Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-27
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, The following chapter on this subjec
, Is from Mr.. Mitohel's "My Farm o
, Edgewood," recently published by Serb
ner, New York:
Some time or other, if man enter up
on farm life-and it holds true in almost
every kind of life-there will come tc
him necessity for bargaining. 1t is q
part of the cnrse, l think, entailed upon
mankind at the expulsion from Eden,
that they should sweat at bargain
When Frenchwoman, with her hand
full of gloves, behind her dainty counter,
asks the double of what her goods are
worth, you are in.no way surprised. You
accept the enormity as symptom of the
depravity of her race, which is balanced
by the ssavity of her manner
But when hard-faced, upright, Sab
bath-keeping New England bank officer
or selectman, asks you the double, or of
fers you the half of what thing is real
ly worth, there is revulsion of feeling
which no charm III his manner can drive
away. Unlike the case of the French
shop woman, feel like passing them-on
the other side of the street.
And yet all this is to be met-and con-
quered, l suppose, by whoever has butter,
or eggs, or bay, or fat cattle to sell. /
pentured once TO express my surprise to
shrewd foreman who had charge of this
business-for | manage it by proxy as
much as can-that staid gentleman with
his ten thousand year of income, should
have insisted upon reduction of two cents
bushel in the price of his potatoes, in view
of quart of small ones that had insinu-
ated themselves in the interstices I think
l hear his horse-laugh now, as he replied,
"Why, sir, it's the way he grew rich"
The idea struck me as novel but upon
reflection | am inclined to think it is well
based. AS | said-often as possible I
accomplish this business by proxy; and
III consequence, have made bad debts by
proxy. But proxy is not always avail
able. There are customers who insist ON
chaffering with the "boss" Such one
has dropped in on a morning in which
you happen to be deeply engaged. He
wishes to take 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 talk with the Squire"
1t is a staunch Canadian horse, for
which you have no further use. You
paid for him, six months gone, hundred ,,
md fifty dollars and you now name
hundred dollars as his price l never vet
net a man who sold horse for as much I,
~ he gave-unless he were u Jockey: 7
never expect to- l
'Mornin', Squire"
"Good morning"
Bin a lookin' ut yer boss"
"Ah!"
'Middlin' lump of boss"
Eyes, nice horse"
"Dn know as you know it, but SIGH
osses amt SO salable as they was spell :.
ack." 'P0A. Il
"Ah!' t.
osses" oe0A u
Silence tt
Put that pony to heavy cart and he II
'ouldn't do nothin'."
orse" ''i oa''- la
well, don't say but what he'd be OF
anay with a lightish load. Don't call ~ ~
IN spawned, do ye?" "
mo, perfectly sound" en-
"That looks kinder like snavinn-r,h pr
ng his off hind leg. DIV
Saint mucb of . bos, a tt
"Not much" 20 pa
Don't kick, dooz he" m po
mo" sta
.'Ihem little Kanncks is apt to kick in
and an impatient movement STA
, '4eh ! work off BY pulling out nv fes
What time o days it got to be3s ~.
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