Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-01-04

Dl ! J. Asguya.

young married man, whose income from
clerRei6p lSasD 5hy tbsS neighbofliOdsp iof|
sevenhuFdIedraoliers Axon. .-ors
'Don1 troable y6dsself. M Edwards,
Replied the customer, the silks and but
tons are all want a a
%, nptrpubls at ssll Itis q pleasure
Tor me 10 show my goods. said the store
keeper, drawing from the shelf f.the piece
|of cloth he had mentioned. and thiewing \
il upon tile Counter There, he added,
as he unfolaed the glossy broad; cloth
md clapped his hand upon it self conn
placen.ly, There Is somelhing worth look
ing at, aud lis cheap as dirt. Only four
lsdollars 4 ayafd, and it's worth sixeyery
cent of ill., lrbonghtit at auction, yester-
Eday, at d great bargsin. .s
d Its cheap enonghs certainly remarked
Jacobs, half indifierently yS-ass shs. bent doMtI.
10 inepectt tho uelsllssfbut I've no money to'
spare just now.
III Don't want any money replied Ed
yards, at least from such men as you
p Jacobs lepked. .upint he ?man'' ''sg taceC in
some doubt as TO his meaning.
Your srsdie SisI good SD !Fdwafds1
j rIf sSresitS SfG0 aoGefedia Li;ne1sSr GaKsd
man to trust me in my life;' returned
iahs' customer, gu )3on5 jed on 74gI
IN trust you to half that is in my
store was answered. ,a,eI o.ad, q.
THANK you, said Jacobs, feeling little
hattefed BY a compliment lkethis. But
Hive no wants in the dry goods line to
that extent. A skein Of silk ard a dozen
buttons for my wife, are all that / require
at present. .',f -.ars 80. e. = r.ve
"You want new coat, replied the per-
severing storekeeper, and be laid his hand
upon the sleeve Of Jacobs coat and ex-
amiued it closely This. one is getting
rusty and threadbare. A man like you
should have some regard as TO his ap7
pearancc. Let. me see. Two yards of
beautiful cloth will cost but eight dollars,
and ! won't send your bill for six months.
Eight dollars for q fine sbroadcloth cont!
Think Of that! Bargains Of this sort don't
grow on every tree "A = >
While ,Edwards was talking thus he
was displaying The goods lie wished to sell
!. in a way to, let the rich, glossy, surface
catchthe best points Of flight, andh His quick
eye soon told him that his customer was
beginning to be tempted. - D. J. - - <''
Plll cut YOU of a coat pattern said
he takihg'up his yard stick 4 know You
want it. Don't hesitate about the matter
/ Jacobs did suotl say no, although the
word was on his tongue. While he yet
hesitated the ecoatSpattern was measured
off and severed from The piece.,8 Ek 4
'There it is, came in satisfied, half
Triumphant tone from the storekeeper's
Hips, and the greatest bargain you ever
had. You ,wiilp want trimmings, 6 Of
course?'
AS he spoke he turned to- the shelves
for padding, lining, silk DC, and while
Jacobs. half bewildered, stood looking on,
cut from ore piece and another, until the
coat trimmings were all nicely laid out.
This done, Mr.. Edwards faced his Gus
toner again, rubbing his Hands from ar
internal feeling Of delight, and said IN
You must have handsome vest to 90
with this, of COURSE
My vest is a little shabby replied
Jacobs. as he glanced downward at a
garment which had seen pretty fair ger.
vices. % S1fAO N4sl
| III that's the best one you have, it will
never do to go with anew coat, said Ed
| wards, in decided tone. Let me show
you beautiful piece of black SATIN
| Aud the stoiekeeper went on tempting
his customer. until he sold him avest and
pantaloons in addition to the coat. After
that he found no difficulty in selling him
silk dress for his wife. Having mdulged
himself with an entire new suit, he could
not, upon reflection, think of pas, ing by
his wife, who had been wishing for new
dress for more than six months. a. ~
+. Can you think of anything else" in.
quired Edwards. i shall be happy to
supply whatever you may want in my line.'
/, Nothing more, Il believe answered
jacobs, whose bill WAS already thirty
dollars; and he had yet 10 pay for making
his coat, paiitaloons and vest.
But You will want various articles of
dry goods. In avfamily there is some
thing called for ever day Tell Mrs.
Jacobs to send down for whatever she May
need. Never mind about the money.
Your credit is good with me for any
amount
4 When Mr,-Jacobs went home and told
ing woman, was delighted.
I :. wish you had taken piece ofmuslin,
said-she. Wewaat siIests and pillow
casesabadly:'~ 'dA's'--' ~'-'@ -
= II You can get piece,' replied jacobs.
I'VE won't, have to pay for it now. Ed
.wadsa via send thesbill at the end Of six
months aud it viii be easy. to paylit tl'en.'
%! easy enough responded his wife,
confidently. !eiof trT {
So piece Of muslin was procured or
the credit account. But things did MOI
stop there "A credit account as too offer
+; like breach in a canal-the stream ii
E small at first, but coon increases to a ruin
r Gus CURRENT Now, dat want rad founC
h supplysource;s ami became more clam
] orops dlaIrbeforeI Scarcely day passed
that Mr.. OF Mrs. Jacob did not ordeI
something from the store, not dreaming
simple souls. That an alarming, heavy deb
! Was accommodating against them. -. -.
! AS to the income Of Mr.. Jacobs, it wa
f not large. He Was, as las been intimated
clerk in a wholesale stole, and received .
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