Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-10-23
A Parable for Business Men
THE EFFECT or rRnrEn's INK.


There was onco pnon time a man who kept
store and sold goods wholesale and re'aI,. b,, spe
And melancholy, because customers "e'0
times hard a.. e,,satior
And he said, Lol l an, ruined, and the s''iS'''0'
is disagreeable. - because Il !.
And my ruin is more painful 70 - ,,rsdnsllv be-
slow in progress, even IS waller ~ l5ster boiieth
come hotter in the pot wherein ~ amt, his SOU
until the crustaceOus creatu1'
in anguish. "a ,yicklv than 70 en-.
dure this slow torture .bo NOR rnsu-eveu
wiz give tiioL /. he who prnteth newspapers
eue pom III 80 nm my shop and wrap myself IN
az vi. w g 1es6lstion, and pass my days IL the
sa's ~ -0io'H Lon banks, cursing the hardness Of
H. go end rending my garments
"a ,be bowling Of Rome shall be ss dulee'
sounds Of dulcmers, ana Ihey VINO Dlo~ tiie nus .
- ;rstvnuents Of music compared TO din, / viii
make in The ears o. JIG "iCAe0e'ei ia 'iiO 0AS "
fbe bank directoTs
'D Nd even as be said, so be did; for he was moi
lipo ,.ber mems sons who are foolish and knew i
not, and they will do 50 and 50, performing thai
which is contrary
For the sons Of men are Rckle and he that is born
Of 8 woman doth spite his face by diminishing the
length Of the nose thereof
And, loi the printer-even he who publsheth
neWspapeTs-was made glad by the bounty Of him
who sold wholesale and retail and he did sound hi.
praise and print them moreover; and did blow bis
trumpet Of fame respecting that mans dealings from
the rising Of the sun even to the going down OF the
same.
And he-even the printer Of papers-did magni.
fy and enlarge upon the stock Of goods which the
trader bad in his store and did publish the variety
and the excellence and the newness, and the beauty
and the cheapness thereof, til the peope-ye3l all
Of them, far and near, were amazed
And they said, 10! this man hath gathered from
asst nd lt nd M
wonderous value-even the workmanship Of cum
ming artihcers-and we knew il not.
Go 70, then. We viii lay out our silver and gold
in those things which the printer printed Of, and
that which he doth publish shall be ours. For this
mans merchandise is better than bank notes Of those
who promise % pay and therein lie, even banks of
deposit which beguile as Of our money and swinde
Us like sin.
But the trader was still sad, and he said the
money that these people bring me for the goods in
my store viii give 10 the printer, and thus l will
rum myself; / will do that which no man hath yet
done in my time, or before ! will make the printer
man, whom AL men scOrn for his poverty, rich, and
he shall be clad in hne linen and rejoice
And the sons Of men shall meet him in the mar
ket place and the sheriff shall shun him, and the
scoer shall DO rebuked and shall take off their hats
that poor.
And BE- shall fash the dollars in the eyes of the
foolish, and shall eat bank notes and sand Wiches
Yes even shall ho light bis pipe with cotton
money and cast bis spittle on the boards Of other
men.
For ] shall ruin myself and he who advertses
me shall enjoy my substance.
But 10 the trading he who sold mer-
chandse, became rich, and the unclean beast
eth in the mire stirred he not by reason Of much
greenbacks.
And the people hocked TO his store from the
North and from the South, and from the East and
from the West
And the printer rejoiced, and his "phat did
abound.
But the trader could not become poor, and his
melancholy ceased, and the smiles Of happiness ere
upon his face.
And his children did become mighty in the land
by reason OF tho dollars which many Of the people
who read bis advertisements had poured into the
traders money bags.