Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1864-07-28

il rising. Yesterday he sent over the
wagons and took it away"
..Thal was hardly far in Wakefield.
He knew prices had advanced. He came
to me also. and offered to buy my crop at
eighty-fve. But, had Just received my
newspaper, in which l saw, by the prices
currant, that in consequence of accounts
from Europe Of short crop, gIain had
gone up. / asked him nlneiy-two cents.
which after some higglinG, he vas quite
willing to give 2"
did he pay you ninety-tVo cents ?''
exclaimed Gaakill, in surprise and chag-
rim.
He certainly did"
Too bad TOO bad! No better than
downright cheating, TO take such shame
fuI advantage of another mans ignor-
I.ance."
"Certainly. Wakefield cannot be
justified in his conduct" !" replied Mr.. Al
ton. 1T is no, right to take advantage
of another mans ignorance, and get his
goods for less than they are worth. Bur
does not any man deserve thus TO suffer,
who remains vilfully ignorant in a world
where he knows there are always enough
standing ready to abuse their ignorance
Had you been willing to spend two dol
lars and fifty cents for the newspaper a
whole year, you would have saved in the
single item Of your wheat crop alone
fourteen dollars. Just think of that
Wakefield takes The newspapers and
watches them closely. He knows every
week the exart slate of the market and
IS always prepared to make good bargains
out of you and some dozen others around
here, who have not wit enough to pro-
vide themselves with the only avenue os
information en- all subjects-a newspa-
per-
Have you sold your potatoes yet?"
asked GaskiIl with concern in his voice
80, no. Not yet. Wakefield has
made me offers for the last ten days.
But from the prices they are bringing in
Philadelphia, am satisfied they must 60
over thirty cents here"
"Above thir,y7 why. sold 10 Wake.
field for twenty-six cents"
"A great Ounce you were, if l must
speak plainly, neighbor Gaskill. lis on
ly yesterday he offered me twenty nine
cents for four hundred bushels. But
declined Aad / was right. They are
worth thirty-one to-day; and at tha;
price am going to SELL"
''Isn'tit too bad 2" CALCULATED the farm.
er walking back wards and forwards i'm.
patiently. "There are twenty FIVE dol
lars literally sunk in the sea. That
Wakefield has cheated me most outrage
ousIy.
And all because you were too close
TO spend two dollars and fifty cents for a
newspaper / should call that saving at
the spite and letting out al the bung- hole,
neighbor GaskiIl. -"
Il should think it was, indeed. This
very day I'll send off money for the pa
per And i any one gets ahead of me
again, he'll have to be wide-awake. can
tell him"
Have you heard about Sally Black 2"
Mr.. Alton said, after brief silence.
"No. What of her g"
she leaves home tomorrow for Ra-
VIENNA"
Indeed! what for ?''
Her father takes The newspaper, you
know"
Yes"
And has given her good education. !"
so they say Bat / could never see
that il hld done anything for her, except
TO make her good for nothing"
Not quise 80 bad as that, friend Gas
kill. But TO proceed. Two weeks ago,
Mr.. Black saw an advertisements in the
Paper, FOR young lady to teach music,
and some O,ter branches, in the Seminary
at Ravenna. He showed il TO sally, anG
she asked lin to ride over and see about
It He did so, and then returned for
Sally, aud went back again. The Trus-
tees of the Seminary liked her very
much. end engaged her at the salary of
tour hundred dollars year. Tomorrow
she goes to take charge of her classes" :"
''You cannot surely be in earnest ~
farmer Gasliill said, with look of pro-
found astonishnent.
III is every word true" replied Mr..
Alton. And now you will hardly say
the newspapers are dear at any price, or
that The reading of them spelled Sally
Back"
Gask'll I'Oked upon the ground for
many minutes. Then raising BIS head,
he half calculated, with a sigh:
II havn't been most confounded
fool, have come plaguy near IL Bet