Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-05-22
THE FOUR PISTAREENS.

To the Importance OF small things whe;
n yreat principles are involved, the iol!owin,
story Of The Four Pl>,ar.ens' ma,
: prove interesting ard profitable. Il wa,
T told TO me by the person OF whom the an
d. ecdote is related i!e was friend Cf mine
. most excelen; man and Christian ii
heart and life. lie was remarkable io
his integrity. hare frequently kno~r
. hun to suffer losses m his business, ralhe
. than lake those Advantages which the Law
2 allows, and ~hrch public opinion does no
condemn, out which an upright man Wi
ie-pise /: and be attributed great share
o. his honesty Of principle aud practice, It
the event am about 10 relate.
When John was abou, thirteen Years
Old, he LEFT his paiernal roof in the no:tl
of New jersey, and camn 10 philadeI phia
~ lean tr. ic. He entered as an appfen.
tee with hp- brother, u coachrnaker IN III,
northern par, Of the ci:y. On n certain
occasion ne vas scnl to a drug store, for a
=,
half gallon OF oil. He had frequently
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accustomed 10 pay % cents for the oil.
! But il happened lha, oil mad fallen, and the
f''~e va '''' f''', ~
cents, Of ahich, however, he was not III
,"rnrd. H. had taken with him 10 pay
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''' '"e U" ""' Ho'''' "'.e' az" nav ''E
""'d''' '"' af''I'c' III p''S''i'eu INC "o'e'
ana received III chahge-hol rs nc expect
ed, Three quarters OF a dollar but iour P's'
tareens. 1t may be necessary 10 remark
ihat the PIsIar'en was an oid Spanish CON-
Of The 'a'"e of 20 cents, which was IN eS-
lensIve circulation twenty years ago. A.
ihe present day they are but rarely meet
"nh. and my yo1ng readers may never
have seen them. John, "ho had never
been me1n troubled with money changing
ana was ignorant OF their value, supposed
'hey "er" quarters oi doI'ar,and mat Inc
Druggist Tad gwen hin tour Ins'eac oi
'hfee- lie had Deeh 'aosh' wien c''''u'
to be honest lie khe" mat he ought 10
90 10 DINERS as ne "ouih nave DINERS 10
90 10 him and 'hat II "a' as n'>h"hes'
10 LAKE an'an'age o' ano'her mistake 'o
axe "td' was ho' MS o"h' as 10 c"ea' Ill
any o''et way il'S Hr>' ih'pu'Se' 'heie'
'oFe' was 10 return one o' '''e pieces ~ '''
man ou' oe'ore ne l'au '"''e 10 carry ou'
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