White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-09
Sam Sticks Humorous Account of his
Shrewd Bargain with ChesencoOker.

49,
"You will fnd," said the doctor, "the
men Il except the other sex always are
as acute as you are at bargain. You
are more ike to be bitten than TO bite, if
yon try that game with them"
"Bet you q dollar" sails /, al sell
that old coon as easy as clock. What.
q Chesencooker a match for & Yankee J
Come. like that that is good. Here
goes for trial at any rate"
"Mounser," sails !, "have you any
wood to sell ?"
We didn't need no wood. but it don't
do to begin TO ask for what you want, or
you can't do nothing.
"Yes," said he.
whats the price" said /. "eash
down on the nail 90 for knew the critter
would see ''the point" Of coming down
with the blunt.
"It's ten dollars and half" said he,
a cord at Halifax, and it don't COSTUME
nothing to carry it there, for l have my
own shallop-but / will sell it for ten
dollars to oblige you" That was just
seven dollars more than it was worth"
"Well," sails /. ''that's not high, only
cash is scarce. If you will take macka-
rel in pay, at six dollars barrel [ which
was two dollars more than its value)
-praps we might trade. Could you sell
me twenty cord 90
Eyes. may be twenty-five"
0And the mackarel - said I
"0h," said he, "mackarel is only
worth three dollars and half at Halifax
l can't sell mine even at that. l have
sixty barrels, number one, for sale"
"lfyou will promise me to let me have
all the wood / want, more or less" sails
l, seven if it is ever so little, or as much
as thirty cords, at ten dollars a cord.
real rock maple, and yellow birch, then !
will take all your mackarel at three and
half dollars, money down"
"Say four" said he.
"No." sails I. "you say you can't get
but three and a half at Halifax, and /
won't beat you down, or advance one
cent myself. But mind, if 1 oblige you
by buying all your mackGrel, you must
oblige me by letting me have all the wood
II want
Done" said he, SO we warped into
the wharf, toook the fish on board. and
l paid him the money, and cleared f fteen
pounds by the operation.
Now" sails ], "where is the wood?"
"All this is mine" said he, pointing
to a pile, containing about fifty cords.
"Can l have it ALL" said l, "if !
want 1t ?"
He took off bis cap and scratched his
head scratching helps man to think
amazingly. He thought he had better
ask little more than ten dollars, as |
appeared to be SO ready to buy at any
price. So he said, Eyes, you may have
it all at ten and half dollars"
81 thought you said l might have what
| wanted at ten"
"Well, have changed my mind"
said he, sit is too low"
"And SO have l." sails 1. 81 won't
trade with man that acts that way"
and l went on board, and the men cast
of and began to warp the vessel again up
to her anchor.
Lewis took of his cap and began
scratching his head again; he had over
reached himself Expecting an immense
profit on his wod, he had sold his fish
very low he saw l was in earnest, and
jumped on board.
"Capitaine, you will have him at ten,
so much as you want of him."
"Well, measure me Off half cord"
"What!" said he, opening both eyes
to their full extent.
Measure me off half cord"
Didn't you say you wanted twenty or
thirty cord go
NO." sails /, 81 said / must have that
much if l wanted it, but / don't want it;
it is only worth three dollars, and you
have had the modesty to ask ten, then
ten and hall, but viii take half
cord to please you, SO measure it off,"
He stormed, and raved, and swore,
and threw his cap down on the deck and
jumped on it, and stretched out his arm
as ii he was going to fight, and stretched
out his wizzened face, as if to make hal
looing easier, and foamed at the mouth
like boss that has eat lobelia in his hay.