Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-19

Among ali the long list OF professions and
gccuuatious. | know Of none whose followers
eni5v better opportunities for studying nu-
man nature IN all its varied shapes and guls-
as than the man who deals in dry goods.
Coming in contact with every conceivable
class Of people, from pauper to prince, meet
ina, them i'm all sorts of modes and dlsp'sl-
lions. he Is enabled to get a sort Of inside
view of eyervbody's character.-His count
ers are occupied alternately by rich and poor,
.-raar and small. One moment he Is accost-
Il hv a little. half terrified urchin. who Is
inst able TO lisp out, 80 Mama wants spool
ofNo 90 thread - and the next instant, by
a boarv headed old man, who has been buy
inc ro5is for three score years, and Is per-
hans bartering for the last yard Of cloth he
viii ever need in this world.
Your dry-goods dealer knows everybody
and everybody knows him.
When customer enters a store and SITS
down TO look at goods for halt hour, ny
a- Le viii to prevent it. II there are any
1rominent traits in his character, they are
very amt to show themselves before he gets
through If is naturally pleasant, courte-
opr. and wholo-s0uled. be will most certainly
make il manifest and if. on the contrary
there is ANYTHING narrow-minded or unpleas-
ant about him, it viii just as certainly croI
out before he leaves.
1t is curious and interesting Occupation
10 watch the different classes OF people al
they come before YOU. Here, for instance, II
q hearty. good natured, don't care sort OF
fellow. lie tells YOU what hewants, makes
selection at once. tosses YOU the change, an'
Is of again. He is followed perhaps by
customer Of an entirely different stamp On'
If these particular. Oyer-nice persons Wh'
never can find anything good enough 10
them You may stand and show fcr good
for hours at a time, and You wont be able 4
ind lust the thing that she wants. On'
niece is too dark and another Is TOO light
6neis too dull. and the other Is too bright
rbis one does not become her complexion
thar ouew8uld make her look too tall. an
the other too short This piece would Jus
suit her. if that little tiny dot was brown IN
stead of purple (fit was brown she woul'
want it furIle)-and another would be eX
a.-Iv what ,le wanted. if tlat stripe wa
ai81t an eighth Of an inch narrower, o.
wider. You take up handsome dress Iat
-erD. and hold it 50 that the light viii set !
gH To the very best advantage, and ask her {
note the effect '' Well, she says, that !
very pretty indeed, but it Isn t just the shad
-Iat was looking for. After displaying
all the goods vou have In the establishment
Sue e-allv informs You that she Will loo
around and adds very graclously. that
She doesn't find anything that suits her bet
rer. perhaps she will cali again. Poor thing
The Empress Eugene herself, the '' Srea
heaG-centre" Of the fashion world, would no
De half - hard to please.
often wonder how such folks manage
get along through this world. and the quer
sometimes arises, whether thev viii ever ill
d heaven good enough TO suit them
But here Is customer from the Emeral
Isle They have system of their own
Ttev have got a notion that everybody want
+. cheat them. and they never will give
man his price if they can help It. Oh,
-Ierp Goods At lalf the cost. and they vi
nv o. beat You down.
:. What do You charge for this palr oi mi
tens?"
.'Seyenty-tye cents.
I'm i've YOU fifty
..Yon misunderstood me. l said seyenty-h'
cents
IN give sixty cents, and that 5 all l "
give You"
Cant do it, sir. Six shillings is as 10
as we can afford them
IN give vou sixty-fve cents, and If u
don't want that. YOU may keep them N
he starts towards the door in a towering pa
SION because YOU won't come to his term
Stond your ground. and he viii come toyour
,-st lie opens the door and goes out, b
v-oi+s outside a moment to see If you W
eail him back. II YOU are inexorable, he
-. s,,rs ~ return and take the mittens
ts.t This scene is repeated IN suostan'
every time a son Of ErIn comes mo
store.
The Germans are generally easier to ma
aye and a. for the ebony race, they UNI
it Is beneath their dignity to banter any 9oC
They know what they want, get 1t, anu =
of about their business. In this they eAL
il more common sense than many ol III
brethren Of a whittier skin.
No man ever made himself rich by Il
way of DOING business. If you don like
merchants price. leave him and 90 sol
where else. and not compromise your OF
self-resuect by begging for half an hour oye
shilling or two. Some Ie.Vlc would bani
about the price Of their own Collins, if tn
had the Opportunity.
must not omit To mention the young la
who racks her brain for an hour. to think
something that she is sure nobody viii ha,
and then goes all over town, inquirins +
purple embroidery braid Or something equi
y rare. How sadly disappointed they al
sometimes. when they happen to run aer'
the very article they are looking for.
never would marry young lady. until
had been shopping with her once or twlC
If she never was able TO find anything
please her. should be very much afraid th
l never could be GOOD enough to suit Ler.