The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-10-25
Getting Fits in a Clothing Store
GY MAJOR JOHN EVANS.

-a SHARON, PA is gre; plrace, it is! You
can't exactly find it on the map, for it has
been located and incorporated since Olney'>
latest, but it's there--a manufacturing city,
as large as life, with bank--ln the perspec-
tive-barbtrshop, newspaper, in the per-
speclive, too,-and all the usual fixtures
and appurtenances of locomotive, 60
ahead, thriving settlement,
Just about the newest thing in the new
city, is a new, cheap clothing store, that
d. 'riz up or 'ralned down, lately, on the Jo.
mans gourd or Alladdn's lamp principle
and which, Ey the same mysterious dispen-
sation, became endowed with two of the
cutes tailors and statesmen the world ever
produced. Tolber day yankee un, who
is about, to forsake father and mo her and
ceave unto Sally Ann, came into Sharon to
get bis wedding suit, and was, Of course,
jest materially baound' to finl his way into
the new clothing store. Not that he saun
tered in with the easy swasger of the town
bred searchers after cheap clothing, for The
vernal tint was pretty fresh on him yet, and
he stopped TO give a modest rap at the door
lie had elfected an entrance at the grist
mill and iron works, where he had heen do
in business. in the same unohrusive man
ner and the boys all agreed that Mr.. Ne
hemiah Newbegin was from the Ridge
and was paying his virgin visit to Shraon
ID The proprietOrs were ready TO toward his
H. } If,
take MEASURES and furnish'him to ORDER
Nehemiah drew a handbll from the top OF
his hat and spread it upon his knee for easy
reference Ii was headed in fat Gothic let
ters:
.,gfats WINTER CLOTHING AT COST, -
and set forth that in the midness Of The
season, over five hundred thousand dollars
worth of ready-made clothing WAS to be
closed up and sold out at
ENORMOUS sACRtFICE!"
A listof prices followed, and Nehemiah
running his stumpy fingers down the column,
lit with empatEIs on particular item.
'Sayl-v'you got anr Of these blew cotes
left at fve,dolars md five n'af md six dol
lars. got emmy on 'em left?'
ss.. tSmilh, are there any of these cheap
coats lefl?' inquired the 'perte' Mark Of
his partner. we sold the last this NOR
ming did we not?'
Smithundcrstood the cheap clothing bu.
sness, and answered promptly, 'Lhey are all
gone sir!' eE itsr
'Jes.'s rs expected, murmured the dis
appointed candidate, 'darnation seize't all,
told dad they'd be all gont!'
we have1a very superior articles for ten
dollars
Scarcely. Squire, scarcey!--ten dollars
is an all fred price for cotel'
'We can make you one to order i
'Y,e-s, but | want it now-fact Of it is
Squire must hev 'un.'
You'd find those cheap at ten dollars
a Dun know 'baot i'll Sayv'ye got any Of
these dewrabie doeskin trowsers left at tew
dollars; sold them all tew s'pect, haln't ye!
hahn 'tnore o'lthem left nuther hev ye?
Luckily there were few left, and Nehe-
miah was adyi,ei 10, secure q pair at once
Nehemiah was open for trade, but acting
up to the instinct Of the Newbegins, il mus
'Deu yeou ever tex projeuce for your clio
thing?' .a28@ as
'Takewhag iH fa
'Proieuce; garden sass and sich, dom
dew it, dew gou?'
well, occasionally we do; what have yor
to sell?' oi-'si i..hit
1oh. almost anything; leetle Of every
thing, from marrowfat peas down to rye
straw; cot some new cider. some high toE
swea.ings; got some Of the, all kill'nst driet
punkins yeou ever sot eyes on, spect meow
yeoud like some Of that cried punkin.'
Mark declined negotiating for the driet
punkn, but inquired if he had any gooc
butter? tHe
G-o-o-d butter! naow Squire, Iexpec
I've got some of the incest and yelleres
yeou ever set yeour eyes on; got some ou
there now; got some in shooger box, eou
in dads wagon; bro't il down for Kurna
Waldron, but yeou ken hev it. I'll bring
rite strate here, darned ef dopt'tl' and will
allfthe impeuo,ity Of youth, Nehemiah sho
forth TO dads waggin and brought in III
butter. iea s6 isa aH tf
On the strength Of the butter. dicke
was speedily contracted bywhich Nehemia