Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-09-20

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horse-laugh now, as he replied -" Why, sir,
it the way he grew rich"
The idea struck me as novel; but upon
reflection | am inclined to think it is well
based. AS I said,-often as possible, ac-
complish this business by proxy; and, in
consequence, have made some bad debts by
proxy. But proxy is not always available.
There are customers who insist upon chat
fering with the "boss." Such one has
dropped in, on q morning in which you
happen to be deeply engaged. He wishes
to stake a look" at a horse which he has
seen advertised for sale. The stable is free
to his observation, and the attentive Pat is
at hand; but the customer wants to Xix
with the esquire"
1t is staunch Canadian horse, for which
you have no further use. You paid for him,
six months gone, hundred and fifty dollars,
and you now name hundred dollars as his
price. [ never yet met man wao sold a
horse for as much as he gave-unless he
was jockey; I never expect to.
4" Mornin', Squire" ot
"Good morning." 0
ssBin lookin' at yer hoss.'
"Ah !" sas r9a3 tee
"Middlin' lump of boss"
eyes, nice horse"
.D'n know as you know it, but SIGH
bosses ant so aalable as they was spell
back" .-ese.ia-1
-ofv
"They're gittin' fancy for bigger
hosses" 7
Silence. : '9 ]o
"Put that pony to heavy cart, and he
wouldn't do nothin'."
s:You are mistaken; he's capital cart
horse.''la zaagtabeos anoi3 ess., .a
no" Well, I don't say but what he'd be ham
dy with litish load. Don't call him spav-
ined, do YEP" 9e455
"No, perfectly sound" =
"That looks kinder like O SPAWN rub
bling his off hind leg.
SAINT much of boss doctor, be ye?"
ssNot much"
s'Don't kick, dooz he?''
emo"
"Them little Kanucks is apt to kick"
Silence, and an inpatient movement,
which I work off by pulling out my watch
"What time O. days got to be?''
"Eleven."
"Thunder! I must be agoin' ;-should
like to trade, Squire, but guess we can't
agree I s'poae you'd be askin' as much as
-sixty-or-seventy dollars for that are
hoss-wouldn't ye?'
GA hundred dollars is the price, and l
gave fifty more"
"Don't say Gave laundering sight
too much, Squire"
"Pat. you may put up the horse; 1 don't
think the gentleman wants him.
"Look O. here, Squire;-ef you was to
say-something- like-seventy, or-seven-
ty-five dollars, nowhere might be some
use in talkin'."
''Not one bit of use," Gmpatiently)-
turning on my heel.
Say, squire,-ever had him to
plough?"
eyes"
"Work well ?"
"Perfectly WELL"
Gracious any? Them Kanucks is con-
trary critters when they've mind to be-"
she is quite gentle"
"ThaPs a good pint; but them that's
worked till they get quiet, kinder gifts the
spirit lost on 'em-an't SO brisk when you
put 'em to a Vaughn. Don't you find it so,
Squire"
/" Not at all'
"How old, Squire, did We say he was?'
Cooking in his mouth again).
"Seyen."
"Well--I guess he is good many fig
gers higher that, than he is to tew--any
way"
''Patrick, you had better put this horse
up aeaa
Hold on, SQUIRE" and taking out his
purse, he counts out, "seventy, eighty, and
a five, and two, and a ffty-there, Squire,
tant worth talkin' about; I'll split the diff
ference with We, and take the hoss."
"Patrick, put him up
At which the customer is puzzled, hesi-
tates, and the horse is entering the stable
again, when he breaks out explosively:
well, Squire, here's your money;
but you're the most thunderin' Uneasy man
for dicker that I ever traded with !; I'll
say that for ye."
And the horse is transferred to his keep
ing.
"S'pose you throw in the halter and
blanket, Squire, don't ye? %
e Give him the halter and blanket, Pat
rick.''
"And, Patrick, you amt nary old curry
comb, you don't use, you could let me
have?"
ssGive him curry comb, Pat"
esquire, you're clever man. Got most
through y'r hayin'?"
"Nearly."
"Well, I'm glad ont. Had ki nder ketch-
in weather up our way"
And with this return to general and polite
conversation, the bargaining is over. It.
may be amusing, but it is not inspiring or
elevating. Yet very much of the country
trade is full of this miserable chafering.7
If I have few acres of woodland to sell,
the purchaser spends an hour in pressing
upon me his "idea''-that it is scattered
and NANCY, and has been pirated upon, and
that wood is ''dull," with no prospect of
its rising; if it is cow that [ venture in
the market, the proposed purchaser is
equally valuable in descriptive epithets, far
from complimentary; sheis 'spooty well on
in years. - rather sorawny, 'Snct much for
bag" and this, although she may be the
identical Devon Of my Short-horn friend
If it is pig that would convert into green
backs-he is "flabby," g soruffy, his
sspork will waste in bilin." In short. if
were to take the opinions of my excellent
friends the purchasers-for truth, should
be painfully conscious of having possessed
the most NANCY hogs, the most aged cows,
the scrubbiest veal, and the most diseased
and stunted growth of chestnuts, and oaks,
with which country liver was ever af
ficted.
z For a;time, in the early period of my no.
vitiate, was little disturbed by these
damaging statements; but have been re-
lieved on learning, by farther experience
that the urgence of such lively falsehoods
is only ain ingenious mercenary device for