Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-06

a TooKINa GLASS FOR BUSINESS MEN.-How
cross YOU are! Yes, how cross you are-and II
is high time you knew it. You are cross IN the
morning, cross in the evening, and cross all day;
cross when YOU go out aud cross when you
come in: cross to your wife, and cross to your
children, and cross to everybody; cross when
vou 20 to bed and cross even in your sleep; ana
vour friends waitin fear lest that internal pas
Sion shall continue through life and be "Strohg
in death" Your character is known and read
of all men. 1t leaks out spills over contlnu-
ally. and there is use in attempting to con-
ceal the matter. Now we intend in this DIS
course to touch only on one single deVeiopmeht
of your position, viz: its relation to business
10 your Prosperityi and leave your mi"iS'eF w 70
rive YOU other necessary Gospel teaching we
4IriiI 6epin this ventilation by remarking =.
1st. That cross men are usually despised by
everybody.
I'd. That cross men arc always in want OF
friends
9Th. That cross men, when in trouble, cleft
alone and let alone, and ''are of all men most
miserable.
should ask for favors.
7th. That cross men are cut off from the pf-
fections. good will, and sympathy of partners
clerks, customers, aud-everbody -.
Lastly. That cross men, when tney @ aepar,, 'ro,
which Sis far better" leave behind snort pro-
ccssion and but few mourncrs.
i In view of this subject we venture turther
to saw. that when you speak cross to your part
Il ners YOU are making muss generally, wnlGh
i will have tendency to reduce materla'Iy tile
lprotits of your business, and render your sue
cess more difficult; when you speak cross 10
your clerks YOU discourage, infiame, and prel u
dice them, so that very soon they will care little
f,r Won or any of your concerns; when you
speak cross to customer, even If he IS unrea-
lsonable and deserves it, you disgrace yourseII,
and do wrong which cannot easily 0e
: He will not, forget it if you do. and the worse
4 lfherman is and the more he deserves II, the
: more he will abuse you. -,
: Wherever and whenever you are cross you
: damage and bettlc yourself, and oil peaGeaoL
men win tnaket racks, give you vide oertn
get out Of sight, and instinchVeIy shnh you dc
:. they would wild elephant.
LASTLY. no money can compensate you lor tht
l1nss of a good or even a tolerabe disposition
>. Therefore, don't indulge in bad temper 1ot
E may be Rothschild, or evcn,a CroesuS' SSt
p Won nre chronic man, you %lll be a. poor peg
: : 9or-o overty.stricken fool-without crnmt
t of solitary comfort upon which to satisfy tn
:: !: cravings Of poor human nature. Your partners
$, your clerks. your. customers, and the lu"Il
'e generally, including yonr poor dog ana cat, WI ",
breathe easier when you.dle ana are OUT Oh ~ VI
vav unless you reform. Will you Hnke IN
- exmeriment. Begin then with smile. FOLLOW
np 'th that smile with firm resolution to pereyer
to the end. Let whatgwill come, keep your, ten
per # you can't restrain yourself, sing lege sS
Try Old Hundred, Near even YanEee G nGGs' rno
at IT t%e the' wind. @ Try pourlungs with anorweste
ar and i|y give @ US record Of your experience g
tn Niooara Falls. and amid the thunderngs
that mgbty sataraet give us trini Of your
fst capacity tha. shall ever at qltss Sts6s Fn'sl
Of 9"u'I ~ i,, '.'.2 Tn57e4,en1ent