The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-05-24
A parable for Huslne.. Men.

There was oncn upon time mar whc
Rep, store and sold goods wholesale and
retail
/ And became melancholy because cusio.
neFs were shy and times were hard. {"
Ard he said. LoiI am ruined, and the
sensation is not agreeable:
Ind my ruin is the more painful TO
bear, because II is slow il progress, even
Hs wstor doth gradually bscom, lo!ier 10
the pot wherein the lobster boiIeth, until
The erusiaceous creature shrieketh cut his
soul in anguish. @ w. .-...-.
Lotlit is better TO be ruined ouickl,
than to endure this slow torture.
1 / will give my money away to the poor
iman~-even 70 tie poorest. which 10 he
iwho prinleth newspapers and will shu,
iap my shop and wrap myself in the sack.
! cloth Of desolati6u, aud pass my days in
the pnrlleGs of bro2en Tanks. cursinv The
hardness ofthe times aud rending my
garments. 4rrt
And the bowliugs OF Rome shall be as
the dulcet sound of ducimores, and they
Sho blow the flutes and instruments OF
music, compared TO the din will make
in the ears Of the word-eyeu in the ears
of the bank directors. u .m.# &
And even as he said he di5 for lie wrs
not like other mems sons who are fool
ish and know it not. aud they who say
they will do so and SO, performing that
which is contrary.
For the sons of men are fcLle and be
that ia born of woman doth spite bis face
by diminishing the length Of the nvse
thereof.
"a And, lott the printer-even lie who died
publish newspapers--was made glad by
the bounty oil him who sold wholesale and
retail; and he did sound his praises and
ipiint them moreov!r, and did blow the
trump Of fame respecting that mans deal.
ings, from the rising OF the sun to the go.
ling dwon Of the same. s. ....
And he--even lhe printer of papers
did magnify and enlarge upon he stock
OF goods which the trader had in his stor,
and did publish the variety auj the excel
ience, an5 the newness, and the beauty
and The cbeapness thereof, till the peo
ple-yea! all Of them, far and near, Wer,
! amazed
And they said, loi this man Lath gath
cred from the east { nd the west costly mer
tcbandise and wares Of wond. Gus value
even the workmanship Of cunning artif'
cers-and we knew i, rot.
! Go 10, then. We will lay out our silver
and our gold in these things which the
printer printed OF, and that which lie dotf
publish shall be ours. For this mans
merchandise is better than the bank notei
of those who promise 10 pay, and therein
lie, even banks Of deposit. which beguil
us Of our money snd swindle US like sin
But the trader was still sad. and he said
the money that these people bring me 70
the goods in my store will s. i'll give t,
The printer, and thus will l ruin myself:
will do that which no man hath vet don,
in my time, or before. / will make th,
printer man. whom all men scoru for hi
poverty, rich, and he shall be clad in I'm
linen, and sl,all rejoice.
And the sons Of men shall meet him i
the market place, and the sheriff shal
; shun him, and the scoffers shall be rebuk
ed and shall take of their hats to hir
that was poor. t
And he shall fash the dollars in tn
face Of the foolish. and shall eat ban
noe sandwiches
: Yea, even shall he light his pipe wit
; railroad script and cast his spittle on th
boards of other men, .-s..
, For l shall ruin myself. and he who ad
J. verlisea ne shall enjoy my substance.
But 10! the .radiDg man even he wh
!, sold merchandise. became rich, and eve
as the unclean beast IieIh III the mire. s
. stirred he not BY reason ofso much golc
: And the people focked 10 his stor
y from the North. ....... ...
> And from the South,
And from the East,
> And from the West.
And the printer did rejoice. and his "fl
: did abound. ..t ......
But the trader could no! become poo
> ard his melancholy ceased, and the smil'
: of happiness were upon his face
{ And bis children did become might
= in the land by reason Of the dollars whiC
many Of the people who read his adye
tiscment had poured into the trader mo-
, cy bags,-Je,Oish Paper.