The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-08-06
Selert Nlisrrllangy. &
WANTED-A YOUNG MN FROM
THE COUNTRY.

IIIE NOJ4l IN l.
All of our mercantile cities are overrun
with Young men who have been bred for
the country or the desk, and thousands
of these young men find it anything but
an easy matter to find bread and situa-
tions half of the time in these crowded
marts of men and merchandise. An adj
vertisement in city paper for clerk or
salesman, is sufficient to turn up hun
dred needy and greedy applicants of a
morning. In New York, where a vast
number of these unguided young men
are manufactured" by the regiment, for
an already surfeited market, there are
wretches who practice upon these innO-
cent victims of perverted usefulness, a
species of fraud but slightly understood.
BY confederacy with some expert
enced dry goods dealers, the proprietor
of one Of those agencies for procuring sit
uatiOns for young men, victims of mis-
placed confidence, are put through at five
or ten dollars each, somewhat after this
fashion:
Sharp, the keeper of the agency, adver-
tises for two good clerks, one salesman,
five walters, ten book-keepers, &c, &c,
and of course every car, steamboat and
stage running into New York, brings in
fresh importation of young men from
the country, all fitted except in the
knowledge-box for clerks, salesmen and
kook- -keepers-every morning new set
is offered to be taken in and done for.
Sharp demands fee of from five to
ten dollars, for obtaining a situation ;
victim forks over the amount, and is sent
to Sharp number two who keeps the dry
goods store he has got through with
the victim of yesterday, and is now ready
for the victim of to-day for he makes it
point to put them through such gamut
of labors, vexations, manouyers and in
science, that not one out of fifty come
back the next day-and if they do, he
don't want them
If the unsuspccting victim returns to
the agency he is lectured roundly for
his incapacity and want Of energy, and
advised to return to the country and re-
cuperate
jeremiah Bump, having graduated
with all the honors of Sniffinsyille Acad-
envy, and having many unmistakable
longings to become a Merchant Prince,
and see sights in city and having read
of the great fortunes piled up in u few
years, by poor triendless country boys,
like Abbot Lawrence, John Jacob Astor,
&c, he came straight to Boston having
read it in the papers that clerks, sales
men, book-keepers, and so on, were wan
ted dreadfully-'young men from the
country preferred, paid his fee, and
was sent off to an Importing House, on
e4 y-boro a ,roo1 90 tacfnop aud plnrl
were wanted badly.
Jeremiah found his idea of an import
ing house knocked into a disaTangeC
cooked hat, by finding the one in tho
present case large luminous store fill
ed up with paper boxes and sham bun
dies, while gaudily festooned were any
quantities of calicoes cheap shawls, rib
bons, tapes, and an almost innumerabl,
variety of other tuppeny affairs.
Nebuchadnezzar Cheatum, the propri
etor of the establishment, was u keen
little, slick-as-a-whistle, ,heayy-bearded
starched and shaved genius, Of six anC
thirty, more or less; and received Jere
miah withra rather putronizng survey
and opened the engagement with 4 fey
remarks.
From the country are you"
"Sniffinsvill9, sir," said Jeremiah, com
placently, county of Scruboak, and stat
of New Hampshire"
aAh, well, prefer eountry-bred youn
men-they are better trained" sal
Cheatum, ito industry, perseverance,
honest frugality, and the duties of chrii
tan man. l was brought pin the couI
try. myself. I've made myself-earve
out and built up my own position, 81
Yes, sir, give me good, sound bred, couI
try young men, for have tried then
and well know what they are"
And he spoke near enough to be part
true, for he had tried them he average
some fifty-two clerks, and an equal nun
Der OF sGlesmen,
jeremiah grew red in the face, at Il
complimentary manner in which Nebuc
adnezzar Cheatum was pleased to reyi'
the country and its institutions
"What salary did you think OF allo'
ing" he asked.
well" said Cheatum, VI allow n
statesmen three dollars Il week for Il
first year; (Jeremiah's ears cooked VI
and three per cent ON their sales q
second year" lJl..
Dl " NllIlAliE ~ UP III liA' hN"tf ~.
miah came to the conclusion that {
first year would not add very material
to his pecuniary elevation, whatever Z
second would do with its three percen
But he was bound to try it, anyhow.
"Now," said Cheatum, 'in the fl
place solomon . 49, y.
aJetemiah, if you please, sir, = said {
young mani ~, l-s ..e...
I" All, yes, ThOmas-psliaw-Je ededlf
would have sid, ,Vluntinued Gheatu
correcting himself ,.......,..,.,f..
aJeremiah l-Jerenliah Bump, siE
echoed Slr. Bump. aa '.tJl,l q. z.
eOh, yes, yes; one has so many ,clei
and sslesmeh iii the eourse Of bllsinez
said CheatuIn, that gettheirnames q
fused We'll, Jeremiah, IN theiifst pla
you must eadeaEof To please the custe
ers always be lively and spry, and ~
ey give an offensive answer Many