Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-09-01
WOODSTOCK, yIRGINfA- SEPTEMBER, ls4a
long, and believe nearly every retail
er does the same.

| A customer here interrupted the con-
|versation, and we are unable to enligh-
ten the reader on. the subject under
consideration by Mr.. Bradley and his
salesman. Enough, however, transpis
red to give a word to the wise.
In the mean time, Mrs. Shannon re-
turned home in the course of an hour,
and in few minutes after, friend, an
elderly lady, named Mrs. Cleveland ,
called in to SEQ Mrs. Shannon.
aAh,good morning, Mrs. Cleveland,
am glad to see you. 1've been out
shopping this morning, aadhave made
some rare purchases
! You nave, indeed:'
THAT I have. Just look at this
! splendid. shawl
1T is very beautiful, indeed, Mrs.
Shannon,
Amt it And what is better, l got
it for something like twenty-five dollars
less than cost
For less than cost:' Mrs. Cleveland
asked in tones Of establishment.
Eyes, indeed. The storekeeper said
he made nothing at all on it at $3.50.
But | beat him down to 1926. | saw
plain enough that he was pushed for
money, and would sell his goods al al
most any price. 1t was only yesterday
that Mrs, General Harper bought the
fellow to it at one hundred and sixty
dollars. Mrs. Col. jenkins wanted this
one, and | have no doubt would have
taken it to-day at the same price paid
by her friend, Mrs. General Harper
When l heard that, | determined to
have it, and so made my offer. Bradley
thought '.ird il the hand worth two
in the bush. How disappointed Mrs.
Col. Jenkins will be when she finds the
shawl gone! l am so glad l happen
ed to see it before she called again. =
And just look at this elegant pattern Of
Gros-d Arique. 1t was three dollars,
and was cheap at that price. Rather
than to have missed it, | would have
given three and a quarter for it. Now
what 90 You think | got it for"
Really, | do not know, Mrs. Shan
non'
well, l got it for two dollars and q
half-far below COST
sYou did?' with grave countenance.
yes, indeed, | saw that he would
sell at almost any price, and so beat
him down hard. ! could have obtain
ed this piece of goods at two dollars a
yard, if had held out little longer
EBut don't you think it wrong to do
so, Mrs. ShaRnonp
sWrongp with a look and tone of
establishment. Wrong! how in the
world can you make it wrong''
'Why, wrong, Mrs. Shannon, to ask
a man to take less for his goods than
they cost him, particularly when the
goods are actually worth ali that is
asked for them
Really, Mrs. Cleveland, | cannot
understand you. | think it right, in
deed commemorate, for every one to
purchase goods as low as possible
But is it right to have Sc little re-
gard for the interests of others, as to
take advantage Of their necessities to
their injury Really I cannot see it to
be right
Il ana sue, Mrs. Cleveland, that I
can see no reason why | should pay a
man more for an article than he is will
ling to take. Indeed, as it appears to
me, | have nothing to DO with his corr
Germs. If lie sells below cost, it is his
look out, not mine
Icannottake the same view of things
that you do, Mrs. Shannon. It seems
to me that we should regard as careful
ly the interests of others as our own, in
dealing with them. dpstead Of being
willing to buy an article at less than its
real cost, when that cost is not above
the market value, it seems to me that
we ought to refuse to take that advan-
tage, even if offered to US.
why, Mrs. Cleveland! I should
call that cheating ones SELF
mot at all, Mrs. Shannon. 1t
would be simply doing by others as we
would wish others to do by US. 1t
would be acting towards our neighPor
from principle oftrue charity
fHyou act from that principle, Mrs.
Cleveland, you will be cheated at eve
ny turn
Il differ from you. There is in the
minds of most persons, wish to deal
openly and fairly. A close customer
makes close salesman. | have no
doubt that in most cases where persons
cheepen goods, they are ultimately
made to pay more for them than they
are really worth.
well, can tell you that I always