The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-03-24

from Europe of snort crop, gram flao
gone up. 1il asked him ininety.6ve,
which. after some hagling he consented
10 fgive." yAassA sGI .f.1a,- SOW ~
a"I)id hepay you ninety,five centsr'
exclaimed GaskilI, in surprise and cha.
grim" .0al.eaaF F.s ;
"He certainly did" -,.. as
.Too bad! too bad! No better than
down right cheating,to take such shame
ful advantage Of a mans ignorance"
"CerlainIy, Wakeful cannot be justi.
ed in his conduct" replied Mr.. Alton.
sit is not right for one man to take ad.
vantage Of another mans ignorance,
and get his goods for less than they are
worth. But does not any-man deserve
thus to suffer, who remains wholly ig.
norant, in world where he knows
there are always enough ready to avail
themselves ofhis ignorance9 Had you
been willing to expend two dollars for
the use Of newspaper for whole
year, you would have saved in the sin.
gle item Of your wheat crop alone, four.
teen dollars! just think Of that! Mr..
Wakeful takes the newspapers, and by
watching them closely, is. always pre-
pared 10 make good bargains with some
half dozen around here who have not
wit enough to provide themselves with
The only sure avenue of information on
all subjects the newspapers"
"Have you sold your potatoes?" ask
ed Gaski'l, with some concern in his
voice. ......
o no, not yet. Wakeful has been
making me offers for the last ten days.
But from the prices they are bringing
in Philadel phia, | am well satisfied they
are worth about thirty cents here"
"About thirty! Why, sold mine TO
Waketullcr about ttDenty sic cents"
"a greatdunce you were, if | must
speak so plainly: he ofe, ed me twenty
nine cents for four hundred bushels
But ! declined. And wasrigh.. They
are worth thirty to day, and at that
price | am going to SELL"
"Isn',it to bad'?' calculated the NOR.
tilted farmer, walking backwards and
forwafds'impatien,Iy. There are.twen-
tv-fve dollars literally sunk in the sea.
That WakcfuI has cheated me most
ouirageouslv"-s a,f se Use
"a nd all because YOU were too close
to take newspaper. | should call
tha, saving at the spigot and dlet,iug out
at the bnng hoIe, neighbor GaskilI."
81 should think it was indeed. This
very day I'll send off money for a pa.
per; and if any one gets ahead of me
again, he'll have to be wide awake, !
can tell him" r
"Have you heard Of Sail, BackT
asked Mr.. Alton, after brief silence.
mo. What of herr' aa 3 -
"She leaves home to morrow, and
goes to r." ~ to.oa
"Indsed! Wha; forl' ..... ..r-s
vou know" .a.e. ,5.
"Yes." ssss .s,a.a r. r..f /
Sand has given her a good educa,
lion.'' asEs . 81. |
$50 they say, bu, | could never see
that it has done any good for her, ex-
cep, to make her good for nothing"
mot quite so bad as that, friend
Gaskill, but to proceed; Two weeks ago
Mr.. Black saw an advertisement IN the
paper tor young lady to teach music
and some other oranches IN the semi
9 ,Ii. .L al h;,, ~ r;do QUAR-
sa'y' anI ahsn, ss a'"ed Hs % did 81 So and 'hen
Tor Sally, and went back again.
The trustees Of the seminary liked her
veryi much, and engaged her at sala-
~ of four hundred dollars a wear. To-
morrow she poes to take charge Of her
classes H. Ia g'seus aar'a tsga
: cyan conuot snrlv be in earnestly