Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-06-23
Looking glass for Business Men,

How cross yon arc Yes. how cross you
are-and it is high time you knew it, You are
cross IN the morning, cross in the evening aud
cross all day cross when You go ont and cross
when you come in cross 10 your wife, and
cross TO your children, and cross to everybody:
cross when yon 90 10 bed and cross cVeR in
yOnr sleep and your friends wait in fear lest
that Internal possion shall cORtinue through
life and be strong in death" Your charaet-
er is known and read of all men. 1t leaks oGt
or spills over continually, aad there is no use
III attempting to conceal the matter. Now we
intend in this discourse to touch only on one
single development of your position, viz its re-
faifon to business, to your prosperity and
leave your minister to give YOU other necessary
Gospel teaching. We will begin this yentila-
tion by remarking =
lst. That cross men are usually despised by
everybody
"a. That cross men are always in want Of
friends
Sd. That cross men can't depend upon per
mancnt prosperity.
4th. That cross men, when in trouble, arc
left alone and let alone, and "are of all men
most miserable"
9Th. That cross men arc the last men who
9th. That cross men are cut off from the az
fectionS good viii, and sympathy of partners,
clerks, customers, und-everybody
Lastly. That cross men, when they depart
which 9 is FAR better" leave behind short
procession and but few mourncrs.
In view of this object, we venture further 10
say, that when you speak cross to your part
nerS you are making muss generally, which
will have u tendency TO reduce materially ths
profits Of yoaF business, and render your sue
cess more dIffcnt: when you speak cross to
your clerks, y0u discourage, inaame, prejudice
them, so that very soon they will care little for
yon or any of your concerns when you speak
cross 10 a customer. even if he is unreasonable
and deserves it, you disgrace yourself, and do
wrong which cannot easily be repaired He
will not forget It if you do aud the worse the
the man is aud The more he deserves it, the
more he VIII abuse You
Wherever and whenever You are cross. Won
damage aud bettle yourself, and all peacea-
bic men will Imake troakS, give you a wide berth.
get out Of sight, and instinctively shun you as
they would wild elephant
Lastly, 10 money can compensate you for
the loss Of il good or even a tOlerable disposi-
ton. Therefore, don't indulge bad temper.
Iou may be a Rothschild, or even Croe.as,
yet if you are a chronic cross man, you will be
poor beggar-a poverty-strcken soul-with-
ont crumb Of solitary comfort up N which to
satisfy the cravings Of poor human nature Your
partners, yOnr clerks, your customers, and the
public generally, including yoUr poor dog aud
cat, will breathe easier when you die and are
ont Of the way, unless you reform. VIII you
make the experiment Begin then with
smile. Follow mp that smile with a firm reso-
luton to pcrseyere to the end. Let what will
come, keep your temper. If you can't restrain
yourself, sing loud. Try Old Hundred Near,
or even Yankee Doodle. If that don't answer
* the open air, and roar at the wind Try
your Inags with norwester, and give Us
record of Your experience. Go to Niagara
Falls, and amid the thunderngs of that mighty
cataract give rs a trial of your uttermost cap
acity that shall ever after satisfy YOU. Do
anything further than not become a-reformed
luau.-Ip9sprndsa!