The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-05-23
Never too Late to Mend.

e ''Mr. Clinton, want man of intelligence
10 DC ut Ill! HoI'ice for t~onty-fOur hours.
give YOU the first offer. Sir
Mr.. Clinton replied that really he had Sc
many irons in the fire. that twcnty-four hours
t Meadows put fifty pound note on the ia
bic.
with all Your irons iron YOU out fifty
: pounds as fiat as that .
: why. hcm?'
NO nor five. Come Sir. sharp is the
word: Can you be NY servant for twenty
four hours. for fifty pounds? yes Or no..
> ''Why. this is dramatc-ycs"
:: 1T is half-past two. Between this and
e four o'clock | must buy few hundred acres
in Australia at a fair bargain
,, ''liumph. Well. that can be done.
know an old fellow that has land in every
l part of the globe.
flake me to him
In ten minutes they were in one of those
dingy. narrow alleys in the CITY of London
that looked the abode of decent poverty. ard
e they could afford to buy GroSvcnor Square
G for their stables: and Mr. Clinton introdu-
'ccd his friend to a hlcar-cycd merchant in i
large room papcrcd with maps: the windows
were incrrSt,d. mustard and crcSS might
rave been grown from them. Beauty in clean
linen collar ard Wristbands would have shown
here with intolcrdhlc l,>trc: but the blear-
eyed merchant did not come out hri ght bI
contrast he had taken the local color. You
could see him. and that was al. like pat
: ridge in 4 urrow q >nu!-coor"d man !: coat
rusty. I'll hut the collar. and that greasy
poor a. is color WAS. his linen had thought
j, worth cmuiatinS: blacki>h nails. cotton
wipe, little bald place on head. bu. didrt
shine for the same reason the window ,liGm /
Mr.. Clinton approached this Ghir.ty morcv.
! th:> rusty coin, in the spirit ct !'unkc,i>m.
Sir. said he il a low. rcvercntial tone
this party is disposed to purchase q few hun
dyed acres in the colonies
Mr.. Rich looked up from his desk ant
pointed with 4 sweep of his pen t" the walls
There are the maps: the red crosses arc
' my land. The. are numbered; hrfrr I" 'h'
! r,,rr;n of the map and vou will find the acre
and the lati .'i i'nEiHdc calculate" to
tra,,ion. " ... "Ne settled in wha
: i@rt 6: The wcrld you o:iy. ccmc to '"r again
. time is gold
;, And he hlcar-ccd merchant wrote. an,
/ ard sealed, and fled and took no notice o
: El> customers. They found red crosses il
several Of the United States. in Canada. il
. Borne. in i.carls ell the colonies. ard as lucl
. would have it. they found one small eros
within thirty ml> Of BATHURST and the mar
"in described it Is five hundred acres Mr.
Meadows stepped toward the desk.
> Il have found a small property near Ba
:. thur>t.'
''Bathurst? where is that g
In australia
..Suit:?'
~ If the price suits. What is the price
j sir?
! The books must tell Us that
MIR. Rich stretched out his arm and seize
ledger and gave it Meadows
- II have but one price for land and that i
. iivc per cent. profit on my OUTLAY. RooI
g. Viii tell you what it stands me in: add fl,
~ per cent TO that. and take the land away o
leave it.
+; With this curt explanation. Mr.. Rich re
~ sumed his work.
; 1t seems you gave five shilling. an acr,
!, S,r. Sai;! Clinton. Five times five hundre
w. >hIinSS. one hundred AZ TWENTY-FIVE pound,
! Interest at five per cent. six pounds five
- when did buy it :? asked Mr.. Rich.
:, "Oh when did YOU buy it. Sr:?'
-, Mir. Rich Snatchcd the book little pe
"' ti>hlv and gavcit to Meadows.
''l on make the caiculation.' said he: 9Th
figures are all there. Come to me when vo
have made it.
y; 'lhc land had been bought twentv-scve
i'll years and some months ago. Mr.. Meadow
aS made the calculation in a turn of the han,
T. and announced it. Rich rang hand-bell.-
u Another snutfy figure, with stoop and
'' bald head and 4 pen came through curtain
Jones. verify that calculation
ii. Ii. ''Penny half penny two pence. penny hal
m ~, penny two pence. Mum. nun. Halfpcn
al wrong. Sir.
lSl ''There is halfpcnny wrong cried NJ
81. Il. Rich to Meadows with a most injured air.
"' ''Therc is. Sir said Meadows. but it is G
, the right side for you. thought l wou
W. make 1t even money against myself
=; ''Ihcrc are only two ways, wrong al
'a e'l right, was the reply. Jones make it risl
J. there. that Is the price for the next half hor
u. after business hours to-day add a dav's intc
Il, Il, est; and. Jones. if he docs not buy. VII
ca your calculation into the book with date
save time next cuStomcS comes for it,
~" h,Nu loI touDlc -lr. Jones. Sa
m 'a' Meadows 4 take the land Here is tv
w N hundred and fifty pounds-that is rath
III more than half the purchase money
''JOnes count
We Nv hen can | have the deeds, sir
q, lien Tomorrow
.; ''Recclpt for two hundred and fifty pound
I" sad Meadows, falling into the others kew.
- ZONES, write reccipt-two, five. naught.
III Nv rite me an agreement to SELL propos
Meadows
o, NO, You write it I'll sign it. Jones. G
eo ter transaction in the books. Have YOU an
, thing to do young gentleman address,,
lSh Clinton.
''No, Sir
- ''Ihen draw this pen through the t,
Ill crosses on the map and margin. Good NOR
, ing gentlemen
H. And the monev-making machine rose a,
dismissed them as he had received them. wi
ue short: sharp, business congo.
'le far, who turn a shop head over hee
maui sixty yards of ribbon and buy six. viii
beng sent home. Unsuitable becomes vo
len desire to change it for other six which Y,
had falrly,closely, ard with all the powers ,
9'- Your mind, compared with it during +
seventy minutes the purchase occupied.
ne respectfully inform YOU that the abo
ma business took just eight minutes, and III
when II vas done. twas DONE