Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-08-04
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The catest Yankee Trick Ye, On,

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A Connecticut broom.pedlar--a shrewd
chap trom over among the steady habits,
wooden clocks, sehool.mastefs and other
tixins, drove through the streets Of Proyl.
denee, heavily loaded with corn brooms.
he had called at several stores and offer.
:s sa ms load. or ever so small a portion of
ous he wanted cash aud nothing alss
"a payment, they had uniformly given him
20 understand that they had got brooms
enough, and that he might 20 further
AT length he drove up TO 4 large whole.
sale establishment on the west sids ana
once more offered his wares.
"Well." said the merchant, nI wan.
TO get brooms badly enough, but whas
will you take in pay ?"
This was o poser. The pedlar was
aching to get rid of his brooms he dos.
pired the very sight Of them but hs
would sooner seA single broom FOR eask
than the whole load for any other article
especially that which he could not 40
readily dispose Of rs he could brooms.--.
Alter moments hesitation, however, he
screwed his courage to the sticking point
lit required some courage, after having
lost the chance of selling his load half 4
dozen times by a similar answer-and
frankly told the merchant he must have
cash. OF course the merchant protested
'nst cash was scarce, and that he must
purchase, II he purchased at all, with
what he had in the store TO pay WITH
lie really wanted the brooms, and he did
not hesitate TO say so, but the times were
hard, he had notes TO pay, aud he had
goods that must be disposed Of.
Finally, he would put up the goods a.
the cost price, for the sake Of trading. ana
would take the whole load of broons
which the pedlar had labored so unsue.
cesstully at other stores to dispose OF.
So," said he TO the man from Con.
necticut, "unload your brooms, and SO.
lect any articles from my store, and yox
shall have them at cost"
The pedlar scratched his head, There
was an idea there. as the sequel shows
plainly enough.
"PIl tell you what II is," he answered
at last. "just say them terms for haIf the
load, and cash for tother half, and I'm
your man. I'm blowed il don't sell out
it Connecticut sinks with all her broom
stuff, the next minute"
The merchant hesitated minute, bat
finally concluded the chance was good
one. He should be getting halfthe brooma
for something that would not sell SO rea.
dily, and as Tor the cost price, II was an
easy CANNON in regard to IT, The bar.
gain was struck, the brooms brought Ia.
and. the cash for half OF them was paid
over.
Now. what will you have for the re.
mainder Of your bin ?" asked the mer.
chant.
The pedlar scratched his head agsin.
this time more vigorously. He wslkod
the Observation-Disclosures with his
fingers on the head OF barrel. By.and,
by, his reply eame-slowly and delibsr.
ately.
"You Proyiderce fellows are cute
you sell at cost, pretty much all Of you.
and make money at that. don't see
how it's done. II must be that son,ebo.
dy gets the worst Of Il. Now, don't
know about your goods, barrin one ara.
Gle, and il take anything else, may be
cheated. So seeing as Il won't make any
odds with you, guess I'll take BRoonsl
l know them like book, aud can swear
to what you paid for EN-"
And so saying, the pedlar commenced
rcloading his brOoms. and having snugiy
deposited half bis former load, jumped on
his cart with a regular Connecticut grin.
and while the merchant was eursing bic
impudence. and his own stupidity, drove
off in search Of another eustomsr.--Prs.
videAee Post.