Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-04-01

nor poverty bless or curse any man but
according to his spirit and understanding.
An exchange of good offices Is the Ite
of Society; a commerce of giving and re-
ceiving, fosters oil The kind sympaIhIes1
the more need we have one of The other,
the more likely mutual regard and attach
msnt.
ANECDOTE OF OLDEN TINE.
Mrs. a r, spect BILE and
thrifty m reliant of The last century,
possessed a grea'. deal Of Da'uraI
shrewdness together with Iac( "f
tuning every circumsta ce TO his own
advantage We have heard ma y
anecdotes Of him, and among Others
the following, which perhaps, will bet
'er show his peculsrllIes than la0o-
red description He kept agr1csry
store near Spring Hill, which like the
grocery stores of that period, was I'll.
led with a variety of notions among
9th, things, he was famous for the
good quality of cotton, an article,
which al that time was ve1y scarce q
high. One day a customer, from The
country drove up 10 his door and en-
quired the price of cotton.
'Three and sIxpence per pound, re.
piled s.
'Weigh me a dozen pounds, says
the Countryman, al The same time step
ping into The store with large bag 10
put it in.
The cotton WIS weighed and put in
TO the bag, and Mr. S--step
ped into the Counting Room to make
bill, leaving his customer busiIy en-
gagged in tying it up. Now il 50 hap
pened. there was small lot Of good
looking Chez Ses near the spot, and tie
countrymar, though right from The
land If mi k aud honey, could not re-
slst the propensity to crib one Of them.
He accordingly took one Of them up,
& after looking about to see that mona
were Observing him slid it into The
bag, which he Immediately tied up, 8.
patiently awaited the return Of s.
who soon after came, and presented
the bill, which the coun'ryman paid.
Now Mr.. one of
the most polite men of the aye, and,
moreover, his quick eye had detected
the abduction Of a cheese. lie was at
no loss TO account for Its d sappearance
aud instantly prepared himself 10 &C, as
circumstances might req ire. The
country man, after one or two unlmpor
tant observations, was preparing TO de
part S., who we before OBJ.
served was excessively polite, would
by no means suffer him TO carry his
own bundle, but of, red has services.
and at the same time. took up the bag
to carry oul. He had proceeded atar
ly to the door OF his shop whea he
stopt.
This bag is very heavy-I must
have made mistake 10 the weight Uf
the cotlOn.'
I'LL guess aOt,' says 'he coun.
tryman.
But have, certainly says s.
can hardly carry it; we aust weigh
il again
By this, time, S--,hadit
brought back to the couHler, aad was
preparing 10 URite it, Here was
dielmms. iftbe bag was unlied The
theft would be discovered, 8. if weigh.
ed as it was At would be paying mon.
strously high for the cheese. The
coualrymsn an hem'd & had 8. scratched
his head; but without getting sep
out of the difficulty. To complete his
CONSERVATION at that moment another
person entered the store; this decided
him and after drawing long breath
stammered out
"Mr.---,d don't trouble your
self 10 unite the bag, it weighs just a
pOund-l've weighed it a hundred
times
mo consequence said S.,
and he put the whole into the scales,
knew must have made 8 mistake.
1t weighs thirty eight pounds; block
head III at am! Let me see, Twelve
that you paid for, and one for the bag,
is thirteen-thrteen from thirty eight
leaves twenty Eve. Twenty-Five Id
at three & Sixpence is Al Is Cd. Wait
a moment, | will make another bill.
The counryman did wait, received
the bill, & paid ATS Cd for his cheese.
He then flung the bag into the wagon
Jumped 10, and drove off, with face
like ignited charcoal Mr.. S.,
remained in the door until he had bow
ed his customer out Of sight, then turn
ing round, he coolly observed 10 the
person within, "our friend there has a
fine horse. Good George, how fast hs
trols. ."-N. II. Gaz.
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