The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-11-30
Wistellaneous.
[From Gleason's Pictorial Battle Ship.
BEATING DOWN.


! she WIS constantly saying to her husband,
''if they only knew how to manage. Halt
the time they pay more for an article
than they need. Depend upon it, these
tradespeople will get as much out of you
as they can. Now, Mr.. Cutting, how
much did YOU pay for that coat of yours p
"Twenty dollars, believe" said her
husband.
"And how much did they ask in the
first place 2"
Twenty dollars"
"What, wouldn't they take off any
thing?"
al didn't ask them"
"Didn't ask them." said his wife,
am azcd
"No; [ never do"
| "Well," sail MIS-. Gu ting, 81 do be-
lievc the old proverbs true, after ALL"
"What proverb, my dear ?"
''Ihat u fool and his money are soon
parted"
81 am tho fool, l suppose. Thank
You, Emmeline; you arc very compli-
mentary Il i, morning"
"It'> true. Mr.. Cutting Its lucky for
you that don't go on the same system.
Why, save at least onc-fourth beating
! down"
"Pcrhsps You think So" ..-
Il know So
81 never could do it; / feel ashamed :;
! it seems as if expected that | was going
to be cheated"
And soyou are. They always ask
too much in the first place"
Thu next day Mrs. Cutting went on n
shopping excursion. AS this was n ia
vorite recreation Of hers, she rns well
known in the stores she visited, end her
beating down pr"pensities were also well
( known.
"James," said Smith, the senior part
ucr, in p low yo:ce, there's Mrs. Cutting
comirg in. She viii never buy anything
unless we tako off twenty or twenty lie
per cent. BE cale'ul to mention the first
1 price SO high that We can afford to DO
IT,"
'::A'l right, sir said james, With q
look of Intelligence.
II would like to look at some Of your
French calcoes,' said Mrs. Cutting.
A pile was taken from the shelves md
! spr.nd upon the counter. Mrs. Cutting
examined them critically, and at length
tixoI upon one to which she had taken n
fancy.
'What is tue price of this?" she in
| quired.
"That, madam said the clerk, look
ing at the mark THAT comes at Thirty
eight cents"
"Thirty-cight cents! You don't mean
to say that you ask such price as that ?
Why, have see rs good, or better, else
where. for two shiiings."
81 TINT, YOU must be mistrken. Just
observe the texture, madam. This is the
genuine French. You will find some
that are sold rs low as twenty cents, call
Ell French; but they arc no more so than
this is Chinese
ayes, know that" said the lady. al
can tell French print when | see it, and
| can tell about what ought to be paid
for it: and | know this is too much"
81 don't know" sail the clerk, after q
protrac:e study Of the mark, "but we
can 1T YOU have it little cheaper. We'd
like to have Won take it. | think-yes
i believe will sell it for thirty-tive
cents"
Mrs. Cutting shook her head.
81 can't give more than thirty-three."
.sRnt my dear madam, think of the
sacrifice"
"It's only five cents"
"But on dozen wards, it would n
mount to sixty oeats."
"Wel, you can afford to let me have ii
n it e cheaper t'lan others. | get good
deal here"
"Were you intending to get anything
more to-day T. asked the clerk, little
irrcsolutely.
eyes, two or three things"
Then | suppose we must let it so, il
you wont pay any more"
! every well. said Mrs. Cutting, com
placently. "You may cut off dozen
yards"
"Have you any wrought muslin collars? p
was her next inquiry.
"a large assortment, madam. How
good one would you like 2"
80, pretty good one. Not the very
incest, however"
"Here are some for two dollars; these
are nine shilings, and those are dollar
apiece
"Lct ms look at the two dollar
ones"
"Here is avery nice one. Mrs. Judge
Hildreth was in here only yesterday, and
got one like it."
sIndeed; let mo look at it,
| Be it known TO the reader that there
was no such person in existence as Mrs
Judge Hildreth; but the clerk knew that
this would not be known to MIS-. Cutting
snd he had seen enough of human nature
to know that an aristocratic name will
sometimes 90 a good ways