Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-25

tOr TIE Couvo0os was Wr1tSeu % tue UseaAs q.
tsss Of thu dele0Ation fr6n my own eeuntZ|
positively refusing the use OF my name 'or
Either the short or the long term. That let
tzf' the gentleman, of course. did not seem
10 be aware Of, although am told the pa
peri had announced my declination. 1t is
true that ct ono time WAS candidate, bat
afIsr reflection withdrew my name abso.
lutelt.
INTERESTING DIALOGUE.
wheat Nle6s- Cabbage Posasoes-Ap.
p1es -. rapes... Deess -. TOmaeOes-.-
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SCKNE-.john Smiths Country Store--T1NE,
Eusning-SPEAKERs, Sundry Villagers,
and Farmers, mho hare "happened in az
usual"
Mr. Slnith.-Trade is very dull nowadays.
| don't sell half IS much as did five years
ago
Mr. Jones-Good reason. Things're SO
high, we can't afford to buy. You charge
such awful prices, Smith.
Mr. Smith. hclpit Ihave to pay
90 much more. When sold sugar at 10
CcutS y HOuuu, ! IuAnC u Ccut pNSuuNb, AMI
| only make cent now on 20 cents, and
this cent profit don't 90 80 far to keep my
family
MIR Brown buy just as much as ever.
don't see as there is much change. used
to scll my 600 bushels Of wheat for ~ cents
= bushcl, or $3.50. Of this. $3.50 went for
family store bills, and $500 to pay off my
farm debt Now, when sell for 81 80 per
busliel, or 5000, il takes about $500 for
store bills, and leaves $500 to pay off the
debt In fact, these high prices suit me
wish MI McCulloch had kept out of the
Treasury, for he threatens 70 make Green
b,cks par, and knock down prices.
Mr. PRICE, don't see as it makes much
difference. II there is twice AZ 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 a profit, make double, Ms
ncighbor Brown explains about paying his
farm debt.
Mr. Butler-That's so.
Mr.. Greene think.
Mr. Moore do J.
Mr.. Baker. There is a little drawback.
| keep the accounts of Widow Roberts,
who las the mortgage on Mr.. Browns farm,
and the 800 he pays, don't 90 only half so
far in supporting her, and educating her
| children
Mr.. Travis 1.-THE School Teacher Yes il
does, for only get $50 month for teach
ing Mrs. ROBBERS and others children, and
used to get $2j, with wheat at 15c.
ID ~ ~ ALL ne,
year. while | always had $500 with wheat
ut IS cents and sugar at 10 cents.
Several Voiccs-That amt quite square.
Mr. Knox, editor And you only pay
me 81 year for my newspaper, which you
thought cheap Mt $50, five years ago
| though ! have now to pay three times as
much for every thing use in making a
| newspaper.
Mr.. Grecne.-Why don't you raise your
| prices, too?
Mr.. Knox People won't stand it.
must keep along with no profit, or even al
loss, hoping for better times or else LOSE
my subscribers, and let the paper go down
| why, when raised the price from ! | II
to 81 pear, good many stopped the pa
per-among them Mr.. Brown, himself
though ! paid him double for his wheat
Mr.. Brown didn't stop it so much 70
the price went in for paying for m,
farm by extra economy.
Mr.. Knox. Yes, he followed my advice
for people "to ,conomize and pay thei
debts now But lei us STE if Mr.. Brow
began at the right place On one Satui
day published in my paper that whoa
had advanced IL cents a bushel. On Mon
iav Mr. Brown went to market with hi
wheat, and sold 60 bushels ut one cent ad
vance over the old price, and thought h
i;a we'll II. oan,e homo hn"sting ahnu
} it, until he met ncighbor johnson, who 90
the II cents advance. because he read m
paper, and was wide awake. Mr.. Brown
loss on GO bushels would pay four Who'll
years subscription
Mr. Brown.-Don't say anything NOR
about that, Mr. Knox, and put me down
subscriber for life.
Mr. KNOX have heard ofsevcral othc
such losses hy those who stopped my pI
per- Not to he too personal, MS some n
: them are here, will call them A, y, G, etc
Mr. A. paid I per cent. more fees on -
taxes, because he did not see the collector
notice in my paper, and thus lost So 81, t.
save So. Mr. Il paid $500 the same way
, Mr. C. failed to bring in his claim ag,ins
! an estate. because lie did not see in my pa
per the legal notice limiting the time
That cost him S34. to save s. subscription
} Mr. - sold 300 pounds of wool at CO cent.
because he did not see an advertisement q
Mr. Smith. right here at home, offering !,
! cents That cost him *1G, to save -. Nj
F's boys went down to the village ever
) night or two, To get the news and loca
J gossip because they had no paper ut HON,
and one of them fell into bad company, an.
is ruined | know twenty cases wher
people lost money for not learning what i
going on. gather up all that is going OF
in business and society, and condense i
into my columns 1t is important for ever,
man to know all about home matters, anC
: doubt if there is a man in this who'll
town who would not, in the course of
year, get some information, that would pa,
him back more than 81 year. AMI thcl
think of household sitting down to
gether 365 days in year, and having not b
ing to talk about, except their own affairs
and few items Of gossip gathered up b,
occasional contact with other people
MIR. Taylor-Lct me help Editor Knox
argument. Wife read to me an item h
published about a humbug, which he cop
led from the american Agricuiturist, 0
New York City. Next day one Of thes,
same humbugs came round with his article
and was SO plausible that he almost per
suaded her into paying him 81, for hi
swindling recipe; hut the editors caution
kept her back.
Mr.. Knox.-Yes, and do you know tina
the fellow sold more than fifty of the hum
bug recipes hereahout. at 81 a piece bu
not to any one of my subscribers
Mr.. Potts.-Put me down asa subscriber
Mr. Knox, here is your two dollars
Mr. Shaw.-And me too.
i. Mr. Knox.-Thank you, gentlemen. II
| try to make better paper than ever. Ev
, cry dollar helps; new subscriber onl,
adds to my expense the cost of pape..
everybody took the paper, and thus dividct
the cost Of getting news, setting type, of
fee rent ctr I rs,nld dO,,hle tho valuo n