The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-12-02
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lrhe Troubles ia a Printing .onice.


OF unpaid bills Ills reneStlohS WeIe any tiIu5
but pleasant as he thus paused after long and
weary task in turning over the leaves Of the
ledger to ascertain which one AMONG thousand
and one names found thereon, whose accounts
ought to be paid those he thought most like
ly to pay their bills when made out and presen-
tsd,Now this matter Of making out and present.
ing bills is rather particular kind OF business
aud no one else knew it better than the afore
mentioned clerk, for hadh't he presented bills to
those who took offence and withdrew their pa
tronage ?and did'n.an instance Of this description
happen only yesterday? when Jones wouldn't
take the paper any longer Because they deman-
ded the pay quarterly ia advance? and didn't
Smith give them regular "blowing up on q
whole sheet Of foolscap, because bill was sent
TO him by mistake?' Mistakes will sometimes
happen even among the printers The bills al
ready made out were quite numerous, and the
sum total of the various amounts claimed by
them would more than cancel all demands then
pressing upon the Office. But let us reveal his
thoughts as he again resumed the task of count
ingpp the accounts to be paid out.
"Lot ms see-to. day is Friday, and to-mor-
row ends the week, and with it comes task, as
usual on Saturday; Of paying off the hands,
Ton. wants ten dollars Jim eight; Charley fif-
teen; Mac twenty and four apprentices three
dollars apiece. That will require seventy dol.
lars. The paper makers, Cotton, Ragg & Co.,
twenty-five; Pulp & Sheet thirty, that makes
fifty five more, AMI one hundred and twenty five
dollars in all, and must be paid tomorrow night,
and only Eve dollars and ten cents in the drawer
now But stop here is bill for ten dollars
ln1re for gas. 1t must be paid up sure; 1t has
bsen due for some time. One hundred and thr
ty-fvc dollars, and only five to start on!"
His countenancs wore troubled look as he
pacSd up and down the floor, studying diff
cult problem where to get the money.
happy thought struck him as he again referred
20 tho job order book, and found charged there
on tho sum of fifty dollars due that very day
from an extensive wholesale firm in Pinchvie.
Note paper, pen and ink were Immediately call
into rcquistion, and the following dun made
out and despatched to the Post Office,y
Messrs. Rich and Slow.-Encosed please find
bill for fifty dollars, which you will oblige US by
remitting immediately. Yours, &c,
JAS NEEDY.
This dono the clerk again looked over the
parcel of bills which he had previously laid for
more weishty considerations and soliloqusdd
Al follows.
"Hcre is a bill for twenty dollars against
Scale, Wright & Co., grocers, that must come
without fail--has been due for two weeks De-
lainc & Price also owe Us this bill for twenty
more. We advertise their dry goods for six
months, and NO pay since due. Mason & Son,
plastcrs, owe Ave dollars for advertising "hair
for sale" Shoemaker & Co., eight dollars SC.
Being satisfied that the bills contained no er-
rors. be started out Of the office to collect
"Hallo, Wright, pay this bill, only twenty
dollars--been due these two weeks--rriust have
money, very much in need-hands to pay.
Wright listened very attentivey until the
clerk yaused, then, with smile replied:
"No funds in today, pay to- morrow"
After the clerk had passed on with rather
dlwn list look, he muttered to himself, "pay
when l get ready"
Clerk then entered the splendid store of De-
laineand Price. Proprietors not in; clerks kne "
nothing about the business of the bill; think
however it is too high
The disheartened clerk waits full thirty min
utes but no propretors CONS. He leaves with
q troubled leok AMI quick nervous step Hide
q Pelts came next on the programme
t.Gooi morning, Mr.. Hide. Pny this bill of
ten dollars. You agreed to pay to-day you
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"Yes Trccolect now but really had quite
forgotten it, and have no money by me just
now. | will call this evening" however, and
settle up"
Clerk knew this to be d mere expression OF
language, but passed on, more puzzled than CIV
or. Mason the plasterer, however hailed him
from the third story Of new block across the
way, and offered him three dollars Oh his bill
If he would just step there. OF course the clerk
almost fow up to receive the three dollars. 1t
was the first receipt since leaving the Office SO
hs continued on down the streets.
"Pay this bill," was repeatsl perhaps fifty
times, and with refusals, smiles, frowns and
curses. He finally returned to his counting
room, but with much slower step than when
he passed out"
Poor luck, indeed. Twenty dollars, and no
moro was all he could raise. Upon his return,
however, he found quite q number Of su5scri-
bora waiting to settle their bills. One forks
over without complaint Another grumbles be-
cause his paper does not conc regular. Clerk
apologies, aud thinks Uncle Sam mostly to
blame for this, Mr. Twist said dunning bill
had been mailed in his paper when he paid in
advance, and it they could not do better than
that they might keep the money and paper too.
MrSmall, of Smalltown said ne did not agree
to pays until the year wasup, but il he would
throw of fair per cent, he would pay down.
fBoy enters with letters from the. Post Office. l
Subscribers all left but one inquisitiye Yam.
kee, who bothered the clerk with unimportant
questions for nearly an hoM Letters opened. !.
Some contained small amount of money, some
On private business, without paying postage, and
ense enclosing twenty-five cents, requesting
them 10 s'send the paper as long as the money
last.nd Encouraging 70 be sure.
Only sorty dollars yet" repeated the CLERK