Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-09
The True sign Board.

on his signboard, to be seen and read Of
al men, what he will do, yiz:-So many
of The inhabitants of this town or city he
will. for the sake of getting :heir money.
make Paupers and send to the almshouse.
and thus oblige the whole community to
support them ard their families that so
many others he will excite TO the com
mission of crimes, and thus increase the
expenses, aad endanger the peace and
welfare Of the community that SO many
he will send to the Jail, and so MANY more
to the State prison,and so many more to the
gailows; that so many more he will visit
with sore and distressing diseases; and in
so many cases, diseases which would have
been comparatively harmless, he will by
his poison render fatal that in SO many
cases he will deprive persons of reason,
and IN so many cases will cause Sudden
death that so many wives he will make
widows aud so many children he will
| make orphans, and that in so many cases
he will cause the children to grow up in
Ignorance, vice and crime, and alter being
nuisances on the earth, will bring them to
a premature grave; that in so MANY cases
ne will prevent the effiacy Of the Gospel,
and grieve away the Holy Ghost, and
ruin for eternity the sou Is of men. And
suppose he could and should give some
faint conception of what it is to lose the
soul, and of the Overwhelming guilt and
coming wre,chedness of him who is know.
lngIy instrumental in producing this ruin {:
and suppose he should put at the bottom
totthe sign this question, viz: What, YOU
may ask, can be my object of acting so
much like devil inearnate, and bringing
such accumulated Indebtedness upon a
comparatively happy people, and under
it should put the true observation-disclosures
and so on TO say, | have a family to sup
port; | want money and must have it
this Is my BUSINESS was brought up to
IL; and if / should no. follow il [ must
change my business, or | could not sup
port my family And as all faces began
10 gather blackness ut the approaching
ruin, and all hearts to boil with indena
ton at its author, suppose he should add
Tor their consolation, If do not bring this
destruction upon you somebody else will.
What would they think Of him 2 What
would all the world think of him What
ought they 10 think Of HING And is it
any worse for a man to tell the people be-
fore hand, honestly, what he will do, If
they buy aud use his poison, than it is to
go on and do i2 And what If thew are
not aware Of the mischief which he is do
Ing them, and he can accomplish it
through their own perverted and volunt-
airy agency Is it not FIally abomin-
able, II ne knoios it, and does not cease
from producing il? And suppose, after
this man has done as on his sign he said
ne would, for years, and intends to con- |
tlnue 1t, the question comes up whether be
shall be admitted to the church! Adj. (
nitted to the church, says a man: he
ought to be admitted to the State prison or
to the gallows. But this he might saw
under an excitement of having had his
only son killed at that mans store. |
therefore ask, soberly, what ought the
church to de-? Oughttbey to admit him
Does he give, or while continuing to do
as he promised on his sign board that he
would, can he give evidence that he is
good man2 ...~
Advice Gratis.
Shut your eyes to the faults of your
neighbors, and open them very wide upon
your own. "s
Stop your ears while gossips and !
sianderers are speaking of others. Take
your finger away to listen to the voice of
friendly admonaion z-.s@- f..
Open your mouth but seldom, and
never but TO point and purpose. Shut il |
close when misjudging friendship holds |
the glass to your lips.
Touch not the pen when you are in a
bad humor, or you will assuredly do
something unjust or i'll natured. Touch |
not your purse when temptation or ex
sravagance comes in your way. |
Money. |
MONEY is the representative, or the
token otproperty or things of value. The
money while used as money is Of no
other use ! and therefore a bit of lead. oil
wood, or Of leather would be as good as
gold or silver, to be usedas money. But
IT these materials. which are every where
found in such abundance, were 10 be used
as money, there would be semuch money
made that there would be no end of it:
and besides, the money made in one coun-
try would, however enforced By law, have
no value. in any other country. For these
reasons gold and silver, which are among st
the most scarce of things. have oeen,by all
the nations that we know anything oil,
used as money. !,
While the money of any country con-
slsts OF nothing but these scarce metals
while It consists Of nothing bu: gold and
silver, there is no fear of its becoming tool
abundant; but if the money of a country
be made Of lead. tin, wood, leather or