Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-25

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Mr.. M. was man Of impulse. a, he reader
will readily perceive and ye, be va. kind in
his nature and when reason was permitted 10
speak, he was disposed 10 lIsten and Judge
with csndor.
| A, bis wife's request he resumed his seat.
She drew her chair TO his side. She ex
planned. First, she spoke Of The calf and the
ten dollars already allowed her for il.
You recolleet, husband, that only yesterday
you wished il dead
All, that indeed said Mr.. NJ his choler be.
ginning again TO wax hot, bu, had rather
lose twenty calves than pa,ronizs one of those
deesIibe peders. You know my wishes
| did, my husband bu, for The opporuni.
~ of geuiDg rid of articles absolutely valuele.s
10 US, should never have presumed to have
made such purchase
Well, lei lha. pass said the husband his
own good sense confessing that .he had go' a
large price for the calf only he didn't wish 10
be 'ho' patronizing pedler.
You got large price, he added.
WE'LL replied Mrs. NJ the cIockman' she
avoided The mention Of the word pedIer,' al
lowed me to have my own price, and aimed
TO please YOU
MOI 10 excite your displsasure, rather,
should have SAID
Well, wha, next, =
Well, then. husband, you recolIeci that
cask Of old fax seed ou, in
Flax seed y he exclsimed, his voice abso-
lu,ely sounded through the whole house. at the
same lime The blood rushing TO hi, face fax
seed !---did you sell that fax seed Z!
L NJ n
hat have done TO raise This awful storm 2
| Done 2 said he, done That fax seed
---was it, then, lha,!' He paused And pray
what did you get for it 2
There was nearly bushel Of it, replied
Mrs. NJ, and | was allowed three dollars
| for it,
Three dollars bushel 2 be exclaimed.
Yet it must be ihai---i, must be-
The whole truth was now before him. He
understood The length and breadth of the mat
ter. His wife was the dupe Of keen and
prac,sed pedler but she was les, dupe than
himself. Slowly putting his hand into his
pocket, he took thence a paper, which he han
ded TO his wife and bid her open. She did so,
and il was a spoonful Of what once was fax
seed.
Judge her surprise!
| Husband said she, what does this meant
Mean 2 said he, why it means that am
more Of fool than yourself. You sold bush
ell of fax seed for three dollars and paid ono
dollar for spoonful of il. That is what il
means
The story was soon told. He was one of
the seventy FIVE who had iha, day purchased
the fax seed. He had left the ground before
the selling was over aud was ignorant of The
fate of The calf But now the whole was IN
ravelled. Ard while husband and wife both ex-
perienced some modification, The joke was 100
good 10 allow any protracted disturbance Of
their composure.
Mrs. NJ. poured ou, an other cup, as her
husband declared that the matter of The clock
should not deprive him Of his usual allowance,
especially sfer day Of such fangue.
This meal was al length finished but before
that, both had recovered their equanimIry, aud
even smiled at The events of the day. The ped
Ter didn't escape some Ilule maledieIlon for The
part he had acted but Mr.. NJ. declared that
a man deserved some credit who would carry
his purposes despite OF such obstacles but af-
ter all, he though, his wife the better sales
man, who could dispose of q bushel of flax seed
| for three dollars, and calf as good as dead
| for ten dollars.