Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-05-15

There was once upon time g man who
kept a store and sold goods wholesale and
retail.
And became melancholy, because custo-
mers were shy and times hard.
And he said: Lo l. am ruined, aud the
sensation is disagreeablc. ~
And my ruin is the more painful to bear
because il is slow in progress, even as water
doth gradually become hotter in the pot
wherein the lobster boiielb, until the crus.
taceous creature shrieketh cut his soul in an
guish.
Lo! 1t is better to be ruined quickly than
to endure the slow torture. 3,
will give my money away 10 the poor
man-evcn to the poorest, which is he who
printeth newspapers, and will shut mp my
shop and wrap myself in sack cloth OF desc
lation, and pass my days in the perilous or
broken banks, cursing the hardness of tie
times and rending my garments.
And the howling of Rome shall be as dull
cot sounds of dulcimers, and they who blow
the flutes and instruments Of music, compared
10 the din | will make in the ear Of the wicked,
even in the ears of the bank directors, -. -
And even as be said, so he did, for be was
not like othsr men's sons who are foolish and
know it not, and say they will do 50 and So.
performing that which is contrary.
For the sons OF men are fckle, and he that
is born OF woman doth spite his face by d.
minishing the length of thenose thereof. r.
And, 10 the printer-even he who pub
lisbeth newspapers-was made glad by the
hounty of him who sold wholesale and retail;
and he did sound his praises and print them
moreover and did blow his trumpet of fame
respecli;.g 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 hail in his store, aud did
pubish the variety and the excellence, and
tbe pewness. and the beauty, aud The cEeap.
ness thereof, till the people-yesila all OF
than. far and near were amazed.
And they said,slsI this man hath gathered
from the east and west costly merchandise
and wares of wondcrous value-.eyen the
workmanship Of cunning artificers-and we
knew it not.
5Go to, then. We will lay ont DUR 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 the bank. notes OF, those VINO
promise to pay, and therein lie, even banks
Of deposit which beguile US OF our money ala
swindle us like sin. a i~..a ,,tl...,
But the trader was still sad, and he, said,
the money that these people bring me for the
goods in nv store will give to the printer,
and thus will ruin myselfi will DO that
which no man hath yet done in time, OF pe, E.,
fore. will make the printer mar, whom al u
men scorn for his poverty, rich, aad ne snail
Be clad in fine linen and rejoice. .~.si
And the sons of men shall meet him in the
market place, and the sheriff shall snln hlln, 2,
and the scoifers shall be rebuked ana snail
take off their hats to him that was poor.
70 And be shall flash the dollars IN the eyes
of the foolish, and shall eat bank noto sand
,giphea. ~, - ,;aht s;s nine with rail.
,rond scrip and cast his spittie on tue beards
For For shall ruin myself, and be who adver-
oIftsees me shall enjoy my substance. !.
n But. lol the trading man-eyen he who
,sold merchandise becgine Flch, And essn as as
t6s unclealnl beast lieth inthe yhire, so stirred
Ebs Etss not by reason Of much gold. z...s,.
s And tie people Hooked to bis store IRON ,Ifl
the North, and from the South, ana from Inc
llEnst, and from the West,