, 1879-06-07
eleeklp Statesman.
SATURDAy June !, 1879
A Coun,ry MERCHANTS Trials.
SATURDAY

shrlil voice. - mean sNTi ".-'.'''
of your nasty. hair streakcd staii' but ruin.
her one gilt-cdgrd creamery, h' tor Cener'-i
Grant or Henry Ward Reec!'er, or here
she pansed Z, see Why that "pesky man
didn't bring It ia During the pause the
pronrie;or. whom long years of experience
had made shY Of elderly iron-clai females,
odged ont. and suddenly remembered that
something needed i.xing in tie store room,
sont IN. clerk. an oily tongued youth. to the
tender mercies Of the butter maker. BY
the time the change was affected, the weaker
hall appeared, bearing iirkin OF aromatic
something that caused .he clerk To think OF
-.Araby the blest."
"Sst it right there, Jonathan, so that the
boss can look at IT, though don't presume
he'll care about examining anything that /
bring.
Heavens. no." calculated the clerk in an
undertone "a smell is enough
"Where's the old nan = broke forth from
the old lady, who perceived for the first time
the metamorphosis . / want to deal with
men. not with boys who don't know good
butter from tub OF lard I; trut out your
boss, bub, ii you want to trucl. with our
family
The proprietor Is eDSaSei
Il don't care il he is married. | guess he
can tend to tirst-class customers.
But, madam, you did not allow me to
finish the proprietor is engaged in watching
at the bedside Of dying child, to which he
was summoned few minutes since
Heaven bless that boy" murmured the
" Boss, from his position at the keyhole OF
the storeraom door heaven bless HIM he
Will b, All honor 10 me before lie leaves my
roof,
Young man, ii what you say is true. and
Won seem too yOung for deliberate liar, IL
try and get along with you; now just tell
me what yOu caIr give me Tor that butter,
and give me back the tiyllin.
The young man herved himself, lifted the
cover and bcheld mass of streaked stuff
III partial state Of decomposition.
- can give you
Don't think la no. aai want you %
give me 10 or 90 cents pound, for my neigh
bors know that ! never ask.i you over 81
cents. even if | could have got 81 i'll Chicago;
and shan't ask You any more, so If you
want it for 80 cents take 1t along, and sling
down some prints for HE to examine
Really, madam, | don't believe We could
give 30 cents the market is fat on hutter.
Bat they don't got such butter as that
every DAY.
That's SO, madam. neither do We; and
they don't know down there how to appre-
cilte such butter when they do get it.
"Wcli, wha: en- yOu give me-4 cents?
NO. ma am: owing to the unusually
crowded state of the market, the large guam
depression Of the hos market and the pOor
prospects OF an Eastern war t'i'li advance
his wages, murmured the old man. Il
can offer you bat five cents per pound, and
You throw III the iiTkin.
- Five cents pound and me give You the
iirkm Young f,iler wOuldn' sell you the
tirkln for that, yon peak headed ape, YOU had
better 20 off Sonen here and hate yourself
10 death, you pug uoSei. thich-lpped fool,
you, you-,Iotham bring that butter here
this minnit and don; stand there with your
mouth open from ear 10 ear hearing your
own lawful wife abused 10y this White-i!vered
counter, jumper, who don't know how to
treat Lady who is respectfully connected,
and whose only fault is being too willing to
stand everything before saying anything. =
]otham patiently lifted the tiri;In and started
for the door, when the old lady. seeing that
the clerk didn't act As though he intended to
Try to stop her. spoke III \ mi!der t"ne.
See here, my youthful. maybe your
mother died Nhen you was Young and you
failed TO get brought up night, and, come to
look at You again believe htre seen peak
cdcr heads than yourn, So don't leel angry
and III throw oil the four cents and max.
=. ] -
" Malam, you are III error as regards my
maternal ancestor; She Is living at the al
vanced age al eI-hty-ipur years. and can
safely say that | never suffered from Il
bringing mp: she always brought me up,
some tines very suidrnly With reference
10 the co@e-lIhe shape 81 my head | assure
you it vas caused by the alOr OF prize butter
like yours, which Invariably lifted me- and
the central portion of the top of nv Uranium
being more liable to diStcution.
"oh, You little fool, don't stand there
lcnsthcnlcs your barn-door of month with
your long-Wlnded abuse of lady whose
shoes YOU amt worthy II take oil. "
" y feat | don't care to try, SAID the
thoroughly aroused clerk.
Nv hat 5 that you are saving about my feet
Ii 1t wasn't for the law. | Il let You feel the
moral suas!ou they contain, but / won't waste
words with a knock -kneel tai pole ike Won.
lothian, jerk that butter out Just as soon AS
yon can. And lothian staggered out bear
Ing his cdorIierous burden. while TIE old
lady With many = snort and jerk followed.
As soon aS the merchant saw that the dan
ser was over, he emerged trom the store
room hurrle,iIy, shaking the clerk hand, he
exclaimed:
Holy Moses, but you are 4 brick.
would have had To give IN To tha. old vam-
pre- and taken her butter noisnS rolems. III
double your salary, and you can come and
see my daughter any TIM, YES. 90 now,
marry her it You want: man that can get
nd o1 an old woman who Is determined To
sell tiraIa oi such stuff can marry my
mo;her-ia-law. ii he wants tc. Now 90"
And the young man Went
WHAT III WANTS THE AgMY FcR.-Gi
coarse. Mr.. Hayes Will deny. with a show of
Indignation, tina; he wants the troops A. the
polls to shoot down unarmed citizens. But
indignant airs on his part afford no sufficient
answer II the very crave questions which