The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-03-11
Parable for Business Men.


who kept store, and sold goods whole.
sale and retail. f3
And no became melancholy because
customers were shy and times were bad.
II And he said (: Lo! I am ruined, and
the sensation is disagreeable. . 'a ..
And my ruin is the more painful to
bear, because il is slow inprogress, even
as water doth gradually become hotter in
the pot wherein the lobster boileth, until
the crustaceous creature shrieketh out
his soul in anguish. d .' ''"' .'.
Lo! it is better to be ruined quickly
Than TO endure this slow torture.
ifl,wi|l give my money away 10 the poor
man--even TO the poorest, which is he
who printeth the newspaper, and ! will
shut up my shop, and wrap myself in
sackcloth Of desolation, and pass my
days in the purlieus of broken banks,
cursing the hardness Of times, and rerd.
ing my garments. .
! And the howlings Of Rome shall be as
the ,|ulcet sound Of dulcimers, and they
who blow the flutes and instruments of
music, compared to the din | will make
in the ears OF the wicked-evcn in the
ears Of the bank directors. ... ..
And even as he said, so did he; for
he was no, like other mems sons, who
arc foolish and know it not, and they
say they will do SO and so, performing
that which is contrary.
For the sons Of men are tickle, and he
that is born Of woman doth spite his face
by diminishing the length Of the nose
thereof ,. ..... ......
And 10 the prinler--cven he who did
publish newspapers-was made glad by
the bounty OF him who sold wholesale
and retail and 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--eyen the printer Of papers
did magnify and enlarge upon the stock of
goods which the trader had in his store,
snd did publish the variety and the ex.
cellence, and the newness, and the cheap.
ness thereof, till the people-yea all Of
them, far and near, were amazed.
And they said: Lo! this man hath
gathered from the east and the west cost.
ly merchandise and wares Of wondcrous
value-even the workmanship Of Gun.
ming artiGceIs-and we knew it not.
Go to, then. We will lay .out our
silver aud our gold in those things which
he printeth 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 deposit, which
beguile us Of our money and swindle us
like sin.
But the trader was still sad, 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 man
hath yet done in my time or before me.
| will make rich the printer, whom all
men scorn for his poverty, and be shall
be clad in fine linen, and shall rel oice.
And the sons of men shall seek him
in the market place, and tho sheriff shall
shun him, and scoffers sha. be rebuked
and shall take off their hats TO him that
was poor.
And he shall flash the dollars in the
eyes Of the foolish, and shall eat bank
note sandwiches.
Yea, even shall he light his pipe with
railroad scrip, and cast his spitle on the
boards of other men.
For | will ruin myself, and he who ad.
vertses me shall enjoy my substance.
But 10 the trading man, even he who
sold merchandise, became rich, and even
as the unclean beast Iieth in the mire, so
stirred he not by reason Of much gold.
And the people locked to his store
from the North,
And from the South,
And from the East.
And from the West.
And the printer rejoiced, and his ia.
did abound.
But the trader could mol become poor;
and his melancholy ceased, and The
smiles Of happiness were upon bis face.
And his children become mighty in the