Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-21

udihaged IN my back-sbon oS dor,,-
Coiiaf oy pouring homemade bilpe ,va,er
Oyer ocotch musllns, Irish linens, and Mar.
I1 -I"ihorics, converting the for
iuso ihoia-Dook, and improving the fine.
ness OF the two latter (while Wet, FIJI n an.,
per cent? Have | not sold more ,larp5
goods than were ever wrecked on orr 49,
coast--and for better prices too. wet and
i'iihy as they were, than L ever could have
soia inc same for, had they been offered in
~. .icr Clean dry state-ay, and in larger ouap-
tities too! Don't talk to me. sir. tnon,
what am about. | depend OH those wbo
puy 'hing, not because they want II
Out because it is cheap. Give me s,cb
customers, for twenty years louoer ard
l VIII buy out all their kith and kin hrs'
Danus' fathers, and all. Young man, he ad-
geo. laying his hand afiectionately upon Iny
shoulder, have promised to be a Gitbnr -
you; and-and- he began TO snufIIc and
the water stood in his little gray eyes---and 7
shall keep my promise. Hear what have 10
say, my son--l must call you SOL am an old
shopkeeper. You will be the death of me if
you do not reform. There is nothino toInro,
vent you from being ut the very top of YOUR
profession, If you will give up these maGpots
oil yours. DO tben---theres q good boVe7-do
think Of this; and whenever YOU are in dnub,
you have only 10 do.as do, and Won will he
safe. Your conscience will never reproach
you. And here the venerable man left me.
ana went TO work IN the same old path, re-
hhlng upon all thai saw him do, till at last
came 10 be regarded as the highest authority
In shopkeePing. [ never lost my temner. 7
would put up with any thing from a custom
or. If u coarse or low-priced article was
wanted, could always make it appear TWEEN
ty-fve per cent better, by showing much
coarSer and iower-priced ones first. If
line one, all the finer, by a similar manage,
ncnt. NO man ever saw nc show the very
thing that was wanted first---I can say that
for myself; nor, in the whole course of INV an
premiership, q know what say, Georeel.-
| speak advisedly) did ever show n linen
cambria, without wetting corner and draw
ing it over my nail. III George, George,
you have no idea Of the difference.
laughed
Another thing, M dear friend. Nobody
ever saw me sell a seven-eighih shawl for les,
man nlne,elghths; nor a five quartered table
cioth Tor less than six, or peradventure =
seven-'ilartered one. may add TOO. with.
out Doasting, that though frequently sold nv
6d't Tor less than first cost, not only never
LOST by the long run of the day, but never bv
the whole trade of the same customer. Let
any other shopkeeper alive say as much. ifbo
can And that though | always sold pins
needles, thread, tape, stockings, and chesn
cahcoeS, the market price of which every bo-
dy Knows from Dan to Beersheba. Cor Two
/ thlfds the original cost, yet IN the long run
never faIIed to make it up and more than
makct up, TO the same individuals, By tuck-
ing IL on 10 the thread laces, or habit-cloths.
or cap-patterns--
looked at my friend here in astonisb--
ment He was evidently engaged with all
his heart and soul, in illustrating the bus.
ness of the shop.
Surely, said |, with your genius YOU might
nave struck out new path for yourself:
more profitable and more honest one.
DGHeye you are right, my dear friend; for
now thInki of it, ! remember. | used to
say as much to my old master. Sir. said
you may depend upon it, my dear sir. q
was very respectful at such times. for The
OLD gentleman was rather touciy)-mv
dear sir, said |, YOU may depend upon il,
II people are all cheated atike, they are bet
ter satisfied than they would he to get their
goods Tor hali-prlcc, if another got them
lover.
The gravity OF Joe was irresistible here,
Ting.
Ask yourself said he. After bu,inr bar
gam, as YOU thought, and as YOU ineso, have
YOU not felt vcXed with yourself and with
me trader, on hearing that somebo,lv-clsc
had got the same article for somewhat less
than you had-though you higglcd about
1T Tor halt an hour, and went away and came
back perhaps two or three times before ,.oI,
purchased! And on the contrary, thoIeh
you have paid high price for an article.
have you not found comfort in hearing thai
somebody-else who had been irving for a
month, had never been able to get it any
cheapcrl
Tho sugar mill Of Mr. J. Barber. near New Or
icans' was struck by lightning ON tho goth uit Six
" or seventy negroes had ken shelter there from tho
ram hvo OF whom were killed, add eluvcn wounded
though not dangerously thc remainder escaped nm
injured.
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