Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-05-09
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A BUSINESS SCENE

! aieadoWs fnnnd Mr. clinton at Feel S.
M. Chntpn, ".nt man If tntpiI,
Cenes 10 be III my serrle. 10, tw-us Y-.nur
hours. give yuu the .irsl tier, sir
M. C:Inton iep!RI ti,..t really h" had
! SO many i ons III the nro, that ,meuty~
! tour hours---
t Meadows put fifty pound note 90 the
table.
"h Ill all your mons iron you out fifty
! peunts rs quick AS tlat r
j ny lN. t.-u,.
! No, nor tiye.-Come, sir. sharp is the
"ofd. Cal,o be my servant fnr tweu-
] ty>foar hoars for htty p9unGs yes OF
no =
WY this Is dramatic ~
! Il. Is t.nlf past two. Between this
| aHd tour . cock | must buv :. lew hun
'scres n Aust:atls: at a Ia ! bargain
"Hamp!l Well. that can be done,
know Ar Old fellow ;ltat las land in sv-
Fry part OF the globe.
! LAX me to hnn
In ten minutes they were in one of
tdose dtngy narrnw alleys IN The city OF
London that Iook the abode of DECENT
poverty, aDI tlley could ~tfos,: to buy
urossenor Square tH lilrIF >tablps aua
Nj. Clinton Introduce! his friend IL +,
',iear eyed merchant III d large room
j,apered with maSs; ihe windows wer-
lncra>ted, nnsarl and cr-ss might have
ben grown from item. l}vantv in
c,ean frlen collar and wristbands would
nave shohe here with inteerable lastre
bat the biear>eyei merchant did nol
caInr out rrlgut by contrast, he had Ia
Ken the lnca' ealps. You could see him.
and that WAS ail, ike a paftr dye in Il I
uJrow Il snuti>coletcd coat coat rusty
ali Ut the collar, aud that grrss, ; poor
As is collar waS, his linen had thought
IL worth enufaiIr"; black mill na,Is. !
cotton wipe. ilttte bald place on heat
at. ltd ut SHINE for the same re son the (,
win>i"us DID NJ Mf Clinton approach
81 his ",tlnrly '"oney,' tiis rusty coin,
in the >ptFit ii 1unke ls,n.
''olr, SAID he, 10 Il low ,everen,iaI tone. !
TINS parry IS disposed TO purchase
lie" hutnired acres III the colonies" /
Mr.. R'ci' Ios'ke,l up from bis Ie-k ana
poth'ed with sweep ot his peu to the |
walls: /
There are tie maps; the red crosses
re my land. They are numbered. b
Ter To the MAG Gun Of the map and YOU
will tni the acres and Lhe latitude and /
fongnud,. ca cuaa;et tn a fraction When
you have Settled III what par, of world
YOU bny, come to me ssan; time is
gold.
Aud .l,t bIear eyed merchant wrote,
and sesttd. aud fl ed, and took no po>
tee af his cusfn,u-rS. The found red
crosses id several parts Of the United
Stat.s, Canada. in Eornro, IN nesrv
al tne c,,lnuirs, and Is lnck would have
IL, they found one sIns.t cross within
thirty miles of bathurst, aud the mar,
ga described ii as five hundred acres
Mr.. Meadows stepped tnwar.l the disk
Il haze found ii small property near
Bathurst
"B ,ihur>t? +? where is that p
''In Australia
Suit 2
"if the price suits What is the price,
sir q
The books viii tell US that
Mr.. Rich stretched out his arm and
seized a ledger and gave it t. Medows.
Il have but one price for land, anei
hat is five per cent. profit on my out
law. Book will tell You what it stands +
me IN add five per cent. tn that, an,i
lake the land anny or leave it.
With this cur, explanation, Mr.. Rich
resumed his work.
:" Ii Seems y,u gave FIVE shllings an
acre. SIR said Mr.. Clinton. Five lines
i've hun. red sbl!lu.s, one hundred and
wrsty five pounds. interest a. five per
cent. six pounds five"
When did buy it?' asked Mr..
Rch. T
oh! when did you buy it, sira
Mr.. Rich snatched the book little
,etlishlv and gave it te M"adows.
: You make the calculation - said hs
. the figures are all there. Come TO me ;
when v,,u Hsve suatie it.
The LAM, had been bough. twenty
eveu wears, ant! 50 liz months ago. MIR, =
Meadow, made the calculation in Il turn
II tie hand, ard announced it RIci
.sny a hand bell. AnothtA suutfy figure
with stonp and bad head and = pen,
'asue through curtain. +
Jones, verify that calcu alton
"Pcnny half penny two pence, penav ,
4sl;-penny two pence. Mum, nam
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