The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-11-17
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BrA PLAIN CHAP.

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/ can remember that when I vas
"knee-high 10 srAssboPpeT," in ether
werds about ten years Of sss, eur teach
sr told rs 10 hand in compositions, the
subject 70 be the business We wanted
- 60 into when we became men. Those
compositions were curiosity, boyisb,
visionary. Nearly every boy wanted
10 Be merchants or clerks; both we're
about the same in their eyes. i say
their for WAS Nc. ore Of the nunb4r.
l had jast enough sense 70 say that
wanted to be . man, and then cssld
tell better what business I veu'd like
10 60 into. As o rule you viIl ind
bsys yearning 70 be clerks. They imsg-
Inc because 20 many goods and 90
much noaey pass through their
hands, that it 10 . fortune itsslf 70 spend
enes time behind the counter. Bot the
life Of a clerk 10 not all sugar, / can
tell you, ner neekties asd gold rings.
This beginning work at six o'clock and
continuing at it until nine OF ten At
night, only stopping three times Ioag
snoush TO shove down potato Or tuO,
slice Of bread and q chunk Of neat.
is mere prose than poetry, and TO pay
for it the poor clerk has TO stand the
earses Of ahorde Of unfeeiing customers
Almost universally the bead man Of
the establishment Is whipped over the
weak, tired out back Of his help. All
this would not be % bad II when six
o'clock came, (fer there are many
pleasant features mixed up With the
disagrseabie) they esuld leave the Stere
fsr the rest Of the evening, with three
or four hours belonging to themselves
before them; but instead Of that back
they must 60 and hang srCund he
counter, although perhaps net cents
vsrth Of goods IN sold during the vhsle
evening. This il exerueiAting, partieu-
larry when thsrs issOmething going on,
which he would like to attsad. / have
often thought that would rather be a
fsh on land than . clerk in store at
night with the sound Of the circus
band in the distance, or . hen In mill
pond With corn lying around On The
hanks than to dezs around the Store
with the iAug ghter Of young Peo-
pie in my ear a they vend their way
to some evening party The beat part
sf us is our social nature and for any
sf us to be obliged to spend all Of eur
time at business is net only wrong bat
9 sin. Fssthernors il il unnecessary.
IL al stores were to be closed at six or
seven o'clock just al mach buainess
would be done, and \ great deal Of
liberty and happiness would be given
net only 10 the clerk bat As well the
merchant, for he il human the same as
the fsrmsr. He, too, needs IN heur
or two with his family. Take il in
Albany, fer instance, and vary little
trading is done in the evening, exesPt
perhaps Saturday evening, and what Is
done is with the people Of the city,
most Of whom, if necessary, could buy
their goods just as well during the day.
If the custom were general and faith
fully carried cut it would be . blessing
; TO merchants and people both; but ne
one merchant is willing to close doors
4 while his neighbors keep open, for IN
!, the course of the year many . dollar is
taken in. In our city, it il sad to say
even il there were an agreement TO Shu'
up ct seven, certain ones possessing
principle about the siEs Of q mustard
seed, would hang arouAd their bacl
:. doors through the whole evening, TO
the sake of few cents. Now our bes
merchants know this, for 1t has beeI
tried on many a holiday, 30 that j
there ever is any thought Of making
agreements to make the evenings sOeia
ones, instead Of business ones, it viii b
- broken of uy the lack Of con6dsnc
some have in others; 50 the clerks, an
, merchants, too, elsewhere AZ well a
. here, may expect to plod along in th
!. present manner, and when they elos.
their store 60 home and 60 70 bed, ant
in the morning 90 to their store an
4 then 60 to bed again.
!, EThe wonders Of modern ehen
, istry are apparent n ths 'beautihl
Q eADlamond Dyes. All kinds and color
n ~ salx aoxa IA made fPOua them