The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-25
"SNoBBIsHNESs' OR ''L4ZINEss. "A

SNoBBIsHNEss' OR ''L4zINEss. An
item going the rounds says that young
man in Madison, Wis, bought six collars
aud neck-tie. weight under 4 ounces, and
through snobbishness or laziness, ordered
them sent to his residence he wouldn t
carry a parcel in the street. They were sent
IN heavy freight wagon; two men labori
ously carried the parcel into the hall, and
inquired if it should be left there or carried
upstairs His ''affanced' happened to be
there and saw the exhibition. Served him
right.-A certain lady(?) bought spool
of thread, and ordered it ''sent home
over half mile a farmer Of our ac
quaintance, an old subscriber to the An,eri
can Agrlcaiturtst, was stopped IN the rain
by wealthy man, who haggled about the
price of turnips for several minutes, finally
getting them down from 33 to p cents a
bushel, and then ordered peck; and ended
by asking that halt of them be yellow tur
nips for his wife, and half white ones for
himself! We saw their deltceiy in i'm
mense cart, dawn by IL yoke of oxen, with
a driver for each yoke, each driver carrying
and welding long whip, and vigorously
shouting, "haw, gee, long, etc. The
oxens horns were ornamented with white
and yellow turnips were mari ked by ribbons
of corresponding color tied around them !.
The cavalcade made tour Of the town and
three wide circuits before successfully back
ing up squarely to the purchaser gate.
Four men delivered them in huge basket.
and the farmer refused to receive more than
81 cents, the contract price. mechanic,
pleviousy y engaged, was present TO chip of
the quarter Off cent to make the change
right. The seller and drivers s-neig gh5orng
farmers-then went to hotel. put out
h., II h., Il
gether
DID IT IiURr HIM 1.-THE above suggests
another incident. The writer Of this lives
some distance in the country, going to the
,ity daily, or as needed by business there, IN
company with hundreds Of others On the
train goes man reputed to be wealthy and
liberal, who almost always has parcel IN
hand some purchase for home. weekly
package of books or papers for his Sunday
school etc. On the same train travels a
man whose family dresses extravagantly,
an he himself fares sumptuously at the
noon lunch but he Is always short when
subscription paper goes through the cars
for public or benevolent Object. One even
ing. seeing the first named gentleman carry
ny rather heavy package, he said, Why
press? | always do; [ would not carry
them The simple but whitening reply
was, My friend, | have done this for more
than twenty years It does not hurt me any
| have saved not less than $4,000 thus, and
when | want to give one or five dollars to
any good object, find it in my pocket
DID it hurt him? The Amcricon 4gricuItu
r,st thinks it did him good -In Phila
j ielphia, In store one evening. a young man
i Just arting in business, bought parcel o.
Of a few pounds weight, and taking it up,
j laid, Il would like to give some one shlll
ing to carry this home for me. \ gentle
man. from whom the young man purchased
some of his stock in trade OF credit, stood
near unrecognzed and Immediately accep
fhe offer. Arriving at the house ana re
ceiving the shilling he remarked, young
man, when you want any other such parce
carried please call on me, handing hin
his card, which read, stephen Girard
! Ghe millionaire The lesson was a usefu
one to the business man, and, taken tt
heart, it made the learner a most success
full man in all his after years.
\ WISE DEACON Deacon Wilder,
want you to tell me how you kept yourself
and family SO well the past season, when al
the rest of us have been sick so much. anC
have had the doctors running to Us 81
long.
Bro. Taylor, the answer is very easy.
used Hop Bitters in time and kept my fam