National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-12-31
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The proprietor Ut II grocery store
in this c,ty. having come across the
following paragraph in \ mwSI"
per Ia. waS reading clipln'l ii out
and 81 nls it to us for rul'lication.-
For hi, ,snrtit as well as for the
h~urht Of all others engaged in y"
Gerry business. We print it, and ~
doing ~ take WcO>i0n to call the
attention ut certain people to II:
'Sonr Of our grocery men com
plain OF a sl..cirS Of bi,nN that
inirSts stores and are constantly
ninbliny around, taking Il chew "t
/, hl,.aD, Il bit of cheese and II lump
of sugar, an apple. or handful OF
lwrr.eS, or anything they take u fan
cy to. Four Ur five Of these Nib
llerS eat up II man in year or two.
1t is very annoying and iS,,O say the
least of ia species Of small lhous lit,
lcSSi,pSS.'
This disposition to nibhlc is n
mild species Of kltptOunania, with
which nearly everybody is afflicted {"
Il greater or less degree GrcrrS
ululouMc,llv suffer the most from 1t
of any sp cir.. of tra,lrSnrm, rs they
deal in articles which every person
is disposed to eat ,and in order 10 sell
their wares they must expose them
to sight. AT one tinr,a year or tw"
ago, the custom prevailed Ot cover
ing up barrels aud boxes with n
wire net work, through which GUS
tuIlicr> could see but not taste but
TIN, l,laI, &c,nS to have been geiirr
ally ahand med nov. Perhaps it Is
on the principIr that stolen fruit is
the sweetest, that the lump of sn-
gar, the piece Of clWe,v, the lHricl',
or whatever it iuay lm, which Is
tasted is always l1tter than tue
package Of wliicl, it il Il sample Is
when il is delivered at home. There
are many persons Who are cUi'Sclrh
tiOuS in this respect ami never
touch AN article until it is weighed
out, but they usually have to taste
it Just before it is tied M, AMI they
know that it is always better than
when the package is opened at home
again. These little tastes arr almost
IL matter of necessity, and the man
who never permits himself to i'll
,lul.e IN them carries with HIN
, through life a very heavy cross. q
,, Ii it were only the regular GUS
toner, one whose trade is WORT
soln.,hin y, VIII" inr ulge in tlrs,
little pickimgs, these mUuthfI'S, ti''
u whole thing could bc rcnn'!l'ri D.!
alIin. II small per ccmtaSe now "''
J. then to his hill W,nAny would no
u yr,imblc il II little item should IN
added now aud then I" his bill. snci
:, as NibbiingS t. date, 81. 20.
u AS il iS.tlc gr'sar Is compelled u
: make up from his regular custom
= rrs not only the amount Of tlr'
!, own InckingS hut those "f the dra'
T" keats is we'll; Or lNar I'll" loss HIM
:, self, aud usually, W. iiI'aGihr, ~
u burden comes lTincii ally upon Inn
l. Very trw persons have much idr
u. of the eAtcnt Of this tax uln'i, ~
+" dealers IN u city like this. We aS'
Is ,sl u retail gr,nrr last evening villa
Is il casts him, aud he said II, first
!" dollar u day, but upon u scco''
u thought said It was moi". II pr"
~ ably amounts to full five hnn'in
81 dollars u wear, NJ most ilr cost ~
- clcrk.-iaking the whole city L
iS rc,lcr,i will amount tu fully mt"
'e or twenty thousand dollars ~ yea
- This Arins like u large sum, bnt II
rA. estimates ran readily bc made wl'i'
.. will support 1t.
III We la q heard of u lOunger wi
~ was cured OF whiting u tailor
Is counter hy having u corner of b
}" u,,t cut OH 10y the ,ailors shear
~ but this will not pnt an e'd ~
the nibblimg. III some cases. son
a' such remedy is necessary .nnd n ~
NY Ger must estimate whether he "
RI pajn or lose by loJsimg n custom
TT who IL IN invc crate AMI l~rsISle
,n. uibhlrr. In the mann. lOwe\cr,
he must make calculations upon
,urrc amount whicl, he caIi,Ut III
ue put u stop to, and mus, count II,
''n large item on u q debit snie of
td / tvtit and loss nccount under q
'rt' leaf IN striking his balance. IT.
NY passion Of human nature wl'l
lie must le kept IN check ns 'n''ch
us In,ssiblc, bit can never m r'''''r
ise e done auay.--[lnl. Journal.