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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. «■<&■<• 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