Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-23

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In three or four days We reached the city
of New York, and put up at the Bulls
Head Tavern, kept by Mr.. Giyens'
Mr. Brown would be busy week, selling
Ibis cattle, and then I}should return With
him in his sleigh. That was great
week for me. Ny mother had given me
dollar the week before left home, and
never expected to see the end OF 1t.
supposed it would supply my every wish,
and vet leave unknown quantities OF
change on hand. The frat outlay made
was for oranges. was a great lover OF
this fruit, and had often wished could
have as many as l could eat. entered
confectionery store, and enquired the
price of oranges. Pour cents y piece,
was the reply.
Now, s. fourpence, in Connecticut, is
six cents, and | supposed twas the same
the world over. With my great propen-
sity for beating down the price, aud an ar
dent belief in Faanklin's prOTerb. that
F." penny saved, is twopence earned, l
informed the lady that '' considered
fourpence, price too dear, but would
give her ten cents for two" The femi-
nine shopkeeper hesitated for moment,
but finally said that seeing it was me, y
and it was probably my first visit to New
Y York, she would let me have the two or
anges for ten cents; but sho would eX-
pect me to trade with her whenever l
wanted anything in her line. thanked
her and took the oranges. l thought 1t was
very liberal in her thus TO deduct two
Eceats from the price of her fruit, little
dreaming that owing to the difference in
currency. was paying her two cents
more than she asked
soon dispatched my two oranges ard
purchased two more at the same reduced
price. had eighty cents left, and that
seemed to me sufficient for all mortal
wants. then purchased for thirty one
cents, little gun that would Ego of, y
and send stick some distance across the
room. intended to astonish my school
mates with that gun when | got home,
for it astonished me considerably, as |
had never seen anything of the kind be-
fore. l went into the bar-room OF our
hotel, and began to amuse myself with
The extraordinary gun. The bar-rOom
was crowded with customers. Letting
off my gun at random, it grazed one
man'S nose, and passed on hitting the
bar keeper in the eye. Smarting under
the pain it gave him, he came in front OF
the counter, caught me by the collar,
giving me several severe shakes, and
boxing my ears soundly, he told mo to
put that gun out of the way, or lie would
throw it in the stove. felt considerably
injured in my feelings. and sneaking silly
up stairs, placed the precious gun under
my pillow. soon visited tie shop again.
The good woman instructed me i'll tho
| mystery Of torpedoes. had never seen
one before. Sue threw one with consil-
cradle force on the floor and it exploded.
1 was delighted Would not these as
tonish our school boys ? l bought six
cents worth for that purpose. Arrived
at the hotel asst rs the guests were going
to dinner, aud suPposinS that they had
never seen anything in the torpedo line,
and would be delighted to do so, could
not refrain from giving them the opporLu-
nifty so taking two from my pocket, and
throwing them with all my strength,
against the side Of the hall through which
the crowd was passing, loud, double
report followed, much to the surprise and
annoyance of the guests. The landlord
came rushing out in a high state of eX-
citemcnt, and finding out the culprit, he
stretched me on the fl0or at single blow
from his open hand.
"rhcre, you little greenhorn, he cx-
claimed, " see if that will teach you bet
ter than to explode your ID crackers
in my house again
1t did. l was perfectly taught in a
single lesson. went up stairs and de-
posted the balance Of the torpedoes with
my gun. ate no dinner that day. My
dignity had been insulted, and my appe
titc had vanished. l was humbled. /
felt forlorn aud forsaken. had one re-
source. 1t was the toy-shop. Visited
it again, bought watch, breasl.pin,
and top. was still rich man /
had eleven cents left. l went to bed and
dreamed Of all my possessions. The
next morning, as soon as had swallow
ed my breakfast, l visited the toy-shop
again, to q look round" discovered
many new things which had escaped my
notice the day previous. Presently l
saw a Beautiful knife with two blades, be.
sidesia gimblot and corb-screw! This
was n0velty-the most uAelul article in
existence, beyond all doula-.I mus. pos,
ssss it. Ny father would be delighted,
for it was carpentcr's shop in miniature,
and was too valuable a piece to leave
behind me- Wouldn't Old Bethel be as.
tonished But what was the price oi
this combination OF all that was useful
and ornamental Only thirty -one cents
Alas, l had but eleven. found. 10 my
astonishmens, that my funds were ezhaus.
ted. Blu. have tbs knife / must; SO
proposed to my good friend, the shop-wo,
man, that alis should receive back the
top and breast.pia at slight deduction
from what had paid her the day Preyi