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

IL pRIyE Us EFoM QUE r5sITros. Jacks
is57. 9 siasfaTg atl "a
I store, whogwere trading and talking poll
j tics. ..And what % yes be afther asking
for the boots. Misther Jenks2g'' asked ons
4 of the gentlemen. Three ,dollars-thre.
Il dollars isSthe lowest cent that they car
be bought for. Mr.. Mo. something 81
u could not remember the name long
enough TO puSfit down. :. And faith, /
won't pay any such price. can buy
Il them for two and "a half in Cumberland :
4 Well. as your c9untr men deal ex,en,
siyeIy With me. you may have them fol
two seventy -five." !. 4 so4and a. half il
all can give "oh. well. as you are
lust settling in the}country you may take
them.' - Justset them down tome. and
when i come in l will bring you some
fine hard soap to pay for them with -
4 :" All right. Glad to open an accoun,
with you. Pat. Brig in your wife. j
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 o!
coffee and cotton cloth in q year.
=" Ano. her customer brought in some
oats to pay off a note OF i,three years stand
ing and another cnmei in and bought the
oats on credit Ano.her good customer
wanted Mr. jerks TO endorse q note,
which Mr., Jenks was very sorry to be
compelled o decline. as he was under
protest Tor freud Of his. Itis strange
that so many about town here. are under
protest. have asked nearly every man
in town, and they are all under protest. -
replied the customer. with great simplici
! ty and astoni>hment.
The next customer was lady Of the
town. who was about twenty seven years
OF age. Miss Kate, { could not find out
her family name) had designs upon our
master. and as she was quite literary in
her tastes, she affecte 10 come in 10 see
some new bnoks which Mr.. jerks had Jus,
received. Mr.. jerks was also a literary
gentleman as we'll as n statesman. "Did
you bring ON any bouks. Mr.. jerks g.
Oh. yes, Miss kAie. some verv superior
novels. such as the WaverIy Novels. the
Pickwick Papers. and some of I'hacke>
rays best books: also Z" Macaulev's His
tory of England" What do you think
OF the Waverly Novels, Miss Kate r.
Mr.. Waverly's writings are very dne.
but, greatly prefer Mr.. 1ippard's, OF our
own country. "rBiau he. of Brandy
wine is vastly superior to anything
which has as yet appeared in Europe -
This man rhacker. whom you mention is
Of low family i'll Albemarle. Mr.. jerks.
why don't you write ? declare, think
your style is quite Addisouian." 20. -
say jerks. my business is so pressing
that | cannot Gnd time for much literary
amusement. expect some day, Miss
Kate, t" be- able TO pursue my own incl,
nations should be delighted to have
the time to address The people frequently
upon The topics which are en.bracsh 10
the trlane uIar Presidential canvass. Our
glorious old ship Of State is now weather
ing Il tremendous storm. and she needs
The right pilots. Could find time to
speak 10 the people OF this Congressional
district, all would be right. know. The
people want light" "MoIher will be
lonesome: must go home. Mr.. Jenks.-
that book { she only had Two yards OF
cambrc. will you be kind enough to
bring it soon after supper 2" Here our
fair visitor left the store. being ushercd
out by very pUiiIe bow.
Now. by u very fortunate coincidence.
Was taken from the drawer aud placed
IN the porte monnaie Of the merchant,
and sute enough. after supper we repair
ed 10 the residence OF Miss Kate. l WAS
intimately acquainted with temslt socie>
" in Washington, but had never enjoy
ed the pleasure oi the society Of the tair
sex in any OF the provincial towns.
- We found several Of the young gen
tlemen and ladies asse embed VIII n we ar
rived. There was y young lady they
callen Susan Ann Jones, who did no.hIng
but laugh. it auY Of the young men
pinched her arm. she laughed, il n%;;
body said ''g good evening. Miss Susan
Ann" she said "gOod evening" and
"ughed. S Q was immensely populas
with class Of young gentlemen VITO have
nothing to entertain lady Lin company
with except. monkey tricks. 81 l.4ga
"TheIe was anoIheryoung lady whose
grand characteristic was that,sb always
talked in Almost emphatic whisper. which
implied that nobody present could sym.
pathize with her Views except the person
with whom she. WAS couversing. A most
adruis way OF aattering. ,indeedi!z There
we're were likewise some young gentle.
men present, ,one or Two OF whom We
shall notice. e.a.l s,az asosfi IL
| = Mr.. Y>xawas.a Law student OF very
good personal appearance, but it WAS hi'
voice that seemed TO constitute the chic
pleasure of his existence, Twas one o
our commanding voices; just such q
Marlborough or Scott would have sssum