Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-08-28


that will meyer he sa!ahic aG.uu, except at
prices ruiuuusiv reduced
1hc young merchant with a somewhat
limited capitni is 10 a prcdicamcnt. What
khuil he oid merchants do a, they zee the
Young man in this awful crisis Rub their
iuud- iud lGugu and say. "Ciuud for him.
ice might have known better When he
has UeCu IN business rs lon, a., We nave nc
VIII not lopd h!e shelves IN That way. lia
lla, lie will burst mp before long. He had
no business TO opcu his store 50 near to ours
anyhow" sheriff. snlr' Rcd nag in the
window al NV much is bid for these ont.
of-fa~hiou ~prug ov"rcoatI and spring
hats or fail clothing ont OF date? What
DO hear IN the way of a bld?' "Four dol
la"'." absurd, cannot take that Did Of
four dollar, apiece. NY, these coats when
fret rut.upou the mHrL ct were offered at
fifteen dollars each, and how | am offered
only tour collars l. that all! Five dollars
do hear? GuirG at that! Gone at five
dollars, and he takes the whole lot.
The young merchant goes home that
might and says to hi. wife; "Well, Mary,
we viii! nave to move out Of this house and
/ sell oar piano. That old merchant that
has had an evil eye on me ever since
started hIs bought ont all that clothing,
and he will have it, r"iuvennted. and next
yc1r Put it on the market aN new, while we
viii do well if we keep out of the poor
house, The young man, broken spirited,
goes TO hard Drinking. The yulug wife
with her baby goes 10 her fathers house,
aud not only is hi, store wiped out hut his
hnuc, his moral, and MS prospects for two
Wuride-this aud the next. And devils
make a banquet of fire and fill their cups
OF gall, and DRINK deep to the health Of the
old merchant who swallowed up the young
merchant who got stuck on spring goods
and went down That is one way, and
some Of You lave tried it.
SAVE HIN IS THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT.
But there is another way. That young
merchant who found that he had miscalcu-
lated in laying in too many goods of one
KIND, and been flung OF the unusual season,
is standing behind the counter, feeling
very blue and biting his finger nails, or
looking over his account books, which
read darker and worse every time he looks
at them, and thinking how his young wife
will have to be put III palmer house than
She ever expected to live in, or 90 to a
| third rate boarding house, where they have
! tough liver and sour bread five mornings
out of the seven.
An old merchant comes in and SAYS:
/ "Well, Joe, this has been a hard season
for young merchants, and this prolonged
cool vei.,hrr ha. mi many in the dol.
drums. and have been tbipl,tno Of Won
a good deal of late. for inst afte,. started
in business once rot into the same ,cr,,pr.
NoW, if there is anything can DO to help
you ont will gladly do it, Better just put
those goods out Of sixht for the present.
aud next season we viii plan 7o,nethin!
about them. will help Won to some rood
that Won can sell for me- on commission
and will 20 down to one of the wholesale
Lrusc, and tell them that | know Won and
viii 5ach you no. and if YOU want u few
COLLAR, 10 bridge over the present can let
you have them. BE as economical as YOU
can, keen a stI1 upper liz. ana reucrnbrr
that yuu have two friends. God and my
self. Good moruinc"
The ola merchant uors away and the
I Young man rues behird mis- dies i. and the
tears roll down his checks. it Is the Gr.t
time he has cried Disaster made him mad
/ at everything. and inhd at man mad mad
az God. But TIM, Kindness mcl,s him. and
the tp,,rs seem 30 relieve lis br,iu. and his
| spirits rise from ten tc.ow Aclo to eighty
/ IN the shade, and he comes ont Of the crisis
About three Years AFTER this young mer-
/ chant goes INTO the Ola merchants store
/ ami says ~ ell, my old friend, | wa, this
| morning thinking over what You did for
Inc three years ago Gou helped me out Of
/ an awful crisis in my commercial history
/ l learned wisdom, prosperity has come,
/ ana the pallor has gone out Of my Wfc's
! cheeks, and the roses that were there when
/ courted her in her fathers house have
| doomed again, and my business is SPLEEN
! dId, and thought ought TO let you know
that you saved a MANI
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