The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-12-01
Shopping.
III 4, ,nluyht. It is naushi. saith the buyer but
"a. II.

"h |, nau,h,, +! is naushi ,a!,h the buyer; ba,
when he /. gone hi, Way. y hTas!eth"- IrorsrbI.
"a. II.
Buying and selling have each lie per-
lis. Tie seller is tcnptc!i 10 praise his
goods This is a very fine article. II
was manufactured especially To please
old ca, .omers, and think it cannot fail
10 please you. And this-it Was bOught /
81 auction; hence, can afford TO .eil il,
.Ow don't believe you can find i.s eiua!
in the market at the same price. And
this you .hall have for dollar; il is
richly worth 4 dollar aud quarter; ;
great concessions have been made on
this article .fu-. look at tie fnenes, Of
the texture, and sec how beautifully it
takes the light and shade II will make
up splendidly. Only one dollar 2 gard
Since it is YOU though can't afford it, |
will take off an eighth. No lady can afford
70 he withou. one. You sha! iayc n..c
very cheap
50 much for the salesman and If hc
cannot set oil a piece Of tow cloth, 50 -.
10 make i, appear As fine a piece Of satin
as ever WAS manufactured if lie cannot
turn everything into good in the eye and
estimation of the buyer, he j. said 70
want tact, and the essential qualifications
!or successful merchant. ia plain En-
g!i.h. il he cannot skillfully practice he.
cepiion, aud cheat the buyer into tnc
belief that lie is not cheated, lie VII
never make Il good salesman, and is pp.
iiluly informed hat after the end Of the
mouth his services will no. be wanted.
But now the text turns the table, anI
shows of The buyer" 1T is naught, il is
nangh,, saith the buyer. 81 can buy it
cheaper lscwherc, besides | want be-,
Ter article. This may do, however, r.
if you will say two dollars? Suppose il
did cos. more, you can better afford to
take two than To keep il on your shcifn
Mex, comes the scene at home. sec
here, what splendid piece Of cloth I've
bought! Was it a bargain? At ,wo
dollar, when ii COS, two dollar. and n
half? ls it not Franklin who says that
II penny saved is ~ good o, penny
earned? And here is dollar and Il
quarter saved y good bargain that"
But when lie ir, gone his way he
boastcth"
Now the preacher viii put the buyer
aud seller IN the scale 70 determine whose
sin is the greatest, but he ha. word for
you Jointly and sevcrally. TO you both
let him sny, you are pursuing course
and forming character coutomptible in
the eyss OF all honorable men,
TO the seller let me say: Never sell
your goods on sliding scale, between
the lowest figure you can afford aud The
highcat you can cxtort. Let your goods,
like your works, praise themselves, and
give only such information about them
rs your customers desire, or ought to
know. Let zone price" be your rule.
And TO the buyer Never add injus-
ticc 10 insult in cherpening goods, when
'lenlng with an honest man Il t.ll
like not his goods, or his price, MAKE
room in his store for some one who will {:
and never add your name to the number
of persons who are too mean either "tn
live OF let live" And il you have made
good bargain" at the expense of
another, go beg his pardon, mud e1uaIize
the scale ofjusticc. rather than go away
and boast OF it.-N J.. Eranyciist.