Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-30
TRUTH HAPPILY CONVEYED.


vounc grocer, of good character and cor
rect habits. commenced business in a good and
improved neiehborhood. His stock was small,
as were his means, and his stock of customers
still smaller. His sales hardly met his expen-
SEES. and he was evidently going "down hill"
and an old grocer on the opposite corner, pre-
dicted he would soon be at the bottom.
That the young grocer had reason to regret
this opinion of the old grocer, will appear. The
latter had a daughter who had won the heart OF
the former He offered himself to her, and was
rejected. 1t was done, however, with the assu-
rance that he was the man of her choice, but
that she acted in obedience to her fathers CON-
mands.
Assured of the affections of the woman OF
his choice, he set himself about removing the
only objection in the way of their union-the
fathers objection to his pecuniary prospects.
A year had elapsed, and To- what change
The young grocer was now going up NIL with
the power of steam locomotive; and even ma
nv had left the old established stand on the OPP
posite corner, for the younger favorite. There
was mystery about it which puzzled the old
grocer sorey, but which he could not unravel.
He at length became nearly sick with the losses
and aggravations, and vain attempts to unravel
the secret of his neighbours success.
At this juncture, Angelica--for this was the
daughters name--contrived to bring about an
apparently accidental interview between the par
ties. After the old man had become through
the Intervention of his daughter, tolerably good
humored, he inquired, with great earnestness, of
the young man, how he had contrived to effect
SO much ina single year, to extend his business,
and draw off the customers from the older
stands.
The young man evaded an answer, but inqui-
red if he had any further objections to his union
with Angelica.
"None," he replied, "provided you reveal the
secret of your success"
This the young man promised when his hap
piness was made complete. The old man COM
mended his prudence on this point. The affair
was settled, and the marriage soon took place.
The friends of the young couple were all as
sembled, and among them many Of the custom
ers of the two stores. Angelica and Thomas
looked as happy as they could be, and the old
gentleman was, ifpossible, happier than they
The bridal cake was about to be cut, when the
old man called out for "the secret"
"Aye, the secret" exclaimed fifty voices.
at is very simple NATTER" said Thomas,
"Iadpertise"
The old gentleman was very, rery old fashion
ed, and while he shook Thomas heartily by the
hand, and kissed Angelica fifty times over, he
muttered, "why the dickens didn't think of
that!" IL. |. Star.
A SINGULAR HISTORICAL FAcT.-The N. Y.
Express brings to light singular historical fact
which is not generally known. 1t says that in
1917, a Russian of eminence, M. Pozzo de Bor-
60, being then in Paris, proposed in a memoir
addressed to his Court on the Importance of re-
placing South America under the dominion of
Spain, that the United States should be subiu-
gated. He said that " Founded on the sove-
reignty Of the people, the Republic of the Uni
ted States of America was fire, of which the
daily contact with Europe threatened the latter
with contlagratlon; that as an asylum for all in
novaters, it gave them the means of disseminate
ing at distance, by their writings and by the
authority of their example, poison of which
the communication could not be questioned, as
it was we'll known that the French revolution
had its origin in the United States, and that al
ready troublesome effects were felt from the
presence of the French refugees in the United
States"
The Russian Ambassador went on to state
and argue, that the conquest of the United
States was an easy enterprise that the degree
ofpower to which the Americans had risen made
them objects of fear to the European monarchi-
al Governments, &c.
The editor of the Express came in contact
with this curious paper in the State Library at
Albany in an old file of the Missouri Republican,
printed more than thirty years ago.
Troy Wing.