Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-04-09
PAX 4 sLgIFols BUSINESS slgN.

i PAR lSARLElFo9s BUSINESS MEN.
There was oace upon tiuie man
who Kept a store and Sold goods whole
sale and retail. gesi sa9 saa :
Aud he became melancholy because
customers we're shy and times we're hard.
Aud he said: L6 ] I am ruined, and
the sensation is disag greeabls.r y 80
And my ruin is sfhe more painful TO
bear. .-becsuse tits slow Id progress even
as water does gradually become hotterlih
the pot wherein the lobster b6iletli, Hnntii
the crustaceous creature shriskelh out his
soul in anguish.
Lo! il is better to be ruined quickly
than to endure this slow torture, isAz Ss,il
Il will give my money away tothespoor
man-eHen to the poorest, wtiichals. he
who prin;eth newspapers. and will shut
up my shop and wrap myself in sack,
cloth ols desolaiioD, spl pass my days in
the puilleus lot broken banks, cursipg
the hardness ot the times and rending my
garments. .5,,...oii ..fI3 4, s,1E,ss.
Ami the bowling OF Rome shall be as
the Gulce, sounds of :dulcimedes.. and
they wAo blow the flutes aud iustru,
ments OF music, compared, 10 the din |
will m IKE in the ears. OF the wicked
even 10 the ears of the bank directors. S !
And even as he said, 40 did he; for he
was not like other mems sons, who are
foolish and know it not. and they! say.
they will do.so, performing that which is
contrary. ala ~ (,
For the sons of men are fGkle. and he
that is born OF woman doth spite his face
by diminishing the length of the nose
there Vt. 7,s5i. .ist..s.., 3., b,.sf - "a !
And lol the priuter--eyens be who did
publish newspapers-was made glad by
the bountyof him who sold retail; and he
dis sound his praises and print, Them
moreover, and did blow the trumpet Of
,'ame respecting sthatsman's dealings from
thstrls'ngy Of The, sun. even TO the. going
down OF The same ~! j.r,. ,,od = ~,
Aud he-eyen the printer Of papers
did magnify and enlarge upon the stock
tofgoods which The trader had in his store,
ana did publish the variety and the ,ex
lceIlence. and the n.wness. and tho cheaps
hess. thereof, Till the people-yea all OF
Them far and near. were amazed, ii sss.
And they said. 10 this man hath gath;
cred from the east and tha west, costly
merchandise and wares of wondrous val.
,ue----even The wol kmanship OF cunning ar
Understand we knewit not. sg, sg.
Gu 10. then. We will las out our sill
yer and gold in those things which the
printer printed OF. and that which he doth
publish shall be ours. For this mans
merchandise is better than the bank nct.s
idf those who promise to pay. and therein
lie. even banks of deposit which. beguile
ius Of our money ana ,swindle us like sin.
But that trader was still sad, and. he
said, The money, that these people bring
mo for, the, goods in my store will / still
give TO- the printer. and thus will ruin
mSsel(;,l will do that which no man
hath yet done in my time or before me,
| will make the printer man. whom all
men scurn for his poverty. rich. and he
shall b" clad in tine linen, and shall re,
juice.
And the sons Of men shall meet him in
the, market place. and the sheriff shall
shun him. and the scoffers shall be re-
buked. and shall take off their, hats 10
him that was poor.
And shall Fash the dollars in the eyes
Of the foolish and shall eat bank mole
sandwiches.
Yea. even shall he light his pipe with
railroad scrip. and cast his spittle on the
boards OF other men. f,...s......
ForL will ruin myself and he who ad
vet.ises me shall enjoy my substance.
But 10 the trading man-cven he who
sold merchandise-beca rich, and even
as the uncIean beast lleth 10 the mire, 80
s'imed lie not by reason OF much gold.
And the people focked TO his store
from the North.
And from Tie South.
And from the East. 80
Aud from the West. ..s
Aud The printer rejoic.d. and his far
did abound.
But the trader could not become poor;
and his melancholy ceased. and tile
smiles OF happiness were upon his face.
And his children did become mighty
in the l,nd by reason OF tie dsllars which
many ofthe people who read his adver-
tisemen,s, had poured into the traders
money bag, ia1 s9s .5;5a5
~ CHEATING rue DEVIL. 14
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