SUNDRY [N8TRUCTK Ns. HINTS, ETC. 7 p.) 



If a claim for overcharge, damaged goods, or error, is made on a bill af- 

 ter it has been entered, tin- amount of such claim cannot then, of course, 

 be deducted from the bill, but must be debited to the person's account. 

 Whenever such a charge is made, the person must, in all cases, be notified 

 of same either by sending a bill or writing a letter to that effect. 



* Itl. fifey" Customers. There are very few firms who have not 

 some customers who "take the world easy" and allow nothing to trouble 

 them not even their /r/*/x ; and in consequence of this independence (?) 

 such customers would willingly allow their accounts to pass into the " vale 

 of forgetfulness," were it not for the fact that somehow or another tin- 

 owners of such accounts cannot tune their ideas to harmonize with them, 

 and, therefore, there is a discord. We might dun such customers for cash, 

 or for notes to balance their accounts until " doomsday," and be just as 

 successful at the beginning of our exertions as at the end. However, if 

 >ucceed in getting notes from such persons, there are then some hopes 

 of ultimately collecting the amounts due ; for they then realize that th-\ 

 must make some exertion to pay, unless they have become so hardened 

 that not even a note will move them to action, The tougher the custo- 

 mer we have, the sharper the "goad" we seek if only moderately dila- 

 tory, and we think him abundantly able to pay all his debts, we simply 

 ask for a note without security; if a little doubtful, we ask him for a note 

 with a good endorser; if altogether doubtful, we endeavour to get n 

 secured by a mortgage on his stock of goods, his lot, or his farm. Then 

 many customers who, when we send a statement requesting them to send 

 us notes for amount due, will take no notice whatever of our request ; but 

 if, when we send the statement, we will fill out and enclose with same 

 i them to sign, they then feel in duty bound either to do as we re- 

 quest, or offer some very good excuse for not so doing; therefore this lat- 

 ter method is recommended. 



N I IV Tiir &Ti'icc8 of an Office Boy. A smart office boy may, in 



; convenience to a book-keeper; so much so, that the 

 mt l>n<>k-keeper maybe dispeiis.-d with. 1-W Instance, 

 may do all such wrk as making duplicate hill*, copying letters, ad- 

 <li-->in- (ii velopes and enclosing the letters, statements or 1. ills 

 del: batcments to the cit y customers on the first of every month, 



running en-and-;. etc, etc. ; forms of business let! J be prepared by 



the bo., k-k. , the boy may write a great n 



Mild otherwise have to be written by the b 



per, Oi in >uch a srh.n.i is better for the bo a whole 



HP nt h in a business college. 



