National Republican., 1873-12-16
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person In tho wep of Scotland, who had en-
gagged IN tho manufacture Of certain description
OF gocds tbcn recentiy introduced Into that part of
She country, found II nccessary, or conicctured u
might bc profitable, to establish a permanent con
nectlon with some respectable mercantile house IN
London. with that design he packed up guam
tity OF goods. equipped himself tor the journey,
and then departed. upcu his arrival he made an.
gent inquiry a. to those who were llkely to prove
his bcst customerr, and accordingly proceeded TO
call upon one Of the most opulent drapcrr with
: whom hc resolved TO establish q regular eJrre-
spondeuec. When Saunders entered the draper's
shop he found II crowded with customers, and ths
clerks all husliny buslly AT the back oithc counter
handing out their several wares tothcIr respective
customers. Saunders waited what he thought .
reasonable time then laid down his pack. his hon
not and star upon the counter, aud inquired ~ his
hoose," One Of the eierkssskcd what was wanted.
Tho Scotsmnn's answer was, ms usual, question:
w,a n. psSSs S Sssst aepy N o ny psT.su rs
who accompanied his monosy yilsble negative with
ol Cosep 81 hc ss Sa S
TAX: LOOK e the gnis', At WAS was ~. SsnaIes' s,m
worth your while; and in dsubIna i,u, yel buy
~ :.a nS so0 sS.ysd e swny %ns
was reiterated hall u dozen times with Impaticnce
bs, "a, perseveIIsg Scotsman una ..ii Rss,;;.sS d;,s
oomp,steiy out Of temper, as. he pushed the
% exposed Sonisn's 2, s gssls on nr 'he e
SSrss sSS isSiydnss i"ss SSs Win "Se mouth and an
enlarged pair OF eyes then looked down to hl. es-
tate ihst fsy scattered among ne feet, looked up
sush,f But ye dinna ken, for ye hae,na seen th,
Gndes yct;'' and 10 saying ho slowly gathered
oas s" orte % snop % % % md angry
command that followed his last appeal. Sound
eu, With great CAVITY and .e'ip2sss''len,
tssly,' ws.the reriyi snd that reply was ,ae.
ccedeh by unelulyoeaI proof Of sincerity on the
ss ssss%% sonns, Sn % %Srsd into Street
Tic copi Scofchmnn staiked deliberately In guest
oIes s,ew.rton head,gsar; Mner Eyipg % u dor, Two
%oissuSe out Of IL looked Cver 70 the person who
smiie, You was but an lli.mar'd turn; yen
surely TAX look o the guides now, The ma.
tetdtspcr himself who was standing M al the while
snee Of the old man, and feeling little compunc.
tion for the unceremonlous manner in which he
found thcm to bc articles he stood in need Of pur
chased them, ordered an additional regular sup.
ply, and thus laid the fonndatlcn o. an op1lent
several generations.
A rnrSSoLoeIsr told a man that he had com
bativcb, very largely deycloped, and was OF a
.susrrols,me disposition. "rhat Isn't so,r said
Che man ansrIiy, "and II you repeat u III knock
youuVWn
A COOP old elder OF n church, who was plyer
to cxtrayagadt exaggeratioD, was at last eallct
10 account for his offence In that respect and ad
m6nsheJ not to give way to the bcsetting sin in
future. The good old man received tho admoni
tiOn meckly and said IL know how prone an
10 The fsuit, my brethren, and u has given m,
tcytures Of pain. and night after night Iaye she,
barrels Of tears over H." The meeting adjourned
In silence.
NtAn Worcester, Mas, several years siuce, OF
old man had been In town on business, and, I'm
bibins pretty ffcely, was returning home In the
evening In his wagon and losing his reckoning
permitted his horse TO take the railroad track
Jogging along lelsurely, II was not long before
train OF cars overlook him, and the locomotiv,
striking the wagon sent the old man "huking'
and killed tho horse, without, however, injurint
tho man. The trein was stopped, and the con
ductor returned To ascertain the damage. As h,
approached the scene OF the accident, he inquire,
oil The old man " he was much hurt. "Hurt." h
replied. mo; but I'D like to know what you arr
running your blasted old cars on the turnpik