The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-08

Anu must euCiOSlDB once u lOflu& ucdits
And SO happy with youths mystery.
1t cannot be unbound, my autumn sheaf-
Then let stand the ruin of the past;
Returning autumn brings the old belief,
Its mystery AL IFS own. and It will last.
att From appleton sJourndl.
Running in Debt.
Every body knows the great pressure
which has existed of late for money,
and which has scarcely abated at all.
Every body who has long standing &C
counts to settle the first of the year,
remembers but too well the pressure at
that period, when bills and claims and
payments Of various kinds never fail
10 present themselves in long array
all Of which have to be sent or arranged,
paid or put off according to the ability
or disposition of the debtor. Many all
aching heart at that time beat under
the outward appearance of enjoyment,
while the phantoms of unpaid bills
doomed through all the mOney-making
and seasoned with bitterness the most
delicate mOrsel. No right minded
man will remain a moment longer in
debt than he has means to pay. There
is nothing that makes man, if he has
moral feeling, more contemplate in
his own eyes than owing money when
he cannot pay it. He feels that he is
in falseposition that instead of rank
ing with the respectable portion of
society. he ought to take his position
with the meanest classes, for he is
walking about under false colors in
other peoples clothes. feeding sur
reptitiOusly from other peoples tables,
living in houses, lodging, and using
furniture that do not belong to him,
and that if he were to act like an honest
man and pay for what he has, he must
dress less, eat palmer food, and dwell in
back streets he would then be a far
more respectable man than the scamp
who wilfully incurs debts which at the
time he knows he cannot pay. Many
an honest man is brought into untold
thOughtless family, and by the per-
nicious system OF long credit given by
retail merchants. 1t is absurd for re
tailers to open accounts with customers
at a longer credit than they can obtain
themselves. Yet this is done in this
country to frightful extent, and it &C.
counts more readily than any thing else
will do, for the perpetual state Ofembar-
rassment in which small traders are
involved. They give too much and
too long credit, and they in maIy
cases induce wives and daughters to
run up bills that would not have been
thought of, but for the bland tones of
the merchant, assuring them that ait
will be all right, pay at yGur cOnve-
nience, g." We have known instances
where goods have been ordered to be
sent home with the bill, to be paid for
on their delivery at the house, and
they have been left without the carrier
waiting to receive the money a meth
cd used to induce the customer to open
an account. That many a women has
involved herself in trouble and her
husband in debt, for listening to the
solicitation of dealers to "get what
s0ever she wants and not trouble her
self about settling at present." this is
a fact, and in nine cases out of ten
where this class of merchants lose by
the wives and daughters, they are
themselves are to blame, having urged
them ON to run up bills far beyond the
ability of their fathers or husbands to
nay. An account once opened is not
like to be soOn closed it is SO easy to
find an immediate want for thou
sand things that would not suggest
themselves if the money had to be
paid at the purchasing, and thus the
account swells into q sum OF such mag
nitude that when the bill is presented,
at the end of six months or year, the
family. stand aghast at the enOrmity
of the figures. Then commences the
the putting off, the thou
sand and one excuses, harsh words be-
tween husband and wife, father and
and finally, a law suit and
exposure. l. '-
There are persons who, with abund-
ant means, pay their bills reluctantly
carping at every item,
about large profits, and how
much cheaper things can be bought |
here and better there, who lay, claim |
to discount after taking several
credit, though the agreement |
at the time was for ready money. This |
of debtors is the most |
iDsolvent of any ON earth. They
know they can pay, but would as soon |
lose one of their teeth as give q check
on their bank.
1hlS y otCh vi ouy ing vi CICult Is
ruinous as it has been |
proved to be to both dealer, and Gus
toner, and until it be abolished, the
same extravaganza will be continued
in families that would be obliged TO live
plainly if prompt payment were eX-
acted, and failures will occur among
that class of dealers who for the sake |
of having a large and respectable Gus
Tom, charge to the account of this one
and that one, until but small amount,
of ready money flows
in, and finally, unable to meet their
own obligations ruin stare5 them in
the face.
Spring Pigs.
No stock on the farm is more inclined
to roam than the few weeks old pigs
who find out the smallest crevice in a
fence, and break out into the fields
'front.' yards, gardens in squads, bent on
and giving iDfinite trouble,
and Oftentimes causing considerable
1amage. Many farmers deem ID the
best course to let then roam, thinking
thereby something is gained in the
way of food, and perhaps hardness.
IF we were breeding pigs for races, and
hard muscle and tough nerves,
his practice would be com mendable.
But If sleek, plump, contented porkers
are the object, then closer confinement
g far better.
Until u pig is early or quite three
old, he is better Oft il restricted
20 q comfortable pen and yard. We
'ay comfortable enclosure, because that
is certainly quite essential to
his health and thrift. 1t should be dry
.hel:ered and not too confined. We
venture to say that litter of pigs thus
will, when three months old,
weigh one quarter more, than if let run
And in both cases they
hall have consumed the same food.