The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-28
Our Personal Observation.

I like the glad and joyous New
Year, because il is the time Of year
when all old things are put away
and we hold fast to that which is
good. And then | like it because
everybody With a bill against me
comes around to present it for pay.
ment. Just as il were in the habit
of paying my debts.
What's the use? Why should !
pretend to pay NY bills? Why
should anybody? | have observed
that those who are slowest about
pay ing their d bis are the ones who
wear the best clothes and are the
most fAstidous ebnut hat they buy,
and no grocer need expect to work
any sand in their sugar. M, in
deed. The best groceries, and the
best dry goods, and the best milli-
merry, and the best shoes, and the
best preacher are not good enough
for them. They occupy the chief
seats in the synagogues, and they
buy what they want, just as the
wind blowe,h where it lisieth, and
you may take '"ur pay in faith,
which Is the ST stance of things
hoped for ana the evidence Of
things not Si'pu
/ have resolved to quit paying
my debts. No body pays me. | will
turn over a new leaf and resolve to
do what l have been doing all my
life. ] am rnpudiat0r. l have
tried both way and l like dead
beating better.
Money, vain, Il citing Substance,
which eluies ones grasp AS does
the pot of gold at the end Of the
rainbow. 1t is Will O'the-wisp,
now you see it and nov you don't
and 1 mostly don't. 1t is but
vanity and shalt put away vanity
where my creditor can't get 1T. l
will at least b. respectable; and
debtp pas ing is old fashioned and
out Of date. Tn. love of money Is
the root of all ey'il; so why should
my creditors pursue me because l
owe them ii lil!' | will prevent
their lines falling in unpleasant
places hy ~ithhoiIing their dues.
l am naturally kind hearted and
considerate; so way shou' d | put
temptation in theit way by paying
my debts. / viii not do it. l do not
think it would be right. i am re-
spunsibe for my brother, besides II
il lots more fun huying things | do
not have any u.s., for just because
can get them ou time. Why be
without everything thit is conven-
ient simply because you have not
the money to pay for it. People
who get on in thu worl ana wear
cuffs Of one rolol and shirts Of an
other ANA pins -uspender!, and
have pie three lines day and
sugar and New Iersey cream Ia
their coffee, and eat with theil
knife II they want TO, are those Wh'
huy whatever thHy see and tell the
bill collector, "l'' see y when tht
clouds roll by" o' some little pleas
antry like that.
And then pe0t!e who pay th'
least have most 10 say about how
sOciety and church and polite
should be run. They vote to hav,
the evangelist stay II month, re
gardless of expense, because saliva
tlon is free. They make all plan
for the building of the new church
they keep tab on the preacher
utterances and II they SAVIOR tn
least of heresy, they mark a ful
stop on the spot and call the luck
less shepherd 10 account. The
will tolerate none bnt the hes
most brilliant, most orthodo
preacher, and il he breaches a
.dead-beats 10 ptrdition, so niue
the better; for yonr genuine, ,simor
pure, l8-carat, stem-winding, i
jeweIled dead-beat is the very il
dividual who is most severe o
those who cannot pay up on timt
No dead-beat ever knows that h
il a fraud. 1t is always the Otht
fellow. You may cuss dead-bea
in his presence until you wouI
think his whiskers would dS0p 0u
vet he new. = takes hint A dea
beat doesn't know II hint fro
Jonah's gourd. He thinks his cred
is gooI. Every man does. But II
man who is ALWAYS intimating ho
prompt he l., needs watchin
Give me the man every time vi
SAYS he Is slow and uncertain nj
who doesn't know whether he W
pay or not.
And when they 60 to the butch
shop they are just rs snpercillio
about their cut OF meat as abo
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