The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-10
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Yesterday be sent ever his wagon and took 1.
ga IS was hardly fair in Wakefof. He came
g me also and offered 70 buy cSopateie
But had Just received my ncwspaper. IA which
/ saw wathatin consequence Of accounts from Tet-
rope ota short crop, grain had gone mn Iask-
Cd him Inety-hVe, which after some haFplinD.
ne eonsf nted 10 glVcsHP,il haBsssaa3 s ea Silfns
Did he pay you ninety-fve cents - excIaiFn-
ed Gaskill, ia surprises and chagrin. a.
!" tie Certainly did. y .slasssse - a5,l s,lesss 50
81 9 Too hadl too bad T. Nor-better than DOWN
right cheating to take such shameful advantage Of
a mans ignoraHeem ,s1I slE 80
Certainly, Wakeful cannot be justified in HE
conduct" replied Mr.. Alton. g il is not right
Tor one man TO take advantage Of another mans
ignorance and get his goods for less than they are
worth, But does not any man deserve thus 10
suffer who remains wholly ignorant, in a world
where he knows there are always enough ready
TO avnil themselves of his isnorance2 Hnd Won
been willing to expend two dollars for the use of
a newspaper for whole year, you would have
saved in the single item Of your wheat crop alone
fourteen dollars just think oflhatl Mr. Wake.
ful takes the newspapers, and by watching them
closely, is always prepared TO make good bar.
gains with some half dozen others around here
who have not wit enough to provide themselves
with the only sure avenue of Information on all
subjrcts-the newspapers, ~
Have you sold your. potatoes?h asked. Gas.
kill with some concern in his voice.
90 no, not yet. Wnkeful has been making
me offers for the last ten days But from lhs
prices they are bringing in PhiIudelphia, / am
we'll satisfied the y are about thirty cents here
6 About thirtyI Why, l sold to Wakcful for
about tscemty-siz cents r. a al
a great Ounce you were, If must sneak 50
plainly; he offered me twenty-nine cents for four
hundred bushels. But 1 declined And was
right They were worth thirty today, and At
that price am going to selG'
"lsn't il too bad :" calculated the mortified far.
mer, walked backwards and forwards impatientlv
"There are twenty-five dollars literally sOpic in
the sea-. That Wakcfui has cheated me most
outrageously"-- se.o,o ..se -
And all because you were toe, close to take
newspaper could call that saving at the spieot
and letting out at the buBS.bOid, }neiShbor Gas
. |" should think it was indeed This very dav
I'll send off money for The paper, and iff any one
wake, can tell him." l3f--. -.
"Have you heard of Sally Black 2" asked Mr.
Alton, after Tiefsilence geat sai a.s. sfa1
30 No. What of her r. r Ef -4t eees
"she leaves home tomorrow, and goes 10
g Indeed. What fort" aara
80 Her father takes the newspaper, you knowsi'
"YesH sse -'.Yf=ef - t.sf.es
" And has given her good edueaiion.' t
$50 they say; bat could never see Tint it has
done any good for her except to make her good
for nothing" .e5l .s,lsE
II Not quito bad as that friend GasEiIl. But
to proceed two weeks ago, Mr.. Black saw an ad-
verisment in the paper for a young lady To-
teach music. and some other branches in the semi.
nary at R. He showed it'd Sally, and she
asked him TO ride over and see abnut it. He did So
and then returned for Sally, and went back again
The trustees of the seminary liked her very
much and engaged her at snInry of four hun
dred dollars year. Tomorrow she goes to take
charge of her classes" -as bs,s3 gT "a
You cannot, surely, be in earnest" farmer
GaskiII said, wtha look of profound astonishment.
cts every word trpe;" replied Mr. Alton.
T" And now you will hardly say that 'pewspaper
is dear at any price or that the reading of them
has spoiled Salty Black" y. -,
Gaskll looked upon the ground for many min
utes. Then raising his head, haIfejaculated, with
a sigh: '''e-
IF haven't been a COMPOUNDED fool I cams
Plaguey heatiil But will be fool no longer.
III subscribe for a newspaper to-naOrrow--see if
1 don'tl"
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