Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-09
IT'S, NO BUSINESS OFdMINE,
RELATED BY DR.. JEWETT.

rection of the State and City Temper.
ahce Societies, and while ilicnnsultatinotn
with the Executive Committee Of those
associations, heard some onesremark
,ha, lhe treasury Of the society was al
most or quite emply-a common COM
Ipaint rofa9temperance iatreasurles':-
I"Well," said IL" gentlemen, give me
your subsctip,ionyb book, and proper au'
thority, aud will go abroad tomorrow
among your fellow citizens. and getyou
some money %'7s8s q5.so Is ag5ge
"That would beptoo bad" said one
gentleman "to subject you to the ne.
cessity Of public speaking in the even:
ings, and begging during the hours he ur.!1F Of
day" -i''t' ,"'5 Al an ..a., sl..
Nevertheless, it is honest ! repli.
ed,," "and | am willing TO perform any
kind Of service for the temperance cause
which a man may and not do violence
10 his conscience" "sGulymiagi 'g!d .rs
Perceiving that was quite in earn.
es, in what / had proposed, they con
scented, and the book was put into my
possession. One gentleman remarked
that should need list of The, names
of such as would be likely to aid the OBJ
Liect for which | was about to solicit s1,
"Never mind that" I replied ;"l
shall find out who are friendly. in.
tend to take the places. of business on
the streets | shall visit in course, and if
/ happen to drop in upon those not
friendly to the enterprise, will endeav-
or to make them So" 2 ai"5 'Eops'l
Well, sir, the following morning !
commenced my labor at the head Of
Washington street. and ! can assure you
that found some rich picking during
the day. For few doors, ithappened,
for my encouragement, that 4 met only
with friends of'the cause who were
ready to acknowledge and to discharge
their obligations. Atlength called in
at that store on the corner of Washing
ton street and Cornhill, With one of
my best bows-and they are not very
gsnteel-I presented The iobjectof my
visit. alAyery fine blocking young fel-
How, who seemedto be principal Of the
essa ablisbment, replied erIcoldly. that
he was not aware Of having any paftic:
ular interest in the subject, and that he
had nothing to give for the object sta.
ted gaa tuor..'l lu.. ynsl bua "
"What, sir!" said I, with an expires.
sion of surprise, "did ! understand you
to say that you we're not aware of hay-
ing any interest in the subject have
presented :" as1.a . 9s'.,.s u.
"Yes," he very calmly replied, that
was what,I said" .m '.s5- w oHj,
"Well, sir" said |, 81 regret to hear
such remark from you, as it affords
me sad evidence that you do not under
stand your own business.tlg. l.g lf..
This was pushing plainness of speech
almost to the edge Of imprudeure, |
confess; but you must jog mems elbows
hard sometimes before you can set them
at thinking. A little heated by my
bluntness, he remarked, with most pro.
voking politeness, that if | supposed
myself better acquainted with his busi.
ness than he was himself, he should be
mos, happy TO take a few lessons q me.
Ihase no doubt ! do in this raai,er;".
| replied; "aud if you please, 1 will
proceed to instruct you forthwith" 1s
This l uttered with the utmost scri.
business; but the seeming inprudence
of it carried the gentleman quite be.
yond the point of irritation. and exhib.
tied his bump Of mirthfulhess. He
laughed in nmy face. ''so a sqla 5lsaa
The following dialogue then took
place between Us: -. aal .s ,ri'.
"Sir, you dealin hats, and intend to
make a little money on every hat you
SELL" Z ,..'-a .''.'.ll 2 %''Ii r.
yes" ..n..5.., I'D. sr,a5
Whatever sends additional custom.
ers to your counter, aud increases their
ability to purchase, promotes your ill.,
,erest does it not!" q.
"Cettainly." On gt aa0.o
"Whatever destroys mems ability to
purchase, aud makes them content to
wear old worn.out hats, does your craft
an injury, does it not I" ma8 ay a
every true" fa9ea
HWell sir, if you and ! we're 10 walk
out for all hour or two, through the
streets and lanes, and along the wharyes
of The city, we should see scores Of
men with old, miserable, slouched hats
on their heads-hats which ought years
ago to have been thrown into the fire.
Now, sir, What hinders these men, that
they do not condemn tho old head.dress,
and walk up to your counter and pur-
chase hat from your excellent and ex.
tensive assortment :" Ha. a aarw
"That," he replied, dis not a difficult
question 10 answer. The men arc loo
poor; they have not the money 10 spare,
| suppose. b. gon. orJ.
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