Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-08-01

| ffty-five dollars more, and one hundred and
twenty FIVE dollars in all, that must be paid to-
morrow night, aud only five dollars and ten
cents in the drawer now. But stop, here Is n
bill often dollars more for gas. That must be
paid up, sure--it has been due some time One
hundred and tbirty.fve dollars, and only five TO
start on. =
His countenance wore troubled look as he
paced up and down the floor, studying diff
cult problem-where to get the money. A hap
py thought struck him. as he again referred 10
the job order book, and found charged thereon
the sum of fifty dollars, due that very day, from
an extensive wholesale firm in Pinchville.-
Note paper, pen and ink were Immediately
brought into requsition, and the following dun
made out and dispatched to the posioflice:
Messrs. Rich & Slows
Enclosed please find bills for fifty dollars,
which you will oblige US much by rcmtting i'm
mediately. Yours,
JAMES NEEDY.
parcel of bills which he had previously laid aside
for more weighty consideration, and soliloquized
as follows;
Here is bill of twenty dollars against Scale,
Weight Co., Grocers, tha, must be paid with
out iall-has been due two weeks Delaine <
Price, also, owe us this bill for twenty more
We advertised their dry goods for six months
and no pay yet Hide & Pet, leather dealers,
ten more, long since due. Mason & Son, plas-
ierers, owe five dollars for advertising hair for
sale Shoemaker g. Co.. eight dollars, Sc
Being satisfied that the bills contained no er-
rors, he started out Of the office to collect.
Halo, Weight, pay this bll--onIy twenty
dollars-been due two weeks-must have mon
ey-very much in need-hands TO pay off to-
morrow, and nearly two hundred and fifty dol
lars yet to raise
| Weight listened very attentively until the
clerk paused, then with a smile replied NJ
No funds in to-day pay Tomorrow
After the clerk had passed on with rather a
downcast look, he muttered 10 himself-'pay
when get ready
Clerk then entered the splendid store of De-
laine 4 Price. Proprietors not in-the clerks
knew nothing about the justness of the bill !;
think, however, il is too high.
The disheartened clerk waits fully thirty min
utes but no propriet0rs come. He leaves with
troubled look and quick nervous step. Hide
d Pelt comes next on this programme.
'Go"d morning, MIR. IIide-pay this bill of
ten dollars-you agreed to pay to-day you
| know
Yes, | recolect now, but really had quite
forgotten it, and have no money by me now. ]
will call in this evening, however, and settle up
Clerk knew this to be mere expression of
language, and passed on more puzzled than ev-
er Mason, the plaslerer, however, hailed him
from the third story oi a new block across the
way, and offered him three dollars on his bill,
If he would just step up there. OF course the
clerk almost flew up to receive the three dollar
note 1t was his first receipt since leaving the
office, so be continued on down the street.
Pay this bl,' was repeated perhaps fifty
times with refusals, smiles, frowns, curses, &C.,
he finally returned to his counting room, but
with a much slower step than when he passed
out.
Poor luck, indeed. Twenty-Five dollars and
no more, was all he could raise Upon his re-.
! turn, however, he found a number of subscri-
bers waiting to settle their bills One forks ov-
er without any comments. Another grumbles
because his paper does not come regular
Clerk apologies and thinks Uncle Sam mostly
to blame for this Mr.. Twist said dunning
letter had been mailed in his paper when he had
paid in advance, and il they could not do busi-
ness better than that, they might keep the mon-
ey and paper too. Mr. Small Of Smalltown,
said he did not agree 10 pay until the end of the
year, and he would thank them not to dun him
until the year was up, but if they would throw
off fair per cent, he would pay down.
Boy ente s with letters from the postofice |
Subscribers will all leave except one inquis-
tive Yankee, who bothered the clerk with unm-
porlant questions for nearly an hour. Letters
opencd-some contained small amounts of mon-
ey, some on private business without paying pos
tagc, and one enclosing twenty-five cents, re-
questlng them to send the paper as long as the
money osted.
Only forty dollars yet,' repeated the clerk, as
| hp fnIshpI cnuptiDr n ba nfb
But here comes man with fat lob, or I'm
no son of a prophet
DO a job Of printing right off Two sheet
poster for the Warbling Minsrels-wanted on
this very night to send off to Play-sir-vi by the
eight O'Clock express
% yes, certainly replied the clerk.
The printing was done, and bill OF twenty
dollars made out. During the absence of the
clerk, the posters posted off under the arm Of
the agent, and no bill paid either. Three DAYS
later the clerk saw this man and politely asked
him TO pay this BILL The man knew nothing
about it, and of course paid no such bill. Twen-
ty-one dollars gone on one job
Saturday arrived and the poor clerk was sad
ly distressed, as not more than half the amount
OF the required money had been received.
Messrs. Rlch &Slow replied they would pay
soon, but could not that day. The gas man
came in with pitiful face, and said:
Pay this billy
Cannot pay you to-day; it is impossible
Come in on Monday
Impossible = repeated the man of gas lit
must be paid to-day, Or
'Or what demanded the clerk, little ried
Wen stop your supply ofgas'
Don't do that, for Gods sake. Here is the
amount ofyour BILL
Evening came, and the poor printers had to
90 home with only a portion of their earnings,
although thirty dollars were borrowed of Sha-
yer & Co., the bankers.
MoRAL.-No one should hesitate TO pay the
printer his dues No class of men work harder
or more diligently, and to withhold it when due
is sin of which no honest man should be gull