Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1875 — The Consequences of Failure. [ARTICLE]

The Consequences of Failure.

Let a man fail in business, what an eflect it has on Ms former creditors! Men who have taken him by the arm, laughed and chatted with him ny the hour, shrug their shoulders and pass on with a cold “ How do you do?” Every trifle of a bill is hunted up and presented that would not have seen the light for months to come but for the misfortunes of the debtor. If it is paid, well and good; if not, the scowl of the Sheriff, perhaps, meets him at the comer. A man that has never failed knows but little of human nature. In prosperity he sails along, gently wafted by favoring smiles and kina words from everybody. He prides himself on his name and spotless character, and makes his boast that he has not an enemy in the world. Alas! the change. He looks at the world in a different light when reverses come upon Mm. He reads suspicion on every Mow. He hardly knows how to move or do this thing or the other; there are spies about him; a writ is ready for his back. To know what kind of stuff the world is made of a person must be unfortunate and stop paying once in his life-tune. If he has kind friends then they are made manifest. A fail ore Is a moral aeive —it brings out the wheat and shows the chaff. A man thus learns that words and pretended good will are not and do not constitute real friendship.—lVeds Journal