Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-22
Monthly Auction Trade Jour-
nal for May.

Credit, is the figurativ upas under who's blak
shade hav fallen aud pcrisht thousands of the
most talanted mercantile soldiers that ever
measured swords with fate. Under its biting
poison genius and chivalry and ambition have
been buried between sunrise and sunset apd the
next day forgotten. Vain the pluk, the induE-
try and persistent toll, like the ambushed prey
under the thrilling crouch or the stealthy
tread of the panther destruction Is inevitable :;
money might stave the fatal dag little while
longer but the inexorabie ard unconditional
oblivion wud obliterate the helpless desperate
with all his iliniitable abilities, and his skill
nerve and integrity wud count nothing in
the uneqdal graple. The Cmnipotent coin is a
repeater of a different range, character ard
caibfe-tbe twenty-five per center With this
solid stuff will welcome the wild storms and
panics of the diabclical. denioniac credit king
who feeds and fatens upon the victims of his
internal niajesty-in tile destructive path of
the barbarian monstrosIty the cash before de-
livery champion follows and gathers his abund-
ant harvest and lafs to scorn the bare whispcf
of hard times. Out of this very upheaval and
disaster he coins his popularity, his prestige.
his prosperity and his unanswerabIe attractions
his knockdown arguments, and his tremendous
tripha.iiers.
single Waterloo is enuf for the ievelfeaded
fellows, and if they ever start agen tina r-ai-
ways sure-footed. kecn-siyhted aud sober on
the demoraiizing ledger lotery-ther ar plenty
of fellows of unyiclding persistcnc5 who will.
try the tiger of TIM over agen If only 10 get
square-FEAK was one, OPDYKE auOther.-
The Cars and Caesars Of credit made short an q
awful work of both iTrside of tire years. Tha
Broadway to Greenwood, ard tie iesen that
drov thes heroic, chivdlrOus unfbrtunates be-
you'd the ded line led the -aGdacious author OF
net spot cash beyond the million line 20 446 and
46S. This ritter was buried under the same
huge bIak wave and from the reck walked
these drcarY streets hungry. cold and peniIess
with ledger of q quarter of a million that was
once hard CASH 1t carried him back to the
awful hour after the blood and carnage had
ended at AppomattOx with two hundred and
forty thousand in Confederate four per cent.
bonds when the disheaftened ragged rebel was
asking the charity of = little corn bread and
SOME hay for his immortal GREY The bonds
and the ledger were valued at the same figure
BY the paper mil-a penny apOnDd. Isit then
any wonder that on the bleak bitter day just
t,ceice years ago, that upon our auction fays
thes words were all that told of the busines,
the leaders and heroes of Church Street. sim
ply 50 CdSh defore dsliCay." One day we had
STEwAET's favorite six cord spool cotton .ick-
eted at aboCt half price, and tina herd of It aud
sent ther buyer around for it. The buyer Of
the great merchant prince took the pile. and
the salesman pointed up to the terms ON the
red flag He puld out his card. "a T. 8. q
Coz .sno deviation sir money down and BE-
fore ndt fcEa 1cds taken do,r1s ne money ras
pdid- We had. however, only sold that pile
and the next day the same ticket was out and