Money lent at 6 per cent To those who choose to borrow; How long before I’m worth a pound If I lend a crown to-morrow?
A KEEN EYE TO BUSINESS.
Upon the death of the senior partner of an Australian firm a notice of the sad event was sent to, amongst others, a German lithographic establishment. The clerk in this German house, who was instructed to answer the communication, wrote the following letter of condolence:—
“We are greatly pained to hear of the loss sustained by your firm, and extend to you our heartiest sympathy. We notice the circular you sent us announcing Mr. S——’s death is lithographed by Messrs.——. We regret that you did not see your way to let us estimate for the printing of the same. The next time there is a bereavement in your house we will be glad to quote you for the lithographic circulars, and are confident that we can give you better work at less cost than anybody else in the business. Trusting that we may soon have an opportunity of quoting you our prices, we remain, with profound sympathy, yours truly,——.”
An American journal, describing a new counterfeit bank-note, says the vignette is “cattle and hogs, with a church far in the distance”—a good illustration of the world.
