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EMANCIPATloE OF THE CLERKs.-We are re-
ioiced to perceive that determination is at last
manifested on the part of our Brooklyn storekeep-
ers to close their att o'clock the evenisg,
thus enabling the Clerks in their employ TO avail
themselves of the various means of recreation and
Improvement TO which all other citizens have ac-
cess The change, we doubt not, will prove as
beneficial to the Traders as to the health and CON-
fort of the Clerks FOR people will now do their
shopping by daylight (Which costs nothing) instead
of Gas light which is very expensive, to say moth
ing of fuel. Another good effect will be- that indi-
viduals who drop in merely to avoid the cold and
kill an idle hour, will be compelled to remain at
| home, to the great satisfaction of their wives.
9 We find the above paragraph in the Brook
| yn Eagle OF last evening, and heartily concur in


the spirit of its suggestions. If our City Mer-
chants and Traders generally would but agree TO
close at ! P. NJ. they would save S 200 per nigh,


in gas and fuel, and sell Just as much as they now
90. Then their Clerks would have three hours
each evening to attend Lectures, read the news,
and for improvement generally. True, we have
heard it urged that some would misuse the time
thus allowed them; but this consideration if good
for any thing, is an argument against allowing
them any time al ALL We do not kaow what is
the present hour of closing for the retail merchants
generally but we hope an early hour will be
agreed on and observed, and arc confident this
would prove beneficial to all parties.


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