The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

5 pash, to atteed to the advertising
slso the correspondence etc. He
nsed to be very ornamental about the
cifiee, (for We had fitted up ore couD-
ter, desks aud ALI with bis coat of
aud his feet upon the counter. but l
never knew Of him getting but one
advertisement aud that Was for one
dollar.
Every week the hole 10 be flied
became greater until it got up TO
about nine delIsfs for ny part, and
was working Ike q Trojan against
heavy odds, when one day the fore
man Of the printing Office came TO me
and told me plamply that was pay
iBg every cent of the e1tire expenses
Of the paper and little more. He
edvised me TO look into things lit
tie Poor fellow ! be fell down stairs
lasl ChFis,mss ard broke bis meek,
Leaving a vile aad little boy unpro-
vided for.
( ] was rather ashamed 10 have to
do so but went TO my husband
with the story snd be went down
with me 70 examine the books.
never had seen them for some reason
sitter the first couple Of weeks. 1
bad kept running account Of the
money | received for "ads. and sub
scripiions and the money advan eed,
and ehsn cast all up was as
tounded AT the sum. | immediately
concluded to withdraw from the pa
per, though did not feel like parting
With q cherished child, aud [ handed
in my account To my surprise I
found that the books bad me still 10
debt to The Office in spite Of the CON-
paratiFely large sum already ex-
pended out Of my private pocket. not
10 mention the cash turned 10.
actually owed, and nv partner owed
nothing. That will always remain
ooe OF the greatest Of mysteries to
ne
There was still three dollars due
the printers, aad one dollar to a ne
gro boy who distributed circulars.
aad as al Offset to this there remain.
ed one bill against quack doctor for
fifteen dollars, another Of the same
sort for three dollars, another against
a lithogrspher for three (and oh,
what | made that poor fellow suffer
bS ddnning bin y and certificate Of
stock in he Land company worth on
toe face seventy Eve dollars | tried
10 sellit for seventy five cents TO the
secretary of the company without
success. All three bills were worse
than worthless, bot felt that | bad
been most numerically swindled and
50 | sat down aud wrote a letter 10
the senior proprietor Of the paper and
IN 1t gave clear statement of all the
moneys received by me and paid cut,
and then stating " hat was due sent
him the accounts and made bim a
present Of them entirely only s,ipu-
latlhg tnat be pay the printers aud
The negro. He never did though
and they tormented me nearly 10
death Till | did afterward. for i felt
sorry for them Poor Msrk, the ne
gro, X ben | told him / wouldn't paw
lt sat down on my door step aud
cried and boohoohd aud said be was
hungry and had to pay that
too.
After sending 10 my resignation as
editor and partner aud making my
partner present Of nv share in the
bills afore mentioned, | received the
following reply from him:
RESPECTED MADAM am in
receipt OF your communication and
must say that am staggered by
your extraordinary muni6eenee.
W ben / read The episile balanced
betweea two ideas, whether to 90
and get drunk or go crazy, and buy
city with the proceeds OF your prince
ly beqaest, bat at last l sat down
and wepl, that fate bad deprived me
-s---- -s-'s 'siss-s-sei- sssr ssOrtrr.frs< asr 0s-
sociate 10 NY good work, and |
prayed Providence to aid me in the
proper administration Of so gigantic q
fortune.
Alas and is it so? When / have
called a committee Of tive
to act upon finances, little did think
that this would be the result. that
this great Globe and all that it con
tanned should fade away like the
baseless fabric of vision and leave
not wreck behind But so it il and
| must bear il, and ell can do in
these last sad moments is to thank
you sgain, and with foil heart, for
the noble and magnificent fortune
you have bestowed upon my un-
worthy self 10 your last viii aud tes-
lament Rest assured that though
lost to sight you are still to memory
tesr. With the highest esteem and
gratitude, 4 am, etc,