The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-02-03
Interesting Dialogue.

Armies pes-Beets-T Oma-
toes-Rread--C And some
other Things-And the Boys
and Girls Besides.
ScEyE-John Smiths Country Store--IlME,
Ecening Suadry Villagers,
and Farmers who hare Happened IN as
usual"
Mr.. Smith.-Tradc is very dull nowadays;
/ don't sell half as much as did live years
ago.
Mr. Jones.-Good reason. Things re so
high, we can't afford to buy. You charge
such awful prices, Smith.
Mr.. Smith.-Can't help it. have to pay
so much more When | sold sugar at 10
cents a pound, made cent pound, and
I only make a cent now on 20 cents, and this
cent profit don't 90 so far to keep my family.
Mr.. Bropn.-I buy just as much as ever.
don't see as there is much change. used
to sell my 600 bushels of wheat for 10 cents
a bushel. or $780, OF this, $3.50 went for
family store bills, and $500 to pay off my
farm debt. Now, when | sell for S. so per
bushel, or $780, it takes about $500 for
store bills, and leaves $500 to pay OIL the
debt In fact, these high prices suit me-
Il wish Mr.. McCuloch had kept out OF the
Treasury, for he threatens to make Green
backs par, and knock down prices.
Mr.. Price-I don't see as it makes much
difference If there is twice as much money
going, and everybody gets twice as much for
everything he raises, and pays twice as much
for everything he buys, it all comes out
square at the end and there is this gain in
the operation: those who save money, or
make profit. make double, as neighbor
Brown explains about paying his farm debt
Mr.. Butter.-That's so.
Mr.. Greehe.-So think. Mr.. Moore
SO do I.
Mr.. Baker.-There is a little drawback
! keep the accounts of Widow Roberts, who
has the mort gage on Mr.. Browns farm, and
the 800 he pays, don't go only half so far
in supporting her, and educating her chill
dren.
Mr. Traris Ohe School Teacher) Yes it
does, for only get $50 month for teaching
Mrs. Roberts and others children, and |
used to get ,525, with wheat al - cents.
Rec. Mr.. Corey.-And only get 5000
year, while | always had $500 with wheat at
- cents and sugar 10 cents
Screrul Toices.-Thnt amt quite square.
Mr.. Hnor, editor. And you only pay
me s. a year for my newspaper, which yon
thought cheap at 81 SO, five years ago, though
| have now to pay three times as much for
every thing 1 use in making newspaper.
Mr. Greene Why don't you raise your
prices, too?
Mr.. knor.-Peorle won't stand it. /
must keep along with no profit, or even at u
loss, hoping for better times, or else lose my
subscribers, and let the paper go down.
Why, when | raised the price from 81 80 to
81 year, a good many stopped the paper
among them Mr.. Brown himself though l
paid him double for his wheat.
M. Hromn.-I didn't stop it so much for
the price; went in for paying for my farm
by extra economy.
Mr.. Hnor Yes, he followed my advice
for people ''to economic and pay their debts
now But let us see if Mr.. Brown began
at the right place. On one Saturday pub
lshed in my paper that wheat had advanced
Is cents "a bushel On Monday Mr.. Brown
went to market with his wheat, and sold 60
bushels at one cent advance over the old
price, and thought he did we'll. He came
home Boosting about it, until he met neigh
Dor johnson, who got the Is cents advance,
because he read my paper and was wide
awake. Mr.. Browns loss on $50 bushels
would pay four whole years subscriptions
Mr. Brown.-Don't say anything more
about that, Mr. knox, and put me down
subscriber for life
Mr.. knor-I have heard Of several other
such losses by those who stopped my paper.
Not to be too personal, as some of them are
here, will call them A. B. c., etc' Mr. A.
paid 4 per cent more fees on ST. taxes, be.
cause he did not see the collectors notice in
my paper, and thus lost S2.84, to save So
Mr.. B. paid $500 the same way. Mr.. c.
1alltu W DIlIlS III aSaihSI al c"tatCf
because he did not see in my paper the legal
notice limiting the time. That cost him
S34, to save 81 subscription. Mr.. d. sold
200 pounds OF wool at 81 cents, because he
did not see an advertisement of Mr.. Smith,
right here at home, Offering 10 cents. That
cost him SIG, to save 81. Mr., Els boys
went down to the village every night or two.
to get the news and local gossip, because
they had no paper at home, and one of them
fell into bad company, and is ruined. /
] know twenty cases where people lost money
for not learning what was going on. gather
up all that is going on in business and soci
ETY., and condense it into my columns. 1t is
important for every man to know all about
home matters, and douht if there is a man
in this whole town who would not, in the
course of a year, get some information, that
would pay him back more than So year.
And then think of household sitting down
together 365 days in year, and having moth
ing to talk about, except their own affairs,
and few items Of gossip, gathered up by
occasional contact with other people.
Mr. Taylor.-Let me help Editor Knox s
argument. Wife read to me an item he pub
lished about humbug, which he copied