The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-06-21

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ling you may win largely, but you stand
much greater chance of losing. You have
always said that il was your ambition to
make good provision for old age and your
children. The loss Of this money now
would be great pullback. You place
great reliance on the judgment of Brown
and Strong. have often heard my father
say that they were what business men call
"sharp" and can recollect when | was
school girl that these same men got great
many inlo speculalions in buying some
Western laud, city land out on paper
only, and ii turned out that the land was so
vaueIess tha, il would not pay the taxes
upon it. They averted public indignation
by showing that they were deceived them
selves, and that they had lost money by
The operation as well. My father said al
the time that he was we'll enough satisfied
that they did not lose one cent, but made
large sums out of their dupes they had SO
much of he and given TO them for selling
given quantity and took good care to get
all of their hands and The money into their
pockets, and in them do not see The dis
interested slock-lskers that you do. think
that they are in collision with New York
brokers from whom they receive certain
per cent. in stock for al: lhey sell, and then
when the stock has reached lie zenith, they
will sell out"
/ Mr.. Harris twisted nerv ously in his chair
hiiched from side 10 side, and ran his fin
gers through mis- hair; he Began 10 open his
eyes little; the motives of Messrs. Strong
and Brown did not look quite so disinierested
in his eyes, there did seem 10 be little
bi, of person al aggrsndizement in the mat
;er, they did seem 10 have a single eye 10
themselves.
"My father always said, 'nolhing ven-
ture nothing have if you expest 10 reap
you must sow, and you have 20 wait from
seed time till harvest 10 get crop ] have
often III ought that you might increase your
business, and thus increase your income,
besides conferring a benefit 10 The place by
the employment of more men, and the
disburse ment of more money in The neigh
borhood"
"But how am going 10 do this !' broke
Mr.. Harris, forgetting his pledge not TO
Interrupt "M Ny manufactures now are
full up to my sales
"To be sure" said Mrs. Harris, "you
now supply the market as far as your
manufactures are known, principally in two
or three States, bu' here is an immense
field as YET comparatively untouched now
have TO propose that you risk five Hundred
inste sd OF five thousand .doIlars, in an at
Temp; TO insrease your business, and think
700 will find that you can employ your
loose change, as you call it, 10 advantage
Mrs Harris co,iGued at some length de.
failing her ideas, until at Length be declared
that be was beat by the 'fair lawyer who
took the opposite ;he question"
The result was, be told Strong, Brown,
and their confreres tie next moraing that
he had decided not to invest in oi-slock
as he intended 10 increase his business
They didn't Gee show under the sun he
coaId do this"
few weeks after our visit 10 Mr.. Har-
ris's house, the subjects of our sketch were
assembled in their siiting-room busiIy en-
gagged Mrs Harr is was folding and placing
in envelopes circulars illustrating and des
cribing the articles manufactured by her
husband, while he was directing them from
a Commercial Report 10 that class o! per-
cons who delt in or could employ TO ad-
vantage his inventions The venerable
postmaster opened his eyes and mouth in
unison, a, the quaint ties of circulars thai,
Stephen Harris poured into his Office, and
his call for poslage,s,amps was so great
that the official remarked TO his wor thy
spouse that ''if every one bought as many
stamps as Steve Harris, the Government
would soon be able to pay of the national
debt" Shortly after, Mr. Harris's receipts
of letters began 10 increase week by week,
gradually the number OF men in his employ
increased, and il began TO be remarked that,
''S,eve Harris had struck oil p'
Time passed on, and he persisted in for
warding circulars, and inserting advertise
ments in the leading papers, until4hs sum
which he had expended would have fright,
ened him al tas outset, but the result had
proven perfectly satisfactory, as persistent
and judicious advertising ever will.
"Wfe," said Nr Harris, as he returned
from The post.office one evening, and threw
into her lap number of letters containing
several large orders, "they say up to the
office tonight tha, the Greenback and In
ternational Oil an Mining Comnany has
gone up, and is not worth ten cents on
dollar and that it caused some failures in
this State, and will affect some seriously
here, amoug them young Rowland the gro-
cer.n
81 am real cory" said Mrs. Harris, as