The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-10-24
SCOTTIsHPERsEyERANGE.

Yankee peddlcrs have good name Tor
ingenuity and perseverance in selling their
wares, but they are fully matched by Scot
tish dealers, who seem to inherit the hope
fu 'aess and indomitable pluck of their great
King, Robert Bruce, who reached the throne
only after n long series of failures and dis
couragement. The following is a good IL
lustration Of success often won by this dog
ged perseverance: r5@aa e9.1- SIS -ie@t
A person in the west Of Scotland, who
had engaged in the manufacture of 4 GER
tain description of goods, then recently
introduced into-that part of the country,
found it necessary, or conjectured it might
be profitable to establish permanent con-
ucetion with some respectable mercantile
house in London. With this design he
packed up a quantity of goods, equipped
himself for the journey and departed. He
travelled on foot to the metropolis. Upon
his arrival he made diligent inquiry as to
those who were likely to prove his best Gus
toners, and accordingly, proceeded to call
upon one Of the most opulent drapers, with
whom he resolved to establish regular corr
respondence. When Sanders entered the
draper's shop, he found it crowded with
purchasers, and the clerks all bustling bu-
silly at the back of the counter, handing out
their several wares to their respective Gus
toner's Sanders waited, what he thought
a scasonable length of time, then laid down
his pack, his bonnet and his staff, upon the
counter. and inquired. in his broad Scotch
dialect. for 'sthe head Of the house, One
of the clerks asked him what he wanted
The Scotchman's answer was as usual q
question:
ssWant yc aught i my line sir ?'' ~#' s.
"No!" was the prompt reply Of the per-
son Intercepted, who accompanied his
monosylabic negative with a look of con-
tempt for the mean appearance OF the itine-
rant Scotch merchant. '.'e
"Wull We no tax look o. the GUIDES,
sir?'' was Sanders next query. 4l sE3
''No, not at all; | have not time" re-
piled the clerk. '.Take them away-takc
them awayr' s.' .'
"Yc'n aiblins (perhaps) find them worth
your while; and no doubt na but yell
buys" said Saunders as he coolly proceeded
to unite and unstrip his burden. ''Go away
go awayr' was reiterated half dozen
times with great Impotence; but the perse-
vering Scotehman still persisted. SECT
along, you old Scotch fool y cried the clerk.
completely out Of temper, as he pushed the
already exposed contents Of the pack off the
counter; ''get alongr' aar, gsts. ag.s,as d
Saunders. looked up in the individuals
face with wide mouth and an enlarged
pair of eyes, then looked down to his estate,
they lay scattered among his feet; looked
up again, and exclaimed: sand wull We nc
really buy aught? Bat We dinna ken; he hae
na seen the guides yet;" and so saying he
slowly gathered them up, and replaced then,
ON the counter. a veg sh'asf.
Sect out of the shop, sir p; was the per-
emptory angry command that followed his
last appeal. " ~,
Saunders, with great gravity and self
possession, said: ''Are ye i'll earnest, frien'?''
'.Yes, certainly," was the reply; and tha,
reply was succeeded by an nnequiv ocal
proof Of sincerity on the part Of the person
who made it, when he picked up Saunders
bonnet and whirlcd is into the street. "a
The cool Scotchman stalkcd deliberately
and grayely in quest of his Stcwarton sheaa-
gear" After giving it two or three hearty
slaps upon the wall without the door, hi
re- entered verys composedlv wringing the
moisture out of it, and looked over to tht
person who had served him SO, ana said
with genuine Scotch smile "You was but
an illfaured turn, man; yen surely tax a
look q the guides noo.'q ,.a- -. s@sF
The nasser-draper himself, who wa.
standing all the while. in the shop, adnirina
the patience and perseverance, of the old
man, and feeling a little comprn ,tion fol
the unceremonious manner in which he had
been treated, examined the contents of the
pack, found them to be articles he stood in
need of, purchased them, and ordered an
additional regular supply, and thus laid the
foundation of an opulent mercantile house
that has now Aour:shcd for some genera
tions.