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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22

Este maravillosn bats mo sana infalihle
mente las heridas antiguas, las llagas, los
males de piernas Y de pecho. Por medic
de su Influenza las dlceras virulentas to
man muy promo un aspecto convaleciente
desaparecen. Jamas deja este unguento
lie las afec ZONES de la piel, To- constin"-
los. las toses FL reumatismo. alrn cuando
so ha apeIado en- vano q .odos los demas
remedi0s
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22
O j o.
Garcia, G tel & Go.
26. - GALE DE TETUAN. - 26

Ofrpcen Al plblioo: oervezt danesa On b.
rifles lie 7 1oren+s. botel american
en- harriles de docN o. botellas y cajis d.
, bot Has y 2tE2. Chanp gne extra Y
americ NJ IN cal s Il 9'l2 bOtel as G jita3
'e II lot itas para rin"s; biohl 5 CO.
ora as ban 5: "hirharos ve d ;; hari-
ma de trio IF vorta" de m il ''Br ndi-
vione -: mant en- tas de 25 Iihrts, en-
GAIA, V sueltas ga k o-iGe Devoe brill n
te nr lata0 bar icas; ma en- harriles
yeso al inado polvo; gallrta DE- Pilot
velas de aebo dures en- caj $ lie 2 lihras
n de pat en- cajas d 80 librts; pape de
estraza lax -; canelon en- churlas de 8
lihras =, infimo preclo lie 20 centavos libra
liltimamente el muy Duscado fertilizador
vegetal para 81 mbras de tabaco.
ToIo buouo barato.-Garcia, Gatell y
Comp.-Tetuan 26. 5-6
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22
No1A ,ELC PRE- los ooRR1ENrGs QUE T1ENE EsrABLEC1D

Rpoaha especial on idem de so ....S - -.
Conchas esoecialns on idem de 5A.... 40 =.
Idem co~rentes en- ilem de 100 ..... 30 -.
Rpgaf de l6n,'res especial en- iGem
de 100. ................ 80. 30 ..
Hem iem cOrriente en- idem de 100. 20 :.
Idem sol re mesa on idem lie 90 -. 30 =.
Idem crnchls eT idam de 100. ...... 30 ..
Gonchitas N idem lie 100. ......... 25 ..
Medianos en i1em d. 100. ....... 20 ~.
Nllar en- NaQuetes lie 50 -. ..... IL ..
Pprillas en- paouetes de tabacos q
20 paqnetes nor ................ Oh :.
'icadura prensada en- pqquetns de
una llpF '............-... ..-.'.. u"
I 4em sin Nrenear en- potes. ......... so
Idem s3elta del rails. is................ o.. %
Idem hebra para nina oa............ o. ..
Cigarrillos con pcadura hehra, 25 ca
jet'llas por. ......... ......... Ul
'ci0 cOrriauta ( precios cOuyane;onale-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22

ca AGUILA sigue sosteniendo su superiordad
por su blancura, pureza y propiedsdes almen
ticlas. Todas las sustanciss que entran en- su
composition son escogidss entfe las mas ex.
celentes, se tiene tan particular cudado en-
80 rehnacIon que el consumidor eucontrara ser
a mas economical y la mas rica lie las marcas
mportadas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22
AL publicO.

Tenoo el gusto de anunciar mis- favorece
dores que por conpra hecha a los harederos
de mi dilunlo ito, la casa que en- este pueblo
girat oaio la raz de Jose B. Gandara, con,
tinuara en- as nismas operaciones bajo mi
nomhre.
Cor zal abril .8 de 18sl.--CAMGLo TABoAs
IA
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22
IDALMAU Y CAN'T.
REPRESENTATIVES, coM1s1oNIsrAs.
Aa.-SAN FRANCISCO. AZ.


