The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-01-13


ance, fearing to intrude.'
IF we mean kindly we ebaIl never
/ intrude,' Mr.. Parsons answered. In
time OF trouble our friends and neigh.
bors are apt to reeede from Is; not for
lack ot interest or sympathy, | am sure,
but from false impression that we, are
sulIen. mOrosc, or full OF sensitive pride,
and will repel advances. But it is not
so. Misfortune sweeps up great deal
OF pride and mellows the hardest. There
are few men in troublc who will consid.
er the call Of an old friend or acquain
tance as untimely. Thousands, | am
persuaded, might be saved from false
steps if their friends would come close
about them and help them to find the
right path for their straying and stun.
bling feet. In the multitude of coun.
sellors there is wisdom. | speak feel.
ingly, for know how it has been with
myself. My feet were just about turn.
ing aside, when you showed me the
right way. and | thank God that He
gave me the courage to walk therein. |
shall ever hold you in grateful remem
brance as one Of my best friends
A ROADSIDE DIALoGuE.-"Apd 50,
Squire, you don't take a county paper?"
mo, Major, get the city papers on
much better terms, l take couple of
them"
"But, Squire, the county papers often
prove great convenience to us. The
more we encourage them, The better the
editor can afford to make them"
"Why, don't know any convenience
they are to me-"
The farm you sold last fall was ad
vertised in one of them, and thereby
you obtalneo a customer. Did you
not 7"
Very true, Major, but l paid three
dollars for it,"
"And you made more than three
hundred dollars by it. Now, if your
neighbor had not maintained the press
and kept it up ready ior use, you would
have been without the means to adver.
tise your property. But saw your
daughters marriage in those papers; did
that cost you auything?'
"No, but"
"And your brothers death, with a
long obituary notice. And the destruc.
tion Of our nei2hbor Riggs house by
fire. You know these things are ex.
aggerated till the authentic accounts Of
the newspapers set them right"
80, true, but"
"And when your cousin Splash was
up for the Legislature, you appeared
much granfed at his defence, which
cost him nothing"
Yes, yes, but these things are inter
esting to the readers. They cause the
people to take the paper"
"NO, Squire Grudge if all were like
you. Now tell you, the day will surely
come when somebody will write a long
euloey on your life and character. and
the printer will put it in types with
heavy black cut over it, and with all
your riches, this will be done for your
grave as pauper. Your wealth, your
morality, and all such things will be
spoken Of but the printer boy as he
spells the words in arranging the type
10 these sayings will remark of you
poor, mean devil he is even sponging his
obituary! Good morning, Squire"
- ------SS----
WISE THIEVES STEAL AND CON-
PRoMIsE-Last summer bank clerk
in New York stole 100000. He lost
the money by Fighting the tiger" lie
then called upon lawyer and informed
him that he was ruined man, aud
thought of suicide This led to the fol- |
lug dialogue:
"How much does your defalcation
amount to 2"
"One hundred thousand dollars"
"Got any of it left?"
"Not cent"
That's bad you have nothing left |
to work with"
"What must be DONE"
"Hou must return to your desk and !
abstract another hundred thousand"
"What must do that for?"
"To preserve your character and save
you from the State Prison. With the
hundred thousand dollars you are to steal
to. morrow, | intend to compromise with
the bank.--Your stealing after to.mor-
row will amount to 100000. | will
call at the bank and confess your offence.
| will represent myself as your heart.
broken uncle, "hoDest but poor" |
viii offer the bank $4,000 to hush up
the matter, The bank will accent
This will leayeS5O,00O to divide be.
tween you and me-that is $4,000
apiece. With this sum you can retire
from business"
The young man listened and took on
wisdom. He doubled his defalcation
md compromised as the lawyer said he
should. He is now worth s25O.0OO. II
and is counted "one of the most respee.
able gentlemen" in the city of New
York.