The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-06-06
Mistellanrons.
FoRTY.0NE TONS OF INDIGO.


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IN Lonaon "ouia oe called u enaha'er ssnoP'
lie condeseenued' merely 'or the convenience
oi MS immediate neiShoor, 70 sell candles
rs low as iarthins apiece-indeed' ne
would for the nonce, furnish hight 20 at
tenuated that you might purchase two for q
farthing. and yet he had small beer in his
emporium more attenuated still. lie also
sold dyeing materials, among which might
hA,e e'as''u n'' small aie' anu NC na' '0'u'
ind'ea' 70 SET on asaih'. hai',Penhy ;
worm sa'' o'fiiia against TWO snee's o'
p'rnaihen' caa' i0' oa'oee' anu 'na'so "
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,naeea' our trustworthy if'ena' p0na'a
VI "rie' haa no small Pr'de IN MS snop -
anu 'he streets In wnich nc iNed' IN 'ne
good oid Town Oh Aberdeen, had just Us
mueh PRIDE In Donald. Really Donald was
81 Q chiei. he kept his accounts accurate-
ly, both with God and man, Tor he was US
punctuai ut kirk as In his payments, and as
ne allowed no long scores with his neighoors,
nc TOOK care never 70 run IN debt Tor crimes
OF omission, which must some day be settled
before tribunal awful.
Having thus sufficiently described Don
aids circumstances, we must now proceed
70 hafra'e 'ne nrs' grand step that ne made
toward acquiring the splendid fortune that
no 20 well deserved, and lived 30 long to en-
JOY.
He was out of indigo, that is to say, all
the indigo that he lately had, had gone out
Of his warehouse by driblets. Thereupon
he writes letter to the house in London, a
dry-salter's in the most extensive line OF
business, ordering " forty-one pons weight
oil indigo stating, ut the same time, that
IL there was not a vessel they must "9d
ons." Such were the exact words he used.
Now, ut the time this occurred, communi-
cation between Aberdeen and London was
rare and' at the iarthest' iour times IN the
year was 'ne utmost extent 'na' pOn"'a
Morie ana MS wholesale dealers addressed
each other These latter were very much
surprised at the extent Oh the order, ana the
reader will not wonder at IL when he 's in-
iorneu 'na' 'ney never couid suppose iof
moment 'ha' 'essei could % oruerea Oh
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win n''n nS '"'a'y !o"i'' anu "'u
curing ai 'ha' ''me' oeeh extremely wen
pieaseu win the punc'uaiity oil ms payments
aaaed 10 ~n'eh' 'ney had heard 'ha' ne was
wealthy. upon ah these GROUNDS 'hey
without "es''a''Oh executed the oraer ou''
Us .ney naa not anything IKE the quantity
on hand' they were themselves Obliged to
become purchasers IN order to fulfil the CON-
mission. Having collected the quantity
that they supposed Donald had specified,
they shipped 1t for Aberdeen, sending with
It an invoice, and also bill OF ladins by
post
When M'Grie received this precious bill
Of lading, his astonishment was at once lu-
dicrous and stupcndous. At length in or
der to give himsclfa little mental relief, he
determined to set 1t down for hoax, "for, ["
said he, "what on earth can the people Of
London mean by sending me forty-one tons
Of indigo ?" II was more than sufficient.
with the then consumption, to supply Aber-
deem for a good Scotch reneration-twcnty-
one years. However, his prudence still pre-
vailed over every other operation ofhis mind.
Like canny Scot, he KEEP, his perplexity to
himself, for nothing was farther from his
thoughts than to run hither and thither,
with his mouth wide open and the letter in
his hand, in order to tell his tale of wonder
and excite the stupid acclamations of hi
neighbors. Notwithstanding this stOica