The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-05-02

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second NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hue s32;sos,
Nearly thc whole 81 this ~nrarerty haS Sen
sofd m mechanics. artisans anaif store. keeeiDers..
EgThaca3 larpef number Will commence iumnfoYa-s
E~raants fSrihWvith. aid III one yearswe shall have
4 Aourishinp town immediately4onsou M Cuff
Ishore. We, arc. requested III say TIL lafee plan
twitf tE left II tho Office of thesanctioneer, %
That BUYERS may syet make purtchases at private
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The si1eso 81 thSc lots average ffty faedt by one
IhnIdred feet. 1she lowest prices i'll brought
$7:5a md HI highest sSs56O ess
faatuheWor@two IN this sale issworthy sof
notice, The purchasers. with 4 few executions,
not exceeding i've 81 six. are naturalized citi-
zensxpr;nciiDalv Germans. with some paniurds
ara Ttrenciltaean sald 4 few Irish, Another 10
if;ccnhlas fant isss that Il seams there il ia sparci-
HIN 81 money nn1pnr them for several If them
n~reerred D6ay;re fhe whole 81 tbe purchase
money II cash rather than avail tl,emsel.ess q
they redit allowcd III liz terms of sale.
OvERGRowN IpEAs.-In this aoe anu ii tIis
lcountry,, above iii ages and countries the a an
bition lor d larger share 81 everything than 4
man, sflows how to manage. Is Ills chief danger.
Nifee& farmers out ii ton cultivate twice as much
ID their capitai ana ability sof every kind will
l~iaustify. . AZ linz farm we'll titled. N clearly 4
motto cutie lost sirl,t az IL fhia nrya. All
sIleast ilaif tie cost or & farmers hand. Should on
an AVERAGE. Ia kent locked m ~infoals5 nannre
aaiiyd money with Which il carryson Tie work to
lie best advantage. AZ raw acihs. thronnl,Iy
cultivated iii thiis STYLE, and under his avn eve
Iauds management. Will Weld him, LARGER return
for lie E~rapital invested. than much bronter
fields worked III lie ~sloyerly manner loo com
mon iii many sections OF The country. iii lner-
camille and mechanical business Tie same law
prevails. The men wWto,, for tic sake Of doing
d driving business extend their credits trusting
every Glance customer. literally SOW To them
selves cares and misfortugcs, because wear
after year, al ever increasing number Of men
rendered pronigate bv the extension of credit
will disannoinf these. il have slisteal them.
Iii fact the large houses that have grown 50
rapidly oil this pricipleo St extending themselves
quite beyond their capital and because they
have been aided by tl,e discounts Of tile banks
ID prosperous times, never know where they
stand. They may % VII for wears increasing
their capital in figures gloriouusly On The balance
sheet, wher, perhaps, tic next tight time
viii turn over is naturally as d vessel caught
III same Jam Of ice, is heavcd out Of the water
and left high and div to be broken 70 pieces.
i al snug, sale business on the short credit and
I'd Inexperienced the amount Of capital, as to
raise tic merchant above being d mere depen.
dent upon The sufierance Of the banks this is
the business which Tor times like these Is more
profitable, more safe and better adapcd tosecure
4 the real prosperity to both buyer and seller
than d more dsashirg and extensiyc concern. TINT
Bays i've times TIC rent and clerk hire. ii
order. to acquire tho name dc doing twice the
'lbhsiness. Ifirom business We turn 10 private life
Ia brown stone. fronfed four-story with back
building of proportionate deph, an splendidly
4 furnished but kent M only by o perpetual
strain and struggle To make all euds meet
affords but little il any home comfort. But 4
cottage where love reiiens, and everything il
brought so easily and systematically within TIC
income, that on unusual expending does moi
excite the apprchensions, il far more reasonable
natural and happy. If we turn to books AMI
reading how commonly the mistake i made
that an eateHs,Uelv read nun is, therefore d
WeH read man. II does not need many books
to give an education hut those few should b.
Of the right kind. If well studied and digestei
u few weIl-chosen works will do more to rive
grasp, strength and penetration OF mind
than hundreds Of volumes SKINNED through, q:
is constantly done by those who wish to pas.
themselves off for men Of extensive reading
IN fact, to read too many books is like eating
Of too many dishes-yon digest nothing. 4
large library is, Of infinite value for eols,tlra
ton. But for reading, little aud good shoulc
be The motto. III friendship, this principle
!, holds as good as anywhere else. a man MAY
have q thousand intimate acquaintances. ans
not a friend among them ALL He NAV DIV,
: parties by the hundred, and invitations by th,
: thousand: Hisdrawing-rooms NAV lie crowdet
! with the pink Of fashion and beauty and We
5 he may cast his eyes over the whole assemble,
! throng, and feel quite sure that there IS not on,