The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-04-29

into cash, and set about making money in
earnest. No sooner said than done; and
our quandam storekeeper few days after
wards attended a most extensive sale OF
real estate, lat the Merchants Exchange.
There was the auctoneer, with his beau
tiful and inviting lithographlc maps--all
the lots as smooth and square and enticing-
ly laid out as possible-and there were the
\ speculators--and there in the midstof thesa,
stood Monsieur PoopoO.
"Here they are gendeSEels," SAID he of
Vlre hammer, 'the most valuable ever offer
cd for sale Give me bid for theml'
'One hundred each,' said bystander.
'One hundredy said the aucticneef,
scarcely enough TO pay for the maps
One hundred-going-fftyCgeae! Mr. II,
they are ycurS. A noble purchase
You'll sell those same lots in less than a
fortnight for fifty thousand dollars profit
Monsieur Poopoo pricked up his ears at
this, and was lost in astonishment. This
was a much easier way of accumulating
riches than selling toys in Chatham st.,
and he determined to buy and mend his
fortune without delay.
The AuctiOnecE proceeded in his sale.---
Other parcels were offered and disposed of,
and all the purchasers were promised im-
mense advantages for their enterprise. At
last came more valuable parcel than all
the rest. The company pressed around
the stand, and Monsieur Poopoo did the
same.
81 now offer YOU gen1emen, these mag
nifcent lots, delightfully."- situated ON Long
Island, with valuable water privileges.
Property in fee; title unexceptionable;
terms Of sale, cash; deeds ready for delive-
ry. Immediately after the sale. How much!'
The auctiOneer looked around; there were
no bidders. At last he caught the eve of
Monsieur Poopoo.-'Did you say one hun
dred, sirl' Beautiful let's; valuable water
privileges; shall | say one hundred for your
"Om Monsieur; l will give you Won
hundred dollar piece, for de lot with the
valuable vatare privalege; c'est ca
Only one hundred piece for these six
ty valuable lOtsi only one hundred-going,
going, going, gOnev
Monsieur POopoO was the fortunate pur-
chaser. The auctioneer congratulated him
the sale closed-and the company dis
persed.
'PGrdOnnez moi Monsieur, said Poopoo,
as the auctioneer descended the pedestal,
you shall eTcusez mos, if shall go to
UOtre bereau, your counting house, yer
quick to make every ting sare with respect
to de lot vid de valuarble vatare privilege.
Won leetle bird in de hand be worth two in
de tree c,est Urdi--eh!'
Veil den, GliOn8'
And the gentlemen repaired to the coun..
lng-house, where the six thousand dollars
were paid, and the deeds of the propertv
delivered. Monsieur Poopoo put these
carefully into his pocket, and as he was
about taking his leave, the auctioneer made
him a present of the lithOgraphie outline
OF the lots, which was a very liberal thing
on his part, considering the map was a
beautiful specimen of that glorious art.
PoopoO could not admire il sufficiently.
There were his sixty lots, as uniform as
possible, and his little gray eyes sparkled
IKE diamonds as they wandered from one
end OF the spacious sheet to the other.
PoopoO's heart was as light AS feather |
and he snapped his fingers in the verv |
wantonness of joy as he repaired to Del.
monlco $, and ordered the first good French
dinner that had gladdened his senses since
his arrival in America.
AiVOt hdFing discussed hrs reDsst: and |
washed 1t down with bottle Of choice aid |
claret, he resolved upon visitto Long Tsl.
and to view hispurchase. He CONSEQUENT
ly Immediately hired a horse and p;C
crossed the Brooklyn Ferry, and drove
along the margin of the river to the WaDa.
bout, the location in question.
Our friend, however, was not 4 little
perplexed to find his property. Eyerv
thing on the map was as fair and even as
possible, while all the grounds about him
were as undulated as they could weff he
imagined, and there was an arm of the
East River running quite into the land
which seemed to have no business there
This puzzled the Frenchmau exeeeAinoiv.
and being stranger in those parts. he
called to a farmer in an adjacent field.
"1LoH ami, yOH acquaint vid dis part of
the country-ehY
Yes, was born here, and know every
inch Of st. ''''y
'Ah, e'esf 5fen dat VIII do.' and the
Frenehman got out Of the gig, tied the
horse' and produced his iithOgraphje man,
'Den may be you Will have the Kindness
70 show me de SIXTY lotvich have boppbt
wa the yaluarble vatare privileged
Ihe farmer glanced his sxya. o,,.,. Al -