Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-04-30

PARABLE RON BUsrrEss rfEN.
There was once upon timo man who
kept = store, aud sold goods wholesale and
retail t
And hc became melancholy because Gus
timers werc shy and sometimes bad.
And he said: LoI am ruined, andtho
sensation is disagrecaJle.
And my ruin IS moro painful 20 bear, boz
cause II is slow in progress, even as water
doth gradually become hotter in the Dot
wherein the lobster boicth, until Tho crnta-
ccous creature shrickcth out his soul in nu-
guish +f5 s5T
Lol its better to be ruined quickly than
to endure this slow torture.
will give my money away to tho poor
man-even to tho poorest, which is he who
printeth newspapers, and | will shut up
my shop and wrap myself in tho sackcloth
Of dcsolation, and pass my days in the pur-
ieus Of broken banks, cursing the hardness
of the times and rendipg my garments.
And The howlings Of Rome shall be rs
tho dulcet sound Of ducimers, and they who
blow flutes and instruments Of music, com
pared to tho din will make in tho ears of
the wicked-evcn in the cars Of bank diroc-
tors.
And oven as hc said, so did ho; for be
was not like other mems sons who arc foolish
and know it not, and they say they viii do
so and SO, performing that which is con
trary.
| For the sons of mon arc tickle, and he
that Is born of woman doth spite his face by
diminishing the length Of the nose thereof.
: Aud 10! the printer-even he who print
eth newspapcrs--was mado glad by tho
= bounty Of him who sold wholesale and re-
tail; and he did sound his praises and print
them moreover, and he did blow Tho trumpet
: of famo respecting that mans dealings, from
the rising of the sun even to tho going
c down of the same. 3F
u And he--even tho printer Of papers
y did magnify ard enlarge upon tho stock Of
It goods which tho trador had in his store, and
did publish the variety aud excellence, and
l. the newness. and the beauty and the cheap
ness thereof till tho peoplc---yea! all Of
r them, far and near, were amazed.
o And they said: Lol this man hath
gathered from the east and west costly NOR
d chandise and wares of wondcrous valuo-
IS oven the workmanship Of cunning artifcers
z and we knew it not -
d Go to, then. We will lay out our silver
e and our gold in those things which the
printer prntcth of, and that which he doth
S publish shall be ours, For this mans mer-
ohandise is better than tho bank notes Of
those who promise TO pay and therein lie,
even banks of depoSitc which beguilo us Of
our money and swindlc us like sin.
" But the trader was still sad, and ho said,
the money that these people bring me for
TT the goods in my store will | still give to the
printer, and thus will | ruin myself; will
ID do that which no man hath yet done in my
timc or before me. / will make tho prin-
ID ter man, whom all men scorn for his poverty
,; rich; and he shall be clad in fiue linen, and
shall rejoice.
10 And the sons of men shall seek him in
" the market place, and tho sheriff shall shun
W him, and tho scoffers shall be rebuked, and
n shall take of their hats to him that was
n. poor.
er And he shall flash the dollars in the eyes
Of the foolish, aud shall eat bank notes anc
y, witches.
sn Yea, even shall he light his pipe will
''''i'Dt'e' ~ T. "hl thsG ul5 bpllLlN Ou tu'
re, boards of other mon.
a For will ruin myself and ho who adyer
tises mo shall enjoy my substance.
cd But 10! the trading man--eyen he VIII,
yn sold merchandise, becamo rich, and even o.
gu the uncean beast 10th in the n,ire, SO stirre,
he not by reason Of much gold.
And tho people flockod to his store from
OIL tho North.
And from the South.
es And from the East.
And from the West.
ng And the printer rejoiced and his fat di
abound.
,h- But the trader could not become poor
and his melancholy ceased, and the smile
Dol Of happiness were on his face
aic And his children did become mighty /
en- the land by reason of the dollars whic
many of the people who road his advertise
ments had poured into that traders none
rs. bags.
lg- Hero endeth the first lesson.