The Nevada journal., 1854-05-05
Danger of Fearing False Colors.-4

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country merchant, whose name we do no
care to divulge, but whom we shall cal
Mr.. A., met with little accident il
n. Y. last fall, while on a visit to- some o
its wholesale merchants to do his trading
which Is rather too good to be unhonorec
OF newspaper notoriety.
His poll was literally besprinklcd with
grey, and lie took it into his head, shortly
before his departure, to submit it and hi;
whiskers to the operation of some great in
fallible hair-dye. The process was under
gone according gly; and from being as grey
as badger, MIR. A. turned up one fine
morning from under cabbage leaf which
had served him as nightcap, with crop
of locks as dark as ebony.
With this metamorphosis upon him, he
started for Gotham but in the course of
his journey his fine hair began to show
symptoms of passing into mahogany shade,
while his whiskers retained their new COL
or. But this gradual degenerecy Of jet in
to villainous tinge, went Oh unpercelved
by the old gentleman ard when at his
destination, he hastened to pay his respects
to firm with which he had been doing
business for several years.
He hustled into their counting-room pre-
pared for warm reception but the head
of the house received him very cooiy. Mr..
A. spoke of the weather, the news, the
markets, and trade in general, and finally
closed by announcing his intention to make
a heavy bill of goods with the firm con
time"
The assurance he displayed rather dis
pleased the merchant, who intimated as
civilly as he could, that it was not the
practice of the house to open accounts with
parties unknown to them.
'Whyp cried Mr.. A. Don't you
recollect me 2
4 believe 1 never saw you BEFORE was
the reply.
You are jokins-my name is A of
I have traded a great deal with
you already Don't you remember ? and
Mr.. A smiled at what he supposed
was good joke
We have done business with a gentle
man whose name you have just mention.
ed" said the merchant 'he is one of our
best customers, and
As modesty could not withstand
so much praise, and he interrupted his in
tcrlocutor My dear sir, Pm the very
person. /
what, sir ? cried the New Yorker, grow
ing red about the face. DO you take me
for fool Don't l know Mr.. -, OF
-? He's an old man, with grey hair,
and you presume to pass yourself oft for
him 2
'But-but-' stammered A. becom-
ing excited in his turn.
Il see how it is interrupted the book
keeper of the establishment. This is an
impostor, who wants to swindle US under
the name of one of our most responsible
customers. Shan't 60 for the police p
Certainly cried his employer, and the
young man left on his errand.
Our northern friend was astounded at
the turn things were taking. His first
thought was to leave unceremonlously and
fill his memorandum elsewhere. He at
tempted to pass out. The merchant seized
him, and a tussle followed, during which
As hat fell to the ground, displaying
his features more fully and the mahogany
ish appearance of his pate. The Yorker
understood everything at glance, and re-
leasing his hold, exclaimed /;
"My good heavens l beg your pardon
ten thousand times, Mr. =! | beg of you.
It's all owing to the change in your hair
and whiskers. II
In the midst Of these apologies, to which
the victim was too indignant to make a re-
ply, in rushed the bookkeeper, with star
at his heels.
There he is he cried, pointing out our
friend to the Charley. Seize him and of
with him to the Tombs.'
The policeman sprang forward, but the
merchant threw himself between him and
his prey, exclaiming:
Stop, say, stop! It's all mistake.
This is Mr.. A. [ Iretract everything.
I am exceedingly, sorry for all this. Po-
liceman, go away. Mr.. A., we are de-
lighted to see you. What can we do for
you? Well sell you to any amount, and
at your own terms.
The Charley vanished, highly amused
at the affair while Mr.. A--remained
to receive continuous string of apologies,
and trade out large order. But it is said
to be dangerous to speak of hair-dye IN his
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
A WESTERN HAND.-A good story is told
of Western captain who hired 'off hand" a
shiftless fellow, at one of the ports on the Mis-
sssppi, to go as hand on one of his boats, to
New Orleans, for forty dollars and found Civ
ing him, in advance, five dollars, to supply an
urgent present necessity The new hand was
to be on board in the morning, 'before the first
chickens crowed;'' but he never made his ap-
pearance.
Long after, the captain discovered him at a
wood yard, jumped ashore, collared the dishon-
est hombre, and asked him the reason why he
had not kept the engagement.
What was the terms? asked the fellow, with
the utmost GOODNESS and indifference.
Forty dollars a month, and found replied