The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-12-18

Connecticut broom peddler-a srrewd chan
from over among the steady habits wooden clocks.
school masters, and other fxns, drove through the
streets Of Providence, heavily laden with corn
broors. He had called at several stores and of.
fered his load or ever so small portion of it but
when he wanted the cash and nothing else in pay.
ment, they had uniformly given him 10 understand
that they had got brooms enough and that he might
go further. At length he drove up TO large
wholesale establishment on the west side, and once
more offered his wares. y.l..
Well" said the merchant, :" want The brooms
badly enough but what will you take in pay!'
This was poser. The peddler was aching to
get rid of his brooms--he despised The very
sight of his brooms-but he would sooner sew a
single broom for cash than the whole load for any
other article-especially that which he could not
az readily dispose of as he could brooms. After a
| moments hesitation, however, he screwed up his
courage to the sticking point-(it required some
courage, after having lost his chance Of selling his
| load half a dozen times by similar answer)-and
| frankly told the merchant he must have cash. OF
course the merchant protested that the cash was
scarce, and thai he must purchase, if he purchased
al all, with what he had in the store TO pay with.
He really wanted the brooms, and he did not hesi-
tate to say so; but the times were hard, he had
notes to pay, and he had goods that must be dis.
posed of.
Finally, he would put his goods at the COS, price
for the sake of trading, and would take the whole
| lead of brooms which the peddier had labored 80
| unsuccessfully at other stores to dispose Of.
"So," said he to the man from Connecticut
| unload your brooms, and select any article from
my store, and you shall have them at cost''
The peddler scratched his head. There was an
| idea there, as the sequel shows plainly enough.
"Ill tell you what it is he answered AT last
"just say them terms for half the load, and cash
| for t'other half, and Pm your man. BIowed ef
| don't sell out, ef Connecticut sinks with all heI
| broom stuff the next minute" l.
| The merchant hesitated moment, but finally
| concluded the chance good one. He should be
| getting half the brooms for something tha, would
not sell readily; for cost price, il was an easy
| CANNON in regard 10 it, The bargain was struck
the brooms were brought in, tue ca h for half o.
| them was paid over.
| "Now, what will you have for the remainder Of
| your bill I" asked the merchant.
| The peddler scratched his head again, and thi.
time more vigorously. He walked the aoor-whis
| tled-drummed with his fingers on the head of q
barrel. Byand.by, his reply came-slowy, de-
| liberately:
"You Providence fellows are cute you sell al
cost, pretty much all of ye, and make money. |
| must be that somebody gets the worst Of it. Now
| don't know about your goods, barrin' one article
| and ef take any thing else, may be cheated. So
| seein' as 'twont make any odds with you, guess
I'll take brooms know them like book, aut
| can swear TO what you paid for 'em.
| And so saying, the peddler commenced reloadin,
his brooms, and having snugy deposited hal of hi
| former load, jumped on his cart with a regula
| Connecticut grin, and while the merchant wa
cursing his impudence and his own stupidity drov
off in search of another customer. iProyidenc
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