The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-03-03
ASHLAND ONO WEDNESDAY, MORNING.
A Parable for Business r6en.

"a Ed1aDIG IOI 5u510SSS Ix1Gd.
There was once upon time man who
kept store and sold goods Wholesale and
retail
And he became melancholy. because
! customers were shy and times were hard
And he said Lo am ruined, and the
sensation is disagreeable.
/ Aud my ruin is the more painful{ to
bear, because it is slow in progress, even
as water doth gradually become hotter iu
the pot wherein the lobster boileth, until
the crustaceous creature shrieketh out his
soul in anguish.
Lol it is better to be ruined quickly
than to endure this slow terture.
I will give my money away to the poor
man-even to the poorest, which is he
who printeth newspaF Fefs~sand will shut
up my shop and wrap myself in the sack
cloth of desolation, aud pass my days in
the puriieus of broken banks, cursing the
| hardness oi the times and rendipg my
garments
Aud the howlings of Rome shall be as
tho dulcet sound of dulcimers, aud they
who blow the flutes and instruments of
music, compared to the din l Will make
in the ears of the wickea-even in the
ears of the bank directors.
And even as he said, SO did be, for he
was not like other mems sons who are
foolish aod know it not, and they say they
viii 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 tho nose
thereof
And 10 the printer-aven he who did
publish newspapers-was made glad by
the bounty of him who sold wholesale and
retail; and he did sound his praises and
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 papers
did magnify and enlarge upon the stock of
goods which the trader had-in his store,
and did publish the variety and the excel
lence, and the newness, and the beauty,
and the cheapness thereof, till the people
yea, all of them, far and near were
amazed.
And they said, 10 (! this man hath gath
cred from the east and the west costly
merchandise and wares of wondrous value
even the workmanship, cunning arti-
ticers-and we knew it not
Go to, then. We will lay out our sill
yer aud our gold in those things which
the printer printed of, aud that which he
doth publish shall be ours For this
merchandise is better than the bank notes
of those who promise te4 pay, and therein
lie, even banks of deposit which beguile
us of our money and swindle US like SIM
But that 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 prister, and thus will I ruin
myself; viii Go that which no man hath
yet done in my time or before ne. l will
make the printer man, whom allmen scorn
for his poverty, rich, and he shall be clad
iu fine linen, and shall rejoice.
And the sons of men shall meet him in
the market place, and the sheriff shall
shun him, and the scoffers shal. be rebuk
ed, aud shall take off their hats to him
that was poor.
And he shall fash the dollars in the
eyes of the foolish and shall eat bank
note sand dwitches
Yea, even shall he light his pipe with
railroad scrip and cast his spittle on the
boards of other men.
For l will ruin myself, and he who ad
vertises me shall enjoy my substance.
But To- the trading may-even he who
sold merchandise becomes rich, and even
as the unclean beast lieth In The mire, so
stirred he not by reason of much gold
Aud the people focked to his store
from the North.
And from the South.
And from the East.
Aud from the West
And the printer rejoiced and his phat
did abound.
But the trader could not become poor,
and his melancholy ceased, aud the smiles
of happiness were upon his face.
And his children did become mighty in
the land by reason of the dollars which
many of the people who read his. adver,
tisemepts had poured into the traders
money bags.