Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-05-29
MIS- ELLAN EOUs.
The BUSINESS MAN.
BY EDGAR ALLEN POE.
CONCLUDED

"Jan. New Years day. Met Snap
in the street, groggy. Hem he'll do.
Me: CRUZ shortly Afterwards, blind
druak. llen-he'u answer, too. I'm.
tere ! both gentlemen into my Ledger,
anl opened running account with
each.
an. 2.-SIw Snap at the Exchange,
anu went up and trol on his toe. DOu-
bled his fist, and Knocked me down =
Nood!-gut up again. Some trIiing
difficulty with Bag my attorney. waat
Inc damages III thOusanl, bat he say
that, Tor 50 simple Il kuoci down, ne
can't Jay the II At mpt3 tan i've aIII.
rel. llem- must get rad Of BLg-ao
system at all.
Jan. 3.-Went 10 the theatre, to look
for Grutf. Saw MIN sitting IN side
box, in the second tier. betweel a fat la.
dy and u lean one. QIiZzed the whole
set through an opera glass, till saw
tho fat lady blush AMI whisper TO O. -
Went rounl, thea, into the box, all put
my nose withil reach Of his hand
Wouldn't pull it-no -. WipaI it and
tried again-lo 90. SAT- dowa Ihen,and
winkcd at the lean laly, wren had the
high satisfaction Of tildIns aim lift mo
over INTO the pit. Neck dISlocatet, AMI
right leg clpitdiIy spIintcreI Went
home IN high glcr, trulk a bottle uI
champagne, Ilj OJJkcd Inc yong nun
for five thou md. Bag saws i'll do.
Feb. lJ.-CDm2ro missed the clSo Of
Mr. Snap. A nount entered in journal
fifty cen's-vhjch see.
Feb. Is &C ,st by that villain Grulf,
hNs 4. q
Costs Of suit, four dollars and twenty
five cents" Net proit-see Jourual-
seventy live cents. NOE,hcre IS a clcas
gun, III n yer, brief pcrol, Of No less
than oae dollar unI twelty i've c ,nts-
this Is m the mere cases Of Snap AMI
Gruit; and 50 EMMY assure the reader,
that 'hese extracts are taken at random
from my Day Book
It's an old saying, and a true one,
however, that money Is nothing in con
pariSol with health. iJIaI he exc.
tons Of the profession, 50 neWhat too
much for my delicate state Of body : ana
discovering, at last, that was knocked
ouI OF all shape, So thIt ! didn't know
very well what 10 make Of the matter,
AMI my friends, when they M uc ia
the street, couldn't tel that J was Peter
Profit at all, il occurred 10 me that the
best eXpedicnt that could adopt to
Mud Dabbilng, AMI continued it for
some yeOrS.
The worst OF this occupation, IS, thai
too many people take 1 fancy TO il, and
the comPetJic1, Is. in consequence, ex-
cesslyc. Every ignoramus ola fellow
who finds that he hds'nt brains sufficient
quantity 10 make his way as walking
advertiser, or al eye sore -prig, or Il sllt
and batter man. thinks of course, that
he'll answer very well as dab5!er Of
mad. Bat there never was entertained
more erroneous idea that it relu;res
no brains t. mud dabblo. Especially.
there is nothing to be made in this way
without method. | did only a retailbusi.
ness myself, but my old habits Of sys-
tenn carried me swImmingy along.
selected my stree crossing, in the first
place, with great deliberation, and lie.
yer put broom in any part Of the town
bat that. took care, too, TO have a /
nice little puddle at hand which / could /
get at in a minute. BY these means | |
got to be well known Us man to be |
trusted; and this is one half the battle, |
let me tell you, IN trade. Nobody ever
failed TO pitch me a copper, and got
over my crossing with a clean pair oil
PanialOons. And, as my business hab.
It's, IN this respect, were sufficiently I'M
derstool, never met with any ATTEMPT
at imposition. wouldn't have put up
with It, if had. Never imposing upon
any one myself, suffered no one TO
play the possum with me. The frauds
OF the banks, couldn't Of course help
This suspension put me 10 rulnous iucon.
venlencc. These, however, are not in
dlylduals, but corporations, it is very
well known, have neither bodies 10 be
kicked, nor souls to be lost.
was making money at this business,
when, in an evil moment, / was induced
20 merge II in the Car Sputternp-a
somewhat analogous, but by no means
so respectable profession. My loca-
ton TO be sure, was an exec lent one,
being central,and had capital backing
and brushes Ny little dog, too, was
quite fat, and up TO all varieties ofsnuT.
lie had been IN the trade long time, g.,
i may say, understood IL. Our general
routine was this: Pompey, having rol.
led himself we'll IN mud, sat upon end
at the shop door, Until no observed "a
dandy approaching IN bright boots. lie
then proceeded 90 meet hun, and gave
the WellIngtOns a rub or too with his
WOOL Then the dandy swore very much
and looked about for boot black. There
/ was, foil ~ his view, with bIlckil-