Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-11-13

zf Al, ,,af.auiiie cities are avetriiti
,.a,,,l ,.,,,,e rnett who hive been bred for
WY f,..ntaT, or tesk, aud thousands OF
IL y,,nu gents find it anything but al
$50 matter I'd !hud bread OF situations
t,ilf shsi, time, Il, these ctewdel fiarss OF
,,an hand nerahai,dise. An advertisement
in,a Raw York or New Orleans paper, Tor
, nIerh or =slssutah, rarely fails To "tur.i
M, ID hundred needy aud greedy apt'h'
can't. In course I,f il morning IN New
Yj,rts. where n vast number OF these ms.
ehiJad young men are manufactured
a,nna s,ptiuu. to lie manufactured by the
,%da,i,nent. for aii already sufieited market,
mara are wretgies who prattise upon
,hsaI innocent victims Of perverted Uses
t01pass, 4 species 81 fraud but slightly ufi'
l.fsfooJ.
1bS n eonleaefasy with sott,e experience
eli i|y goods dealer, the proprietor o. one
II tsose agencies Tor procuring situations
,t,r yoauu men, ~e,ttest.ts Of misplaced eoi,A
njahee afe put through at fve Or ten dol-
Ara I%.asl,. se,Ae what after this iashioii :
Hlatp. the keeper Of the Agency, adver'
,Iae: for two good clerks, one bookskeeper'
i've salasmsn, tan walters, &c, Ne; aud,
IL %ef,urse, M evety steamboat, car ano
ssape, running into New York, Drugs ~
n lei, imperta,ioi Of young men from Tue
,ao,:tty, nil fitted out IN the knowledge
box fur salesneI, ok.keepers, ana clerk
sI,ila-every m!rni,,g, q new set are of'ef-
al =, In taken In and done for. Sharp
.lsu,.,J. d faa dr I've or ten dollars, for OBJ
,],,n;us a a;toati Ion victim forks over TIE
an ssu,,t. aud il aent 10 Sharp number two,
wh., heens the dry goods shop he iias
"a, ,hr,sul, with, a victim 81 Yesterday,
AM !. naw ready for the fresh victim OF
TO-DAY for he makes 1t Il point To put
.he;n through aucl, n gatnut OF 'ahofs'
,e ,:nt,oua ,nantrnvtes mud insolefte, tliat
uot. ote out Of fifty come back next gay
and II they do-4-doat wdht them Il the
l,u l,spee,,ng Victim returns to the 'Age''
Nv ! Ie il Ieet,{red toundly for liis ineapae.
Nv Tor want ofrasstg '@and advised to
te,arn 10 the country and reeupefate.
Jeremiah Bumps having graduated
with ALT the henofs of snitlehsvil|e Aead-
envy, and having many tnini@takaole long.
iuys fot betoihing a Merchant Prince, and
.es sights ia Il city and having read an
i~,e,auot of the great fortunes pilsd up -
eo,,tae Of n fs~ veaea, by poor, fftei'dtese
:rsaotry BOYS. hike Al,hot lawrence, SOM
iea5l, Aston, Ne, he NJ aud came fighs
.atraiuht to Boston, having read 1t IN the
papets that clerks, statesmen, book.keepefs
fnu.t 40 OF. were wanted, dreadf"'lY-
"younp men from the country preferred" -
40 he called Oh the suffering agent Tor
IN. pubic. aud paying down his fee, was
seat off 10 au Importing House, OH
street. where a clerk aud salesr'eh were
wanted, jeremiah found l,ia idea OF All
Ys poyf,as tiouSe knocked into a d'sat'
ranged ehapsau, by finding the one III the
."present eese, ; u large aud luminous more
Allied ~ with paper hoses, aud sham bun
dies. Willie gaulily festooned, were any
quantity az en- lieoer, cheap shawls, ribbons
.area. ana Ynnumerabic other tanfenny
allaira /,
Nebnchaancssar Cheatuni, the nfepri
e,;,r Of this importing and jobbing'house
Wasa keen little, slick. casa. whtstle, heavy
bearded. shaved aud atarehea genius, o.
si,.andthirty' more or leas aud received
Jeremiah with d r%strontsins survey per
~xouelle, aud opened the engagement viii
q few retaarks =
i%SniarnaNlle, air" said jeremiah, "coNn
,yaf Seruh,ak, State OF New lamp
nhlfe,'
IAN. wal, | prefer eoan'fy.htea young
men-thev arc better trained, sntd Cheat
un. 40 ,nAuatrv, perseverance,, honest tfa
yelity, and the duties on christian man
wa. brought mp IN the country lnEsell
I've made mpself carved out, aha bull
AN nv " position, sir. Yes, air give m,
good. eounl, eountry.bred young men
I've tried them, | know what they are,
said rheatum aud he spoke hear eNongl
TO he naft,y true, for he had "ttied them
lie averaged some fnv.two clerks aud al
equal number Of sdjesmen-yeafly.
jeremiah Bnmps grew red IN the tac'
n, the complimentary f,annet III Which
il N,bnet,adnes yar Cheatvln was pleased t,
review the country atd its institution,
What, salary did you think Of allow
ing !, says jeremiah,
well" said Chea,um, II allow m.
ml,smen three dollars a week the Hrs
(; year. (Jeremiah's ears cooked up. and
rer cent. on the sales they make the sc
eond year"
Bv cypherihg Il up ain his head" Jef
emiah came TO the conclusion that tn
first year wouldn't add much to his pecnn
iarv rleyation, whatever the second dit
with tia three per ee,its. But he wa
bound to try II on, anyhow.
. hNow," said Cheatun, 'in the frs
place. Sotomou"-
Jeremiah, II you please, air." said thu
voting man.
"Ah, yes, T~homas--rshaw -Jediah
I would saw" continued Chestum, col
reoting himself
"Jeremiah-Icremlah Bumps, sir,
sharply echoed Mr., Bumps
"oh, yes, yes one has 40 many clerk
aud salesn.en in course OF business SAT-
Cheatum, "that | get their aames eonsns
I'll. Well jeremiah, in the first rlac
YOU must learn 10 please the customers
and always he lively aud spry. and neve
give an offensive answer Many womei
and girls come in to price aud overhan
thing, without the remo,est idea of buy
Ing ANYTHING, aud it's often trying to one
patience /; but YOU must wait on them 10
there is no possible means of telling a wo
maa who Shops for past time, from on
who shops in earnest, 80 you must D
careful, Do polite, be lively and spry
and never let.a person 80 without maxim.
a purchase. IL YOU can possibly help it. !
a person asks Cor al article we have no
cot anfaavnr n, rnata them try some