Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-12-06

Have you sold your wheat yeti asked |
Mr.. Alton.
Yes, sold it day before yesterday.
How much did you get for it7'
'Eighty.fve cents
mo more? Why, thought every
one knew the price had advanced TO
ninety-fve cents. To whom did you
sell'
To Wakeful, the storekeeper in
It. He met me day before yes.
terday, and asked me if had sold my
crop yet. said had not. He then
offered to take it,,at eighiy.fve cents
the market price, and | said he might as
well have it, as there was doubtless lit.
tie chance Of its rising. Yesterday he
sent over lis wagon and took it away
This was hardly fair in Wakeful.-
he came 10 me also, and offered to buy
my crop at eighly.fve. But | had Just
received my newspaper, in which ]
saw that in consequence of accounts
from Europe Of a short crop, grain had
gone up. | asked him ninety.fve, which
after some hagging, he consented to
give
Did he pay you ninety fve7' exclaim-
ed GsskiII. in surprise and chagrin.
He certainly did,
Too bad! too bad! No better than
downright cheating. TO take such
shameful advantage of mans ignor.
ance.
Certainly, Wakeful cannot be jusli-
fed in his conduct replied Mr.. Alton.
1T is not right for one man TO take ad.
vantage of another mans ignorance, and
get his goods for less than they are
worlh.g But does any man deserve to
suffer who remains wIfuIly ignorant, in
world where he knows there are al.
ways enough ready TO avail themselves
of his ignorance! Had you been will.
ing to expend Two dollars for the use
of newspaper for whole year. you
would have saved in the single item of
your wheat crop alone, fourteen dol
lars Just think of that. Mr.. Wakefui
takes the newspapers, and, by watch.
ing them closely is always prepared to
make good bargains with some half
dozen others around here, who have not
wit enough TO provide themselves with
the only sure avenue Of Information on
all subjecIs-the newspapers
Have you sold your potatoes?' asked
Gaskill, with some concern in his
voice.
% no, not yet WakefuI has been
making me offers for the last ten. days.
But from the prices they are bringing
in Philadelphia, am well satisfied they
are about 80 cents here
'Abou, thirty! Why, l sold to
Wakeful for about twenty-six cents
"A great Ounce you were, if | must
speak so plainly: he offered me twenty.
nine cents for 400 bushels. Bot | de-
cined--and was right They were
worth thirty today, and at that price
| am going 10 SELL
Isn't i, too badr calculated the NOR.
tilted farmer, walking backwards and
forwards, impatient!y. There are
twenty-five dollars literally sunk in the
sea. That Wakefield has cheated me
most egregiously.'
And all because you were 800 close
10 take newspaper. | should call
that saving at the sPggot, and letting
out OF the bunghole, neighborsGsskill.'
Il should think il was indeed This
very day I'll send off money for a
newspaper; and if any one gets ahead
of me again he'll have to be wide awake
| can tell him
Have you heard of Sally Black ask
ed Mr.. Alton, after brief silence.
sNo. What of herl
she leaves home tomorrow anC
; goes to r.,
Indeed! What for7'
Her father takes the newspaper, you
know
, Yes
And has given her good education.
so they say, but l could never see
4 that it has done any good for her, ex
, cept to make her good for nothing.
. Not so bad as that friend Gaskill-
, but to proceed two weeks ago, Mr.
Black saw an advertisement in the pa