The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-06-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
.a'sac Merchant a'eadicr, or
HSuyisag CEleap.

BNyaMg Cheap.
eehaps the reader may have a
Sa3esscsuat, as a friend of ours has, for
bsiying things cheap. we :ay per
1sdps-for it is a weakness with which
lnany arc troubled, and it is Il most
one. There are many who
have been tempted to lay up goods
Where moth and rust doth corrupt,
merely because they were obtained
cheap, but it is poor policy, and
patronising peddlers is still poorer
zone. One of these wandering Jews
slept into counting room few days
since, and, after warming his hands,
turned to the gentleman occupying
the seat of authority, just then busi-
ly engaged in weighing the evidence
regarding the true cause Of the re-
cent Whig defeat, 50 admirably and
differently attributed by the Atlas,
Z the Daily ADVERTISER, and the Couvi-
er, and politely inquired if he would
like to look at vest pattern ?
No, no /! Don't bother me. Very
busy just now
1T is the best article and the neat.
;SSsst lattern you ever saw
Don't want any vest patterns
but just look, sir, and the ped
&dlar had piece Of vcstiuy unfoldcd,
which was really quite neat, and the
scogitator, unable to unravcl the DO.
shtical web, determined to unravcl the
web of the fabric. 'All silk, sir;
Warranted, for two doublc.breasted
vests, or three with rolling collars
What do you ask for it 2
sss Twelve dollars. I bought it in
liverpool, and brought it over with
sae, !, and If you want it you shall have
\ j for just what it cost mc--twelyc
dollars
1t is too much, shan't give any
sauch o price.--but will give you six
dollars
20, my gracious exclaimed the
speddler, as if astonished at such an
offer, | can't think of it; off he walk
ed. In ten minutes the door was
opened, and the peddler thrust in his
head (; You may have it for ten
dollars
No was all the reply he got.
1 wall say eight, as the very low
est
mo, sir,'--and away went the
'peddler a second time. The gentle.
man was about rclapsing into his
reyery upon the disputed question
already mentioned, when the pcddler
.rc,entered boldly, and laid the vest
ing on the desk, exclaiming, 'Wcll,
give us six dollars, and it is yours
The money was paid, and the peddler
was about leaving the door, when he
turned round and took from his peck.
assl another roll, and, undoE8s.SS N
posed to view piece OF yest ,$.yi ";
far preferable to the other as til
hnIl0iag OH the corner Of State strf:stS' rfGst':s Z
eSceeds in height all its ncighJors.
The gentleman at once made
proposal to exchange. The pcddlcr
couldn't think OF such thing; he
didn't mean to sell it OH any account;
he intended to keep it till lie was
.ableSto have it made up for himself
but, after considerable trading and
talking, he gave it up, received his
first piece and So, and walked off,
making eight dollars for his first piece
OF yesting. The gentleman, quite
satisfied with the exchange, walked
up to his tailors at noon, threw down
the piece, ordering him to cut OF
sufficient fer one vest.
SLOW many vests do you expect
it will make 2 inquired the tailor.
Three, of course was The reply.
The yard stick went down, and
looking up, he informed the purcha-
ser that it would make two, by
5piecing out the collar with black silk.
sEho idea of measuring the article had
not occurred to him before, but at
this piece Of news, he felt kind Of
film spread over his eyes, a liyhtness
ofpocket troubling his ribs, while
the letters sold, by delusion Of his
optical nerves, appeared to be written
3onthc outer walls Of the adjacent
buildings. IIo then inquired the
probable worth, and was Informed
that sucl, yestins could be purchased
at about two and Iuarter.pcr gard.
This was sufficient. lie has resolved
never to patronizc pcddler, but to
extend his patronage to those good
3tax.paying citizens who have a local
shabltation and a namc.- -Eveniny
& Gazette.
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'iE A New IDEA IN AGKIcuLTURE.-Thc
steward on board u United States
steamer, in the Cult, has produced sew
eral crops OF excellent potatoes by the
following mode of cultivation: