Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-05-04

quious hackman.
'Let me seq unused the Petrolena.
Il guess we'll spend that fifteen cents
for meal; drive to a tip-top grocery
store"
The carriage stopped opposite an 'Ees-
tablishment" in that line, looking with
its plateglass windows, massy counters,
and clean floors, almost too nice place
for such articles as sugar, flour and mo-
lasses.
.'Got any good tea ~
"Certainly, prime article, SIR" said
the grocer, displaying sample, ga dol
lar and sixty pound"
eyes, well I'll take chest.''
''Sir ?"
s'I'll take a chest. Got any -four p
eyes, sir, very nice article, " said the
grocer, ''fifteen dollars barrel, eight
half barrel
"I'll take barrel"
Cali right, sir" said the grocer brisk
ly seeing that his customer was not man
who did things by halves, "any thing
else, sir?"
eyes, got any sugar -
eyes, sir, prime coffee crushed twenty
five cents pound.
"All right; put in barrel of that.
Now, how much is your bill 2"
"Let me see-tea sixty-four, -four fif-
teen, sugar sixty-one. is one hundred
and forty for the whole"
The purchaser took out three fifty
dollar greenbacks, cts pity to break
them said he, and he looked about for
something else, when he felt his coat
skirt tugged, and his little protege who
had followed him into the store said,
"Do take me home, for it's most dark
and mammy's sick"
NANNY SICK" the suggestion decid-
ed the fate of the ten dollars. "Got any
prime old port?"
eyes, sir, excellent article, 1920,
worth ten dollars
"Well. put in bottle Of that for the
other ten."
''Thank you sir, where shall we send
the goods?' said the grocer, receiving
the three 'ffties." ("
"You needn't send them, I'll take
them with me-"
"Sir," said the grocer, opening his
eyes with amazement.
"I'll take them with me" said the pur-
chaser. "Do you see that carriage at
the door, we'll hoist the -four up in front
of the drivers seat. strap the sugar on
behind, and put the chest Of tea inside,
I'll take the wine in my pocket"
It is human nature to be surprised at
unusual proceedings, but no where is
business conducted in the ask-no-ques-
tion-style so much as in New York. A
purchaser in that city might buy ten
barrels of whiskey, and after paying for
it, request the seller to pour it into the
gutter, and it would be done, almost
without question whereas, in Boston,
fierce discussion, and probably actual
refusal, would be the result. So, there
fore, the worthy grocer bade his men
lift the merchandise to the position re-
quired by the purchaser, and turned to
wait on another customer.
The hack driver, however, demurred
at this proceeding on the part Of the
grocer men he was not ''going to have
his carriage turned into grocery cart; y
he wasn' t.
''Look here, driver, pocket this and
lend hand there said Petroleum.
The drivers fingers closed over ten
ten dollar greenback and in five minutes
more the articles was hoisted into their
places, and he, with his legs over the
-four barrel, was driving his team at a
rapid pace for the lower part Of the city.
The unwonted sight Of handsome
carriage with -four barrel in front and
sugar barrel behind, at the door Of a
tenement house in cheap neighbor-
hood naturally attracted some attention,
and it was not difficult to obtain couple
Of stout fellows to carry up the barrels
and tea chest to the widows room for
the reward of dollar each. The donor
assembled, followed his little guide, and
found the poor woman pale and anxious
at the prolonged absence of her boy and
with care and watching the sick child.
What need is there of telling the old
story SO familiar ? that with loss Of hus-
band and support, here in New York,
far from home, came poverty, sickness,
and distress, and that the last penny was
expended.
Petroleum listened, while the little
fellow, whose acquaintance he had made,
capered about or strutted to and fro in
his new clothes-but he a1as on u spree,
he couldn't wait. The widows grateful
thanks-be laid down greenback she
solicited his name: he handed out
folded paper and left the house. The