Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-05-26
An Improbable partner.hip.


In the presence of wine merchant and his
wife, two distinguished members of the 1ab-
bic in Paris, Sariol and Turban by name, en-
tered INTO copartnership for the purchase of
small keg Of brandy, with the understanding
that 1t was to be peddled out by the glass at
the fair OF st. Denis, the annual fete OF vii
lage IN the environs OF the capitol, the terms
OF the association being that the profits of the
venture should be equally divided between
them. Everything was drawn up in due form.
and among the various articles of the agree
ment was one fixing the price of Il ''Smeller'
at four sous.
On the evening of the very first day that the
partners commenced operations both were
picked up by the police in a most wotul
plight, their garments in rags, their eyes deep
i'll mourning, and their scdlpS partially de-
nuded OF haIr. Their financial situation may
be summed up inra few words-an empty
keg and copper coin of the value of two
sous.
Appearing on the following morning before
the police tribunal, charged with assault and
battery, and resistance to the public authori-
ties, the following Frenchy facts were elici-
ted;
The two spectators had duly started for
the fair grounds at St. Denis, taking with
them the keg Of brandy. Upon arriving at
the suburb Of La Chapelle, Sariol said to Tur-
ban,
''Furban, my boy, think I'll take stiff
ner."
To which Turban replied, ''Well, | think
that's cool, anyhow You know, s'pose,
that that ere brandy isn't your alone, 1t be-
longs to us both?"
''Ihat's SO" returned Sariol, land I'll tell
hG1 II. tI,o -
''smeller" is four sous, so III Just give YOU
two sous, and that will make us square"
''All right, said Turban, mollited, CHATS
fair enough" So Sariol gave his partner a
two sous piece, and took his stifiner.
The pair had gone but a short distance fur
ther when Turban suddenly remarked:
Il think LH take reviver now, myself"
''Of course you mean to pay me two sous ?"
said Sariol.
''To be sure l do" answered the other;
whereupon he drank the glass of brandy and
handed back the copper.
After plodding on another mile Sariol broke
in with
''By lingo, 90 in for goods at half price,
As smeller cost me two sous instead Of four,
I'll take another"
10 this Turban agreed at once, and again
received the two sous piece. Five minutes
dlleIWdIu lie tOlu Oarl0l tnat his logic was
quite corrective sous for a drink was an
unprecedented low price-took a drink and
once more returned the coin. And so it went
on, at frequent intervals, until the pair at
lengthreached St. Denis, congratulating them
selves upon their happy discovery of brandy
at half price.
1t is supertiuous to remark that when they
arrived they were not particularly attentive
to business, and were struck with the simple
idea that the more they drank the more money
they made. Governed by this notion, they
rapidly circulated the two sous piece, until
the keg was at last found to be empty, where
upon Turban suddenly exclaimed,
''Hallo hows this? we bought six francs
worth of brandy; it's all out, and there's only
two sous in the till"
''What do you mean by only two sous 2"
''Fhats all there is, my boy"
''Then, by thunder, you've robbed the cash
box
This was the signal for bout at fisticufls,
followed by the interference of the police,
when the two partners turned their united
forces against the officers, but were overcome
by superior numbers, captured, and lodged in
the nearest station house, examined the next
morning, and sent to durance vile for eight
days No moral is necessary.