THE MAN OF BUSINESS AND THE BRINTER-A BARABLE.

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 307, 2 May 1874, Page 2

THE MAN OF BUSINESS AND THE BRINTER-A BARABLE.

Turiir wns, once upon a time, a man who toptr^storc, ami solil floods wholesale and retail. And he became melancholy, because customers wore shy nnd times were bad. , And ho raid :Lo'l< am being ruined, and the sensation I is disn^nviibk*. I -i'jid my nuiu i» more painful to.bear because it is slow in I progress, i-v.cn as water doth gradually become, liotter in j tha pet whew tho lobster boileth, until tlie crustneeous emituro shuU'th.out his so«l in anguish. Lo ! it is better to be ruined quickly than ta.eiidare this slow torture. I will pive my money away to the poor man — even the poorest, which is he who printeth newspapers; and I will glmt up shop, and wrap mjsclf in the sackcloth of desolation, and pas* my days m tho ])urlieus of broken banks 5 curiing the hardness of the tivnes, and rending my garments. And the howling of Rbme shall be as the dulcet sounds of the dule-imero, and they who blow flutes and instruments all of music, compared to the dan 1 will make in. the ears of the bank directors. And even as he said, so did'he ,- for he nai not like other tons of men, who are foolish and know it not, and say they willdo so and ioy performing afterwards tbut which is contrary. For thff sons of men are fickle, so that he that is born of wonmn doth ipite Ins face by diminishing tbo noso thereof. And lo ! the printer — even he who did publish newspapers — wa« made glad by the bounty of him who fold wholesale and retail ; and 'lie did sound' hit praises, and did blow the trumpetr of fame respecting the man's dealings from the rising of' the suit to the going down thereof. And he — even the printer of papers — did magnify ami' enlarge upon' fche stock of goods which the trader had in liii store, and did publish tho variety, and tho newness, and cheapness- thereof 'till the people — yea! all of them."— far and/ Hear wero amnzed. And said, Lo! this man has gathered from the East and West costly merchandise and wares of wondrous valueoven the workmanship of cunning artificer!— and we knew it not. Cro to, then. Wo will lay oul, our silver and our gold in those things which the printer printeth of, and that which lie doth publish shall be ours. For this inwV merchandise i« better than the bank-notes of thoso wl»o promiso to pay and therein lie — even bank* of deposit, wkich beguil6 v* of' ourmoney, and swindle us like sin. But tluj trader was still sad, and he said.' Tho money Hint tHf«o peopto bring me will Dgive to tho printer, and thus will I ruin myself; Lwill do tbitfa which no man hath done in my time or before me. II will make the printing man, whom nil men scorn for his poverty, rich ; be shall rejoice, and the sons- of men shall seek him in the market place, and the sheriff shall skun- him, and the scoffers shall be rebuked, and tnke off their hats to him, who was poor. For I will ruin my«el£) and be who adveitiseth me shall enjoy my substance. Hut lo 1 tho trading mtvn — even he who sold' merchandise, bi'oam* rich, and even as the unclean beast lieth in the- mire so stirroth be not by reason of much gold. And tho people flocked to hi* store from the North. And from the South. And from the East. And from the West. 15 ut the trader could not become poor, ami Hi* melancholy ceased, and tho smiles of happmes* we** on his face. And his cbiklsen be.ca.me mighty in the land, by reason ofi the pounds which the people, who re*d hi* advertisements, poured into that trader's money-bag.