Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06

i've got q Dill against MN.
THAT is your lookout
"And the law allows me to collect il"
"And l don't object"
"He won't pay me. He is scoundrel
and a swindlerr'
There we differ. He is young man
of excellent character. If there is any
swindling about ii, you have swindled him."
81 never got dollar out of him."
"You will; he is honest, and will pay
your bill"
81 doubt it, if he has you to keep him
out of difficulty"
81 shall endeavor to keep him out of trou
be-"
"You shall ?"
allow much does he owe you"
"Thirty dollars"
"And you trusted for fifty.
"Sixty."
"Very well. Taylor is honest. He
means TO pay all his debts. Now is it right
to lock up nearly all his salary for weeks,
perhaps months"
"But he don't mean to pay
"Has be told you so.'
"No; but he asked me to wait, which is
the same thing"
(Which only proves his honesty. If
he intended to swindle you, he would not
have gone to see you about it. This debt
and credit business is all wrong, Mr.. Spike;
and if l had the making of the laws, l
would not allow a debt to be collected by
legal process, unless an intentional fraud
could be shown, or fairly supposed"
"Hump! You would let US be cheated
out Of our property"
al would let you cheat yourselves out of
your property if you choose 10 do So
Look at it, here is young man, on a sal
ary of three hundred dollars year. You
let hims shorses; you trust him along for
for two or three months, and thus encourage
him to spend his money upon what he can
not afford, and which, if he had TO pay for
on the spot, he would not have. Riding
is useless luxury. You have led this
young man along till he has run up bill
of thirty dollars -one-tenth of his salary
for year. Now, do You suppose if you
had made him pay for his horse when he
had him, he would, or could, have ridden a
quarter of what he has?
81 suppose not; but this is his lookout" !"
"And yours to get your pay. Now if
he had paid your bill to-day, he could not
have paid his butcher or his baker, proba-
bly,, and they would refuse to trust him,
and thus perhaps his family might suffer" !"
"No business to have family"
"Nay, l command him for that; and he
can support them decently, if any one
would teach him the value of money. A..
B. and c. trust him, and he lives beyond
his means"
'That is his look out, not mine.'
"If there was no law by which you could
could collect this debt, Taylor would have
been better off to-day. The credit system
properly restrained, is well enough; but l
do not like to see young man placed in
your power, perhaps hampered for life, be-
cause you desire to do a large business,
which induces you to run up, large bills"
"Hump"
"Mr. Spike, give me your receipt for this
bill and l will pay it,"
"And the costs!
''No; only the face of the BILL"
''But l shall have to pay the Sheriff"
Every well, you may pay him. Taylor
shall not"
Spike thought, and concluded to accept
Mr.. Mason's proposition.
Randolph said that pay as you go is
the philosophers stone, Mr.. Spike. When
Taylor rides any more, make him pay on
the spot
81 SHALL" and Spike life not very well
satifed.
But William did not ride any more, and
a few days after, Mr.. Mason very kindly
pointed out to him the philosophers stone.
The young man owned up all Mr.. Mason
had suspected.
A few day after, letter came from aunt
Hannah. The old lady was very sorry the
young fellow had got into trouble, was
glad they called upon her, enclosed a check
for five hundred dollars for them to COM
mence anew, and entreated them not to get
trusted for anything.
They followed all this good advice, and
William and Helen are now models of
| thrift.