sa balia de venta en- esta casa:
Vino tinto superior para mesa Puro SIN
Vino cIarete catalan marea 'Santa Mar
gsrita. :. -. ..,o,+o NOR an sobor re-.
.cnendabIe por ser sumamente t6nieo recons'
Vines generosos de varias clases; hcores'
jarabes, etc. po6. erus original
Arra celeste Barnes para 81 c1tis
T1srneriua Barnes, cura radicalmehte
s.nlaaeamen.e q dolor De mqslas, S;lae, r.v.ao
pap,s fpe, nara encuadernadeEes, chagren, in
sssnas. Inor9s de colores.
papel para cigar, illos 1o,o-o.
9sntro general de publieaciones.
nss-ss cIentifieas. religiosas y dc recreo.
0entro dc suscrpcion de perisdicos nacio-
naass extran3eros. oe
plINAv oAsTL o. 90
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22
Para HabsDay NatanEaS.

Sc despachara del ~ al 2s del corriente el
ell yapor espAhol IRURAC.BAT Admitra
carga a fete pssejeroe.
Para intocmes dirigrse a sus cobslgnatauos
vuaude 90, 2-s
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22
LICOR BALS.MICO DB BRBA VEGGTAL
DEL.
DIR. GONZ A l. EZ .

Ez me,or petora1 q dep'watiuo conoci3o
hasta Ell aia, prepo1ado en- Ia Habann.
A pesar del gran ndmero de preparados
medicinales " que Sc conocen y usan en- la
IsIa de Cuba para la curacion de numerosas
enfermedades, Sc notaba un vacfo que EZRA
precise ilenar.
"Los catarros Nasales.
g. Bronquiales,
PulmOnares "
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22
Ell CRONOMETRO
TALLER DE RELoJERrA EN- GENERAL

TALLER DE RELOJERIA EN- GENERAL
1O.-CALLE SAN JUsTO.-fo.
Oomposiciones = construcelones de pleas
de todas clases.
Sc garantlzan los trabajos de esta casa, los
cuales seran con pronttud, esmero y econo-
mia.
vepta de Eelojes do vsrias clases ( precios
n6diecs. IAN
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22
ANUNCIOS DIVERSOS,
AVMSO.

Aeabado de negar IN complete surtido de
ao1nisas Malorquinas. zapstos blancos de CO.
ioras necros, anissdo y al,ohol, cuyos articu-
Ios nuenos baratos, Sc venden preclos mo
d,eos -Tanuien Sc admiten efeetos alLnaee-
naie, Tetuan 3l.-BERNARDo SALVA.
A"JS' h 19j
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22


d
Guadee Dominica Frank "Ae
A.. Oairnont Go. o
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22
SEVERE BASTON.
45.-SAN FRANCIS CO-45
SAN JUAN PUERTO-RICO.


(,ira letras en- todas cantidades corta vista
sobre las siguientes capitales pueblos dc la
Peninsula, isIas Baleares las Oanarlas.
LICIA,
netauxos. Bayona, Oaldas de Reyes. Oamari.
sas. Corufa Corcubion, Ferrol, Guardis, Lu
-. Lage. Muros, Mond0nedo, Noya, Orense
6rfi0uejfa Santa Marital, Padron, Ponte-
ara. Puentedeume, Puenteareas, hvadeo
santiago, Thy, vivero, vigoy VllagarciA
ASTU RIAS
Ayiles. Cangas de Onis, Cars gas de Tineo. Gu
diilero. Colun "a, Castropol, Figueras. Gllon,
Grado' Lastres Lanes Lnarca, Ovledo. Pola
A siero. Pola de Lena, Pola de Lsviana, Pra-
~. Rivadeee Ia, Salas, Tineo, Tapia, Villsvl-
ciosa Inheeto.
RestO de La Peninsula,
Bilbao, Barcelona, Cartagena, Oadiz, Grana
Al. leon. Madrid, Panplona, Santander, San
sebastian, SevLIs, Valladolid, Valencia Ia
ragoza.
ISLAS RALEARES,
oudadela de Menorca y Palma de Mallorca
ISLAS CANARIAs.
Palmas tGran oanaras). D. IL
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22

zon, de la religion de Is moral, con ell Isuda-
ole fin de formar hombres hourados Y laborio-
sos, ciudadanos celosos ce sus derechos y
exaetos en e cnmpIlmientos de gus deberes.
Sentadas estas dgerismss considerable mes,
el que suscriDe tiene la honra de ofrecer al
ilnstrado ndbco el eignenta
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22
BltallOn de Artill1 ria.
JUNTA ECONOMICAL.

