Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-04-03


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store, whowere trading and talking poll.
tics. " And what q lye be afther asking
for the boots. Misther Jerks" asked one
of the geatlenaea.. Three .dollars-lhree
dollars is+the lowest cent that they can
be bought for. Mr.. Nc" something e |
could not remember the name long
enough 10 puSSit down. :. And faith. /
won't pay any such price. i can buy
4 them for two and "a half in Cumberland .
"Well. as your countrymenE deal ex,en.
4 siyeIy IS It'll me. YOU may have them for
two seventy -fve.n Z Y. so-and a. half is
all can give" Oh. well. as you are
just settling in 'the'couhtry you may take
lhem." .fJustsetthem down tome. and
when l come lin !, will bring you some
fine hard soap, to pay for them with, -
{" All right. Glad to open an. account
with you. Pat. Brig in your wire. /
will sell you any amount Of goods and
wait with you till you clean out your farm
and pay for it, That fixed that cust.-
mer. " no would buy about ten dollars of
coffee and cotton cloth in year.
y" Ano her customer brought in some
oats to pay off a note oi.three years stand !
ing and another came in and bought the
otts on credit Anolher good customer
wanted Mr.. jerks TO endorse q note,
which Mr., jerks was very sorry to be
com PEELED % decline. as he was under
protest Tor friend Of his. Itis strange
that so many about town here. areiunder
protest. have asked nearly every man
in town, and they are all under protest."
replied the customer. with great simplici
~ and asroni>hment.
The next customer was a lady of the
town. who was about twenty seven years
OF age. Miss Kate q could no, fnd out
her family name) had designs upon our
master. and as she was quite literary in
her tastes, she affecte 10 come in TO see
some new books which Mr.. jerks had Just
received. Mr.. jerks was also literary
gentleman AS well as statesman. "Did
you bring on any bonks. Mr. jerks ~
. Oh. yes. Miss KAie. some very superior
novels. such as the Waverly Novels. the
Plckwick Papers and some OF Thacke>
rays hes, books; also I" Macauley's His
tory Of England" What do you think
OF the WaverIy Novels. Miss Kate -
Mr.. Waverly's writings are very 6ne,
but greatly prefer Mr.. Gippard's. OF our
own country. "sBlau he. of Brandy
wine" is vastly superior to anything
which has as yet appeared in Europe -
This man rhacker. whom you mention is
I,>F L., I,,.~ Alk..~1,,.l. A..
why don't you write ? | declare. think
your style is quite Addisonian." 20. I"
say jerks. " my business is so pressing
that cannot Gud lime for much literary
amusement. expect some day. Miss
X lte, To be able 10 pursue my own inch
nations. should be delighted to have
the time to address The people frequently
upon The topics which are embracsh 10
the triangular Presidential canvass. Our
glorious old ship Of State is now weather.
ing II Tremendous storm. and she needs
the rig ht pilots. Could l find time TO
speak 10 the people OF this Congressional
district. all would be right. know. The
people want light "Mother will be
Ionss"me; | must go home, MIR. jerks
| am 80 loaded down that cannot carey
that book she only had two yards Of
canbrc. will you be kind enough to
bring it soon after supper Z" Here our
fair visitor left the store. being ushercd
out by very polite bow. ID so
Now. by very fortunate coincidence.
| WAS taken from the drawer aud placed
IN the porte monnaie of the merchant,
and sue enough. after supper we repair
ed 10 The residence OF Miss Kate. was
81,
~ in Washington, but had never enjoy
ed the pleasure oi the society Of the tair
sex in any OF the provincial towns. Il.
= We found several of the young gem
tIemen and ladies assembled VIII n we ar
rived. There vas II young lady they
calen Susan Ann Jones. who did nothing
but laugh. ii auT Of the young men
pinched her arm. she laughed. il All;
body said = good evening. Miss Susan
Ann." she said good evening" and
hughed. S Q was immensely popular
with class Of young gentlemen who have
nothing to entertain q lady company
with except monkey tricks. h,1au
"TheIe WAS ano her young lady whose
grand characteristic was thatfsbe always
talked in most emphatic whisper. which
| HupIeu NuhI uooooS PIeseut Coulu ~ W
pathize with her views except the person
with whom she. WAS conyersing. A most
adruit way OF fattering. indeed There
were were likewise some young gentle
men present, one or TWO of whom We
shall notice. #s s.a., a-s77 e-oHi Ia zr.-..
%. Mr.. Vcxswas a. Law student, OF very
good personal appearances, but it was hi.
voice that seemed 10 constitute the chic!
pleasure of his existence. IR~as, one o.
our commanding voices: Just such .,
Marlborough or Scott would have assum