Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-11-28
One Candid Fellow Amons the
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leys come out so strong.
From the Nashville Patriot1
"THINGs HAS Rrz''
BATcHELoR's RETREAT, Oct. 81, 1861.
To the Editors Of the Daily Patriot-
Gentlemen:-- YOU are aware that with the
Presidential contest of 1861 my polite
al hopes and aspirations expired, and L
proposed to spend the remainder Of my
days in cultivating my few acres, and In
endeavoring to marry some youDg lady
OF rich, but respectable parents.
Since that time have visited the city
but twicc-once last spring to get some
Shaker seeds and fish hooks, and once
last week to sell few bushels of wheat
and lay in my winter supplies.
My wheat, the quantity of which was
small. brought me, at John j. McCann's
new mill, iost S23 20, and as this was oil
the money ] could command, or was like
ly soon to command, / had no other
means Of paying for the cart load of
things felt myself compelled to have to
render me comfortable for the winter;
coffee, soap, sugar, hat, candles, boots.
DC low many of these articles Of prime
necessity ought for the money, you can
easily determine by the simplest process Of
arithmetical calculation Suffice it to
say, expended all but ten dollars Of
the amount, and had got neither hat nor
shoes, and duced little of any thing else
in short, not enough to fill one Of my
saddle bags.
l went into shop where they had
quantity cf good looking boots on exhi-
bition in the show window, intending
to buy me pair, and fully prepared
BY the experience of the day, to give
what our excellent old frit nd squire
MaXey, of Market street, would call
Numbering price for them. | sat down
on chair with the bottom knocked out,
and elevating my foot in front of the
Manufacturer, who was pulling wax end
through the sole of shoe, and pointing
at my dilapitated boot, feelinsly exclaim-
ed, Behold the ravages of Timep'-
The manufacturer laid down his awl,
thrust his finger into a hole in the side
OF the boot, and giving a sudden twist,
made the rent fifty per cent larger than
it was before. "Halloo! hold" l exclaim-
ed, turning pale, for l had intended 20
make the boots last me for every day
wear until cold weather sets in, and L
was alb ut to swear at the fellow longer
| and louder than a trooper, but / reflected
that profanity would not repair the
/ damage in times like these, and SO l
merely remarked that l wanted a new
pair.
have long had weakness for what
they call stich down, but have neve, worn
a pair, partly because they cost con-
found sight Of money, and partly because
they are to heavy to go to see the girls
in. For the first named reason ] have
lett unbought number Of things in my
time that | was not a little anxious to
have. The owner of the shop took
down from peg pair of stitch downs.
| tried them on. | must do them the
justice to say that they fitted me as hand
someIy as il my feet had been melted and
poured into them. dete, mined to buy
them, cost what they might "I'll take
these" said l, STAN ping my right foot
violently on the floor aud taking my ten
dollars bill from my pocket. ''Take
your pay ont of that" said l, handing
him the costly shnpaster.
l really believe the individual who
stood before me at that moment was the
most thoroughly astonished boot maker
! that | ever saw. He looked first at the
money and then at me. turning alternate.
y pale and red, while his eyebalis pro-
;rudcd from their sockets as if they had
been most ruthlessly showed outward
! by some hydraulic pressure within. At
last, just As | was about to cIy"'fre," or
run for ior q doctor, or somthing of the
sort, he spoke: ~ ou are from the coun-
try amt you?" answered that 1 was
"And from a-of long way in the
country, too, amt you?" "Tolerably
deep" replied. Il thought so," said
he; them boots is eighteen dollars"
Ididn't say another word. l sat down
and pulled off g them boots" more in
sorrow than in anger; drew on my own,
and walked out of the shop. The pro-
prietor Of the establishment must have
taken me for the Prince of Wales, or
the owner of the State Bank. Eighteen
dollars for pair of boots l earnest
ly trust that posterity will not think me
too particular about trihes, but l can't
pay such prices. a.
| went to the store OF my old friend,
Jho, Ramage, on College street, where I
got first rate pair of boots for seven
dollars, and having invested the rest Of
my money in other necessaries, threw
my saddle bags across my horse and
started home, fully convinced by the ex-
pelience of the day that the smart grocer
of whom ! purchased four pounds of can
dies al fifty cents per pound was correct
that things had riz."
When [ was spending my last red, it
did not occur to me that three toll-gates
obstructed the tu npike between my house
and the city. However, they did not
0 hinder me much, got through the first
n one come to it by telling the keeper that
! he would have to change twenty dollar
t hill, which of course he could not do
o The other two rode around. | shall
d make it all right the next time / 60 to
u town.
:, ! want to know, now, why they make
i us pay such unhallowed prices for such
y articles, for instance, as sugar, dour, DC
The sugar crop Of Lousisnns' was never
u better than tue present one, and DAVID
son county never dreamed OF heavier