Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-06-05
CLARKsBURG, FRIDAY,- JUNE $, 1 s5!
reading the Boston papers.

reading the Boston papers.
The first. person that, entered the pub-
lie side4of the counting room was ..he de.
putty sheriff. Tho head clerk had Just Ia
ken out the pay roll;to pay off their ems
| ployees.
The sheriff read the writ.
Who !'' asked Mr.. Mason. Ell
"Spike versus Bragg Gorporation-all
money due William Taylor. "replied the
sheriff.
!" We don't owe Taylor anything. . re-
piled the agent turning to his paper.
Don'tyouS?" @
Show him the pay, roll"
The head clerk turned to the roll, and
10 his surprise found that Williams sigma
ture was there.
Every well," nodded the sheriff. 1
thought l was soon enough. 4 +
sheriff reported to him. He was conf
dent that the business had not been con-
Quoted in the usual manner at the Office !;
so he decided to see Mr.. Mason at once.
That gentleman received him very
kindly and took him into his private Of
fee.
You've been playing some game up
on me-" said Spike, little excited.
4" We don't play games," replied the
agent with dignity.
Did you not pay Taylor before the
usual time, SO US to help him cheat me
out of my bill ?"
No sir''
But he was paid before the Office was
opened"
He was.'
for ?"
"I did not"
Yes you did "
Be civil, Mr.. Spike, or shall have
nothing to say to you. say we did not
pay Mr. Taylor before the time, to help
cheat you.'
I've got bill against him."
That is Your look out"
And the law allows me to collect it,"
Il don't object"
He won't pay me. He is scoun-
drel and swindler 70
There we differ. He is young man
of excellent character. If there is swind.
ling about it; you have swindled him."
never got dollar out of him.
You will he is honest, and will pay
your BILL"
Il doubt it. If he has you to keep him
out of difficulty"
l shall endeavor 10 keep him out Of
trouble"
You shall ?"
How much does he owe you p
Thirty dollars"
And you trustee for fifty 2"
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 he told you so 2"
No but he asked me to wait, which
is the same thing"
Which only proves his honesty. Ifhe
had intended TO swindle you, he would not
have gone to see you aboutit. This debt
and credit business is all wrong, Mr..
Spike: and if had .he making Of the
laws, would not allow debt 10 be COL
lected by legal process, unless an inten-
tion to defraud could be shown or fairly
supposed"
= Humph You would letus be chea-
ted cut Of our property"
would let you cheat yourself out Of
your property if you choose to do So
Look at it.-here is young man on
salary Of three hundred dollars year.
You let him horses, you trust him along
for two or three months. aud thus encour
age him to spend his money for what he
cannot afford, and which, if he had to
pay for it on the spot, he would not have.
Riding is useless luxury. You have
led this young man along till he has run
up abill of thirty dollars-one-tenth Of
his salary for year. Now. do you sup
pose if you had made him pay for his
horse when he had him, he would or
could have ridden quarter part of what
he has? 2"
81 suppose not but that is his look
out"
And yours to get your pay. Now, il
he had paid your bill to-day. he could not
have paid his butcher or his baker pro>
badly. aud they would refuse TO trust him,
and thus perhaps his family might suffer. Z"
f" No business to have family"
Nay. commend him for that; and he
can support them decently, II any one
would teach him the value of money!
But A, B, G trust him and he lives be.
yond his means"
g That's his lookout, not mine.''
eli there were no laws by which you
could collect thisdebt, Taylor would have
been better off to-day. The credit sys.
TEN, properly restrained, is well enough /;
but do not like TO see young man pla-
ced in your power. perhaps hampered for
life, because your desire to do large bu>
siness induces you to run up long bills. "