True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-03-24
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good spell, reckon; body cant afford
to buy gownd every day, you know!"
"0f course not, marin; of course not y
Blu, this will look sweetly on your pretty
daughter, no doubt she's preity--resen-
bles her mother I dare say !" l had
heard It said that little judicious fattery
never comes amiss with the ladies'.
"Law bless your heart, sir, Sally ain't
nowise handsome she amt nigh as good
looking as was in my young days! fet
nose is too crooked. and her hairs red
but then Sam Jackson thinks she's splen.
deriferous |! That's what he says, any
way"
"No doubt, marin, but Mr.. Jackson is
a man Of taste probably a connection oI
Andrew Jackson, the patriot and pIesi
dent! How many yards would you like!''
and aourished the yard,b,ick with a
professional air, which would have done
credit to cousin Harry himself.
"Oh, stop minnit; | amt decided
about il yet. What's the price!''
Very true; there must be a price,
supposed, but l had forgotten such con-
tingency. However, there would be nj
difficulty about that for Harry had sale
the goods were all marked in plain fig
ures, SO turned compIacently to the cart
attached 10 The cloth.
~. b. z. O."
Very explicit. Like the Hebrew Bbl
10 me, but took moment to consider
I'd put it low enough, | thought, to in
duce her 10 trade; and it wouldn't Ito Il
appear as if didn't understand my busi
/ ness. / might lose caste with the oil
lady.
"Well," said 7. ''though it's grea
sacridce--really giving it away-l'll le
you have It for one shilling per yard
Dirt cheap, but as it is for your prett
daughter, I'll put it down below cost!
wouldn't DO IT," said I. leaning dow
over the counter clese to the old lady
green calash-"'1 wouldn't do it for ar
other person in the world! !"
My answer seemed to please the ol
lady. She turned the fabric over an
over, felt Of it upon both sides, tried tn
strength Of its texture with her thum
and finger, and at last gave the order.
Eight yards and half, good measur,
and silk 10 sew it up with"
l cut off the desired quantity. folde
six skeips Of sewing-silk inside it; ii
lady paid for it in odd ninepences an
sixpenses, andl bowed her ou1 Of Il
/ store.
Enter customer No.2. A seedy, lookir
man, in grey blouse, to get two cent
, worth Of black snuff.
, l searched around awhile among II
mysterious boxes and barrels, and at la
pitched upon the strong smelling articl
Wrapped upa couple ofounces; delvere
it to my customer, and received in retul
> two coppers, which Noah might ha'
, coined in the Ark while waiting for d
. weather.
Customers No. 8, were two pretty, re
I checked girls-one with butter to sell, Il
4 other with pail Of eggs, destined for Il
I; same purpose as the butter. | remer
+. bered Harry's injunction about the egg
, butter, cold water, and fork -prickiDg; b
/ for the life Of me, couldn't reccle
= which was to be applied 10 the buttt
Q or which to the eggs. However want
a to oblige the pretty girls, so | took bo
o butter and eggs into the back store, d
9 termined to do something with them.
After a few moments consideration,
g procured fork and pierced each and
o Of the eggs separately--and the result "
y astonishing! out of two dozen, six we
y positively in state Of decomposvo
" thirteen were occupied by remarkab
j. WE'LL grown Juveniles Of the fowl rae
l. and the remaing five were smelling de
Is dedly old.
'- The butter wouldn't sink in the wa
do all could, pop il would come
!. to the surface again; and was oblige
VI though reluctantly, to decide that
/. wouldn't do to take either the butter
d the eggs. So | turned 10 the front p
} Of the store again, bearing the pail
j. mutilsted eggs in one hand, and the b
ter in the other.
10 II am sorry--ahem that is, reg
rs that the eggs are too-too old for
Dr. purpose; and the butler--we don't IA
"a butter now !"
You should have seen the pretty you
a ladies' fsces blaze up! The one W
" ihe eggs mu,tered something about &C
gresnhorn - and the butter girl exclai
l. ed aloud, lsna,gg, eu
1t "Whst better could have been expec
., from such n goslingl"
" was fain to conciliate them by
al xift Of three sticks Of candy a piece, ,
telling them broke the eggs by accidt
O. Alter the girls, came an old gentleu
It. in quest Of pork.
SIS he wanted the " home made. nal
pork---noue Of yer Western hog chol
/, stuff" a,.. ~ a.gs /.
II Imade q tour Of the suspicious look
G's barrels in the Cellar-gazed apPreh
K, siyely a. my wrought wristbands--fol
ly barrel which smet Of pickles