The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-06-12
A Parable for Business Men.
THE EFFECT OF PRINTERS INK.

There was once upon time man
who kept o store and sold goods whole
sale and retail.
And become melancholy, because Gus
toners were shy and times hard.
And he said Lo [ am ruined, and the
sensation is disagreeable.
And my ruin is more painful to bear
because it is slow in progress, even as We
ter doth graduallyTbecome hotter in the
pot, wherein the lobster boileth, until the
crustaceous creature shrieketh out his
soul in anguish.
Lo! 1t is better to be ruined quickly
than to endure this slow torture.
[ will give my money away to the
poor man-even the poorest, which is he
who printeth newspapers; and I will shut
up my shop and wrap myself in sack
cloth of desolation, and pass my days in
the perilous or broken banks, eursing the
hardness Of times and rending my gar
ments.
And.the bowling of Rome shall be as
dulcet sounds OF dulcimers, and they who
blow the flutes and instruments of music,
compared to the din, l will make in the
ears of the wicked-even in the ears of
the bank directors.
And even as he said, so he did for he
was not like other mems sons who arc
foolish and know it not, and they will not
do SO and so, performing that which is
contrary.
For the sons of men are tickle, and he
that is born of woman doth spite his
face by diminishing the length of the
nose thereof.
And, 10! the printer-evcn he who
pnblisheth newspapers-was made glad
by the bounty Of him who sold wholesale
and retail: and he did sound his praises
and print them moreover; and did blow
his trumpet of fame respecting that mans
dealings from the rising of the sun even
to the going down of the same.
And hc-even the printer of papers
did magnify and enlarge upon the stock
of goods which the trader had in his store,
and did publish the variety, and the ex-
cellcnce, and the newness, and the beauty
and the cheapness thereof, till tho people
yes all Of them. fan and near, were
amazed
And they said, 10! this man hath gath
cred from the East and West costly mcr
chandise and wares of wondrous value
even the workmanship of cunning arti
fcers-and we knew it not.
Go to, then. We will lay out our sill
yer and gold in those things which the
printer printed of, and that which he dotl
publish shall be ours For this mans
merchandise is better than the bank note:
of those who promise to pay, and thcreir
lie, even banks of deposit which beguilt
us of our money and swindle us like sin.
But the trader was still sad, and h'
said, the money that these people bring
me for the goods in my store | will give
to the printer, and thus will / ruin my
self; I will do that which no man hati
yet done in my time, Or before. l vii
make the printer man, whom all mel
scorn for his poverty, rich, and he shal
be clad in fine linen and rejoice.
And the sons of men shall meet him il
the market place, and the sheriff shall
shun him, and the scoffers shall be re
buked and shall take off their hats to hin
that was poor.
And he shall flash the dollars in thu
ewes of the foolish, and shall eat bank
notes and sandwiches.
Yea, even shall he light his pipe will
cotton money and cast his spittle on the
boards of other men.
For 1 shall ruin myself, and he who ad
vertiscs me shall enjoy my substance.
But, 10 ! the trading mail-evcn he who
sold merchandise, became rich and even
as the unclean beast lieth in the mire
stirred he not by reason Of much green
backs.
And the people focked to his store from
the North, ;yd from the South, and from
the East, and from The West.
And the printer ejolced, and his 'phat
did abound.
But the trader could not become poor
and his melancholy ceased, and the smiles
of happiness were upon his face.
And his children did become mighty ir
the land by reason of the dollars which
many of tic people who read his adver
tisements had poured into the traders
money bags.
"A servant, newly engaged, presented
to his master, one morning, Il pair of boots
the leg of one of which was much longe,
than the other.
"How comes it that these boots are mo-
of the same length ?"
81 really don't know, sir; and wha
bothers me the most is, that the pail
down stairs is in the same fix"
-"Well, Tom" said a blacksmith tt
his apprentice, ''you have been with mt
now three months, and have seen all the
different points of our trade, wish te
give you your choice of work for awhile
"Thank'ec sir" "Weli now, what part
of the business do you like best?" "Shut
tin up the shop and goin' to dinner sir.
Of men may be judged by theil
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