Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-08-12
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Good Trades.
A SKETCH FOR PARENTS

The chronological Journal, in an ar
ticle on indirect lying and unfairness in
business, thus illustrates the danger of be-
ing too sharp in trade:
Go out into the country, for example,
to purchase superior cow, and call on
one of the honest sons of the soil, and it
would not be very difficult to find man
who would show himself as cunning and
selfish as any trader or manufactured
Let US illustrate such an interview by q
colloquy between a citizen and farmer;
and We beg of the reader to watch the
working of Secretiveness to crafty Ac-
quisitiveness.
Citi7en.-I am in pursuit of a fine cow;
and understanding, at the hotel, that you
kept large stock of very excellent ones,
| have called to look at them, and to see
if could make a purchase to please me.
am not very particular as to price, so
but obtain one of the very best.
Farmer.-Well, yes, I have a large
flock, and they have the reputation of be-
ing excellent They have cost me much
care and pains in the selection; but [ can't
say as I wish to sell any of them. When
man has a good article which he wants
to use, it is not well to dispose of it.
C-True, but I would like to look at
them.
Fob, certainly, will show them
with pleasure; but understand I don't
promise to sell one at any price.
They go to the farm yard, and little
son of the farmer follows to see and hear,
and in doing so takes his first lessen in
the tricks of trade; for, be it remembered
that every act of the parent stamps its
impress upon the young mind, which be-
comes almost inefaceable.
C-(Scanning alean, cOmmon-looking
animal, which, by the way, was one of the
best mixers in the flock, and low in flesh
from her milking qualities, yet it was in
early winter when those qualities would
not be apparently What is that COW
worth!
FL suppose about twenty-five dol
lars
On an elevated place stands large,
feshy, noble-looking COW, the poorest
mixer of the whole, and fat because her
food went to flesh rather than to milk
catches the admiring eye of the inexper-
fenced citizen, and he eagerly inquiries,
what will you sell that one for!"
F-Oh, don't say anything to me a
bout that COW; she is a very peculiar one,
and more than that, she belongs to my
wife. / told you l did not care to sell
any, and this one 1 should hardly ex-
pect to sell at all; besides, | should not
like to have my wife offended by selling
afavorite of hers. John-(turning to his
boy, who is surprised to see his father hes
itate moment about selling his misera-
bic, vicious, unruly beast, whose small
mess of milk is as thin as that sold by
MeSsrs. Croton, Pump & Co., in New
YOrk)-John, mother will be in our
hair if we sell Gill Pail"
That name strikes the buyers ear just
as it was intended to do, and he presses
the farmer for price.
FL will not say will sell her at any
price, unless my wife will consent L
don't believe in family quarrels.
The boy, John, is surprised at his faith
er's reluctance to sell, and entertains not
the slightest doubt but what his mother
will joyously consent to the sale. The
stranger is determined to have price,
and finally, the Obiging farmer says
now, mind, don't agree to sell at any
price without my wife's consent, and will
Set such price as will, doubtless, cool
your order without the necessity of calling
ny wife. Forty dollar, is the price"