Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-31
TINE TO PAY.

Reader, now il The time to pay your debts.
Good resolutions are very gsod far as they
60, but, in the opinirn Of your creditors, they
don't pay either the butcher, the doctor, or
the merchant. We beg of you, therefore. to
give your attention 10 the fIlOwng ''pracical
remarks" They are not mtend1l. we will
say privately for either ofyour nrighbOrs. but
: especially for yourself.
The teaching Of this Good Box is that
there is a time aud season for all things-"a
time to plant and time 20 pluck up, time
to keep and tire To cast away, time I"
weep ard time to laugh, time to mourn
and a time TO dance"
Now il is well known that during the past
dag few years there has been gOs'd time for run
,p ming into debt, and the present moment, by
most people, the north especially. where the
corps have been COED. is regarded first
rate time TO pay up Those whn d mt pay
now may be set down 'used up gnne by he
bard" "fzz cd out" Never mind how much
you are r,Put>d te be worth, or how yan
atanI on the assessor's bp7, Ifyou don't 'sn
inl0 liquidation now mt soon call on
every creditor aud settle your repa aaiinn
wont be worth a brass farthiug. You cant
postpone it account Of pnCr crops, neither
can you complain Of prices. No, sir, your
e- muuih must now be closed these matters
Indeed all your old sterrotpped. whining ex-
cuses are now uncurreut. They won't pass
anywhere. And in regard to the long face
you have worn during the whole time you
have been running into debt, will say
plainly that such dodge won't go down, now,
at ALL Please dispense with any such demon
strations therefore, short metre, or you will
be called lunatic. Smile once, just for the
novelty of it. and if no fatal consequences fol-
low, then blossom all over a capital start
that will be.
. Now, lest we should he misunderstood. We
will take aim and fire. directly at the mark,
Iu paying up, therefore, please
-'sf Pay the poor. for they need every dollar
you owe them, and your indifference or decay
may cost them Inconvenience, suffering, tears.
and death.
Pay yonr servants before you sleep. Don't
delay that Crs,ian duy an hour. 7" such
S. especially be ever prompt, just aud liberal.
Fay your taxes-yeS, your fdles although
the impression extensively prevails that pro-
crastiuation in that direction is not quite so
bad as theft robbery
Pay your subscriptions-yu your long post
% poned, renewed, and again pusip n,-l Dencv'r
lent and charitable written aud verbal prom
ises-yOur subscriptions To benvvuient OBJ cts
Delay now in such matters will be scanal"us.
Pay your store and grocery bill. Yes sir,
you eat, drink, or wear. Flnancecrng for
tiule in that direction is evidence Of a want Of
brain. aud il continued, your friends should
demand the services Of a coroner lo sec if you
are not tead--to all wisdom.
Pay your minister. In this matter yol
have mad too little either OF conscience OF hon
cs,y. The good man may live by faith, bu,
not on faith \ barrel OF four Il sirlO:n
steak, new garment or American eagle
may b. a stranger 10 his family, but speedy
introduction of such tangible evidences OF life
health and prosperity would, doubtless, proy'
glorious vision"
Pay your physician faithful man, who ha
patiently watched by your bedside or by th'
dear DEPARTED never delay ing night or day
to obey your anxious summons. Forget MOI
this Christ ian duty.
Paw your debts TO the community, for whicl
no verbal written promise ever had beer
given Public improvements have been made
Your town or village has been beaut led. ala
Won have been benefited For this you ar
rc in debt. Now quiet your conscience in tha
quarter.
Pay off that old mortgage, which has lont
been burden to you and yours. Stop short
econOH1izc, wear out your old garments, den.
yourself luxuries, shoulder the load, aad sem
daylight once more through your dive ling.
Pay your newspaper debts. Reader. il y"
owe a single dime this Journal, We hav
aHG preached in vain and spent nur strength f'
nought, unless you act Immediately Y"
will indeed prove a ony ground hearer. if yo
do not sit down quickly and write-"here
your money!"
E8Se Finally, what we say to one, we say to all
Fay up Thus endeth the leSson-Ihdeps'
dent,