Detiendo adudicarse en- pdblica suh sta el
dia 10 del entr.nte mes las d g dc su tar e,
ell arhitrio de Ia cantoa de este Bttallou, s.
auuncia al pubic para que los one lesfen L =
mar par e q rate,ida subasta, pueda0 en-
terarse niiego . condici0ups qu, SO halls
RI d-. manifest de unl tres de l., tardp tndos
los dias 30 +. tvos, en- los fc'nas de dicho
cuerpo calle IL San FrarciSc mum 60
Puerto-RcD l8 l.. abrl! ie lS9l.-El Ayu-
dante Secretario, AGUsTIN PLAZA. p
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22

Debiendo aludicarse eu rihlica subnsta /
dia 2 del entr nte es Las dos de 81 r,
Ia sdquisicion de las ropa- Y efac'os one pue-
da nacesitar este BATTALION durante un ahO, Sc
snuncia al p1olico para gu los que deseen to-
mar parte en- la reterida subasta puedan ente-
rsrse del pliego de condiciones que Sc haIlara
de manifesto de un, tres de la tarde todOs
los dias no festivos en- las ofainas de dcho
cuerpo calla de San Francisco mum. 60
Puerto-Rico, Is d" bril- de 1881 Ell Ayu-
dante Secretario AGUSTIN PLAZA %
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22
CIV RGU ~ - II.
San Juan, P. R L de Febrero de 1881.

San Juan, P. r Il de Febrero de 1881.
Sr. .....................
Muy Sr. nuestro:
Paricipamos $V qle nor m6tuo cofve.
ria her,os iisuelto en- csta fecha la sociedad
cue teutamos establecida en- est plaza bajo Ia
razon de
E. Garcia s Co.,
auedando todo el aetivo pasivo d" Ia case a
earuD del socio comandita-i, DoS JOSE ERRA,
al cnaI continuara los 'glclos bajo su solo
nonnbre.
Agradecido r la conf mza one lie hemos
uerecido. que rogamos haga extensive
nuestro successor, nos repetinos sus atentos
s. &.
Q. B. 5 NJ
.Eosk Csrrd. Enrique Garcia. So
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22

(igarril 5 gruesos Ell Ia clASe de pa
pei one s quieran. dc cinco Hesos
en- adelahte 40 caie ,illas por. =. OIL -.
TABtCO5 Ell AEORAD, s.
Excep rionales an caias e uio de "a
tahacos. millar ....... Sll0 >.
I1em sin luio de ia -. ....... 700 >.
Jmneriales on caias Dc 5u ..... 50 -.
Regafa antilllna on e. las Is l5 E. s. -.
Idpm idem en- idem de ~ ... - It.
Idem de prefarencis en- lem de % 80 st.
Reina Victoria en- idsm .7e 50. -. 10
Bravas imperiales en- iiem de So. 67
Cazadores imneriales en- ile ''e 5' 80
Brevas en- hoja en- idem de so -. 60 -.
Idem clindrndas en- idem de l0D 40
Idem corrientes en- idem de 100. 30 :.
Idem en- paqu tes de 10 .... % i.
Regalia britannica en- caias de so. -. so -.
Victorias FL as en- idem de So. ..... 45 ..
I.en r;tnIan M oxnroandna ON 81 snr
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22
PlPaL DE- 4 Superior.

