The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-06-29
NITSCELLANEOUS.
.A'snc Merchant 3'eGdicv, OK
ESlyinaH Cheap.

5 Buying Cheap.
Perhaps the reader may have a
y .a1eRcAunt, as a friend Of ours has, for
buying things cheap. We :ay per-
saaps-for it is weakness with which
tslnany arc troubled, and it is most
expensive one. There arc many who
have been tempted to lay up goods
sWhere moth and rust doth corrupt,
merely because they were obtained
cheap, but it is poor policy, and
patronising pcddlers is a still poorer
one. One of these wandering Jews
slept into u counting room few day $
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 Wing defeat, so admirably and
differently attributed by the Atlas,
the Daily Aelvertiscr, and the Coul-
er, and politely inquired if he would
like to look at a vest pattern :?
sNo, no !! Don't bother me. Very
busy juss now
1t is the best article and the neat.
ssst pattern you ever saw
81 Don't want any vest patterns
but just look, sir, = ana the ped
dlar had piece Of vcsting unfoldcd,
(which was really quite neat, and the
scogitator, unable to unrayel the po-
ktical web, determined to unravcl the
web Of the fabric. '!All silk, sir;
Warranted, for two doublc.breastcd
vests, or three with rolling collars
What do you ask for it 2
8 Twelve dollars. 1 bought it in
liverpool, and brought it over with
me, and ii you want it you shall have
it for just what it cost mc-twclyc
dollars
1t is too much, shan't give any
such price---but will give you six
dollars
%, my gracious exclaimed the
peddler, as if astonished at such an
offer, can't. think of it; off be walk
ed. In ten minutes the door was
opened, and the peddler thrust in his
head. You may have it lor ten
dollars
mo- was all the reply he got.
i will say eight, as the very low
est
mo, sir,'--and away went the
peddler a second time. The gentle
man was about relapsing iuto his
revery upon the disputed question
already mentioned, when the pcddlcr
rc-en.ered 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 pock-
7et3anotliEr roll, and, unloF, s !;
posed to view piece OF vcSt ',ss2Y,$;t, ~
far preferable to the other as thc y y
bniiJiS OH the corner ol Statc,strG.t,,!s
exceeds in height all its neighJors.
The gentleman ut once made q
proposal to exchange. The pcddcr
couldn't think of such a thing; he
didn't mean to sell it OH any account;
he intended to keep it till he was
able to have it made up ior himself
but, after considerable trading and
talking, he gave it up, received his
first piece and 81, and walked OIL
making eight dollars for his first piece
Of vesting. The gentleman, quite
satisfied with the exchange, walked
up to his tailor's at noon, threw down
the piece, ordering him to cut oil
sufficient fer one vest.
'How many vests do you expect
it will make 2 inquired the tailor.
Ehsce, of course was the reply.
The yard stick went down, and
looking up, he informed the purcha-
ser that it would make Two, by
4p,ecing out the collar with black silk.
9Eho idea OF measuring the article had
not occurred to him before, but at
this piece Of news, he felt a kind Of
fllm spread over his eyes, Il liyhtncss
Of pocket troubling his ribs, while
the letters sold, by dcl.sion Of his
optical nerves, appeared to be written
on the outer walls Of tho adjacent
buildings. lie then inquired the
probable worth, and was informed
that such vesting could be purchased
at about two and quartcrpcr yard.
This was sufficient. lie has resolved
never to patronizc a pcddlcr, but to
extend his patronage to thosc good
tanpaying citizens who have local
8habltation and name EVcuiu./
y Gazette.
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