New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-28

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was filed ont 70 the order of Aaron Little
lss-sene iAeUs1te kan11D5 IN RI rs sYiS1t
momenE and made HIM fSel,sto use Mis- own
words, rs easy al aI old shoe:u One week
later Mrs. Betty Little took the place Of
Mr.. Hobson az chief manager and cash re-
ceiver in her husbands warehouse. There
were some lew signs Of rebellion among the
clerks and shQpgirls at the beginning, but
MRS. Betsy had quick, steady eye, and a
seif.rellant manner, that caused her pres
ence to be felt, and soon made everything
snbservient to her will. 1t was . remark
able fact, that at the close Of the first week
OF her administration of affairs. the cash
receipts were over thirty pounds in excess
of the receipts of any week within the pre-
viOus three months.
Have we done more business than usual
this week :" she asked of one clerk and
another, and the uniform answer was, mo"
"TheD," said the lady to herself, ''there's
been foul play here. No wonder my hus-
band was in trouble
At the end OF the next week the sales
came up to the same average, and at the
end of the third week were forty pounds
better than before. Mrs. Little undertook
to manage the retail department. Whether
there had been "foul play" or not, Aaron
was in no doubt Is to one thing, and that
was the easy condition Of the money mar
ket after the lapse of half year.
For four or five months previous to Mrs.
Titles administration of affairs he was on
the street nearly half his time during bust
ness hours engaged in the work of money
raising; now his regular receipts had got in
advance Of his payments, SO that his bal
ance ON the morning of each day was usu-
ally in excess of the notes to be lifted. Of
course he. could give more attention to bust
ness, and of course business increased and
grew more profitable under the improved
system. By the end of the year, to use his
own words, he was "all right" Not so
neighb0r of his. who, to get more capital,
had taken Mr. Lawrence as partner. In
stead of bringing in ten thousand pounds,
that capitalist" was only able to put down
three thousand; and before the end Of the
year he had drawn out six OF seven thou
sand, and had given notes of the firm for as
much more in payment Of old obligations.
failure of the house followed as an inevi-
table result.
When the fact of the failure, and the
cause which led to it, became known to
Mr.. Little, he remarked, with shrug:,
told his wife"
cot what % asked the person to whom he
addressed the remarks.
''Of his want Of more capital and irten-
ton to make partner Of Lawrence"
"What good would that have donel'
''Is might have saved him from ruin, as
it did me.'
"You are mysterious, Little"
cam II Well, in plain words, year ago
was hard up for money in my business,
and thought Of taking in Lawrence told
nay wife about it. She said, Don't do it,
And didn't: for her Don't do it, was fol-
lowed by suggestions as to his wife's ex-
travagance that opened MY eyes little l
told her. at the same time, of my embar-
easements, and she set her bright little
head to work, and showed me the way to
work out of them. Before this always
had poor opinion Of woman's wit in mat
trrs of business: but now l say to every
man in trouble, Tell your wifer"