The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
Taking a Newspaper.

the chat from the wheat crop, by means of a
fan.
Very fine day, friend Aton-any news !?
returned the individual addressed.
Nothing of importance; ! have called
over 10 see if you wouldn't join Carpenter
and myself in taking The paper this year.
The price is only two dollars
Nothing cheap that you don't want, re-
turned Gaskil, in positive tone; Il don't
believe in newspapers; | never heard oil one
doing any good and nothing can be got out
ofthem until it's read through. They would
not be good for a cent il paper came every
week And, besides, dollars amt picked up
in every corn hill p
But think, neighbor GaskI, how much
Information your gals would get ifyou had a
fresh newspaper every week, flied with all
the lates, intelligence. The time they would
spend in reading, would he nothing 10 what
they would gain
'And what would they gain l wonder?-
Get their heads filled with nonsensical ste
lies. Look AT Sally Black isn't she a fine
specimen your newspaper reading gals !?
Not worth TO her father three pumpkin seeds.
remember well enough when she was one
The most promising bodies about here
But her father was fool enough 10 take
newspaper, She began to spruce up and
look smart. First came bow Oh her Sun
day bonnet, and then gloves 10 60 10 meet
ing. Alter that, she must be sent 10 school
ngain and that at the very time when she be-
gan 10 be worth something about home
And now she has got forty piano, and a
fellow comes every week 10 teach her mu-
ETC
Then you wos1I join us. neighbour Mr.
Alton said, avoiding useless reply 10 Gas
kill
That will not. Money thrown away on
newspapers is worse than wasted never
heard OF their doing any good. The time
spent in reading a newspaper every week
would be enough 10 raise hundred bushels
OF potatoes. Your newspaper, in my opin-
ion, is dear bargain at any price
Mr.. Alton changed the subject. and soon
left neiehbor GaskIl TO his tancies
About three months afterwards, however.
they again met as they had frequently done
during The intermediate lime.
Have you sold your whert yei7 asked
Mr.. Alton.
Yes soil it day before yesterday
How much did you get for it p
Eighty five
no more? Why. though; that every one
knew that the price had advanced To ninety
five cenis. To whom did you sell?
lie met me day before yesterday. and asked
Ine i! had gold my crop yet. | said had
fiot. lie lien offered 10 lake ii NJ eighty
Ave CENTS. the market price; and ] said he
might us we'll have il, as there WAS doubtless
iilile chance of lis rising. Yesterday M
SEM over hs wagon ard took it away
This was hardly tair in Wakeul.' He
came 10 mr. as. and offered 10 buy my crop
at eighty five. But had Just received my
newspaper in which saw in consequence
of accour Is from Europe Of sho t crop.
grain has gone up. asked him rnety five,
which, after some hagglIng he consented 10
give
Sid he pay you Hinrty-ivs centsP ex-
claimed Gaskil in surprise and chagrin.
He certainly did
Too bad too bad No betier than down
right cheating, 10 take such shameful advan-
fnge ola mans ignorance
Certainly, WakeluI cannot be justified in
hs conduct replied Mr.. Alton. 1T is not
right for one man 10 take the advantage Of
another mans ignorance; and get his goods
for less Than they arc worth. But don't any
man deserve 10 suffer who remains wholly
Ignorant. in world where he knows there
are always enough ready 10 avail themselves
of his ignorance? Had you been willing Ia
expend two dollars for the Use of a newspa-
per for a whole year. yon would have saved
in the single item Of your wheat crop alone !;
fourteen dollars Just think of that Mr..
Wakeiul takes the newspaper, and by watch
ing them closely. is always prepared 10 make
good bargains with some half dozen others
around mere, who have not vii enough TO
provide themselves with the only sure avenue
of information on all suhjects-the ncwspa-
,ers.'
lave you sold your potatoesP asked
Gaskill, with some concern in his voice.
o TO, not yet. Wakciul has been max
ing me offers for the last ten days. BIT,
from the prices they bring in Philadelphia,
lam well satisfied they are about thirty cents
here
about thirty Why sold TO Wakeful for
about iwenty-Fix cents
"A gerat Ounce yon were, if | must speak
SO plainly; he offered me twenty-nine cents
for 10 IT hundred bushels But | declined -
And was right. They are worth thirtyto-
day and at that price am going to SELL
Isn't it too bad p calculated the mortified
far ner. walking backwards and forwards,
impatieniy. There arc thirly-6ve dollars
literally sunk in the sea. That Wakelul has
cheated ME most outrageously.'-
And all because you were too close TO
take newspaper, | could call that saving
nj The spigoi, and letting out at the bung
hole neighbor Gaskl.'
4 shoulc think so indeed. This very day
III send off money enough for a paper, and
if any one gets ahead Of me again, he'll have
lie be wide awake, can tell him.
Have you heard OF Sally Black 2 a iked
Mr.. Alton, after brief silence.
NO. What of her?'
She leaves home tomorrow, and goes 10
R.
Indeed What for?'
Her father takes the newspaper you
know
Yes
tAnd has given her good education.'
$50 they say; butt could never see that
II has done any good for her, except to make
her good for nothing
Not quite so bad as that, friend Gaskill.-
But 10 proceed; two weeks ago, Mr.. Black
saw an advertisement in the paper for a
young lady to teach music and some other
branches in the seminary at R. He show
Cd 1t to Sally and she asked him 10 ride over