The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-01-30
A Parasle for Busmoas Men.

There was once uponia time man Who
kept store, and sold goods vhoIesale aud re-
tai.
And he beeame melancholy because GUS
toners we're shy ana times were bad.
And he said Lo ] am ruined, and ll's
sensation u dNngrtrahie,
And my ruin h the more painful % bear,
because II i slow In progress, even ~ wafer
doth gradually become hotter tH the pot
wherein the lobster boileth, until the eFusia-
eeons creature shrieketh uut his soul ~ an
guish.
Lol ills better 10 be ruined quickly than
20 endure this slow torture,
will give my money away % the poor
mnn-eyen to the poorest, which ID he Who
pflnteth newspapers, and viii shut up my
shop and wrap myself w the ffekeloth OF
desolatiou, and pass my days 10 the purlilui
% broken banks eursing the hardness Of the
times and Tending nay garments,
Ard the howlings of Rome shall be o. the
dulcet sound of dulcmera, and thcy who blow
flutes and Instruments Of music, compared %
the din ! will make ia the cara Of the wicked
--eseR Ia lhe ears OF ihe bank directors
And even as be said, 90 did he Tor he
WAS not Ike other mess sons who are fool
ish and know Il not, aud they say lhoy vii
dp ~ aud 90, performing that which 10 con,
trary.
For the sons Of menarc tickle, and be- that,
ia horn OF woman doth spite bic face by d.
miniahing the length Of the nose thereof
And lol the pHnter--evcu Doe who did pub
lish newspapers VIA made Glad hy The
bounty u him who sold Wholesale and retail 8
and ho did sound his praises and print them
moreover, aud ho did blow the trumpet Of
fame respecting that mans dealings from the
rising Of the sun even 10 the going down Of
the same.
And he even the printer of pnpcrs--did
magnify and enlarge up0n the stock of goods
which the trader had iu his store, and did
publish the variety and the excellence, and
the newness, and the beauty and the cheap
ness thereof, lill the peopit-yeal all ofthem,
iaf and near, were amazed.
--Ai,,l- ilaas- said 10 Ibis man hath gathered
from the cast aud tic west costly merohan.
disc aud wares or wondruus yalue--even the
workmanship OF cunning nr,iiiecrs-aud We
know IL not
Go TO- then. We will lay out our silver
and 0ur gold Ia those things which the print
cr prinieth Of, aud that which he doth pub
lish shall be- ours. For.thia pans merchan-
disi Il bsttcr than the bank notes Of those
who promise 10 pay aud therein lie, even
banks OF deposit which beguile uA Of our
money and swindle Us like sin.
But that trader was siil sad, and lac said,
the money that these people bring me for the
goods IN my store will still give 10 the
printer, and thus will | ruin myself / viii do
that which no man hath yet done in my time
or before me. will make the printer man,
whom oil men soorn ioT his poverty, richgnd
he shpll hc clad in fine linen, and hc shill re-
joicc.
AAd the aans Of men shall seek him ~ the
m5iE0t piarc, uut tIr sIrrff sitrii tim.
aud the ncoiiers shall be-rcssl,s ID, nd-uhail
, take nH 1hrr bats 70 him that WIS poor,
And boz shall flash the dollars in the oyti
Of the foolish and shall eat bank note sand.
wiches.
Yea, oven sngit iIu iig'rt sgssls s.il-
road scrip and cast his spiiile on the boards
Of other men.
I For will ruin myself and he who adyer-
( tisea me shall enjoy my substance
10 The Trading man--cvcn lac who
sold merchandise, became rIch, and rSTii=HE
I the unclean beast litth IN the mirc, so stirred
/ he not by reason OF much gold.
! Aud the people ilockcd To his store from
/ the North.
! Aud from the South.
| Aud from the East.
/ And from the West
And the printer rcjoiocc, and his fat did
abound
| But the trader ,esud not become poor
and his melancholy ceased, and the anilcs OF
( huppiRe&s &s-llurEIIVu his furr. r.--
I And his children did bcoolie mighty in the
/ land by reason OF the dollars which many OF
the people who read his advertisements had
poured into that traders money bags.
Here cndoth the first lesson.