The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-10

agree to deliver at a certain hour fresh
baked article, and utterly break down in
truthfulness and the respect of his custom
srs for his word, bJs falling to do it.
DO YOU get my point fully, sir A
man should not tride with his promise.
His whole character is involved in his
keeping that one thing above question,
much more above reproach. IT, when |
came to YOU, and made this contract for Il
pair of boots, to be delivered night before
last for IA given sum, you had carefully
looked over your work and told me that
YOU could not deliver them until Saturday
evening of this week, | could have made
my arrangements accordingly, and your
honor, reputation and correct method of
doing business would have impressed
themselves upon me- II, promptly at the
time, YOU had delivered them, complete
and satisfactory, | should have said to my
self, aud to others when questioned, He
will succeed in life He has the right
principles. His word is sacred to him.
You may trust him fully. If you had APP
piled To our bank for a discount | would,
as Director, have voted for it and advO-
Gated giving you a line of accommodations.
But | cannot, now, sir. You are not
on the right road
take them. If you had leather, unmanu-
featured on sale, and had bought of you
one or five thousand dollars worth to be
delivered on a certain day, and YOU had
failed to do it. from any cause the bargain
would have been of. If leather had risen
in price three or five cents per pound, you
would have been liable in damages The
bargain is off now, for the prjaciple is not
affected by the amount involved You can
not have my custom any longer, sirl
Good day
Alter the gentleman had retired the
proprietor of the shop turned to for
comfort in his dilemma, and proceeded to
express his opinion about so particular a
man.
Stop" said we, I'VE knew a man in
your business, Years ago, who slipped into
your habit aad into poverty at the same
time. lie might have possessed a fortune,
and been man of influence and reputa-
ton Greed OF gain and of business led
him to promise every man who called, that
hts work should be attended To at the par
ticular time he wanted it. OF course he
/ failed in more than half the cases He be-
came Il notorious liar We cannot soften
the phrase at all. He told talsehoOds.
/ knowing them TO be such, and there is only
one word which applies to such a man,
liar. He soon learned To promise rIen he
would pay his little grocery bills, and lied
about them, and finally, embarrassed by his
small debts, forced to the bench for a
/ living, run his face wherever he couLl,
lost all sense of honor, and became utterly
reckless of what he bought or owed. pro
vided he could get some stranger to trust
+ him.
We remember being in his shop one
day, when man called, for the twentieth
! time. for payment of small bill of goods
furnished his family / cannot pay it,
said the liar have no money When
can you pay it? said the anxious but
cheated visitor. You have promised re
peatedly, and have come for it, Row tell
me truly, when you will pay ii, and will
call
The hardened face of the shoemaker
was upturncd, and without tinge OF shame
he answered; ! haven't any more promises
/ left. | just few moments since let the
last one hal go for grocery bill
We went out of that shop Just as we
are going out of yours, sir, said We. We
came To give You an order for pair of
boots To be delivered AT a particular time,
but dare not do il. You do not do bust
ness to suit Us. All a mans business life
is wrapped up in his business honor. and
+ strict truth keeps the key To that. If the
Keeper has left YOU, you have no commod-
i lly We wish to buy. '-ErcioDge