The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-16
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when / was a boy of sixteen. I laid aside
my grammars and lexicous for q SPELL and
''terded store That. isto say, became first
clerk, second .sclerk, salesman, bookkeeper.
porter, and store sweep to worthy Mr..
Cricket, who kept . general assortment Of
what were then called English goods West
India goods; and notious,in the snug village of
Buakumville, on the coast of Maine. Our
stock was very miscellaneous We sold silks
and molasses, fine cambrics and rum, broad
cloths, Hatirons, which we called sad-itous.roek
salt, spices. cod fish. raw cotton, books and
stationery, grindstones, cheese, powder and
shot, and, in short, matters and things 10 gen
eral. Z. * 1.9 s6. q g., .e,a ll5 2 ss,rf 200
II took to. my new occupation with great ar,
dor, thinking 10 my folly. that it was great
piece of promotion to quit the classics and
!. tend store. My schoolmates enyied me and
I thought myself almost a man. I'D I left of
ruf1sd shirts. the fashion for boys at the time.
and wore a neckcloth, and my jacket was laid
aside fora dress coat. Iput my hair under q
course of Maccassar oil, and cultivated q FORE
top. that is, q bunch of hair sticking straight
up over the forehead, as you see represented
in the medals of the officers of the 1872 war,
for that was the period of which Lam wiring;
and then foretops we're universal. I wore
swell back boots, with silk tassels. These
boots came nearly up to the knee, and being
polished with Day & Martins blacking they
formed q brilliant feature in ones dress. Tins
attired, I set up for village beau, and thought
myself q pretty fellow. arr sseafsss go s1-.Yha
One day there came into the shop-store. We
called ia middle aged eountrywomap. who
made number of purchases observed
that she eyed me rather narrowly; and when
che heard Mr.. Cricket call me Martin, she said
to me- e,-e1EF
Are you Martin Jones - ..--.-,
,.Yes. ma'am. said Lse1- n8 tigTs~ IN , 81
qS.Do tell ! Well / neyerI So yon arr
Martin Jones 2 -oi,'o 'oo 3a7i7si
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well, Martin. ! am SO glad to see you.--
Ny.name is Jerusha Thompson. Did 20,
never hear your marin speak of me- 5 .esel
mo. ma'am. said l., vo1.., ,-c-.,,
,tWeIl. you must know when was youn,
woman. was help in your family. sIi / live,
with gonr marin when you was little baby
and have tended you Q thousand times befor
Z you were old enough to talk. do think 20
were the rrettiest baby ever saw, Hosc ya
4 arc altered! 57sez ~ aeaa Fi's8 y aaa
.Ipput up the woman's packages as quickl
as could, and bowed her out, not withou
much hand shaking and many goodswishes 0
her part. did not take any particular fame
In the autumn, Mr.. Cricket used to go I
Boston 70 replenish his store with . new. stoc
Of goods. On one occasion, walking Il
streets in Boston. just as he was Flushing b
purchases; he met 90 old oldsacquaintanees Th
was no other than Captain Life jenkins Ii
being the shortfor Eliphalet3 The Captai
4 commanded the brig Sally Ann, Of Bunkuu
vile, where our store was situated. He ha
Just returned from q freighting voyage 10 El
rope, had taken out his cargo, and WAS boau
for Bunkumville Port. As bis vessel W,
quite empty. be offered to take Mr.. Cricket
goods on board without charging any freigh
The Captain was so clever. Mr.. Cricket W
greatly obliged. To send them by the Ga
sailing little packet which ran regularly b
/ tween Bunkumvile Port and Boston won
cost few dollars, and Captain Lilies of
4 would save oil that The brig being heav
clumsy craft. built for large burdens. would
4 day or two longer on the passage, probabl
! But what of that ? A week would be qui
/ sufficient for her passage, and the packet to-
two and sometimes three or four days
1 the goods were put on board the Sally Al
and Mr.. Cricket came home to wait for lh.
! arrival s55 i.sas $3.50
! 1t was late in autumn, about two or thr
I weeks before the annual Thanksgiving. 4
/ Cricket, with particular view to what wo:
| BE- required for this festival. so popular and
n generally observed in New England, had p
q chased pretty smart stock oI Thanksgiv
goods He had bought many barrels Of che
Fl family aour, dozens Of Westphalia hams.
CARA Of all sorts, spices, tea, coffee, fig. rails
curran!s oranges lemons, citrons. West In