Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-01-28


you've mind TO pay the ventur' like,
why, wouldn't mind tryin' it OIL say
| wouldn't mind it, | calculate it might
be done. I've hearn on such people a.
fore, and | don't know but what might
he able TO fetch him. I'm mostly in the
tradn' line, and it's all in the way of
trade with me- say it's all in the way
Of trade"
"Just the dandy, gentlemen p ex-
claimed one of the party, "this is the
ticket for soup"
"You're in the trading line, are you I"
inquired another.
Yes, gentlcmen-tradin's my occu-
patton. Pm clean from Bangor, way
down in the State of Maine. can do
IA little Of most any thing, In the sum-
mer stay tn hum and help the old folks
in the fall and winter peddle tin
ware-mostly lanterns"
You don't sell lanterns ?" said the
plethoric citizen inquiringly.
I'd like tn know if ! hain't got 300
of them in my wagons in the yard 7"
Oh! you have, ell Well you're the
very man we want"
Ye. es," said the Yankee.
We will make up purse Of twenty
dollars for you, il you will bamboozle
our friend D.
81 shouldn't wonder if | could strike
trade with him."
When will you do it :"
"I calculate it can be done to-mor-
row."
every well-if you succeed, the mon
ely is yours
"Sartain, sure ~ said the Yankee.
On the following morning our Yam
kee, who was a shrewd, intelligent fell
low, put on genteel suit, and after hav-
ing made a good many inquiries respect
ing the habits, manners, appearance and
residence of Mr.. D., mounted his
horse and took roundabout course for
his house, with the intention of stopping
there on his return, as if just from Phil
adelphia. AS good luck would have it,
old D was standing in his front door
as the Yankee approached.
Sir" said the latter, will you be
good enough to inform me how far ain
from Brunswick -
"Two miles, sir" said D.
And how far is it to New York :"
About forty miles, | suppose, by
stage"
"Are there any tin-smiths in New
Brunswick ?" continued the Yankee.
Why, yes, there are two or three
small affairs"
G. am sorry they are SMALL was in
hopes OF being able TO fill an order there
which our house has received for Ian
terms"
Lanterns :" said the old fellow quick
ly, eagerly taking the bait, for he had
seen the three wagons loaded with them
only the day before.
" Yes" added the other carelessly,
&" we have heavy order, and | was told
that the articles could be had in New
Brunswick"
"You are from Philadelphia, then :"
Yes, we do business there. You
have probably heard of our firm--Hyse,
Cook, Sage, Donnelly, O. Co 2"
elbow many lanterns do you want :"
inquired old D..
"Three hundred will do.''
"What do you pay a hundred :"
The Yankee stated the sum consider
ably above the marketable value of the
article.
EDO you wish them delivered in Phil.
adclphia p
"No, will attend to that"
"Add another dollar a hundred, ant
| will furnish them for YOU" said the ole
sharper.
Agreed" said the Yankee--now wher
can you procure them I"
"In two days"
GAN right. | must go on some ter
miles farther; and will pay you fo
them on my return"
After some other conversation abou
the size, make, and quality of the arti
Gle, all of which served to impress ole
D. with the legitimacy Of the trans
: action, the Yankee returned to town
put on his old clothes, and otherwise al
l tered his appearance, so that he was full
" prepared to superintend the sale o
his own lanterns when old skinilint ar
rived.
In due time D reached the tav
r ern, and after much screwing and jew
) ing, the bargain was struck, money paiC
down, and the tin-ware delivered.
) A broad grin of satisfaction nigh
have been observed all this time in thu
faces of some six or eight byslanders
| but nothing was said. The Yankee go
t full price for his lanterns, pocketet
the twenty dollars, and that night start
: ed homeward.
, Old D. waited all the next day, ant
| the following one, and two more, bu
I the Philadelphia merchant came not.
7 At last the lanterns began to grow
5 hateful in the old mans sight, and wit
a dozen oaths, rejecting severely on tn
: mercantile community in general til
G tin ware was ordered to be put up in til
S garnet. The joke got wind, and 500
: everybody in the town knew of it, an