The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-02-11

ANAq N 10y.
Too there are families hardly able
to p4s theirrent, angin debtto every
merchant in the neighborheod, who
sport apparelinappropriate for their
circumstances, and run so near the
shore that tn? first misfortune in
business or the first besiegen,ent of
sickness tosses them into pauperism
There are thousands Of families moY-
ing from neighboshood to ,neighbor-
hood staying long. enough in each
oae to- exhaust all their capacity to
iget tTtEte The. move away be
cause thesdruggist will give theta.no
more medicine, and the butche5s will
EaHord them no more meat, and the.
BakerEin give them no more bread
and thegrocers will furnish them no
more sugar until REey payup Then
they suddenly yfndeutthat the neigh
d canha1, Sn6m tties neSs pa.; =
take them to part of the city where
Fall the druggists and butchers and
bakers and grocers will be glad to
see them come in, and sending to
them the best rounds Of beef, and the
coffee, and the best Of everything,
until the slight suspicion comes in
to their brain that all the pay they
will ever get from their customer is
the honor OF his society. There are
about FIVE thousand such thieves in
Brooklyn. You see l call it by a
plain name, because when a man
buys a thing that he does not expect
to pay for he is thief.
There are circumstances where men
cannot meet their obligations. 1t is
as honest for some men to fail as tits
for other men to succeed. They do
their best, and through the misfor-
tunes of life they are thrown, and
they can not pay their debts. That
is one thing, but when You go and
purchase an article for which You
know there is no probability of your
ever making recompensc,
YOU ARE A VILLAIN
Why don't YOU save the time Of the
merchant and the expense of an ac-
countant for him? Why don't You
go down some day to his store, and
when no one is looking, shoulder the
ham and the spare-rib, and in modest
silence take them along with YOU?
That would be a lcsSercrime; for now
t;yeu get --nos only the merchants
goods, but YOU get his time, and you
rouse up his expectations. If. you
must steal, steal soft will be the least
possible damage to the trader. John
Randolph arose in the American
Senate, and stretching himself up to
full height, cried out, with shrill
voice: @Nlr. Chairman, l have found
the philosophcr's-stone that turns
everything into gold: Pay as You
60"
Ny friends, society has to be re-
constructed on this subject. You
have no right to ride in carriage
when you owe the wheclright who
furnished the landau, and the horse
dealer who provided the blooded span,
and the harness-maker who capari-
soned the gay steeds, and the livery
man who furnished the stabling, and
the driver who sits with rosetted hat
on your coach-box. l am glad to see
You rider. The fine your horses and
the better your carriage the better it
pleases me. But if you are in debt
for the cquipagc, and hopclcssly in
debt, get down and walk like the rest
of us! 1t is well to understand that
it is not the absolute necessities that
we find it so hard to meet, but the
fictitious wants. God promises US
shelter, but not a palace; and raim-
ent, but not chinchilla; and food, but
not canvas-back duck. As long as
we have enough to meet the positive
necessities Of life, We ought to be
content until We can afford the sup
erfuities. AS soon asyou seea man
deliberately consent that his outgo
I'LL o~oooJ bic in.nr,a vn1, may