The Jasper weekly courier., 1858-05-28
Parable for Business Men.

A"Sso "uo v"SV uPou Astur suou WHO
dept store. aud sold goods wholesale and
retail:
And he became melancholy because Gus
toners were shy and times were bad.
And he said: Lo! ! am ruined. and the
sensation 10 disagrec able.
And my ruin s the more painful to bear,
because i L slow in progress, even as water
doth gradually become hotter in the pot
wherein the lobster bocth, until the crusta-
ceous creature shrie keith out bis soul In an
guish.
Lo: il is better TO be ruined quickly than
to endure this slow torture.
Iwiil give my money away to the poor
man--even to the poorest, which is he who
printeth the newspa pers, and will shut up
my shop, and myself in sackcoth Of deco
Iation, and pass my days in the purlieus Of
broken banks, cursing the hardness Of tines
and rending my garments.
And the bowling of Rome shall be as the
dulcet sound OF du Icimers, and they who
blow flutes and Instruments Of music, COM
pared TO the din vii make in tn e ears Of
the wicked even in the cas- Of the bank
directors.
And even ne he sa I'd, so did he; for he wa 6
not like other mems sons who are fo.lish
and nov il not, and they say they will do
so and 80, performing that W hchis is contrary. !.
For the sons Of men arc tickle, and he
that is Of woman doth spite bis face by d.
minishing the length Of the nose thereof.
Aud 10! the printer-even he who did
publish new spapers--was m ade glad by The
bounty Of him who sold VIII lesae and rciail; ;
and he did blow the trumpet Of fame respec-
ting tha. mans dea lings from the rising Of
the sun even 10 the going down Of the
same.
And he-even the printer Of paper--did
mag nifty and enlarge upon the stock Of goods
whic h the trader had in his store, and did
publish the variety, and the excellence, and
the newness, and the chespness thereof, ill
the people, yea oil Of them, fat and near'
,werc amazed.
asAs1IAAw oanln : ihIa msphslh gsiAsFsd
from the east and from The west costly mer-
|chandise aud wares Of wondrous volue-
hven the workmanship Of cunning arli6cers
-and we know Il not.
! Go to. then. We win lay out our silver
and our gold in those things which the prin- :
ter printelh Of, and that which he doth pub
ish shall be ours. For this mans merchan-
die is better than tho bank notes Of those
who promise to pay and therefore lie, even
banks Of deposit which beguie US Of our
money and swindlc us like sin.
But the trader " as still ssd and he said (:
The money that these people bring me for
the goods in my store will still give to the
printer, and thus will ruin myself; | will
do that which no ma hath yet done in my
time or before me--will mn Ike rich the prn-
ter. vi HON all men scorn for his poverty, and
he shall be clad in fine linen, and shall re-
jolce.
! And the sons Of men shall seek him in
the market place, and the sheriff shall shun
him, snd scoffen shallbe re buked, and shall
take OF their hats 10 him that was poor.
And he sh all fash the dollars in the eyes
OF the foolish, and shall eat bank note sand
wiches
Yea, even shall he light his pipe with rail-
road scrip, and cast bis spittle on the beard
Of other men.
1 For will ruin myself, and he who adver-
|tses me shall enjoy my substance.
But 10! the trading man, even he who sold
nero handize. became rich, and even as the
unclean beast le,h in the mire, 90 stirred
Ihe not BY reason Of much gold.
\ The people hocked 10 his store from the
North.
And from the South,
Aud from the East:
And from the w est, ~
I SO the printer rcjoiced, and his fat did
IabouDd.
But the trader could not become poor; and
Ihis melancholy cesssd, and the smiles Of
Ihappiness were upon bio face.
And HE children did become mighty in
|,hs land ty reason Of The dollars " hich ma
'|ny of the people who read bic ADVERTISE
men t. had poured into the tsdcr's money
bag.
.G.TIfyou observe gentle with his