American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-04-15
Parable for Business Men.

KEPT stotc dnu solo ROoos WHOLESALE anu |
retail.
And he said: Lol an ruined and the
is disegreeable.
Anc my ruiu is more painful to bear.
because Il is slow in progress. even as
water does gradually become hotter 10 the
pot wherein the lobster boileth until lbe.
crustaceous creature sbrieketh out his sou
in aDguiIh.
L0l it is better TO be..ruined quickly than
to endure this slow torture.
! will give my money away TO the poor
man-eyen to the poorest, which is he
who printeth the newspapers. and will
shut up my shop and wrap myseI 10 sac.
cloth Of desolati q, and pass my days in
purlieus Of broken banks. cursing the
baroness Of the times and rending my gar.
ment.
And the bowling Of Rome shall be as
the dulcet sound Of dulcimedes and they
who blow the flutes and instruments Of
music, compared to the din will make il
in the ears Of the Wicked-eVeu in the ears
Of the oank directors.
And even as hO said. so 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. ,gsrasls .--
For the sons Of men are tickle. and he
that is born of women doth spite his face
by diminishing che length of the nose
thereof. -I t..-
| And 10! the priuteF--egen he who did
publish newspapers-Was made glad by
the bounty Of him who sold at retail;, and
he did sound his praises and print them
moreover, and did blow the trumpet oI
fame respecting that maas dealings. from
the riz;ng Of the sun even to the going
down OF the same. ....... ue.., 'H,--s.
| And he--even he, the printer Of papers
did magRify and enlarge upon the stock
OF goods which the trader had in his store
and did publish the variety and excellence
and the newtess and cheapness thereof
ill the peOple--yea al Of them far anC
tnear, were amazed. ma -ar
And they said, lo!this man hath gath
3 cred from the east and vest. costly mer
: chaudise an wares Of wonders value
! even the workmanship Of cunning %rti6c
ers-and we knew it not.
e Go to, then. We willlay out our silve
e and gold in these things which the printe
] printed of, and that which he doth publis
shall be ours. For this mans merchant
9 disc is better than the bank notes of thos
q who promise to pay, and therein lie, eve
banks Of deposit who beguils us of ou
:. money and swindle US liks sin.
e But that trader was still sad, and i
e still said, the money that these peop
y bring me for the goods in my store will
8 still give to the printer. and thusI will n
r in myself; l will do that which no ma
hath yet done in my time or before me-
10 | will make the printer-man whom all me
q scoru for his poverty. rich, and he sh
!e be clad in Gne linen, and shall rejoice.
N And the sons OF men shall meet him
the market place. and the sheriff ,ha
Of shun him, aud scoffers shall be rebuke
a ans shall take off their hats to HIM th
c. w"s once poor.
1t, And shall fash the dollars in the ey
,g Of the folish and shall eat bank note san
e. wiehes.
Yea even shall he lite Lis pipe vi
~ railaoad scrip, and cast his spittle on t
e. boards Of other men.
v. For will ruin myself and be who a
i'd vertises me shall be my subsistence.
g. BUT lol the trading maa--even he W
IA! sold rchaudise--became rich, and ev
as the unclean breast lieth in the mire,
!? stirred not he by reason of much gold
st' And the people aoOked to his store frt
the North.
And from the South.
y. And from ths East.
And from the West.
81 And the printer rejOiced, and his i
lat did abound.
it! But the trader could not be ,ome POI
ID, and his melancholy ceased. and the smi
If of happiness were upon his face.
nd And bis children did become mighty
the land by reason Of the dollars viii
as many Of the people who read his adverti
he ments, had poured into the tradirs NOR
nd bag.