Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-08-11
EDITOR 3 PROPRIETOR.
WHOLE NO. 40.
GETTINC a sunsCRInER.

red on dry and sandy road, we called
at Squire Hobbs 20 wet our mouth. rest
our bones and have a chat with the Squire.
On our part. however. there was a dispo-
sition very soon 20 talk less and doxc
more. This man Hobbs--a good natu-
ted soul perceived us by intuition, and
soon leu us TO the .soff influences of Ma
lures sweet restorer.,
NOW now long we slept we needn't telI..
ana our readers needn't know. Ttwasn,t
long, however, for loud talking In tl,e ola
Squire's Office soon aroused rs. and we
listened 10 a conversation highly intercst..
ing TO us. IL seems that Joaenni GnIic-
Old Joc--a clever, sober-sided, cIosa.
listed neighbor OF the Squire's had CALI
ed in TO talk about ,the scraps and mat
ters and an things In general. e
Well, Squire, . said Mr.. Guile, "do
you know where fellow can buy right
smart chance OF negro boy, these timesg"
/" Really, Uncle Joe. don't know at
this time. There was a sale in town last
week, OF some six or eight at one time"
+" There was r. ss'Fa
!" Yes. and got a right likely negro
boy, eighteen years old, for $50. My
word for Ii, 1 wouldn't take a thousand
dollars for him to-day y a
=" Just my luck-why never heard
word of it. Who told you, Squire e.
20. you know take the paper /
saw the sale advertised, and as Ihad 10
go TO town any way, went ON the day
of sale, thinking perhaps, might hit
bargain and did dit q bargain sure"
''Well, l swear have got 20 have a
hand, somehow. You see / have putin
more than have hands 10 work Who's
got hand to hire any where's about ?"
'' You're too hard for me again, Uncle
Joe the hiring season is over. About
month ago all the negroes belonging 10
the estate of H, deceased, were let
out at auction, and / am told-they went
very low. 'a'sap ~ ~ 81
!, q The al you say. Why didn't You
e 1 hardly know why. saw Il adyer-
tised in our paper, and I supposed every
body took that. More'n that, / didn't
know that you wanted TO hire. Did YOU
know have sold my Harden tract toflandg"
I" No, indeed Who TO 2"
''Why TO rich old fellow from Alaba-
ma 1t was day before Yesterday: and
l got the "yaller boys" cash up-only
six dollar per acre. He said that he
came across our paper in "0ld Alabama;"
he liked tho description Of the country
saw my wee bit of an advertisement, and
came TO see about tive struck trado
in no timc." e1N
Jerusalem | And here pyc been try.
ing TO sell tract Of land for the last two
years, and couldn't get dollar and
a half an aero. It's better land
than your'n too, and you know IL, Squire.
Well, what Is, It's, and IL can't be User
but reckon Squire, I've beat you on
sugar. j bought, last week, two barrels
Of sugar at cents, when every body else
had 70 give cents. Beat that."
with all case, Uncle joel bought
mine at Eve cents"
!" No, sir--I don't belioyoit. Now say
whore %
"At tho house Of Il Go, / got
a rare bargain. You sec they advertised
in the paper that they wero selling of at
cost. knew groceries would 60 quick,
so l went in and bought years supply.
Their groceries were all sold before night,
didn't pay the money either, Tor they
took my United States Land Warrant At
81 25 per acre." ,,.,..s
Now now squiro-that can't be,
for my lawyer told mo that IL wasn't legal
to sell my land wBrFant." -
Every true, some time ago but the
ncws came lately in the paper that Con.
grcss had made them assignable."
/" Well, 'tisn't fair its rascally -
What right has these editors 10 get all tho
news and keep i 70 themSelyesP
q "Ah Uncle Joe, you mlsundcrStand
it. Editors and printers labor night and
day 70 gather The news, and give i 70 tho
form them Of ali Tho Improvement or tho