Litchfield enquirer., 1846-01-01
MISCELLANY.
From The Albans Argus.
TAKING A NEWSPAPER.

TANNING A NEW SPAPEN.
PRACrIcAL SToEy-PLEASANTLY TOLD.
Pleasant day this, neighbor Gas
kill" said one farmer 10 another, conn.,
ing into the barn of the latter, who was
engaged in separating the chaff from
The wheat crop, by the means OF fan.
Very fine day, friend Alton-any
rows :" returned the individual address
81.
Nothing of importance I have call.
cd over to see if you wouldn't join Car
penter and myself in taking the paper
his year. The price is only two dol
lars"
Nothing cheap that you don't want"
returned Gaskill, in positive tone; II
don't believe in newspapers; | never
heard of one doing any good; if an old
stray one happens 10 get into our house
my gals are crazy after it, and nothing
can be got out of them until it's read
through. They would not be good for
Il cent if a paper came every week.
And, besides, dollars amt picked up in
every corn hill"
but think, neigbbor Gaskill, how
muah information your gels would get if
they had a fresh newspaper every week,
filled with the latest intelligence. The
= time they would spend in reading, would
be nothing 10 what they would gain"
"And what would they gain, won
der a.! Get their heads filled with ron.
sensical stories. Look at Sally Black;
;s'ut she fine specimen of your news
paper reading gals! MOI worth TO her
=. father three pumpkin seeds. I remcm-
ber we'll enough when she was one OF
she most promising bodies a bout here
But her father was fool enough to take
u newspaper. Any one could see
change in Sally! She began to spruce
up and to look smart. First came bow
on her Sunday bonnet, and then gloves
so 20 10 meeting. After that, she must
be sent to school again, and that AT the
very time when she began TO be worth
something about home. And now she
has got forty piano, and fellow comes
every week to teach her music"
"Then you won't join US neighbor,"
Mr.. Alton said, avoiding useless reply
10 Gaskill.
40 no that will not. Money thrown
away on newspapers is worse ;"an vast
cd. l never heard of their doing any
good. The time spent in read ng
newspaper every week would be enough /
70 raise hundred bushels of potatoes.
Your newspaper, in my opinion, is dear
;argain at any price" /
Mr.. Alton changed the subject, and
-oon left neighbor Gaskiil to his fancies.
About three months afterwards, how
ever, they again met, as they had fire.
quently done during the intermediate
time.
Have you sold your wheat yet :" ask.
ed Mr.. Alton.
"Ycs, sold it day before yesterday"
I" How much did you get for it g.
Eighty. FIVE"
"No more? Why, thought every one
knew that the price had advanced 10
ninety-five cents To whom did you
sell 7"
ITO Waheful, the storekeeper in R.
He met me day before yesterday, and
asked me'if i had sold my crop yet. !
sui had not. He then offered to take
it at eighty five cents, the market price
and said he nigh, as well have it, as
there was doubtless little chance of its
rising. Yesterday he sent over his wagon
and took itaway."
hui was
He came to me also, and offered to buy
my crop at eighty. five. But l had just
received my newspaper, in which | sew
that in consequence of accounts from Eu-
rope of short crop, grain had gone up.
| asked him ninety five, which, after
some hagging, he consented TO give"
'"Did he pay you ninety FIVE cents?"
exclaimed Gaskill, in surprise and cha.
grin.
"He certainly did"
"Teo bad! 100 bad No better than
downright cheating, to take such shame
tul advantage of n mans ignorance"
Certainly, Wnkeful cannot be justi-
fed in his conduct" replied Mr.. Alton.
alt is not right for one man TO take ad.
vantage OF another mans ignorance, and
get his goods tor less than they are
worth. But does not any man deserve
thus TO suffer who remains wholly igno-
rant, in world where he knows there
are always enough ready to avail them.
selves of his ignorance = Had you been
willing 10 cxpcnd two dollars for the use
of newspaper for whole year, you
would have saved, in the single item OF
your wheat crop alone, fourteen dollars
just tutIA W lHul W.T. "uhCiui tohSS
tke newspapers, and, by watching them
closely, is alway 8 prepared to make good
bargains with some half.dozen others
around here, who have not wit enough
TO provide themselves with The only sure
avenue of information on all subjects
the newspapers"
"Havc you sold your potatocs?" asked
Gaskifl, with some concern in his voice.
"Oh no, not yet. Wakcful has been
making me Offer, for the last ten days.
But from the prices they are bringing in
philadelphia, nm well satisfied they are
worth about thirty cents here"
"About Thirty! why sold 10 Wake
full for t,centy sir CENTS"
"a great Ounce yeu were, if mus,
speak SO plainly; he Offered me twenty.
six cents for four hundred bushels. But
declined. And was right. They ave
worth thirty to-day, TN at that price l
am going to SELL"
"Is'nt II too bad ~ CALCULATED the NOR.
tilted farmer, walking backwards and
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