The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-06-14
Parable for Business Men-The
Effect of Printers Ink.

There was oncs upon time man who
kept store and sold goods wholesale and
retail.
Aud become melancholy, because cusio.
mers wero shy and times hard.
And he said I4o! | am ruined, and the
sensation is disagreeable.
And my ruin is more painful to bear be-
cause il is slow in progress, even as water
doth become gradually hotter in tho pot
wherein the lobster boileth, until the crus.
taceous 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
mau-even the poorest, which is he who
prhteth newspapers and | will shut up
my shop and wrap myself in sack cloth of
desoation, and pass my days in the peril
ous or broken banks, cursing tho hardness
Of the times and rcuding my garments.
And even as he said so he did foc he
was not like other meas sons who was
foolish and know it not, and they will do
so and so, performing that which-is con.
trary.
For the sons of mon are fcklc, and he
that is born of a woman doth spite his face
by diminishing the longth of the nose there.
of.
And 10 the priuter--even he who pub
lished newspapers--was made glad by the
bounty of him who sold wholesale and re.
tail and he did sound his praises and
print them moreover; and did blow his
trumpet of fame respecting that mans deal.
iugs from the rising OF the sun even to the
going down of the same.
AID he-even the printer of papers
did magnify and enlarge upon the stock OF
goods which the trader had in his store, aud
! did publish the variety, and the excellence
and the newness, and the beauty, and the
cheapuess thereof, till the poople-yes! al
| of them, far and near, We're amazed.
Aud they said, 10! thus man hath gath
cred from the east and west costly mer
chandise and wares of wondrous value
even the workmanship of cunning artihc
ers--aud we knew it not.
Go to, then. We will lay ont our silver
aid 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 who
promise to pay, aud therein lie, even banks
of deposit which beguile us of our money
and swindle us like sin.
But the trader was still sad, and he said
the money that these people bring me tol
the goods in my store | will give to the
printer, and thus viii ruin myself; ! viii
do that which no man hath yet doue, in my
time or before. | will make the printer
man, whom all men scorn for his poverty
rich, and he shall be clad in fine linen ant
rejoice.
And the sons of men shall meet him il
The market place, and The sheriff shall shuI
him, and the scoifers shall he rebuked ant
shall take off their hats to him that wa'
poor.
And he shall fash the dollars in the eyci
of the foolish, and shall eat bank. otcs an'
sandwiches.
YEA even shall he light his pipe will
cotton money aud. cast his spittle on th'
boards of other men.
For shall ruin myself and he who ad
vertses me shall enjoy my substance.
But 10 the trading man-even he wh'
sold merchandise became rich, and even a
the unclean beast licth in the mirt, sc
stirred he not by reason OF much green
backs.
And the people focked to his store from
the North and from the South, aud from tn
East, aud from the West.
And the printer rejoicod, and his "phat
did abound.
But the trader could not become poor
and his melancholy ceased, and the smile
of happiness were upon his face.
And his children did become mighty il
the land by reason of the dollars whicl
many of the people who read his advertise
ments had poured into tie traders money
bags.