Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-11-30
How Donald M'Grie Bought and
Sold Indigo.
A TALE OF OLD ABERDEEN.


no account commit yourself by speak.
ing hastily. If these propositions
can be tolerated by the reader. let
him read on, and know that the hero
Of this little moral sketch was douce
and canny Scot, a small trader, well
known in Aberdeen forty years ago
He was chapman in a promiscuous
line. In fact-Why should we at
tempt to disguise the truth--he kept
what in London would be called a
chandler'S shop.
He condescended, merely for the
convenience Of his immediate neigh
bOrs to sell candles as low as a far
thing apiece, indeed he would, for the
|nonce, furnish light so attenuated thai
you might purchase two for a farthino
and yet he had small beer in his en-
pOrlmn more attenuated still. He
also sold dying materials, among
which | might have claSSed his small
ale, and he had c0cUluS indicuS to set
off against a halfpenny's worth Of
salt, barilla against two sheets oI
parliament cake for a baubee, and in
digo by the pound against snuff by
the half ounce.
Indeed, our trustworthy friend
Donald MGrie, had no small pride
in his shop; and the street in which
he lived in the guide auId town Of
Aberdeen, had Just so much pride il
Donald. Really Donald was a safe
chieI; he kept his accounts accurate
ly, both with Sod and man, for he
was as punctual at kirk as in his pay
mentS, and, as he allowed no long
scores with his neighbors, he tool
care never to run in debt by crime,
OF omission. which must be some day
settled before a tribunal so awful.
Having thus sufficiently described
Donald's circumstances, we must now
proceed to nalrate the first CRANE
step that he made towards acquiring
the splendid fortune that he lived SC
long to enjoy.
He was Out of indigo; that is tC
say, all the indigo that he lately had
had gone out from his warehouse 10y
dribIets. Thereupon he writes a let
ter to a house in London. a drysalt
er's in the most extensive line o
business. ordering fOrty-one ton:
weight OF indigo: stating at the samt
time that if there was not a vessel
they must get agc. Such were the
exact words that he used.
Now. at the time this occurred
communication between AberdeenanC
London was rare, and at farthest
four times in the year was the utmos
extent that Donald MGrie and hi
wholesale dealers addressed eacl
other. There were no telegraph
lines by which Donald could have in
stantauc0us communication with tn
world over; nor, for the matter o
that, fast steam-packets trayersing tn
seas. nor railways the land; nothing
but those slow saiIing-packets whic
took time. and plenty Of it, to max
their trip from port to port, or tn
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