The Woodville Republican., 1851-11-11
Connecticut Forever.
THE "CuTEsT" YANKEE FRlcK Our

A Connecticut broom pedar--a shrewd
chap from over amongst the steady habits,
wooden clocks, school masters and other
fixins, drove through the streets of Provid-
ence, heavily laden with corn brooms. He
had called at several stores and offered his
load, or ever so small a portion of it /; but
when he told them he wanted the cash and
nothing else in payment, they had uniformly
given him to understand that they had got
brooms enough. and that he might go fur
ther At length he drove TO a wholesale
establishment on the West side, and once
offered his wares"
"Well, said the merchant, ID want the
brooms badly enough--but what will you
take i'll pay"
This was poser, The pedar was ach-
ing 10 get rid of his brooms he despised the
vefy sight of his brooms; but he would soon
er sell single broom for cash than the
whole load for any other article--especialy y
that which he could not as readily dispose
! OF as he could brooms. After moments
hesitation, however, he screwed his courage
to the sticking point tit required some cour-
age after having lest his chance of selling
| his load halfa.dozen times by similar an
swef)=-and frankly told the merchant he
must have cash. OF course the merchant
protested that cash was scarce, and that he
must purchase, if he purchased at all, with
what he had in his store 70 pay with. He
really wanted The Lrocms, and he did not
hesitate to say SO but, the lnues were hard,
he had notes TO pay, and he had goods that
must be disposed Of.
Finnally, he would put his goods at the
cost price, for the cake OF trading, and would
take the whole load of brooms which the
pedIsr had labored SO unsuccessfulIy at other
stores TO dispose of.
"So," said he to the man from Connecti-
cut "unload your brooms, and select any
article from my store, and you shall have
them at cost"
The pedIar scratched his head. There
was an idea there, as the sequel shows plain
ly enough
"l'll tell you what its" he answered at
LAST, 'Jusf say them terms for half the load,
and cash for tha t'oher half, and I'm your
man, Blowed ef don't sell out, ef Con-
nectcut sinks with all her broom stuff, the
next minute"
The merchant hesitated moment, but
1 finally concluded the chance good one.-
He should be getting half the brooms for
something that would not sell as readily; as
lor cost price it was an easy CANNON in re-
gard to it. The bargain was struck, the
brooms were brought in, the cash for halt Of
them paid over
"Now what will you have for the remain
der OF yout bill asked the merchant.
The pedar scratched his head again, and
this time more vigoursy. He walked the
fioor--whistIed with his fingers
on the head Of a barrel By-and-bye his re-
ply ycame--sIowly--de'iberately. ca
"You Providence fellows are cute, you
sell at cost, pretty much all of ye and make
money. don't see how it is done. 1t must
be that some body gets the worst oft. Now
| don't know about your goods barrin' one
article, and el take any thing else, ] may
be cheated. So seein' as il wont make any
odds with You guess III take BRooMs. !
know them like book, aud can swear TO
what you paid for 'em.
And so saying, the pedar commenced re-
loading his brooms, and having snugley de-
posted half Of his former load. jumped on
his cart with regular Connecticut grin,
and while the merchant was cursing his inn
pud ence and his own stupidity, drove off in
search of another customer Providence
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