Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-01-31


cln,c. quick work j. not surer and speed
cr WAY :han the old Lundr,d per cent. ON
the ledger hook of time; AID Ten year
hence The mighty hosts ni King Credit will
remind you ol lhc,X team. the lallnw can
die and >hullrrs and The cradle in the bar
vrst field. ar 20 melt il down into melody
"pft to the sickle did tic harvest yield.
TO that class ol merchants wlo have adopt
ed our svsieEi. and olhcrS who may have
been driven into il, The year has been one
of gratifying aud unalloyrd success; they
have icund out that il j. casi,r to make u
dollar prulit in two sales than in one-thcN
have felt the furcc OF u twenty five per cent.
slcdgenmmer advertisement in The crowd.
lie bank, the appetite and The dreanless
sleep. Th'y have many night walked M
and down for King Crcait-now the barba-
rinn will walk fir them and in vain. lou
might as we'll ak them Ia jump from The
lightning express nn Ia the old stage c"acl'
n Ia change from the money down Il" The
infcinn, credit, aud while these e ia slarp'
shooters have had things pretty much Their
own wav. the crrdii slaves have gone from
bad iu " orSc until the final day ol recnnninr
is not Gar away. ~ general thing, mcr-
chants are generally abreast of the times,
educated. quick wiIrcd. and though alway'
ton liberal and lrnirnt, are not crazy, aud
when the, rad in these mnn,hlics the mar
velous r, rd> ol our distinguished and con
spiru, IL representative they Iii down and
in their own way enquire all about it. or 90
in rerson 10 see The machinery IN molion-
take l,ok at the goods Ia know whether
thcv were hurt ~ they fell from the auction
the hummer of the shrif shivcrcd the price.
and having seen and felt of the progressive
and aggressive method, do YOU for mo-
mrnl Imagine that lir would 90 back Ia the
,ne ulGId ptr,tnt. ard lie l,GSor. A.
well ask the farmer To burn his reaper and
binder and hire an army Of Harvest field
frnd> with the sickle ard rokc II would
hr ~ ridiculous a. il W. wer, 10 sllu. down
our 81, clric calcinnIs and invest in mil
lion Old fashioned lallow dips. n few Year,
hence people will rril in amaz 'mcnt tlHi
Intelligent merchants ri-ke'l their hope
and chances 10 Tie worthless promi,es o
people who never paid. they will n"i he'
licve that widca awake dealers dclibcralel.
took their values from their III Ives aud
scrubbed them down upon the pages Of oh.
livion-thcy will imagine that il WAS an.
other time and another race, and he Nine.
lcchlh Century American. IL would carrA
them back to the prehistoric, when the i'-
lhrr of Israel wrcsil,d with Omuipolcncc.
When Moses smoic The rock and b.u'gra-s
flowed like water and bread fell down from
heaven when Lazlrus unlocked death
dismal dours aud tie Prophet FL jih prokr
grayilaiion unchanged law-when Jo>hua
-mn>l cd The solar system aud Jonah laughed
ridiculc digest ou's marvellous machinery
One of the m"-t melancholy pictures "i
every day lie l. fallen rrcHin,ss in au'umi
of life Iyng tn hide hi- broken heart hc
hind his ilrcadbarc coat; ability and am
billion iS the high order smashcd beyond rc-
crgniiion 10y Ire great grindstone- of credit
You meet Them on the worlds bighway.
aud at every iurn of life like tall rrrd in
The simeon. sllI laring fate. hoping AZ Iin-i
hope that CID. Almighty, will come down.
ard It'll restless under ambitions rcenlle--
thraldom. These mercantile leaders were
able to master all The problems OF succrs-
tut the al ovcr-ladowing one, that tried
undcr H. cnllns-a wheels genius and mcdi
ocrity llike. leaving but Xix nut of one
hundr Il. But the eagle eve has now u
kindler look than when plcntilude Of power
they had with piercing glances Perred with
alsuluie certainty into the eyc, and down
into the heart Of The qni,cring applicant.
confident OF his ability to detect tie que' r
from the -quare. with c"n-cionS pride IN
his ll,d insight into hnmar nature HAT
he could Gull integrity from that other lel-
low, not worth powd,r enough to blow him
inroctc tcrnity-ala.l Low ikea child swapping
pipe stem. like The cat with it, terrified,
halt dead, iitlle victim, King Crcdl, With
unpit, ing savagery. rrinds into powder be-
tween sunrise and -unsct whoe armies of
these magnificent mercantile monarchs.
Suppose these great hearted sladiaiors
had. in their carly days Of prime. jumping
inlo the arena OF commercial strife, un-
,licalhed Tie damascus blade uf net-srot-
cash. after The shnri, quick, n'ercies-, five
per en- iron laws of Church s'rrri. low
the world would ring To day with deaien
ing rh,tr- fer tic poor. pathetic a~h'~ HAT
now resi- ia Calvary and Greenwood Ye-,
had they ioIlnwtd ilIese straight surr iine-.
they would laugh to deri-ion our own mar
veIuus record, because they started free and
unscathed. with unlimited capital in brains
and bullion. il pr,-tise and popular iy,
ami all that e. mmaud. d aud d. mand' ,uc-
CO., whilst the Church >ireel d'sprrai's lac.
rb the world with mill ia audaci"us
pluck, but notpue dollar in hard. cold cash.
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