The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-15
The Morristown Gazette.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. Is, 1875.
Debts and Duns.


Debts and Duns.
Among the ills and annoyances of this |
life, debt is one OF the greatest. Tt is a (
master 1t is a cruel 'tyrant; il is a great
destroyer of peace and happiness. 10 |
be in debt is to be enslaYed, and what
low bred, contemplate and sinsolent mas
tiers debtors do sometimes have! There |
is large class of men who seem to en-
10y the privilege of others to owe them.
1t gives them fancied superiority which
under no other circumstances they could
have. Ashley cannot hope to be re-
spected, they enjoy being feared. Such
men loveto boast how many are indebt-
ed to them and how much. They have
a catalogue of names and amounts COM
united to memory, and neglect no sOp-
poFtunity to repeat 1t to their enVIous
and admirihg as s0ciates. And with what
an air of Importance and imperiOusness
do they present their claims, and say
''pay what thou owest." They exercise
a kind of petty lordship over their I'M
fortunate creditors, and take savage
pleasure in tOrmenting them on every
occasion; and in Imitation of the cat that
has tormented its poor victim, the mouse,
until its cruel nature is satisfied, they re-
sort to the strong arm of the law, and
complete their work by running the poor
debtor and his innocent and harmless
family.
The law which protects society against
such heartless monsters is right and
founded on justice. 1t is best to keep
out of debt, but if man justly owes his
neighbor he should pay it if he can, but
in the absence of any intention Of fraud,
he should not be destroyed because he is
unfortunate and cannot respond at once
to the demand of a wicked ShylOck.
There is another class of well-bred gen
tiemen who are respectful to even the
poorest debtor, and who do not present
their claims in an insulting, dOmineer-
ing manner, but with a pleasant grace
and politeness, which makes you feel
that it is a real pleasure to pay them, if
you have the means at hand, and IT not
to resolve that You viii do 50 at the very
earliest day possible.
In conclusion we would say to those
who have contracted debts, do not for a
moment entertain the thought of eYad-
ing them but struggle to be free, and
when once disenthralled thank God and
stay so. And to those who have man
aged to have claims against their less
fortunate neighbOrs we would say, don't
assume any great superiority on that ac-
count, nor attempt to play the tyrant by
expressing and lording it over others,
but be reasonable and kind; present your
claims in a friendly and geutlemanly
manner, and if you find that your debt
'ors would pay if they could, wait till
they can, if you can, and you viii not
Zoe apt to suffer in the end. %
MANS inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mouan. "
The dresses of ladies will in future
in accordance with the latest Paris
ian fashions, be not only wonder
fully but fearfully made. The Paris
correspondent of the Wl0'eh0usenon,e
md Diapers Journal strikes the
notes of warning as to what we are
shortly to expect. Designs, it is
stated, are mot only floral and geo
metric in their tendency, but zoolog-
ical.' Exquisite brocades are sprink-
led profusely with lions, tigers, and
panthers, media9yaI-looking beasts
~'tkat are by no means life-like in
their proportions or coloring, and far
more nearly allied to the fabulous
creatures in stone that decorate q
Gothic cathedral than the savage
denizens Of q modern menagerie."
Artists, it seems, have also gone to
museums and borrowed old heraldie
devices with which to ornament the
robes Of ladies who value their per-
sonal appearance. Unicorns, wing
ed bulls, and birds are used profuse-
ly. Oriental writing, the hero
glyphics of the ancient Egyptians,
Persian arabesques, and Chinese and
Japanese signs, are artistically con-
verified into patterns. One design is
mentioned as being peculiarly pref
tys;'' it is a scrawl studded here and
there with keys some three inches
long. There are at least thirty sorts
of keys of different epochs. capitaIly
rendered. OF all the pleasing novel
ties, however, which are being in
trodUced there are none to equal o
design in which various insects are
introduced"