Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-14
Debt.

man so happy as to be out of debt
There is no condition that pesters and
bothers a man so much as to be in debt.
and have his debts past due. A man that
is man feels twice as well over paying q
debt, as he does in contracting the debt
The man who contracts debt whenever
and wherever he can, with no prospect or
preparation for paying. is just no man at
all, and is not fit to live in any community
outside of the wild savages of the western
mountains. It is not a very bad sign for
man to contract debt, but suspicion
begins to fall upon his heal when he fails
to pay at the time agreed on. The rule
should be with everybody, never contract
debt unless you are sure to meet it at
the contract time. You had much better
wear old clothes, much better live on cheap
er food, much better do without those lux
uries and conveniences, than to be in debt
beyond the time agreed for payment. But
how many there are in this community
who are in debt to the merchant and me-
chanic, and their debts past due, and the
reputation and the business of the merchant
suffering for the want of it, and you can
pay. now, and could have paid long ago
ard all this comes from nothing but care
lessness. The merchant made engage
ments upon your promises to pay, and if
you fail he must fail, or borrow money at
a great inconvenience. Now is the time
to pay up, being the beginning of the year
case your conscience, and establish your
self, as punctual, prompt business man.
Watch the countenance of the merchant
when you are payingup an old debt How
good he feels how pleasant he looks, be-
cause it enables him to pay up the debt he
contracted in the first purchase of the
goods that you have had for months un-
paid for. Are you hesitating between pay
ing debt or buying something of con-
venience that you can do without? Do not
hesitate any longer, but pay the debt first.
Once out of debt you are on the road to
prosperity. The money you owe does not
belong to you, it belongs to another. You
cannot keep and use the money of another
man, and be contented and happy. You
can never prosper, you can never think
we'll of yourself, nor others think well of
you, while you are in debt, or while your
are Withholding from another what honestly
belongs to him. No matter what the ac-
count CIR debt is for, go and pay up at
once. And finally, be more careful about
getting into debt in the future. Getting
into debt is followed with so much unhap-
piness, it works upon your mind, it en-
barrasses you in your business, there is
nothing that perplexes you so much as be-
ing in debt; then avoid it as much as pos
sible. Just try it. Buy nothing bat what
you can pay for at the time, and see how
much better off you will be at the end of
the year. Better pinch yourself, and in
your own way, than be pinched by the
officers of the law, or by an uneasy con-
science. Better pinch yourself and come
out independent, than to be hampered all
your life, by the practice Of getting into
debt for things you might have done with
out. Farmers and everybody, pay up now
and take our advice for the future, and
nobody will receive as much benefit from
it as yourselves.