The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-09-16

they please. The sick natives give them to
the pagodas, and then they enjoy the privi-
iege OF running at large, and no one is al
lowed to kill them.
ADVANTAGES OF PERSEVERA NCE.
Perseverance, says the editor of Scotch
journal, often enables even the Ounce to
outstrip the man of genius, and makes for
tune the friend of stupidity. His maxim is
not very new, but he illustrates it by an an
ecdote which is so to us. We have some
times heard with wonder of the exploits of
thorough-going statesmen; but never of any
quite equal TO this =" A person in the west
of Scotland, who had engaged in the manu-
facture of certain description of goods,
then recently introduced into that part of
the country, found it necessary, or coniec-
tnred it might be profitable, to establish
permanent conneXion with some respecta-
BILE mercantile house in London. With
this design he packed up n quantity of
goods, equipped himself for his journey, and
departed. He travelled on foot to the me-
tropolis. Upon his arrival he made diligent
enquiry 40 70 Sl'~~~ i~- l;i-~l,. 80 t.-o-,e
his best customers; and, accordingly, pro-
ceeded to call upon one of the most opnlent
diapers, with whom he resolved to establish
a regular correspondence. When Saun-
ders entered the Diapers shop, he found it
crowded with purchasers, and the clerks all
bustllng busily at the back of the counter
handing out their several wares to their
respective customers. Saunders waited
what he thought considerable length of
time, then laid down his pack, his bonnet
upon the counter, and inquired in his broad
Scotch for "the head O. the house." One
of the clerks asked what he wanted. The
answer was, as usual, question. "Waht
we ought i my line, sir ~ "No," was tile
prompt reply of the person Intercepted,
who accompanied his monasyllabic negatisn
with look of contempt for the mean ap-
pearance of the itinerant Scotch merchant.
"Wil We no take look O. the guides, sir p
was Saunders next query. "No, not at
all, | have not time," replied the cerl
"take them away, take them away" "Yell
aiblins find them worth your while and
doubtna but yell buy" said Saunders, as he
coolly proceeded to unite and unstripnis
burden. go away, GO away" was reier-
ated half dozen times with great imla-
tience but the old man still persisted.
"Get along, you old fool" cried the clerk,
completely out of temper, as he pushedthe
already exposed contents of the pack off
the counter, "get along" Saunders Looked
up in the individuals face with a vide
mouth and an enlarged pair of eyes, then
looked down to his estate that lay scattered
among his feet, looked up again, and ex-
claimed "and wuli you really no buy ought
but We dinna ken we ha'ena seen tne guides
yet" ard so saying, he slowly gathered
| hor A h.. Al
"Get out of the shop, sir" was the premp.
tory and angry command that followed his
Inst appeal. Saunders with gravity anc
seh-PossTSSio.- --.;-i, 1. ara ron in aarnesl
trlen'!' Yes certainly" was the replv
and that reply was succeeded by an une-
quvoca: proof of sincerity on the pa,t OF
the person who made it, when he picked IN
Saunders bonnet, aud whirled it out into
the street. The cool Scotchman stalled
deliberately and gravely in cues. of his
Stewarton headgear." After giving il
two or three hearty slaps upon the wall
without the door, he re-entered very com
posedly wringing the moisture out of it,
looked over to the person who had served
him so, and said wah a genuine Scotch
smile, lyon was but an ll-faued turn, man
ye1l surely take look o. the guides moo
The master draper himself who was stand
ing all the while in the shop, admiring the
patience and perseverance of the old man,
and feeling little compunction for the I'M
cefemonious manner he had been treated,
examined the contents of the pack, found
them to he articles he stood in need of,
purchased them, ordered an additional reg
ular supply, and thus laid the foundation Of
an opulent mercantile house that has now
fourshed Tor some generations.
A more glorious victory cannot he gained
over another man, than this, that when the
injury began on his part, the kindness should
begin on ours,