Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1849-09-06

Nnr dld |. He's always up ~ the market
and deals close, but his thugs have been good
We'll, he II make nuthlug ny lhis operation
no man ever CHI ais me twice. He's mad TIN
last dollar OF t} money
don't know what we'll d. abGut butter
said Mrs. O., il you stop buy ing from
him.
There's as good butter in marke, a. his,
replied Mr., c., ~ hp commenced carving
out portions of tn" loHgh chicken he had sac
ceeded IN carving hy man strength
Perhaps there is, bat we never succeeded
IN getting 50 un'Ioimy good butter US that OF
Edmpnds.
You may send for II # you choose, but |
"II "F'"r spend anhhrr dot!ar with the bare
'nc"d cheating Rascal, SAID Mr. G., in an
indignant tone,
The attempt to masicne the chicken proved
altogether nusucceaSnI aud was .unn abandon.
ed The children ate the dressing, vh,Ie Mr.
and MIS- - mnde the vegetables that
were on the table serve fer their first course,
and supplied al! Deficiencies when The desert
appeared.
TO have been so completely taken in, annoy
ed Mr.. q terribly, aud he could not So
thIng was done. Edm"nds ca,ue In market ev-
cry Saturday, aud G. had usually bought
from him as much as would last him for the
week.
On the Thursday evening succeeding the af-
taIr OF the chickens, Mrs G remarked
with some surprise in her voice. that the small
piece of butter IN the table was all that was lett
OF the SIX pounds bought on the last market day
And io-mortow's only Friday SAID Mr. G
1t used to last up to Saturday,, nnuI within
the last two months, but now 1t always gives
out
Oar family is no larger
No; nor do we use any more Of it in cook
ing than iornerly.'
Mr.. C. rhough f'r a moment and then
said with some animation 'hnk understand
1t. ilave y"n noticed any difference IN the size
of the prints ?
On reflection Mrs c. Thought them as
appearing smalIpr
That's it, y"n may d'p"n ont; the butter
ISN'T weight. A Man who will cheat in one
way will cheat III anorher.'
He wouldn't dare do that
Why :;
The ri>k is too great
A rogue will risk a good dra.'
The butter wonId be taken from him by the |
clerk of The MARKET
It's my impression that Edmnnds hasn't /
much butter III his tut by the time the clerk grts
along to the place uhpre he stands. There's
he temptation. Bn, wen give him a trial
Send for our usual quantity on Satnrdav-l
WON'T 90 near him -and we wall have 1t weigh. |.
I'd
This was done, and sure enough loss in
weight was discovered. Ou of the SIX pounds
four we're light.
I've got nv man now ! y iAimed G.. /
not attempting to conceal t"r PIE sure he felt |
Next Saturday he will prob lhi, become more
nmlnrly Acquainted with the city clerk than .
le has yet been
In his anxiety IT, render his d,irv operations
pr"i' able. the farmer had her, 81, Ted 10 en-. |
rr"'ch upon the legal wrr.h' "a, Lnuer due his
CUSTOMERS he Ind been con,,ng rs nnrket so
oug, and h.s bauer had been 80 ,,l,rn px,niued |
by The c."yt 'hat inspection Of hisuh had ceas- !
ed to be rI-Id. Moreover, his customers were
early, and IT Frequently happened Dhlt bat few
prints remained nhen the clerk came aionu his |
way. II from some forty or fifty pounds he
c"n|d pinch off enough to make five or six
prints, it would be handsome gain every week.
He looked at 1t on every side: cacuard the
risk and the benefit. and finally resolved tn make
Il beginning. Twelve prntS out of forty were
red from these he gained two extra, which
sold for fifty cents Emboldoucd by this result,
he next week tried twenty pounds, aud made
'nn dollar by the operation When The clerk
came round, the light butter was usually gone,
or II any remained II was 50 managed that none
Of 1t fonnd lis way into his scales.
After selling the tough chickens to Mr. c.
The farmer felt a litlle uncomfortable for C.
was an old aud good customer and he did no,
wish to loose him. OF Course when the fowls
came upon the table g. would discover
that he had been taken in, and would in all |
probability be highly indignant. That he was
not FAR out OF the way in his oniectIre be was |
satisfied on the neM market day, when he saw
e. 90 by his stand without once looking
towards hun
In the week Succeeding the farmers evil
genius tempted him still further from the right
path The whole Of his butter. with the ex-
:ep'Ion OF some ten Jumps which were to serve
rs screen when the clerk came along, was
moulded into prints that weighed considerably
esS than pound.
with this, among other products of his farm,
went to market, ilallerng himself that
lie would be a clear gamer by the operation Of
rom two to three dollprs,
But human calculations are sometimes vain
Scarcely had Farmer Edm,nds disposed
If dozen pounds of iresI, butter, when
he market clerk stopped before hun With his
handsome brass scales IN his hand. aud said
!ness must 60 a llIe deeuer INTO your tub this
morning than usual, friend Edmonds There's
oh'ng, you know, like keeping you folks hon
Ct
There was an nstan, change in the expression
u the farmers face, which the clerk did moi