The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-10-03

grain is all sold; so severy thing else from
last year." sf6I ll .bfis
7" But father might sell something-a
COW. if nothing else." ada ai 6iIls
"No. he needs all the stock he has,
The father entered. i.i. H..
What is il, Susan ?" aislgl
Il want a silk dress, father. Mary
Stiles has one.' f4gfsib LII ~
"How will she get il ~ interposed the
prudent mother. Is
:" I'll buy it for her." i ls
".But how will you pay for iti"
They'll trust me-" 81
The wife said no more, and Susan had
the handsomest silk to be found in the next
village, and Brown had store bill for the
FIRST time in his life. He thought nothing
of it, as many others had, the same, and the
merchant encouraged il. II comes great
deal easier to say, "Charge itw than to
hand over the hard learned cash. They
know this and take advantage Of it. And
so man who would not have spent ten
dollars at the store if he had been obliged
to pay (" down." has q store bill of perhaps
FIVE times that amount to meet at the end
Of the year.
"And suppose it can't be metp' S
" The merchant puts it into the shape Of
a note payable with interest, and starts a,
fresh account"
TOO bad 20
$50 II is but Susan Brow q had her fine
dress, and Brown had his store bill, and
once begun il soon grew too large. and how
many debts are not soi The command is
wise, Owe no man::any thing, Most debts
ought never to have been. No one should
have an indulgence that cannot be paid for
at once. Next year Browns store bill be !,
came note with interest, but it did not
trouble him. Next year another note was
given, larger one. including interest, and
al unpaid balance of second store bill.
Heavier interest was now asked, for money
was scarce. Brown kept falling behind for
several years; once sliding downward, ii is
hard TO recover ones self. At length saw
the surveyors at work on that part of bis
farm lying next TO mine. He was with
them"
"Going to selli" asked him.
Pm going 10 give Lyme mortgage"
"Ah bows that 2"
He's got some Of my notes and wants
one."
| pitied him, and with good reason. He
was never the same man again. An incubus
lay upon him. destroying his courage. his
very life. II he could not pay his store bill
how could he lift a mortgagef His farm
must 60 no help for il. The grasping us
urer had done his work. had made his own
the handsome farm which another man had
earned by the sweat aud toll Of life. with
out the sweat and toll of an hour, by cum
ming, small advantages fastened in little
store debt. How indignant felt; how sor-
rowful too, when my good neighbor put his
furniture into..wagons, put in his axe, pillow
and hoe, and took his way TO an humble
home far from US, to begin IFS toll anew
youth all gone, hope almost dead, courage
almost failed, muscles and heart weakened.
And all this wrong and ruin grew from a
little! thing. a school girls gown. Do you
wonder hate the little foxesi Look out
fnr them, child watch for them don't let
them spoil your vines while you are safe
from them. No one is safe.
We rode on in silence, and mused and
trembled. 80 many little ihings--lile is
made up with them--which shall ruin !:
which shall blessf "God Of wisdom direct
me-" prayed.
LARGE SSAKe.-0n Sunday morning last,
Mr.. John Rosemand living few miles