Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-08-09
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ENORMOUS sAcRIFTgE i a

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running his stumpy fingers down the col
umn lit with emphasis on particular
item.
ts Say l--y'ye got emmy OF these blew
cotes left, at. Eve dollars nd Eve n al nd
six dollars.-got emmy on 'em lel ~
!, Smith. are there any Of those cheap
coats left 2" enquifed perlite Mark OF
his partner, swe sold the last this morn
ling, did we not2
Smith understands the cheap clothing
business. and answered promptly, All
gone sir 7
sJests expected, murmured The dis.
appointed candidate, 'darnation siexe
all, I told dad they'd be all gone
We have very superior article at
ten doIlars---
Scarcely, Squire, scarcely l-ten dol
lars is all fred price for a cote T.
e We can make You one to order"
e Yes but / want it aoH-wantit rite
strut off-fact is, Squire, must hey' pn.'
{, :" You'd find those cheap at ten dollars
"Dun know baout it Say, we got
emmy Of these dewrable doeskin trowsefs
left, at tew dollars; sold them all tew.
spcct, hcv' ye9''
Luckily there were few left. and Ne,
hemiah was advised to secure q pair at
once. Nehemiah was open for trade, but
acting up to the Instincts Of the Newbe.
gins, it must be dicker.
Dew yeou ever tex prodjeuce Tor
your clothing ?"
Take what?''
| "Prodieucs-garden sass and siOh--
don't do it, dew yeou ?"
"Well, occasionally We do; what have
you to sell 2"
"Oh, most anythin' leetle of every.
thing from narrow-fat peas, down to rye
straw got some new cider, some high.top
sweetings, got some Of the all-killin'est
dried pumpkin yeou ever sot eyes on;
spect, meow, yeou'd like some Of that
dried punkin."
Mark declined negotiating for the dried
pumkin, enquired If he had any good but
ter.
"G.o.o.d butter naow. Squire, ex
pect I've got some OF the incest and yal-
ierest yeou ever sot eyes on got some
out here now got some in n shooger box,
eout in dads waggin bro't it daown fer
Kurnul Walron, but yeou ken hev' II III;
I'll bring it right sttut in here, darned eft
daon'tl' and with all the impetuosity Of
youth, Nehemiah shot forth to dad's.wag
GIN and brought in the butter. On the
strength Of the butter dicker was spec
dily contracted. by which Nehemiah was
to be put in immediate and absolute pos
session Of a coat, vest and pantaloons, all
Of good material and fit.
Now then.' said Mark, what kind of
q coat will you have ?"
"I reckon I'll hev' blew un. Squire"
Yes, but what kind dress coat"
Certainly, Squire, certainly; jest
what want coat for, tew dress In -
"Ah, exactly Just look at tthose plates,
pointing to the fashion plates in the win.
dow, and see what style you fancy.'
"Oh. darn yeour plates, daon' ~ want
killn'est lot Of arthcn ware yeou ever sot
eyes on !"
Yes, l see we'll, step Lhis way, tlen,
and l can accommodate you"
Nehemiah speedily sclected a nice blue
coat, and vest of green, but he was more
fastidious in his choice Of pants, those
crowning glories of his new suit. He
seemed to indulge weakness for long
pautaIoons and complained that his last
pair had troubled him exceedingly, or, as
he expressed il, 'blamedly.' by hitching
up over his boots, and wrinklipg about
the knees. Nehemiah dclved away I'm
petuously amidst stack Of three hun
dred pairs, and finally his eyes rested up,
on n pair of lengthy ones. real bldz6fs,
with wide, yellow stripes running each
way. Nehemiah snaked them out in R
twinkling. He liked them-they were
long and yellow-they were just the thing
and he proceeded at once TO try them on.
The new clothing store has nook cur
tanned off for this purpose, and Nehemiah
was speedily closetcd therein.
The pants had straps, and the straps
were butioned now Nehemiah bad
seen straps before, but the art of managing
them was mystery, and like Sir PatFisRs
dilemma required mighty dale Of nice
consideration On deIiberation he deci-
ded that the boots must 90 on first he
accordingly drew on his Bluchers, .moun-
ted a chair, elevated the pants at prop
er angle, and eudeavored TO coax EiS legs
into them. He had a time Of II. His
boots were none of the smallest and the
pants, though long. were none Of tile wi.
dest; the chair. too, was rickety and
bothered him, but, bending his energies
10 the task, he succeeded in Inducing one
leg into the 'pesked thing. He was strad
died like the Colossus Of Rhodes, aud lust
in the act Of raising the other foot, when
a whispering and giggling. in his imme.
diate vicinity. made him alive 70 the ap-
IPailing fact that nothing but thin eur
tain Of chintz separated him from twenty
Of the ptetsiest and Wickedst girls thar
were ever Gagged in one shop! Nehemiah
was basbful youth. and would have
made circumbcndibns of a mile, any
day, rather than meet those girls. even
had he been in full dreS e. was, lis