Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-24

inland cities. He is a comparative
stranger in the great city, and, Of
course, he must be shown around, and
it will be the duty of some of our en-
terprisng houses to escort him. He is
a large purchaser and Las plenty Of
time and money, and it will pay to be
very attentive. The evening is spent
at place of doubtful amusement.
Then they go back to the hotel. Hav-
ing just come to town, they must, of
course, drink.
friend from the same mercantile
establishment drops in, and usage and
generosity suggest that they must
drink. Business prospects are talked
over and the stranger is warned
against certain dilapidated mercantile
establishments that are about to fail,
and for such kindness and magnanimi-
ty of caution against the dishonesty of
other business houses of course it is eX-
pected they willard so they do-take
a drink. Other merchants lodging in
adjoining rooms find it hard to sleep
for the clatter of decanters, and the
coarse carousal of these 'hail fellows
we'll met wakes louder. But they
sit not all night at the wine cup. They
must see the sights. They stagger
forth with cheeks flushed and eyes
bIoodshot The outer gates of hell
open to let in the victims. The wings
of lost souls fit among the lights, and
the steps of the carOusers sound with
the rumbling thunders Of the lost.
Farewell to all the sanctities of home!
Could mother, sister, father, slumber-
ing in the inland home, in some vision
of that night catch a glimpse Of the
ruin wrought they would rend out
their hair by the roots and bite the
tongue till the blood spurted, shrieking
out, God save himY'
Gathering Curses.
What, suppose you, will come upon
such business Establishments? And
there are hundreds of them in the
cities They may boast of fabulous
sales, and they may have an unprecc-
dented run of buyers, and the name of
the house may be a terror to all rivals,
and from this thrifty root there may
spring up branch houses in other cities,
and all the partners of the firm may
move into their mansions and drive
their full blooded span, and the fami=
lies may sweep the street with the
most elegant apparel that human art
ever wOve or earthly magnificence ever
achieved. But curse is gathering
surely for those men, and if it does not
seize hold Of the pillars and in one wild
ruin bring down the temple Of COM
mercial glory it will break up their
peace, and they will tremble with sick
ness and bloat with dissipations, and,
pushed to the precipice of this life,
they will try to hold back and cry for
help, but no help will come, and they
will clutch their gold to take it along
with them, but it will be snatched
from their grasp, and voice will
sound through their soul, mot a
farthing, thou beggared spirit!'
And the judgment win Come, ana
they will stand aghast before it, and
(: the business iniquities Of a lifetime
~iil gather around them, saying, ''Do
you remember this?" and do you re-
member that?' And clerks that they
compelled to dishonesty and runners
and draymen and bookkeepers who
saw behind the scenes will bear testi-
mony to their nefariOus deeds, and
some virtuOus soul that once stood
aghast at the splendor and power Of
these business men will say, ALAS,
this is all that is left of that great firm
that occupied a block with their mer-
chandise and oyershadowed the city
with their influence and made right
eousness and truth and purity fall I'M
der the CALLING fire of ayarice and
crime"
While we admire and approve Of all
acuteness and tact in the sale of goods
we must condemn any process by
which a fabric or product is represent
ed as possessing a value which it real
ly does not have. Nothing but sheer
fa1sehood can represent as perfection
boots that rip, silks that speedily lose
their luster, calicoes that Immediate
ly wash out, stoves that crack under
the first hot fire, books insecurity
bound, carpets that unravel, old fur
niture rejuvenated with putty and glue
and sold as having been recently man
ufactured, gold watches made out OF
brass, barrels Of fruit, the biggest ap-
pies on the top, wine adulterated with
strychnine, hosiery poorly woven.
cloths Of domestic manufacture shin
ing with foreign labels, imported goods
represented as rare and hard to get
because foreign exchange Is SO high
rolled out on the counter with match
less display. Imported, indeed! but
from the factory in the next street.
A pattern already questionable and
unstable palmed Off as a new print
upon some country merchant who has
come to town to make his first pur-
chase Of dry goods and going home
with large stock of goods warranted
to keep.
Tests That Wont Stand.
on In h11 sinaSS q often tenn af.