The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-11-24

Many persons who are in the habit Of
making visits Of business commit an, error
in not stating their object al once, and in as
few@words as possible They hesitate, in
troduce some subject altogether foreign,
occupy much precious time, and all 70 lit.
tlepprpose. Instead of proceeding to the
matter in hand directly, they apologize for
the intrusion, intimate that another time
may prove more acceptable, explain and
prevaricate, until at last the real object is
at last absolutely forced from them. All
Wis is exceedingly annoying to persons
who-are constantly engaged, and who have
no time to waste upon mere prosers. We
may mention the case Of one individual
who invariably Estates his object in round
sbont way, and intrudes at least one other
subject preparatory to that which he really
desires to converse upon He does so,
ZOO, in the politest manner;--forgetful,
however, that time is precious, and that
there are other people in the world besides
himself. "A visit strictly of business should
BE ,bfssfes direct, ina u the purpose. When,
moreover, comparative stranger enters a
room and finds two others ,confdentally
engaged he should have the good sense Ell
yher v withdraw at once By to ask for an
snhtervIew aside. II often happens, howev.
sE, ma sach fIhtrnderrs BIT down quietly
with their ears out stretched, and thus they
not only listen, but, ut the first opportunity,
they volunteer their opinions and advice
There are moreover, certain periods of
the day in which most individuals are &C.
lively employed. At such seasons, there.
fore, they should not be intruded upon ex-
ceptgby intinste friends.s unless the sneees-
sisy crises ont Of j. business urgency. A.
few days since we observed an experienced
end enterprising merchant passing rapidly,
up Chestnut street, the time being few
minutes OF three o'clock. just sabove
Third street he was stopped By one Of the
idlers Of the town who commenced aasilly
CONVERSATION. The merchant manifested
impatience. but the other seemed determine
Ha to PERSIST, The MERCHANT stood IT. for
about Eve minutes, and then broke away,
evidently irritated. The fact is, he. was a.
bout lotakeiup one Or two notes in bank, and
ths interruption under the circumstances \! e
was dtiite annoying, ss4 .gis9s lsas aisi a4oi
AN anecdote in point may be mentioned:
Douglass Jerrold, the celebrated writer, was
6hsi Aays shusrying through thea leading
street ID u London, evidently immersed id
thought when he was interrupted BY q guild
Si.ane, Who exclaimed We'll Jerrold, what
is.going ,onto dayp Thereby was quick
ma petulent, but pithy and pointed. 4
don't know. said Jerrold 4 aml' and on
heswent. s1t 3ss sl.i39 ysg7 itss. ,4ri
Another; Some years since, distin.
guished lawyer Of THE city, on passing up
Malnut street; saw On intimate friend held
siosely W The buttol BY sn inyetrate pro-
ssf. whose designation we llgive for the
presaps rsasMr. 81 The lawyer Immediate
Iy,bioppsd md observed toIhis friend, when
Seuhays done with Mr. 3. y would Ike 4
lswsmomeats conversation with you. He
,then isll back IL few steps and waited.7-
fhe, sffstt WIS anticipates, and the prcser
Immediately took his departure. The other
then stepped ip to his friend and remarked,
dslleif SgA find NE IN like diiemlna, Be
.acods enough 70 afford ne the relief 4 have
.lstEiven gou. \ Good day. n sseg sst aaR
Itshould be remeInh nhsrsd fhat, PInstuali-
tys in ihe ful6llmentiof engagements ais "a
ifaltefOf the utmost importance with men
81: business; and YET Il i quite dfiisult foE
them tos be punctnal under soiie. ot the cir
: TurnSssntes tkat W. have Described 4 day
q Two 6ihoey friend sgas stepped IN ths
street Sfor ohly i've minutes 70 hear story
lIiat TUNED out of veryI little importance
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