Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-03-09
THE WIDOW BEDOTT-TRADES
WITH A PEDLAR.

VIII II A PEUIAR.
Good mornin' marin! can trade any
with ye to-day!'
Land O liberty l want to know il
that's yew, Jabe Clark y
''Taint nobody else-but rally you've
got the advantage Of me-
'Hev hay well I guess it's the fus
time anybody got the advantage Of ye-do
We remember them shoes ye sold me in
Wiggletown!'
lingo! I'll be darned if'taint the Wild
der Bedott! why-ye look younger and
handsomer than ever
1t took them shoes to stir up yer mem
ory-I always tho't I'd like to hev a reck-
onin' with We about comm SIGH a trick on
me-
But Widder-'
None O. yer buts-ddn't We tell me
they was fust rate leather-and worth ten
shiIlin' every cent on't-but SEEM twas
me mout hev 'em for dollar, say and
didn't they bust out at the sides, and run
down at the heels, and split on the instep,
in less than weeks time, and didn't We
knoao they would serve me so when ye
sold EN- TO me-say W
But Wilder We know
Yes, know-I know 'twant the fust
time you'd cheated me-but ruther guess
twas the last time. and aint the only one
that's made up their minds not to hev no
more deal with ye-Sam Pendergrass's
wife says if ever you darken her doors a.
gain you'll ketch it,
well. Miss Bedott. to tell We the plain
truth. the shoes has laid heavy on my
conscience for some time back-I dew
confess with compunctioh that had some
Shortcomings in those days-I did use TO
get the better O. my customers sometimes
in bargain-pve felt quite exercised a.
bout it lately. Ye see, Widder, l warn't
actiwaed by religious principles then, that
was the difficulty
DO ye mean to insiniwa:e that ye've
met with change?
Il think may con6dentially say hev.
How long sence?
wal, about year and half. expe-
rienced religion over iii Vermont, at one
of brother Armstrong; protracted meet
ings. I tell ye, Wilder, them special ef-
forts is great things-ever sence come
out I've felt like a new critter.'
Well, hope you've acted like one,
and restored fourfold, as scri pier com.
mands, to them ye've got the better Of
If we did, l guess yer pockets was cleaned
out amazing quick
L am free to say, l hev made restitution
as fur as | was able
We'll then ye'd better hand over that
dollar l paid for them shoes-or at least
six shillin' ont, they want worth over 25
cents at the flrdest.'
Wal, I'll tell we Wilder how l CINE
rally dew in such cases. | make prac.
tice O. lettin' on 'em trade it out. (he be.
gins TO open his boxes I've got lot o
goods thatll make yer eyes water, guess
make it a pint of carryin' finer stock
than airy other travellin' merchant in thi:
section
sYe needn't undew 'em-l haint no no
ton of tradin.'
But 'twont cost nothing TO jest look a
'em, We kuow-there, them pocket hand
kerchers is superior to anything yell fine
this side of New York
Wonderful thin though
Sheer, we mean, that's what they cal
sheer, very desirable quality in Inning
cambria. l tell ye, wilder, there amt Mt
such handkerchers in Scrabble HILL
sI'Il bet cent they're half cotton
Half cotton! lingo! they amt hal
cotton-rll stake my repatriation cn't-
mean my present repertation.'
4 what do we ak for ems!
sWal, them hankerchers had orter fetcl
twelve shillin' apiece. never sold non
for less, but being as didn't dew exactl.
the fair thing about the shoes, if yen tax
couple. I'll strIcke off two shillin'. an
let We hev 'em for tew dollars and sevent