The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-12-31
Support YOUR mechanics.

Fhere is no truth more undeniable than
that il is the boundpn duty of every commune
ty 10 support its mechanics. They are wor-
thy and nds 1enSable class of men, and we find
no town OF village Gourishng without their aid.
Indeed their absence is always a true index Of
the condition OF the pIace-whether il is
adyaaciug in wealth and importance, or SIN
king into declv. Wherever we pass through
a village, and here the carpenters hammer, the
ctink of the blacksmnh's anyil-that village,
we say 10 ourselves, is proSperlng. 1t cannot
be otherwise for the producers are actively
employed, and oatuumber the consumers -
Whenever this is the cesP, the people are grow
ing wealthy, and at the same time training the
rising generation TO habits of industry and
morality. II a city village pursue the
orpoile OF this course --ne9l lect MS mechanics
aud support those of some other place, those
who are left, and compelled by force OF circnm-
stances to remain, will become idle and protlI-
gate they will cease to produce, and become
consumers in few years they become beg
Tieioiga! al iad tlheir children become ignorant and
that we ought as nation. 10 Give hff he assertion ser e
ence to domestic manufactures, the fact is equal
/ " true with regard to the community, and
both are sustained By the same argument.
/
stantlal customers, let him by every means IN
his power, support the mechanics in his village,
and as they become more wealthy, their Gus
( tom viii increase, especially in those articles
on which he makes The greatest profit; for it is
( undeniabIe, that as men become more wealthy,
( they also becore more luxurious. and no mer-
/ chaat will deny that articles OF luxury always
afford the greatest profit. The habit of impor-
/ ting large quantities OF cheap foreign articles,
/ in competition with our village merchants, is
! short sighted and wrong, both as regards the
/ mechanic ard consumer; il the merchant will
! look further into the operation of things, he
| would find that he had crossed the path OF his
own interest by doing So Let the merchant
/ bring the case to his own door, and he, perhaps,
/ NAV better understand it.
Snppose that every individual who possesses
means, and who uses in his family four or five
hundred dollars worth Of goods per annum.
should, instead nf buying Of him at retail, 60 10
some city wholesale establishment and purchase
! his years supply, would he not in bitterness
condemn such an illiberal course, would he
not say 10 him, IN truth, that he was warning
against his own interest, by destroying the BUSH
ness ofhis own town, and giving it 10 another
and that his lltleness would react upon him in
double fold BY decrease OF his property and bnsl-
ness So in the same to the merchant. We
say then all classes support each other, and by
mutual exchangrs, keep that wealth at home
which necessarily expended abroad, tends tc
destroy the business Of our neighbor, and which
in turn DESTROYS your spirit Of the Hge
An Instance OF REMARKABLE CooLNEss.-
The Knickerbocker Magazine picks up good
many good things. In the December number
we find story which runs thus Judge b., oi
New Haven, is q talented lawyer and great
wag. He has son, Sam, a graceful wight
witty. and like his father, fond of mint Juleps
and other palatable H6ulds y The father and
son were on visit 10 Niagara Falls. Each
was anxious 10 stake a nip but lone for eX-
ample, and The other in dread OF hurting the
old mans teeIings) equally unwilling to drink
in the presence of the other. ''Sam, said the
Judge. sel'il take short walk-be back short
w." can right" replied Sam, and after see
ing the old gentleman around the corner, ht
walked out quickly, and ordered Julep at
bar-room. While in concocto, the Judge en-
tered, and Sam just then being back OF news
paper, and consequently viewing, though view
iess) ordered a iuIep. The second was com
pounded and the Judge was just adjusting IN
tube for a cooling draught, when Sam stepped
up, and taking up his glass, requested The bar
tender TO take his pay for both jnleps from th'
bill The old gentleman had handed out TO him
The surprise of the Judge was only equalled BY
his admiration for his sons coolness; and ne ex
: claimed, ssSam Sam .zyou need no juteq, II
/ cool uoui'' Sam salowed'' thae,he didn't.
D-"You seem to walk more than usual m.
friend.'' sYes, have been straltened by CIR
clms,ances"