St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-01-07

-''' ''''' 'iil I'iiliII-s I'l News vi
but any gossip of the kind would be in
order. wonder, Ned, YOU don't fall
i'll love with Miss Daw. am ripe tn
d" IT myself. Speaking of photographs.
conldn't Nou manage to slip one of her
cdrtcS- -d"-ri$itc from her album. she
must have ;n album. you' know. and
send it t" me- will return it before
it could hr missed. That's Il good t,.l-
low, did the mare arrive safe and
sound 1t will hr Il capital animal this
Iutumn tor Central Park.
Oh my leg forgot about my leg.
Its better.
tr"mciH'icd ncrt Tctk)
Charge It."
\ >r"GE>IINF >I"Ef InE NEW YEARS.
"rharlr,. vha, did tins peach PIE
>crNc cost
rim ,,ulr | don't know. lIIunah."
But YOU bought ii TIN, morning"
II know | did. tat diuim'i ask tn,
pIlc" ui it.
"pidm'l >"u pay f"l /, -
NO."
"Wh, u"t >"
80. h,clu-r r"uldn'r mukc change.
/ have Opened an account with Nh.
WaldI"u. ami shall hereafter settle with
him once ia rhcr months.
lkI~ rouNrI>:IlIun va>r:uIitd ON ii th,
table hctNcrm Charles Matthews and
his wife. Matthews N.t- Il Young mcI-
chant. " l." had just commenced lInu>,.-
keeping. and ~ he wn~ making excel
lent Wages. lac could afford To live prru-
II we'll. After he had made known his
determined I"lrcmrut To his Wiic she
remained som, time in silent thought.
"ChaIlr>. she at length said. iu Il
mild. persuasive tone. Il thmk ii would
t'r better t" pay fur things ~ You take
them. luu know Nou get Nour pay Ton
work every Saturday night. and You
could pay - lou 90 very easily"
Il know | could" replied Mr.. Mat
thcW>, with the air nf a man who had
uuan>NcrIhlr arguments Al his com
nlind ''hut then ii would moi hr mean
:" handy. uu ~,'r. shall save all the
trouble of making chlngc. and shall
not only save time. but also avoid max
ing Mistakes.
"Mi~rakrs - repeated Hannah. How
can mistakes occur when You pay ion
things - Nou get them ,!
Il will tell Nou. Sometimes ii may
not hr COM rnicut tn pay toI il thing
when get ii may forget my money .
ur may only take it on trial then il |
pay t" i part and not for all. some
things may get charged which pay ior
No. Hannah. u settlement once Il quar-
t,I viii hr the best and most convenient
I i -
Nv ell. perhaps il may. said his wife.
with an earnest tone and lupk. and Vet
with Il smile. but cannot think as
,y"u de-.
But why not -
''WhN. on all accounts. In the tilst
place. Nou viii buy more than if vou
paid ra>h. Now YOU needn't shake
l"uI head. for know it. There are
many little Injuries. little extras. which
We lu not need. hul hIch You will hr
apt to buy if Nou do not have to pay
the money down. know something Of
this credit system. and | know that il
is not Il fair or good thing. In the
second place. If Nou pay cash for every
thing. Neu Will get Nour goods cheaper.
\ trader will sell cheaper when he can
have the money in his hands. than when
he has to c:Iry ont the amount on his
ledger"
But let me tell You. Hannah, that
Mr.. Waldron will not cheat. He is not
the man To take advantage in that way"
'lou misunderstood me. Charles: do
Won not know that all traders can ai-
ford to sell cheaper when they have
the money III their hands, and do moi
have to carry the amount to their ledg
ers. They could afford to do So.
Traders like to secure cash customers.
think You will find it for YOUR ad
vantage to try the cash system. Now
d." not believe yom would have bought
this peach preserve if you had had To
pay cash for it,
but bought that to please You,
and thought YOU would be pleased"
Il know YOU did" she replied, as she
placed her hand allecti"nate!y upon his
shoulder. Il know You would do any
thing to please me 4; but for the sake of
helping You. would forego all such
things. Then after Il few Years, per
hapS. we might own II little cottage of
our own
For several days Charles only sent up
from the store what they really needed
At length, us he went to the store one
morning, Oh his way to his work. he
saw some splendid pickles in fancy jars.
lie had ordered the articles he needed,
and WAS about to leave. when Mr.. Wal
dIon Speke
MIR. Matthew's" said he. "don't yea
want jar OF pickles carried my
Wlie "A jan last evening. and she thinks
them superior to amy she ever saw"
Now Charles knew that his wife had
plenty of plain picked cucumhers
some that her mother put down tol her.
but Mr.. Waldron's wife had some OF
hese fancy ones, and why shouldn't |
Hannah
And 80 he ordered the .iaI, and as it |
was lnconvenient to pay tor ii. oldeled
it charged.
MIR. Matthews, anything you may
want you can order at any time, and
yon may rest assured We shall he very |
happy to accommodate you"
Now this was hattering to young
Matthews feelings, to think that the !