Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-23
Rouss Monthly Auction Trade
journal for duly.

The twenty-five Percentcr. like
''Old Virginy," never tires. Sure
footed as an antelope-quik as thaut,
tireIess as time, he seems to live on
motion, thriveS on the misfortunes of
the unIueky, with an insatiate ambi-
ton as vast as Napoleon s-like a.
steam circular saw al da, and filing
his comedies and tragedies in the
fairyland of dreams ther is no time
for rest or retrospection, but up and
on and on. How different the days
rol by in the life of the old regular
wishing he had never been born,
he tries to forget his endles wear
and tear in the wine cup, at the play
or the reces or recreation. Why one
day of holiday or idlenes wud xii the
spot cash sharpshooter-he cudent
stand it. Even when tina visit our
headquarters, tina ar on the run and
jump al the time, hardly taking the
time to tel of Their prosperity and pop
ularity. infatuated with aggression
and progression and marvellous suces,
tina cal Their labor pleasur and ther
trials triumf. And why this. SUDDEN
year ago he was looking up into heav-
en-, helpless, hopeless, resignd. 1t is
this then he was battling under the
white flag of king credit, owed evry-
body and everybody owed him, he was
running after his delinquents (aud
what tut job that is) and his credi-
tors and Their blood hounds had him
on the hop, skip and jump-he cudent
eat or sleep and stood awaiting the
worst; now the peple after him and
he is backed by a million in solid val
ues that no competition can meet aud
he hasn't looked hevenward sinc--his
aims ar loftier and he yerns for more
territory and greater numbers, he is
fired by an enthusiasm and ambition
that is boundles, and the peple gaze at
him in admiration and establishment
as benefactor of the place Then
he had pard who got awa'' with
him, now he is alone-the sole arbiter.
Then he sang II vii not liv aIwa, -
now he MARBLES the old Ethiop's fav-
orite ''up in de mawnin befo de brak
o. da" Then he muttered his mute
prayrs to his father abuv, now he
thunders his laconic messages out by
wire and steam evry da to the me-
tropolis, g rush EN- along" g rattle
EN- thru" Tru, its the identical
bundle of pluk and nerv and ball-
bone, but then it was crusht by
system that kills nineteen out of TWEEN
ty f; now he's h-before-delivery
doubie-edged- damascus ladiator-fit-
er, asking nor giving quarter under
the red flag and the blll-underby and
undersel. Whilst it is still tru that ne
had the same sterling abilities. thes
eminent qualities wer then dwarfed
and dedcnd and dormant under an
opresiv and onerous law that ruined in
many cases both buyer and seller, yet
now, with bullion instead of ledgers.
| % per cent. spot cash insted of 100
per cent. eternity, the crowd choking
up his warerooms instead of the quiz
ct snooze it is no wonder that that fir
and vim dash, cald genius aud am
| bition, has full, fire., hair scope and
drivs with RELENTLESS force the chiTal-
rous racketeF into tilloftier attitudes.
1t makes a big difference in the
metle of 4 man bound hopelesly in
J.
free, with the musical melody of the
Affinity dollar jingling over his coun-
ter all day long.
If you have never been there then
you are not judge of them who
hav. Nv seen men hartbroken by
defeat under the rong way jump like
royal bengal tiger under the net
spot cash. Fellows who were afraid
to look yon in the eye one trip,
the next tho piercing glare of ther
orhs wud make you SILVER, and the
steel grasp of their 'corn-stealer
was like a vise-yes, indeed, these
very boys who then in their visits
would sneak in and buy what they
cud and dodge the proprietor, and
jump up two and three steps at
time and slide down the banister and
ther familiar slap ON my bak felt like
the kick of a Confederate army mule.
I'm there"-that' about al tina hay
to So. l quietly venture, 'we'I go
to the theatre tonight after u ar
thru with your purchases. &c Gosh,
that 5 good, Great Father of the Philis-
tines, l must be back in Tyrone at da
lite to-moro, or bust belyband, (" and
off he darts like Il flash of chain light
ming.
Surely then Their
must be something in a sistem that
will thus snatch a genius from de-
spair and drive him to the top. A
mercantile law that brings down from
the blak angry clouds the sunshine
that replaces depression and humilia-
ton with the thrilling enthusiasm of
success. And this ritter wud rather
have this plain, blunt praise from thes
magnificent mercantile meteors than
that great iron. glass, and marble
building that will adorn and over
look New York, standing in its mas
siye colossal grandeur, I5j feet above
the pave.
Well, but that's too strong.
No! that monument will be torn
down i'll hundred years to make
room for still more stupendous mar
wells OF the future. And beside, the
author OF the net spot cash can al
ways ern his bred and meat Cal l get
here, and maybe les hereafter) and
thes thrilling words of overpraise
lav been won by something finer and
/ better than mara ,,,o,,,,- W,