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Entered according to Act of Congress, in Juno, 1869, by J. W. Burke & Cos., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the So. District of Georgia
Vol. Hl—-No. 41.
GLEANERS.
fF you cannot in the harvest
Garner up the richest sheaves,
Many a grain, both ripe and golden,
f ' ,; 'Which the careless reaper leaves,
You can glean among the briers
Growing rank against the wall ;
For it may be that their shadow
Hides the heaviest wheat of ail.
Do not, then, stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do;
Fortune is a lazy goddess,
She will never come to you.
Go and toil in any vineyard.
Do not fear to do or dare; v
If you want a field of labor,
You can find it anywhere.
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Written for Burke’s Weekly.
“ I PAY FOE POLITENESS.”
A 7 HY do you always
y* cjffjkti* deal at Norton’s?’ 5
\0 questioned Mrs.
£ ' Neal of her friend, Mrs.
I Les ’ ie -« ,wo 'f os
&& made then* exit from
jpdy?# the very stylish estab-
of Mr. Mel-
ton, and wended their
way to one of far less
pretension.
Mrs. Neal was a regular customer at
Melton’s, where she spent hundreds of;
dollars in the course of the season, and
she had frequently tried to lure off her
wealthy friend from Mr. Norton’s mod
est little store to the fashionable one of
her favorite; but thus far in vain.
On the day in question, the friends
were out on ashopping expedition, each
having a long list of articles to be pur
chased. At Mrs. Neal’s suggestion,
they called first at Melton’s, where she
made all her own selections, getting, as
she declared, “great bargains;” but
slie was quite chagrined at the persis
tent determination of her companion to
buy, as heretofore, at Norton’s, whose
goods, she said, were neither so cheap
nor stylish as Melton’s.
“ Why do you always deal at Nor
ton’s?” she continued. “His goods
are at least five cents on the dollar high
er than Melton’s, and certainly no bet
ter in quality.”
MACON, GEORGIA, APRIL 9, 1870.
“That may be in some instances,
though I have not found it so,” was
Mrs. Leslie’s reply. “ But I would not
make a practice of going to Melton’s if
lie sold goods at half price; still less
would I willingly expose my little daugh
ters, who are often my agents in shop
ping, to the influence of Mr. Melton’s
coarse familiarity, and the curt replies,
and even rudeness, of his indolent,
careless clerks. I have observed that
in that store only those who buy large
ly are treated with courtesy, while the
poorer class, whom I suppose they do
not care to retain, do not receive either
civil answers or needful attention.
“ At Mr. Norton’s it is altogether dif
ferent. From the proprietor down to
the porter, all are thoroughly polite,
Avell bred and accommodating, not alone
to those who come in carriages, or are
robed in satin and velvet; but to a
child, servant, or shabbily-dressed mar
ket woman, who spends a few cents, or
I perhaps buys nothing after half an
j hour’s looking. If a single spool of
thread or paper of pins is purchased,
the buyer is waited on well and pleas-
I antlv, and there is not a clerk in the
1 store who does not seem to feel him
j self the obliged party while taking down
I goods for any customer, and all are
Whole No. 145.
treated with uniform courtesy, whether
they buy or not.
“ There is one little fellow belonging
to the establishment who is the most
perfect little gentleman I ever saw en
cased in a jacket. His countenance is
reflected sunshine; his manners the
very essence of politeness ; and I veri
ly believe he would lake down every
piece of goods in the store, and present
them with a bow and a smile, to the
, poorest customer, if called on. Such a
Lboy is a jewel in any store, and his em-
Iployer says nothing could supply his
I loss.
| “ When we first came to B to
I reside, I visited these two establish
jg meats, though I bought very sparingly
qat both, till hy careful observation I
I could satisfy myself as to the character
|of the different houses. At Norton’s I
| found a dime received as graciously as
Ia dollar, and quite as much pains were
1 taken to suit me in selecting a few rolls
|of tape as when I subsequently pur-
Ichased an expensive carpet.
1 “At Melton’s, on the contrary, when
jl asked for some trifle, I saw the clerk’s
[countenance fall, and he very carelessly
■ referred me to another, and for a mo-
Cnent it seemed doubtful whether I was
=to be waited on at all, while both
These indolent - looking young men,
whom I afterwards sou nd out were
sons of Mr. Melton, stood staring at a
fashionably-dressed lady at the other
counter. As I stood there, a poor wo
man came in and asked for cheap prints,
and she could scarcely get the pieces
handed out that she wished to look at;
while, though she looked pale and fee
ble, no one offered her a seat. Yet, a
few minutes later, I saw the same clerk
cringing and fawning 011 a lady who
came in a carriage and inquired for
dress silks; and he went to the other
end of the store to bring her a stool,
though she did not appear to wish it.
or even to notice the attention.
“ I pay for p>oliteness, and anl quite
as willing to pay for it as for any other
commodity. In truth, I value it more
highly than I do many of my purchases ;
whilst an agreeable courtesy of manner