Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-03-24

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sation is disagreeable.
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because it is slow in progress, even Us 49,.
doth gradually become hotter in the pot wherein
the lobster boileth, until thecrustaccous creature
Shrieketh out its soul in anguish.
Lo! it is better to be ruined quickly than 10
endure this slow torture.
will give my money away to the poor man
even to the poorest, which is he that printeth
the newspapers, and will shut up my shop,
and wrap myself in the sackcloth Of desolation,
and pass my days in the purleus of broken
banks, cursing the hardness OF the times and
rending my garments.
And the howlings of Rome shall be as the
dulcet sound of dulcimers, and they who blow
flutes and instruments Of music, compared to the
din will make in the ears Of the wicked-eyen
in the ears of tue bank directors.
And even as he said so did he; for he was
not rs other mems sons who are foolish and
know it not, and they say they will do so and
so, performing that which is contrary.
For the sons of men arc tickle, and he that
is born of woman doth spite his face by dlmin-
ishng the length of the nose thereof.
And lo the printer-even he who did pub
lish newspapcrs-was made glad by the bounty
of him who sold wholesale and retail and he
did blow the trumpet of fame respecting that
mans dealings from the rising of the sun even
to the going down Of the same.
And he-even the printer Of newspapers
did magnify and enlarge upon the stock of goods
which the trader had in his store, and did pub
lish the variety, and the excellence and the new
ness, and the cheapness thereof, till the people
YEA all of them, far and near, were amazed.
And they say: Lo this man hath gathered
from the east and the west costly merchandise
and wares of wondrous value-eren the work.
manship of cunning artiicers-and we knew it
not.
Go to-, then. We will lay out our silver
and gold in those things which the printer print
eth OF, and that which he doth publish Shall be
ours. For this mans merchandise is better
than the bank notes Of those who promise to
pay and therein lie, even banks of deposlte
which begule us Of our money and swlndle us
like sin.
But the trader was still sad, and he said {:
Tie money that these people bring me for the
goods in nv store will still give to the printer,
and thus will I ruin. myself: I will do that
which no man hath yet done in my time or be.
fore me- l will make rich the printer whom all
men scorn for his poverty, and lie shall be clad
in fine linen, and shall rejoice.
And the sons of men shall seek him IN the
market place, and the sheriff shall shun him,
and scoffers shall be rebuked, and shall take OIL
their hats to him that was poor.
And he shall fash the dollars in the eyes OF
the foolish, and shall eat bank note sandwiches.
Yea, even shall he light his pipe with railroad
script, and cast his sptle on the boards OF other
men.
For will ruin myself, and he who advertises
me shall enjoy my substance
But 10! the trading man, even he who sold
merchandise, became rich, and even as the un-
clean beast lietl in the mire, so stirred he not
by reason OF much gold
And the people lockcd to his store from the
North.
And from the South.
And from the East.
And from the West.
And the prnterre rejoiced, and his fat didabound
But the trader could not become poor, and
his melancholy ceased, and the smiles of happ
ness were upon his face.
And thus it will ever bo with all who liberal
ly patronize the Printer.
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