Litchfield enquirer., 1832-05-31


 me, for I never will sell another at that rate I had now so thoroughly detected his hypocrisy, and of consre despised it, that although the article was at last reduc- Ted to fair price, was resolved he should reap no profit by my custom, and was fonce more advancing fo the door, when he almost forcibly arrested my progress, by an inquiry, with much affected astonish- ment. if I was agoing without any purchase told him ! had made no purchase, nor should nc. this morning.
 He then spretended that I had treated him umlady like, in cheapening his goods i to so low prices, that he must lose money to oblige me, and thus doing violence to his friendship by leaving them.
 To this contempGble fnesse, calmly replied, that instead of being offended at my not taking advantage, of his porticular friendship, whereby he would sustainneo 1saach Joss, he ought to ahank mo for ny lgenerositk in giving up so great n bargain. : He cuf7ed his lip at this, and was silent. then gave ventto my honest feelings, bH sayi }. that I did not thank him for that Pd'SSculdr friendship which presup- posed m niSidiot,in order to defraud me, and that Nhe shawl in my possession was lpositively cut from the same piece, no long- Ter ago than yesterday, and sold for the same price that had been an.hour dis-s gracings myself in;beating him down to-. and with emphasis added, No man has my mond who would cksqt me ontof two dollars,' and left him.
 Eliza. Well done. spunkl I wish all our city girls had as muthE as you; if we had, those dry goods and fancy store gentry would not much loHger make for tunes at our expense.' a v
 Mary. 'l want no compliments, but if our sex would make use ofour understand ing as well as our eyes and wishesto please in all our dealings with these speculators, the fortunes and conquests which they now boast, would cost them more time and la- bor, and there would be more husbands, and less seducers.' Advocate. Selling of at C0st.-We were very much amused few days since, by observ- 1 ing little urchin in one of our streets, having small wagon drawn by dog, con- taining various fruits, books, pamphlets, Sc. for sale, and on one side of.the wagon was pasted label, on which was printed in large letters, the, following, selling off at cost" On inquiring of him tho inten- tion or meaning ofthe label, the little fel- low very good naturedly remarked that he iiiad seen sach labels at many of ths stores, and that his ma told him that at the stores s0heve these labels ,cere, they were in the hahit of obtaining from the country folks, greater prices for their goods, than were asked at other stores, and he supposed there could bc no harm in his trying the experiment on his little stock of commodi- ties, hoping that he might profit by it. A promising boy !-M. Y. paper.
 l Newspapers ir England.-The stamp upon newspaper, minus the discourse, is abont 3 lad, to which adding 1-4d., for q paper, make the price of it before single type is set (for the stamp duty is invariably paid per advance,) just four penco-half- penny. It is sold to tic neVsman for six pence: this, in fact, being the price for 4 which the publisher accounts to tho pro- prietor. The profit, therefore, on single paper, which pays 80 heavy tax, and is conducted at so much risk; the unavoida- ble hazard of damage in civil action, fine, imprisonment, is precisely three half pen- nies For this paltry profit is the whole I world ransacked for news-a sentinel, in the shape of foreign correspondent, sta- toned in every capital city of Europe and America--an agent at every sea port and [market town--a spy in every port and camp, aE eyesdropper in every public of- fce--a reporter at the elbow of every member of parliament-a reporter at eve- l ry public feast and funeral-atevery meet ing of the saiHts--at every gathering ofths common council and the prize ring-at every fste champetre and n1blic execution -at every public whipr and charity sermon-at the first apn of every thief in the police, courts is watched Hill he waves. his stolen handkerchief on board the huIks-at every market where
 f|sien, or oats, or horses, or straw, or cDa]y are sold-at every trial for treason or petty larceny-at the inquest held up- on every strumpet who drowns herself, or patriot who cuts his throai-at every com- mission of lunacy. and at every royal corr onation. For a poor penny-half-psnny on each paper is all this done-all these persons employed, and all that passes in I the world is waited on broad sheet from pole to pole. in spite of plague. c0t,dOn s0n-