A $3.50 resina. En- Ia lmprenta del 30
LETtN,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22

clio coiante convenoonale
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-04-22

Sabido es que sin la cooperation de os pa.
dres encargados en- 10 referen.e la ense-
fsnza. serian indtiles los esfuerzes de los Pro.
fesores, Y ror tanto, constltuye uno de loa
principalss deheres de aqu6l.1s prestar su va .
l:oso deeid do ihiluie e,tos prucurando Dor
l,s ms dios que les dicte su prudencia, que sus
| h ,os cct { urran al Est b cimiento con la ma.
| Y. regulHrida3 10 ihle lss horas demarca.
q 3, o. itand, lys faltas oms ones volunta.
rias as classes, Y kobre tedo que observer la
mas extr eta puntualidad en- traer sus leccIo.
indiiltr los esiuerzos d'i Professor, Y Ell ningOD
tempo t,ldr50 d. re, ho pars hactre respon
I sable de Ia educaci II tus hii,
AdOlto Bobilonia Il Cuisoaea,
!, G-6 Professor SUPERIOR.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-30
Breeds of Swine.

In discussing the merits of differ
ent breeds of swine, John ID. w
French, Of Andever writes: The
large breeds, such as Berkshire, are
best for bacon, the smaller breeds
for pork. If you want pigs with
good constitutions, which will come
to early maturity and weigh two
hundred pounds or thereabouts at q
year old, take an Essex or small
Yorkshire boar and cross him on
some of the large, coarse sows with
which the State abounds. Such
pigs will be good feeders, easily
kept, and will give the best average
results for pork and bacon. If real
improvements are expected, a pure
bred boar should be used as much
as pure bred bulls on a heard of
cows, whether the calves are want
ed for the dairy or the butcher.
The larger the SOW and the smaller
the boar, the more will the little
pigs be able to eat in proportion to
their size, and the greater Will be
their growth in proportion to the
food consumed. To produce pigs
merely for the butcher, we should
resort to crosses with a large, Wig
orous and unpampered SOW put to
the finest thoroughbred boar of the
small breeds that can be obtained
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-30
Bill Apps Views on Education

There's more In the boy than
there is in the college. In these
days of cheap books any boy or girl
can'get an education if they want it.
but my observation is that not more
than one in ten want an unusual
quantity. If family takes a good
newspaper and has a Bible and 8
few books in the house and the
children do an honest days work
they'll get along about as well as
the college boys in the long run,
and do as much good in the world
Congress has got more ksmart mer
than any place, l reckon, but if
was hunting for honest men I would
cruise round outside awhile before
l went in, and if / was hunting fol
patriots who thought it was sweet
to die for their country, l wouldn't
go in at all. The best people | know
| Of and the most reliable in time oi
trouble are living an humble life
and making no noise in the world
and they are not surfeited with ed
ucation either.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-30
Little Temptations.

Satan seldom comes to Christians
with great temptations, or with
temptations to commit a great sin.
You bring a green log and a candle
together, and they are very safe
neighbors; but bring few shavings
and set them alight, then bring q
few small sticks and let them take
fire, and the log be in the midst of
them, and you will soon get rid of
your log. And so it is with little
sins. You will be startled with the
idea of committing a great sin; and
so the devil brings you a little
temptation, and leaves you to in
dulge yourself. "There is no harm
in this, no great peril in that" and
and so by these little chips, we are
first easily lighted up, and at last
the green log is burned. "Watch
and pray that ye enter not into
temptation"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-30
Business Principles.

The following principles can well
be carried into business operations,
with both temporal and eternal
profit to business men:
"Deal justly. Good weight and
honesty are infallible capital for
merchants, and bear a good inter-
est. Remember, "a false balance is
an abomination," not only to God,
but to men.
Be diligent in business. By the
direct command of inspiration we
have authority to minister and add
to our fortunes, always, however,
with the reservation that God is
our partner, and that no unclean
pence, no blood money, must find
their way into his treasury. With
this ever before you, make all you
can, and then give all you can.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-30

Long visits, long stories, long ex-
hortations, long prayers and long
editorials, seldom profit those who
have to do with them. Life is short.
Time is short. Moments are pre-
|cious. Learn to condense, abridge
and intensity. We can endure
many an ache and IN i'll ifitis sooA
over, while even pleasure grows in
|sIpid and pain unendurabie. ifthey
/ are protraeted beyond the limits Of
reason and convenience. Learn to
be short. Lep of branches; stick
Ito the main facts in your case. II
yeu speak tell your message and
hold your peace; boil down two
words into one, and three into two,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-30
The Fine Old Toad.

