Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-07-22
have done credit to cousin Harry him.


@0h, stop a mint, / amt decided
about it yet. What's the price?"
Very true; there must be price, l
supposed, but ! had forgotten such a con-
tingency. However, there would be no
difficulty about that, for Harry said they
were all marked in plain figures, so /
turned complacently to the card attached
to the cloth.
"E@6. 2"
Very explicit. Like the Hebrew BIZ
bic to me, but took a moment to consid-
er. I'd put it low enough, / thought to
induce her to trade; and II wouldn't ap-
pear as if didn't understand my bust
ness. | might lose caste with her.
swell" said I, @though it's a great
sacrifice, really giving it away-Tn let
you have it for one shilling yard. Dirt
cheap; but as ii is for your pretty daugh-
tel, III put it down below cost! wouldn't
do ii" said I, leaning down over the e6un-
ter close to the old lady's green calash-
81 wouldn't do it for another person in
the world
/. My answer seemed to please the old
lady, and she turned the fabric over. felt
of it upon both sides, tried the strength
of its texture with her thumb and finger,
and at last gave the order.
Eight yards and half, good meas
ure, and silk to sew it up with"
l cut off the desired quantity, folded
six skeins of sewing silk inside it; the
lady paid for it in odd nirepences and
sixpenees, and bowed her out of the
store.
Enter customer No. 2. A seedy look.
ing man in a grey blouse, to get two cent:
worth of black snuff.
/ searched round awhile among the
mysterious boxes and barrels, and at las
pitched upon the strong smelling article
Wrapped up couple of ounces, deliver.
ed it to my customer, and received in re
turn two coppers, which Noah nigh
have coined in the ark while waiting fol
dry weather.
Customers No. were two pretty, red
red-cheeked girls, one with butter to sell
the other with pail OF eggs, destined
for the same purpose as the butter. / re
membered Harry's injunction about tht
, eggs, butter, cold water and fork-priek
} ing; but for the life of me, I couldn't re
collect which was to be applied to th'
Il butter or which to the eggs. However
L l wanted to oblige the pretty girls, so
l. took both butter and eggs into the bacl
Il store, determined to do something witt
them.
+ After few moments consideration.
of procured fork and pierced each and a
+ of the eggs separately-and the resul
ID was astonishing out of two dozen. 81
10 were positively in a state of decomposi
ton thirteen were occupied by remark
ably well grown Juveniles of the foE
10 race; and the remaining FIVE were smell
vs. ing decidedly old.
III The butter wouldn't sink in the waite
E do all | could, pop it would come u
D. to the surface again and was obliget
though reluctantly, to decide that
a wouldn't do TO take either the butter
OF eggs. So turned to the front part
the store again, bearing the pail of nut
Is lated eggs in one hand, and the butter
P the other.
y q am sorry-aheml that is, 1 regr
ee that the eggs are toO-tOO old for OF
purpose and the butter-we don't tai
n butter now p
a You should have seen the pretty your
lss ladies' faces blaze up! The one wi
the eggs muttered something about . ci
N green-horu :" and the butter girl e
do claimed aloud:
all What better could have been expe,
TX, ed from such a gosling
.ly / was fain to coBciliate them by 1
an gift of three sticks Of candy apiece, al
telling them ! broke the eggs by acci
tty ent-
'rd After the girls, came an old gentIem
'ou in quest Of pork.
He wanted the home made, natl
lot pork-uoDe of yer Western hog, cbole
tty stuff"
m ] made tour Of the suspicious Ioc
ard ing barrels in the cellar, gazed app
ev- bensively at my wrought wristbands
found barrel which smelf Of pickle; a
int procuring pair of long handled pines
Nd from the coal bin, | plunged into t
ba, cazk with them Nothing whatey
d came up to reward my efforts, and / v
en- making preparations for second di'
NV when down came my hard looking frie
to see bow | was getting on.
!, Is & Put yet bands in, ye aboninai