Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-04-02
From the Toledo Blade.
PAY 'CHIS BILL.
The Troubles in a Printing Office.

ny L. r. 4. f-.f
The printers clerk stood leaning
against his couAting room, one hand sup
porting an aching head and the other
grasring parcel of unpaid bills. His re
Elections were anything but pleasant. as
he thus paused. alter long and weary
task in turning over the leaves OF the
ledger to ascertain which one among
thousand and one names found thereon,
whose accounts ought TO be paid. and
IhOse he thou 9ht most likely to pay .heir
bills made ouE and presented. Now thl-
matter of making out aud presenting bills
was rather particular kind OF business,
and no one else kne W it better than the
xfoTe- mentioned clerk. for h4dn't he pre-
Aenied bills to those tho took offence and
withdrew their pa rOnage and didn't
an instance OF this kind happen only yes
terdAy when Jones wouldn't take the pa
per any longer because they demanded
IhS pay quarterly in advance and dIdn't
Smith give them n regular blowing up"
on a whole sheet oi ioolScap, because a
bill was sent to him by mistake Mis-
takes will sometimes happen even among
The printers. lii" bills already made Oul
we're quite numerous. and the sum total
of the various amounts claimed by them
would more than cancel all demands then
pressing upon the ullice. But let Us re-
voal his thoughts he a3,in resumed
the task OF counting upon tho accounts 10
be paid out.
let m7 sec-'o>tlay : Friday, and TO
morrow ends the week, and with it cutnes
H task. as usual ON Saturday. Of paying
of The hands. Tom wants ten DOLLARS;
jim eight; ChaIl:y fifteen; Mac twenty,
and four apprentices three dollars APIECE.
That will require seventy dollars. The
paper makers, Cotton. R4yg Il %. tween
SY-6ve; Pulp IL Sheet, thirty. that makes
6ity-6ve more, and one hundred and
twenty.6v dollars in all. and must be
paid tomorrow night. and only 6Ve dol
lars and ten cents 10 the drawer now. But
stop, here is bill OF Zen dollars more fol
g"s. 1t must be paid up sure; ii has been
due for some time. OHe hundred aud
thirty>Gve dollars and on'y Eve to stand
on = -.-..
His Co lntsEance wore troubled look
As he paced up and down the floor, stu
dying difficult probIem--where to get
thu money. Ahappy thought struck him
As he again referred to the job order
book, and found charged thereon the sum
Of fifty. dollars due that very day from an
extensive Wholesale firm in Pichv!.e.-
Note paper. pen and ink, were immediate.
ly called inlo requIsilion. and The foll,w-
ing dun made out and dispatched to the
Post Office:
Messrs. Rich & SIow.-Encloscd please
find bill for fifty dolI"rs. which you will
Ublige US by renting Immediately.
Yours, DC.
JAS. NEEDY.
This done the clerk again looked over
the parcels Of bills which he had perrious.
ly laid by iOr more weighty considerations,
and soliloquized as follows:
'Here is bill Tor twenty dollars against
Scale. Wei ,ht IL Co, grocrrs, that must
without fail-haS been due for two weeks
Delaine & Price also owe us this bill for
twenty more. We advertised their dry
goods for six months and no pay since
due. Mason & Son. p!"sters. owe five
dollars tor advertising chair for sale,"
Shoemaker Il Co, eight dollars. sc.
Being satisfied that the bills contained
no errors, he started out of the cfiice to
collect.
Halo. Weight. pay this bill, only
S2O-been due two weeks-must have
money, very much in need-hands to
pay.
Weight listened very attentively until
the clerk paused; then, with smile re-
piled:
"No funds in to-day, pay tomorrow"
After the clerk had pas sed on. with
rather a downcast look. be muttered 10
himself pay when get ready"
Clerk then entered the splendid store
Of Delaine S Price. Proprietors not in !;
clerks knew nothing about the business
OF the bill; think however it is too high
The disheartened clerk waits full thir-
ty minutes. but no propretors come.-
lie leaves with troubled look and a
quick nervous step. Hide & Pelts come
next on the programme.
Good morning. Mr.. Hide, Pay this
bill Of ten dollars. You agreed to pay
to- day you know" -
''Yes 1 recollect now, but really 7 had
quite forgotten it. and l have no MONEY
by me now. | will call this eyeuing,
however and settle up
Clerk knew this to be mere expres.
sion of language. but passed on more puz ;.
zled than ever. Mason. plasterer. how,
ever, hailed, him from the third story of
new block across the way, aud offered
him three dollars on his bill il he would
Just step there. OF course the clerk al.
most flew up to receive the three dollars.