St. Landry democrat., 1878-11-16
$ Reward Of Truth.TeEHing.
tsuntiay Mayazinc1

A yonng man WAS in th. employ of a
lirSt commission firm in New York City
during the late. Clvli War.
The firm sent the the ynllny m III to
neg"tiAte wit;ia certain plrty tor ii large
lot 0t dam aged brhi>. Iur beans we're
purchased, detivtrrh, aud spread out
upon iir flor al the udlIhln. occupied
by tiic firm.
Men wrre rn,,,lnytd to tam them over
a!li ostr, To .,rl axle lhrui with il suln-
tlDn Ot SOtl, >t, a. 20 IN, rove their ap-
W-aranct aud Fender them norr >tiahir.
A large lot of the first qu lty q! beans
Was tlwi purcllsrl S,nir Of the good
beans We're first pm into the barrels. ;hc
barrels were merely filled with poor
ones; after this .hr good ones again put
on the top, aud the barrels headed up
for sale.
Tine employer marked the barrels.
Brans-A l." The clerk seeing this,
said:
Do YOU think. sir, that it Is right t"
m lrk thnSt. brans a l'R'
The employer irt"rtrd, sharply: Are
you the head of this tirni
The c.erk SAID nu more. ll't birfrii =.
ing aud heading went tn. When all
waS ready, the ucans (nAny hAudrtIs
.OtsbaEiels) were put on the market l"t
sale. Specimens at the best qudlIiy
were shown in the Office to buyers.
AT leugtl IL shrewd purchaser came III
Ono man =" sharp IN hn>lnrSH hut he Will
often meet his cquai,) examined tie
sample in the office, ilquired the price
and then wished t" SEE the stock III bulk
The clerk WAS ordered to go with the
buyer to the upper loft and show HIM
the stock.
An open barrel was shown, apparent
ly Uf the same quality of the sample
The buyer then said to the clerk:
"Yonng man, the samples of beans
shown me are of the first quality, and
it is impossible to purchase such beans
anywhere in the market for the price
at which you offer them there is some
thing wrong here. Tell me, are these
beans the same quality throughout tlit
entire barrela as they appearon the topE
The clerk now found himself III {
strange position. He thought:
"Shall lie ftiv my employers he un
doubtedly means | shall, or shall L tell
the truth come what willF
He decided on the truth and said:
"N0 sir, they are not"
"rllen," said the customer, do no
want tlltnl," and he left.
The CLERK entered the office. The ein
ployer said to him:
Did you sell that man those beansf
He said: No, slr."
Why not 7"
We'll, sir, the man asked me it thu
beans were of the >anlt quality through
the entire lmr1vlas they appeared on toy
told him they We're not. II" t,en said
do not want them, and left"
go to the cashier" S;lii the employer
"ana get your wages; we want y"n n'
longer"
He received bis pay aud left the office
rejoicing that he bal not lied for o>ten
ssbiy l,euetitsing the >'ssAil hvaricl"u>
Mess nf Il ,lectiviug and unp!!nrlplc'
employer.
ihrtt weeks after this the firm sen
after the young clerk, cntr atiny nm f
cnuit hack agai :, into Tin, j. r,uptn!, an'
offiht.d INN fhIrt hundred I"iars 3 slar!
mort. per year chan tnry h"t before
glven him.
And thus was his trutirfAlprss II,
wArlri.
The. firm, knew anal fr! that the maj
was right, although ny hat APPARENT,
luss largely by hist y. They wiS"s
to haze !ilnl again III their rn, ,'l"t. 'r
cai,se they kn.W they could trust him
and never suffer through fiaIl nr ,tertp
tinn. They kn.-w thar heir financial i'll
t+rpsts Mthlld te safer in his cn>t"dy
They ,e>perftyl, they ilOn"stl That youn!
man.
A!nl thus VT learn from this authentic
narrative the power of trntl, how i
puts to blush those who hrDIst. it: Will,
itsgives Hsorai power, elevation and re-
diietnent to thuse WHO practice 1t.