The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-21
A ParabIe for Husiness Men--The II.

feet of Prtntet's Ink.
s. There was once upon q time man
who kept store and sold goods whole.
sale and retail. -sl saf- -,t.si lL
And became melancholy, because
\ customers were shy and times hard.
And he said: Loi I am ruined. and
the sensation is disagreeable. s.
And my ruin Is more painful to bear
because II Is. slow in progress, even as
| water doth gradually become hotter IN
the pot wherein the lobster boileth,
until the crustraceous creature shr1ek-
eth out his soul in anguish. -
=, Iol II Is better to be ruined quickly
than to endure this slow torture. II
i Will give my money to the poor
man-even the poorest which Is he
who printeth newspapers; and Will
shut upImy shop and wrap myself In
sack-c1oth OF desolation, and pass my
days in the perilous or broken banks,
cursing the hardness OF the times and
rending my garments. u
And the Rowling of Rome shall be as
dnlcet sounds of dulclmers, and they
who blow the flutes and instruments OF
music, compared to the din will make
In the ears Of the wicked-even In the
ears of the bank directors. ID
And even as he said so he did; for he
was not like other mems sons who are
foolish and know It not, and they will
do so and SO, performing that which is
contrary. rsl s.t!ur II -- l. i.
For the sons of men are fickle, and
he that is born OF woman doth spite his
face by diminishing the length OF the
nose thereof .se if-.1 ~
And, 10! the printer-even he who
publishes the newspapers-wasEnl 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 re-
specting that mans dealings from the
rising of the sun even unto the going
down ofthe same. frs. ..s5f.4.tft- f
And he-even the printer of papers.
did magnify and enlarge upon the stock
of goods whlch the trader had in his
store, and did publish the variety, and
the excellence, and the newness, and
the beauty, and the cheaphess thereof,
till the people-yesi all of them, far and
near, were pmazed. ale .-15f-4Els
And they said, loi this man hath
gathered from the east and west costly
merchandise and wares of wondrous
valne-even the workmanship of cum
ming artificers-and.h he 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
doth publish shall be ours. For this
mans merchandise Is better than the
bank notes of those who promise to
pay, and therein lie, even banks OF de-
posit which beguile us of our money,
and swindle us like sin. u ia
But the trader was still sad, and he
said, the money that these people bring
me for the goods in my store will give
to the printer, and thus will i ruin my
self; ] will do tnat which no man hath
yet done in my time, or before. will
make the printer man. whom all men
scorn for his poverty, rich, aud he shall
be clad IN fine linen and rejoice.
Aud the sons OF men shall meet him
In the market place, and the sheriff
shall shun him, and the scoffers shall
be rebuked and sLAll take of their hats
TO him that was poor. r--. / -naal
And he shall flash the dollars in the
eyes of the foolish, and shall eat bank
notes and sandwiches, f.e az
Yea, even, shall he Light his pipe with
cotton money and cast his spittle on the
boards OF other men. d
For shall ruin myself, and he who
advertises me shall enjoy my sub
stance. arHta
But, lot the trading man-even he
who sold merchandise became rich, and
even as the unclean beast Heth In the
mire, so stirred he not by reason OF
much greenbacks. i4 t-l -tl ..-a o..
And the people docked to his store
from the North, and from the South,
and from the East, and from The West.
And the printer rejoiced, and his
"pbat" did abound. ...,,fta.y q-fs 75.i +
But the trader could not become
poor, and his melancholy ceased, and
the smiles Of happiness were upon his
face. ='ai lHn
And his children did become mighty
in the land by reason Of the dollars
which many OF the people who read his
advertisements dhad poured into the