Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-15

HSSoA MERCILESS SELL.-SOme tine ago
couple of young merchants of this city
went to Philadelphia to buy goods. Both
are rather disposed to enjoy practical
joke. Expecting to meet in Pittsburgh, a
we'll known Philadelphia salesman in the
dry goods line, formerly resident of this
city, and noted wag, with whom one of
the merchants was intimately acquainted,
the two agreed that one should introduce
the other to the salesman as verdent mer-
chant from the Western Virginia Mountains,
going to Philadelphia to purchase stock
of goods. Arriving at Pittsburgh, the
salesman Joined our friends and the noun
taineer was duly introduced as Mr.. Sand
ers, country merchant. Mr.. Sanders in
stautly turned his attention to being most
invittngly green aud the salesman proceed
ed to laugh in his sleeve aud become very
polite and attentive. The party left Pitts
burgh in the evening. The Philadelphian
devoted bimselfexclusively to Mr.. Sandsrs
taking great pains to explain to him why
he received baggage check, what sight
draft was, and many other little matters in
reference to which Mr. Sanders was so
amazingly ignorant that the suspicious of
the salesman were slightly excited. His
friend, however, who had kindly intro
duced Sanders, soon quoted all suspicious
and the salesman devoted the entire night
to the entertainment of what he suppos ed
to be his easy victim Mr. Sanders said he
had fifteen hundred dollars In one dollar
notes in his trunk and fifteen hundred dol
lars more in gold and Treasury notes
The salesman advised him to purchase his
notions and other little articles with the
one dollar notes aud he (the salesman)
would take the gold and Treasury notes at
par. Sanders ~ having had some little
experience in the dry goods trade was able
to carry on conversation with decided
success, and being very talented drinker
he kept continually making suggestions
in that direction until choice bottle of
old cogniac in the possession of the sales
man was entirely exhausted. The morn
ing having arrived and Mr. Sanders having
exhausted the brandy and procured an eye
opener at the eating station, together with
his breakfaet, at the expense of the sales
man, concluded that he had carried the
joke about far enough, and so made known
to the salesman, who is a clever fellow and
not easily taken in, how wonderfully he had
been sold. The Wheeling merchants went
to Philadelphia, and although they prom
ised not to mention the sell they told all of
the salesman's acquaintances, and the re-
suit was that he was Tnost perststently an-
nnoyed.
A day or two ago one of the merchants,
having returned to this city, received from
his philadelphia friend, the salesman, let
ter, from which the following is an extract !;
"When the draft comes substitutes will
be worth about Eve hundred dollars and l
don't think can raise the wind. Couldn't
some of my Wheeling friends get up - ben.
eft ut the Athaneam? IT SO, would sug-
gest the performance of the new aud inter-
esting drama entitled the "Green Virginisn
or the Sold Salesman II wonld draw
In case of scarcity of actors you might
get Alex. Laidly, or some of the rest of the
present occupants of the Athseneum to act
as soups. They have no DOUBT acquired
an excellent stage tread by this tlme.n