Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-05

STAKEHOLDER cou recover from the shock
given him. Mr.. Harris stepped into the
office and gave dire ctions that no more
goods be sold to go south of Mason and
Dixon's Line, unless they were paid for
IN ndu0nce.
sSome old missionary, amt he?" in
quir d the Southerner of clerk stand
ing near-pointing to the receding form
or the New England millionaire.
That sir! exclaimed the clerk, with
merry twinkle in his blue eyes, sis
Mr. Edward Harris himself"
Good heaveus!' gasped the aston
ished mar, realizing in IA breath that by
his impctuoslty he had imperiled his
financial prospects. ID must step in at
once and apologize for the rudeness of
my joke!'' Twas only joke!''
Passing into the Office with an awk
ward air of EN- barrassment. he advanced
to Mr.. Harris and exclaimed:
"l-I-beg pardon, Mr.. Harris, for
talking so plain to you, but-but the
fact is, sir, | took you to be missionary
and thought I'd-i'd have little joke!
| was only in fun, sir-1 was only in
fun; and to prove it. will now give you
an order for two hundred assorted pieces
of Harris Cassimeres es-on only sic
months Hnr!'
| "Dun't let the incident trouble you in
the least" remarked Mr. Harris: Il am
only plain, hard working man, and
have worked my way up from IA boy
amon. the hard-tisted. greasy mechanics
OF New England. | make no preren
sions to aristocracy or noble blood. and
always treat as an equal the poorest lad
IN my employ, if he Is honest and indus
trious Your explanation is quite un
necessary, and | shall be happy to fill
your order But the goods must be
paid for before ieauiny tie Juiiliny as we
are giving no more credit to slavehoid
ers Present appearances indicate that
we shall soon have trouble with The
South: And if Sou hern poIiticut bro
Eers Tail in their specuiatluns, | do not
lnteua that any "i their notes in my
pos>e>s;un shall Increase their emoar
| ra>smeuis
The Southern merchant was aston
ished! He Was yrieved! He was Indig-
nant! lie swore-a little! But it d,dn
do any good. Mr.. Harris hose>t.
good tured cuuntenance only beaned
wish serenity. Lenevolen.e, aud Yankee
frmne,s lie was retdy to serve his
excited customer, but he must receive
bankanie funds instead OF Southern mites.
AS the goods were in .reat demand IN
tine southern market, ani mast be- hnd
cash parchase to the am punt OF one
thnu>aud dollars Wis III .de. and the
goods sh Fl ed for tottomd"m, but the IN
di guant courherner swore In GA hs loud
long, ringing and fearful, that he wonld.
never wear the stuff-no, indeed, not u
Tit otH
And now comes the nub of the joke
The merchant was captured as IA spy
few months ago. in Washington, and
was sent under guard to Fart Hotel dc
Wnrrea in Boston harbor
While passing through Boston, it was
his luck 10 meet Mr. Harris at the de
pot, aud il was his modification to have
it noticed that his pants were made from
one OF the identical pie. cs OF Mr. Har
ris' cassmeres which he had SO Justify
wished in tophet
Seeing that Mr. Harris noticed ana
re,."4uized the goods, he ex laimed with
IA sarionsc sneer:
''Harri-, you praying Old hyporrire,
[ curse you for prophet! You SAID
that ii | wanted your Cursed old cassi-
mere- in tophes, Id better buy EN-!
did buy EN-, and [ reckon they have
Ar
burnt to the ground, and what wasn't
destroyed by f'e Was stolen by thieves.
Again cure you for d pr"pe'!'
With no desire to ag"ravate the suf
ftrings of the in;atu tied rebel, Mr.
Harris turned upon his heel aud LETT him
in sorrow The next week however.
he forwarded as IA present to the reneI
enough yards Of his best cassimeres for
an entire suit of clothes, with the broth
erly remark that although his old Gus
toner erred in politics and Chris >tlanlty,
he would finl that the Yankee abolition
lists were broth,rs to nU. white or black
IN pn>perty or adversely,
The rebel reviewed the good, as they
were >ent. in spirit of kindness, and
sent back the following reply:
"Friend : Hurris: Your brotherly
present WIS this day rereived, and re
turn thanks. Ii am ever permitted to
again return to my ..ative home sh Ill
try to disahu>e my friends Of the belief
that New Engianders are all fanatics
VIII" labor only for civil war and blood
shed You have my gratitude and re
spect. | have rhe honor to be.
Your obedient servant"
The affir has ere ted no little excite
ment among the financial circlcs of Bos-
ton, and it is hoped That at the close of
the var (Which is shortly expected y that
this iitlle incident may he used as an
opening financial wtd-e to recognize
friendly feeling with the South.
The whole affair presents The follow
ing considerations worthy of remem
hrauce:
Had the Snutherner been aware of
not have cursed his goods
Ii he had not cursed them. Mr..
Harris would have continued to give
credit to the South, and would conse
q"ently have lost by the rebellion over
ii million OF dollars; as it was, he lost
but few hundred
). BY showing spirit of brotherly
Kindness, Mr.. Harris changed the rebel
prisoner Insulting hatred to an express
ION of respect and gratitude.
4. 1t proves the truth of the adage,
that though fiction he strange, truth is
stranger still"