The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-02
PAY YOUR BILLS.

We took occasion some weeks ago, in urgint
upon our readers the Importance of payin.
their bills, though small, to show how mucl
| good might be accomplished with a five dollar
bill, used in this way. Speaking on the sam,
subject, the Baltimore Patriot OF late date
relates the following suggestive incident
which will better elucidate our meaning thar
any thing we have said
PAY Your BILLs-AN INcESrIvR--Some
wears ago, a farmer in Frederick county. Md
owe ed a neighbor of his $50, and as soon as he
could realize the sum he promptly paid il
over. The morning he called to pay it, his
friend appeared to be thankful, remarking
that he was also in debt to another person
who needed the money, and he would at once
take it to him This remark started a train oi
thoughts in the mind of the first person, who
said to himsef-why here is 800 paid with
800. | will at once follow yup this matter
and see where it will end He then followed
up the payments of debts by this note of 500,
until he traced it to the large amount of SO, 8!
when it got out of his reach
"Now here is the moral A owes B bill,
which, if he pays promptly, will be paid by
b to C, and so on through the whole al phabet,
and it will be surprising to every one, what
small amount is necessary to pay off hun
dreds of thousands by keeping the eagles on
the wing" Now, when the money market is
so tight and the banks are unable to discount
all the paper offered, let persons begin to pay
their bills, and by doing this they themselves
will be paid back in turn.
1t is a machine which feeds ITSELF and
propels, by its own offal, the execution of
unplt t,,t ba ypia "a
sufficient, we think it only necessary to give
this hint to our business men, who will be
able, at once, to see the vast amount of good
the payment of even a small bill will accom-
pish in the community"
Commenting on the above the Chronicle d.
Sentinel makes the following remarks, which
we, and we presume every publisher in these
eight times" can heartily endorse:
1t may not be out of place to say to those
indebted to us, that money is not very abund.
ant with us, not one hundredth part SO much
so, rs 1t would be if you would pay us what
you owe; and as our necessities are becoming
verv urgent, the duty will devolve on us of
giving to each and all Of you little "plain
talk" unless you pay your bills promptly.
We are not disposed to labor for any of you
without compensation prompt pay and We
desire each and all of ou to understand it,
The KNOW NOTHING Victory IN LExISGToN-
Both the Lexington semi.weeklies have some
thing to say about the election on Saturday.
The Statesman takes the defeat in good
humor, and the Observer and Reporter can
hardly be said to be jubilant, though far
from being deeply distressed. We subJoin a
paragraph from the article of the latter 1t
will show the general tone of his lucubra-
tions on the subject;
1t will be borne in mind that the Wings
prior to the August election and nominated
a full ticket for all the county officers
They lost nearly every man they put in nolni-
nation, Their men were sacrificed, butcher
ed, tomahawked, if you please. Well, it
seems now, that there is a certain gentleman
called Mr.. Sam, who, in the fertility of his
prolific mind, determined to take a look at
the affairs Of our city, and make some show
of his potentialities. Now. we put in no
claim for the Wings. as a party, in this elect
ion--be that distinctly understood. Sam, as
they call him, had it all his own way, and, to
speak the honest truth, nobody else had
any thing to do with it but himself. 1t was
pretty much a clean sweep. The MIME rifle,
in the hands of n skillful marksman at Inker-
mann, did not take more certain and unerr-
ing aim, than did these men who drew their
bead upon any one whose candidacy they
npped in the bud, or whose official head they
wished to cut off. And yet, they looked as in
nocent all the time as lambs, knowing nothing,
of what was going on, and prsentng an ad-
mirable illustration of the scriptural injunc'
ton, 'be We harmless as doves but wise as
serpents' At the same time they seemed
not to care much for old party landmarks
They voted for Whig or Democrat, as it suited.
And, to give the devils their due, they gene
rally chose men ofthe highest order character
of and fitness for stations to which they are
elected.
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