Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-26

via" Ninety-one-ni one; 2; said the
stranger 10 himself. "That's tempta-
ton +! can turn penny on that. But
the wild turkies; must have crack at a
wild turkey or deer. I think friend,
| he added, speaking louder, "that shall
have some sport for few days, first
Then maybe. I'll buy up few thousand
bushels of wheat, if the prices hayn't gone
up" f,r.. -, rs.,7
'sT shouldn't wonder if the prices ad-
vanced.a little, ~ said the farmer. 3l'
n" Wouldn't you?" And the stranger
looked into the farmers face with an in
nocent expression. ar...r -..r
I" 1t can't go much lower. If there be
any change it will doubtless be an i'm
provement." f-As yin ..a -.
!" How much wheat have you ?" asked
the sportsman. .-..ar.u5 III fea-ta
"f have thousand bushels left" r., /;
GA thousand bushels cents
nine hundred dollars. I'll tell you what,
friend, talking to you has put me in the
notion of trying my hand at specula-
ton on wheat, I'll Just make you an offer,
which you may accept or not, just as you
please. I'll give you ninety, cash for all
you have. half payable now, and the
other half on the delivery ofthe wheat at
the canal, pGyided you get extra force
and deliver it Immediately"
Asburn stood thoughtful for moment
or two, and then replied,
every well, sir, it's bargain"
(Which, to save time, We will close inn
mediately. / will go with you to your
house, and pay FIVE hundred dollars on
the whole billfor thousand bushels
The farmer had no objection.to this, OF
course, and invited the stranger to his
house with him, where the FIVE hundred
dollars were soon counted out. For this
amount of money he wrote receipt and
handed it to the stranger, who, after
reading it, said .2 9as 3a '.
81 would prefer you. making out a bill
for thousand bushels, and writing on it,
received on account FIVE hundred dol
lars "
"It may overrun that quantity" said
Asburn. -'a
"No matter, new bill can be made
out for that. I'll take all you have"
The farmer saw no objection to the
form proposed by the stranger and there
fore tore up tho receipt he had written,
and made bill out in the desired form.
IS" Will you comm ence delivering to-
day ?" inquired the sportsman, who all at
once began to take marked degree ol
interest in the business.
=" Yes," replied the farmer
How many wagons have you?" "l
"Two." yr'rg a
CAS- it is down hill all the way to the
canal, they can easily take hundred
bushels each"
-"Oh, yes" #s.a .s9 81 a1'4
s"Very we'll. They can make two
loads apiece to-day by starting early,
three loads apiece on Monday, which will
transfer the whole thousand bushels to
the canal I will go down Immediately,
and sec that a boat is ready to commence
loading. You can go to work at once."i
| By extra efforts the wheat was all de-
livered by Monday afternoon, and the
balance of the purcase money paid. As
Mr.. Asburn was riding home, neighbol
who had noticed his wagons going past
his house for two days, overlook him:
$50 L see, Asburn, that like me you
are content to take the first ,advdnce Of
the market. What do you get for your
wheat 90 s.... ...,..,...+
:" sold for ninety cents ~
4" Ninety cents !" exclaimed the neigh
Dor. Surely you didn't sell for that !''
:" certainly did. L tried to get nine
ty-two, but ninety was the highest Offer
he could obtain .r .....,
Ninety cents! Why, what has come
over you, Asburn. Wheat is selling for
dollar and twenty cents.
I've just sold five hundred bushels fol
that" .......
Impossible p ejaclated the farmer.
"Not at all impossible. Don't you
know the last arrival from England have
brought accounts Of a bad harvest, and that
wheat has taken sudden rise %
''No didn't know any such thing, :" re.
turned the astonished Asburn.
"Well, it's SO. Where is your news.
paper? Haven't you read it? I got
mine Friday evening and saw the news
Early on Saturday morning 1 found two
spectators ready to buy up all the wheat
they could get at old prices; bnt they
didn't make many operations. One fel-
! low who pretended to be fancy sports,
man thrust himself into my way, but even
| if l had not known of rise in the price
of wheat, should have suspected it a:
soon as 1 saw him, for read last week
of Just such looking chap as him having
got ahead of some ignorant country far.
mers by buying up their produce, on q
sudden rise of the market, at the price
much below its real value" ns a71
I" Good day 2" said Asburn, Suddenly
applying the whip to the flank of his
horse and away he dashed homeward al
gallop.
regular calculation of what he had lost BY
stopping his newspaper; but it required nc
formality of pencil and paper to arrive Al
this a difference of thirty cents on eact
bushcl, made the important sum of three