A fine old toad, which imagined
it had a jewel in its head Though
the jewel proved in the end to be
only magnot), refused to
listen to the small toads, not only
when they attempted to advise it,
but even when they had valuable
information to communicate. AT
|leugth the small toads did nothing
but tell the fine old toad how big
and pretty he was, and that if he
would only sit on the railway he
could upset the locomotive. The
fine old toad got on the rail, but
when he saw the locomotive coming
he jumped off into the ditch, think
ling everybody would hasten to pick
| him up and set him back after the
engine had passed. But in spite q J,
Ian the prophecies of the small
toads nobody came, and the pooi
| old toad was left in the ditch.
Moral never resign until you are
sure you can be reelected.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-30
Sense and Sentiment.

Silence does not always mark
wisdom.
He that sips of many arts drinks
none.
Literature is the immortality of
speech.
The purest treasure mortal times
afford is spotless reputation.
A man must become wise at his
own expense.
Moderation is the silken string
running through all virtues.
Every man has just as much van
ity as he wants understanding.
In these days we fight our ideas
and newspapers are our fortresses
To select well among old things
is almost equal to inventing new
ones.
Ill habits gather by unseen de-
grees, as brooks make rivers, and
rivers run into the sea.
Be brief; for it is with words as
with sunbeams, the more they are
condensed the deeper they burn.
There is no sorrow / have
thought more about2than that t.
love what is great, and try to reach
| it, and vet to fail.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-30
What An IOld Farmer Says.

This is the advice of an old mar
who has titled the soil for forty
years:
/ am an old man upwards Of three
score years, during two scores ol
which / have been rich and have all
need; do not owe a dollar; gave
my children good education, and
when / am called away shall leave
them enough to keep the wolf from
the door. My experience has taught
me that
l. One acre of land well prepared
and wei, titled produced more than
two which received only the same
amount of labor used on one.
2. One COW, horse, mule, sheep or
hog well fed is more profitable than
two kept on the same amount neces-
sary to keep one well.
3. One acre of clover or grass is
worth more than two of cotton
where no grass or clover is raised.
4. No farmer who buys oats, corn
or wheat, fodder and hay, can keep
the sheriff from the door to the end.
5. The farmer who never reads
the papers, sneers at book farming
and improvements, always has a
leaky roof, poor stock, broken down
fences, and complains of "bad sea-
sons"
5. The farmer who is above his
business and entrusts it to another
to manage soon has no business to
attend to.
The farmer whose habitual bever-
age is cold water is healthier,
wealthier and wiser than he who
does not refuse to drink.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-30
Still in Favor of Hugging.

The account Of the Iowa girl who
is said to have been hugged to death
by her lover has caused quite o
sensation among the young ladies
of Westfeld, New York, who recent
ly held a meeting to devise ways
and means to prevent another case
of death from hugging. They unan
imously passed the following pre-
amble and resolutions:
Whereas, 1t is reported that an
Iowa girl died recently in her lovers
arms while being hugged; and
Whereas, judging from expert
ence we believe such an event to be
utterly impossible; therefore,
Resolved, that, Notwithstanding
said report, we are still in favor o.
hugging. We prefer to run all
risks of death rather than have the
beautiful, lovely, delightful, perfect
ly elegant custom abolished.
Resolved, That copy of these
resolutions be sent to the newspa
pers for publication.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-30

