Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-05-04

W 'HfI| hoSuiu p''p's""", w ,""'o' wv
| felt i, duty TO go that same night, and
lamp. black the whole Of their palace. =
For this, the reasonable villains clap
ped me in jail and the genllrmrn oi the
Eyes trade could moi well avoid cut
ting my connexon when came out.
The Assault and Battery business, in
Ito which | was now forced TO adventure
lor livelihood, was one somewhat I'll
adapted TO the delicate nature of my con.
s.iuiion hut | went 10 work in II with n
goud heart, and found my account, here
rs heretofore, in those stern habits ol
neihodcal accuracy which had been
thumped into me by that delightful old
nurse-I would indeed be the basest OF
men not to remember her well in my will.
BY observing, as | say, the slriclesi sys'
TEN in all my dealings, and Keeping Il
wrll-regnlaled set OF books, | was ena-
bl~d To get over many serious difficulties,
and, in the end, 10 establish nyset very
decenily in the profession. The truth is,
that few individuals in my line, did II
.nugger little business than ]. ] will
Just copy out n page ar SO OF my Day
Book and this will save me the ncces-
Sly of tIowing my own trumpct-a con-
iempiib!e practice, of which no high
minded man will be guilty. Now, the
Day Book is thing that don't lie.
"Jan. New Years day. Met
Snap in the street, groggy. liem-he'l II
10. Met Gruff shortly afterwards, blind
drunk. Mcm-he'll answer, too. En-
tered both gentlemen in my Ledger, and
opened n running account with each
Jan 2.-Saw Snap at the Exchange
and went up and trod on his toe. Donbled
his fist, and knocked me down Good
got up again. Some triling difficulty
with Bag, my attorney. | want the
damages at thousand, but he says that,
ior so simple knock down, We cant
lay them at more than five hundred. -
Mem must get rid of Bus--no system
mt all.
Jan. 3.-Wcn, to the theatre, to look
Tor Grufi Saw him sitting in side box,
! in the second tier, between fat lady
and a lean one. QuiZZed the whole set
through AN opera-glass till | saw the fat
lady blush and whisper to c.. Went
round, then, into The box, and put my
nose within reach Of his hand Would'n,
pull it-no 90. Wiped it, and tried again
no 90. Sat down then, and winkel at
the lean lady. when had the high salts
faction Of finding him lit me up by the
nape of the neck. and fling me over into
the pit. Neck di,loca'ed, and light lee
capi,alIy spliniered. Went home in hiGh
glee, drank a bottle of champagne, anl
booked The young man fof five thousand.
Bag says it'll do.
Feb. l5.-Compromi'ed the case o'
Nr Srap. Amount entered in Journal
fifty cents which soc.
Feb. lG.-Cast Ivy that villain Gruii,
who made me present OF five dollars
Costs of suit, four dollar and twenty i've
cents. Net profit see Journal-seven-
ty-fve cents"
Now, here is clear gain, in very
brief period, of no less than one dollar and
twenty-five cents - this in the mere cases
If Snap and GruII; and solemuly as
sure the reader, that these extracts are
taken at random from my ay-Book.
It's an old saying, and a true o"c,
however, that money is nothing in COM
parson with heath. found the cXac-
tons Of tho profession, somewhat to-"
much, for my delicate state Of body !;
and, discovering, at last, that | was
knocked out of all shape, so that didn't
4, hat To oil pIt n M
ter, and my friends, when they met me
in the street, couldn'ttcll that was Pc
ter Profit at all, i, occurred TO me that
the best expediem, ! could adopt, was to
alter NV line of business. | turned my
attention, therefore, to Mud Dabblns,
ard continued it for some years.
The worst ofihi, occupation, is, that
too many people take fancy to it, and
the competition, is, in consequence, ex-
cessvc. Every ignoramus Of fellow
who finds that he hasn't brains in suiii-
cicn, quantity To make his way as walk
ing. advertiser, or ali eyes prlg, or n
salt and batter man. thinks of course,
that he III answer very well as dabbIcr
oi mud But there never was entertain
ed a more erroneous idea that it requires
no brains 10 mud-dabblc. Especially,
there is nothing to be made in this way
without ,aeihod did only retail bust.
ness myself, but my old habits of system
carried me swimmingy along. select
ed MY street-crossing, in the first place,
with great deliberal'on, and never put
down broom in any part of the town
jW Hai took care, too. 10 have nice
little puddle at hand, which | could get
at in minute. by these means | got
to be well known as a man To be trusted :;
and this is one half the battle, let me tell
you, in trade. Nobod = ever failed to pitch
me copper, and got over my crossing
with a clean pair of pan,aIoons. And, az
my business habits, in this respect, were
sufficiently understood, | never met with
any attempt at imposition. | wouldn't
have put up with it, if had. Never i'm
posing upon any one myself, suffered
no one to play the possum with me
The frauds Of the hanks | couldn't, Of
course, help. This suspension put me TO
ruinous Inconvenience. These, however,
are not individuals, but corporations :;
and corporations, it is very well known,
have neither bodies to be kicked, nor