The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-08-25
IN MEMORY or CASH DO Nn:

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He is at rest. Cash Down Is dead and bur.
led, aud the mourncrs are home from the f,,-
neral. He was well-known man. but 81 lana
years he was not half appreciated There
was time that be stood head and shoulders
above Trust and Dead Beat, but times some
how change. Cash Down left quite 4 large
family who will take warning by his sad fate.
He cut his life short by many years ia his
efforts to keep his wor,l and meet his pecuni-.
airy obligations, and they will not follow in
his footsteps.
There was time when Cash Down was
met with smile and a heavy shake of the
hand. Il he wanted his buggy repaired the
blacksmith figured fine aud depended on his
pay the hour the work was finished. He
could take the money and become Cash Down
himself, making difference of ten Der cent.
in his favor. If Cash Down wanted a new
suit of clothes the tailor made difference of
five dollars between him aud Slow Pay, and
the money could be sent East to pay for his
cloth. The last time Cash Down was on the
street he saw Slow Pay, Bad Debt aud Dead
Beat walking arm in arm, and the blacksmith
and the tailor shook hands with each of them
and replied
Certainly--certainly You can have what
you want on time, and III sell you just as
cheaply, and wait upon you just as promptly,
as will Cash Down."
One of them might pay in six months tho
second might be forced to pay in year or two
and tho third did not intend to pay at any
time. They got the same treatment as Cash
Down, and great rush was made to send
home their goods.
The old man entered grocery where he
lad paid out hundreds of dollars in ready
money and asked a price of sugar. Slow Pay
sauntered In after him aud asked the same
questions and both were given one figure
Yet at that time Cash Down had paid over
that counter more than thousand dollars in
ready cash, and Slow Pay was in debt fifty
dollars and added TO the figure.
Cash Down went to dry goods store to
purchase dress for his wife. Bad Debt was
ahead of him. Cash Down pulled out $40
bill and paid for hissgoods on the spot. Bad
Debt picked up his bundle and told them TO
charge it. In the one case the merchant had
his money In bis cash box to help pay for
new stock. In the other his collector would
be months, If not years in getting it, or in the
end 1t would be charged to profit and loss,
Yet Cash Down had TO pay the same plice
that Bad Debt did.
Ss %aaE pe q is CID Shoemaker and
prised to find that he would be charged Atty
cents more than for the last pair.
/" Has there been great advance in the
price of leather?" he asked.
" Oh, no.
do you pay your workmen more -
+" Not bit. You see, Slow Pay, Bad Debt
and Dead Beat arc into me pretty heavily,
and must make it up by charging heavily,
and | must make 1t up by charging cash GUS
toners little more That's way We all
have of doing"
Cash Down must then pay the same prices
as Dead Beat, and help make good Dead
Beats indebtedness In addition ! He went
home sick in mind and body. The doctor who
attended him was bound by solemn agree
ment to charge as much as if he had called To
see Dead Beat, and his prescriptions cost
more because he helped to pay Dead Beats
old bill at the drug store. Whom he died the
undertaken made no reduction on the casket,
and the tombstone cutters put an extra five
dollars ON the price of the shaft to pay the
balance due from Bad Debt for the one fur
nished his child's grave.
Mrs. Cash Down, widow of the late deceas-
ed, went down after her mourning yesterday.
She bought new bonnet at one place and
said she'd pay some time this Summer. She
got dress goods at another and simply told
them to put 1t on the books. She needed shoes
and said she would hand it in some day. She
had hundred dollars in her pocket, but she
did not pay out cent. She had learned
something. Detroit Free Press.