lieIh in The wicked one. The
prince Of this. world hath many children.
and she Is one Of them"
/" And yel." continued The wife. "sbs
seems utterly insensible 10 her sad cnndi-
lion. and always changes The subjeeI
when | mention il 10 her." or course.
And she will 60 on Ihus hardening her
heart. and slifening her neck. until shs
falls into The gulf Of eternal ruin. II is
sad TO think on"
BY ealing the bread of carefulness. by
grinding the poor and by orerworking
his apprentices. SIR. T. gradually became
The osnsr Of property. 0f course he
was landlord. he owned tvo or three
stores on Howard street. which were
every now and then changing tenants.
for few could stand injustice.
One Of these stores had been vacant
for some time. when . young man. just
going into business. and who knew
nothing Of his character. hired il for three
hundred and fifty dollars. That vas
The highest limit he had sci himself in
his close calculations Of profit. He was
q poor, bot enterprizing young man, and
had been assisted into business by q few
eonfdlng and firm friends.
Not single alteration or repair would
T.. put upon the building. After going
10 sbou, Two hnndred dollars expense in
fitting up the store handsomely the young
man opened for business. At the end OF
the first year. he found that his profits
had been very fair; boz there we're many
remnants and pieces Of unsaleable goods
on hand which had been paid for, and
cur,ailed his active capital. Cheerful in
prospect Of his next years business. and
resolved TO usa even more activity and
economy, he put his last quarters rem
in his pocket and called ON Mr.. -.
After The money had been taken and ihs
receipt given, Mr.. T. inquired after hi.
business, and the young man spoke Of i
as increasing. and said he had done .,
well as he expected. .-.~ VII.
" You have no thought Of moving
supposed"
oh no. the stand is good one. ant
pleases me-.
Ahem! Ahem! I've been thinking
for some time that your rent was too low
4 good stand like yours 10 worth grea
deal mare money"
"Three hundred and fiIty dollars 10 d
much as I can sfford 10 pay, and ss muel
as anv Of my neighbors pay" Pr ~at2
"Your neighbors pay too little. then
I must have four hundred and fifty dol
lars for my store next year."
-Four hundred and fifiy!" exclaime,
the young man, | cannot afford 10 pay
that Besides it 10 worth no more thar
| now pay for IT,"
There are many who can and vii
pay four hundred and fifiy, and must &c
, The most profitable tenants can"
"But l have, been to al least two hun
dred dollars expense"
"Tha, is your look out, young nan
not mine"
$50 i, is, and I was a fool TO men
lion it. see am yet learner here"
Mr.. = only smiled.
"Will you no, take four hundred"
mo, cent less than four hundre'
and ffiy." -~z~ *.
The young man could do but one o
two ,hings-remo~e or pay the high rent
Fearing TO risk another stand, and know
, ing lha, change would be Bore loss Il
him that a hundred dollars. reluctantly
entered into con.rac, to pay four hundres
and fifty. @ s..a
, Another year passed away, and Mr
r added fifty dollars more rent OF
the house. This was borne with also
, for /, was bener than to move. Blu
when fifty additional we're demsnde,
{ under the impression that The tensn
would consider il more than loss OF &c
!. ~ dollar to move. he could stasd IL nj
longer. and sought another store. Thi,
store did not prove to be so good stand
, which 50 troubled the young mans minl
that he, from. negleciing his business, be
! came unsteady, and in the end failed.
With Mr.. T. il was common prac
tice to raise on all his tenants sum jus
enough TO make them feel that 10 wa.
better TO pay il than remove.
| No one who has read the previous
! number Of these sketches will feel dispos
ed to accuse me Of wishing TO throw dis
respect upon religion. How could | b
so false TO myself as to wish to darker
The ligh, which shines upon my own pail
which pene,ra,es and disperses th'
, glooms Of The gravel But am ever dis
, posed TO condemn and hold mp in jus
: view. all presenders 10 that which the!
do not possess. One such man as Mr.
. r., does more real harm in The worl'
. than dozen open sinners. ~"'#
), And alas how many such there are
Who does not know Mr.. r! L
n what religious association are not thos