Demoine courier., 1854-12-14

tury ago WIih their slow movements,
theft knee breeches and broad tailed
Goals, they were solid men: Away KEEP
their word; held promises 10 be sacfed-
went to church on Sunday-worked
hard allthe week and paid their own
debts promptly, while they made their
debtors pay them. s~Integri,y was capital
then-msrtt was appreciated and men
moved slowly yet honestly on the sure
road TO fortune. Young America in
tights and peaked shirt collar. drinking
hard aud driving fast; in deb, head over
heels and laughing al The old fashioned
notions of the cold woman as they
affeclionately call their maternal parent,
or swearing a. lhe sold man" Cor not
opening rich in The way Of allowance. or
plunging onward TO bankruptcy, or delib~
oraiely sailing. and coming out flush af,er
a cptnpro.nise withtheir gulledand chea,
ed creditors. Young America may laugh
at the olden times, but in the business
men of the year 1900 there was more
real fidelity of character, more high. hon
orable principle than in the same class
in this blessed era Of enlightenment, re-
form and progress. But this age is an
improvement on the past--to be sure j
is, in many things-vastly ahead of it,
bul not in the ,ar.icleof right down sensi
BILE, solid men.
For instance, look at a modern mer
chant as a fair illustration, one of your
realfashionable merchants; store running
backs towards sun down, flashing and
a,glow with all the primitive colofs aef
light, brilliantto view as a Kaleidoscope
filled with all the treasures of The Orient,
the work Of Persian looms, the shawls
Of Cashmere, the silks of Lyons and the
l~aces, satins, kids, &c., of the manufac7
,urers OF the old world. Hess you, the
gayesi Of Partisan traders had nothing
like ita-iislf a century ago; Broadway
was lhen no where; proprietors never
dreamed Of the thing, and Clerks were
then accustomed 10 oil lamps and the
broom stick. Now We have merchants
who are the pinks o fperfection, so gen
,eel: having -no;hiag TO do but val! on
the fair ones who rumple their goods and
tumble their c~alicoes ind unfold their.
shawis wiihou, never so much as a
''thank yop.n Instead of a sturdy old.
fellow driving hard bargains and roughly
answ ering ques,ions, the fashionable mer
chant, the modern prince. of traders,
gives himself no trouble about the trade,
bus devo.es. his time to the ladies who
comosto. try his goods-and is as full Of
sdsalItaiks az smirky and mincing as q
tip top French dancing master. He can
hold . fan, or talk Of basques and floun.
ces; eropena carriage doorlike o CHARM
ing man as he is, and his clerks are up
to snuff too. for shey can 10 all this and
in time will be an Improvement on the
master, Some fine morning -smas h goes
our friend; store shut up-but ten 10 one
he comes out OF il. witt. agoodly house
and ine establishment - agaIo Com.
N Dr. Channipg had q brother a
!. physician, and at ON lime they both hv-
ed ihs Boston. "A coun,ryman. in search
of a. Divine. knocked atothe Doctors
door The following dialogue ensued:
Does Or. Channingii live lers!" !
YES. sir" I
f"Cap isee him?" {
ss'Fnms he" 5 9
"Why-youg"
r"Yes, sir" .
g'You must have altered considerable
since Iheard yo~upreach!"
s.sHear me preach?'
E.Cesiainly! Y5u are the DIR. Chan
ming That pfeacbes, ant yeu?" (