Fruit pies in deep dishes, such as
made by the English and French,
are preferable to ordinary fruit pies,
because you obtain more juice and
fruit. The best method of making
these is as follows: Take a deep,
oval pie-dish, china (not TIM, line
the edge with paste, also about a
half its depth inside. Now place a
small cup, an egg cup is best, and
one that will stand a little above
the edge of the dish; next fill your
dish with fruit, then add little
water if your fruit has not too much
juice Some fruits, such as cur
rants and raspberries, have enough
juice; also add sugar to taste. Now
cover this with crust of short
paste, wash it with water or white
of an egg and dust with powdered
sugar. Make few fancy cuts on i
before baking and after it is washed
and sugared do not cut too deep.
These cuts give it a rich looking ap-
pearance. The cup in the center
collects the juice, and if the whole
of the pie is not eaten at one meal
what is left can be supplied with
juice by simply lifting the cup and
allowing the juice to escape. The
edge of this pie, to be artistic,
should be pinched up with the fin
ger and thumb, then knotched with
a knife.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-30
elisreAanu.
Was It Contempt

Some wears ago O man named
Peddle was elected to judgeship in
our county because he was good
politician. He had a very insufh-
cient acquaintance with the law,
and some of his decisions used to
make the lawyers step out OF the
court room into the fresh air and
send up howls of wrath and despair.
One day a member of the bar,
named Green, informed the judge
that he was a fool. The judge in
timated that Green lied, and there
upon Green assailed the judge. He
caught him by theIhair and bumped
the judicial head against the desk !,
meanwhile kicking the judicial
shins in very violent manner.
Then he threw the judge on the
floor and sat on him while he
pounded his head with a copy of
williamson Digest, and squelched
the breath out of him by unseating
and reseating himself by rapid
Jerks. Then Green reached for an
ink bottle, and,after emptying it up
ION the courts head, he poured the
sand-box and the mucilage cnp
over the same place, and rubbed the
material in with a newspaper. When
that was done he gave the Judge
six or seven additional kicks and
withdrew with the statement that
liz that wasn't enough he was per-
fectly willing to hammer the judge
some more. The judge seemed to
think it would answer as it was.
Rising slowly, with his handker-
chief to his bleeding nose, and the
ink and mucilage dripping from his
hair, the Judge sent one tip
staff out for raw oyster to ap-
ply to his swollen eye, and turning
to another, he said:
:Bring me the Revised Statutes,
quick! Maybe / don't know much
about law, but it strikes me that in
fernal fool Green has been guilty of
contempt of court. And if he has
oh, if he has ! if I don't sock $15
fine on him, then my name isn't
J. F. Peddle. Where's those Stat
utes~
Green paid the fine the next
morning. He paid it later
than he would have done, for
there was some delay in opening
court. lhe judge had TO have his
hair cut before he could open court.
The Judge had to have his hair cut
before he could oDen court.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-30
A Truthful Man.

A fiat footed, old fashioned west
ern merchant, hailng from q coun
try store in Michigan, was buying
stock in New York, and the firm
took advantage of the occasion to
make inquiries concerning some Of
their customers around him. When
they asked about Smith, of Cash
vile, he replied:
"Smith? Yes, he's in trade yit,
but he's just married second wife,
and she's going through his wealth
like saltpetre. He'll fail in less'n
six months" -.
aHow about Jones, of your town.
"Jones? Well, Jones is pegging
along after the old style, and he's
bought him a bicicle, and everybody
says he'll 60 to the wall in less
than a year."
"And Brown q Son are they all
right?'
Brown & Son? Wall, they may
keep along till spring, but doubt
it. Old Brown has got so nigh
sighted that he can't tell sheep
pelt from a coon skin, and the boy
is dead struck on a widow woman
who never wears anything less than
six dollar stockings"
"But Davis is doing good trade,
isn't he?"
Davis? Wall pooty fair, but
he won't last. He rented the upper
part ofhis store to a Chicago miliner,
and she broke up two families and
caned preacher. Everybody
blames Davis, and his sales last
week only footed up a pound OF
salaratus and washboardv'
"Well, you are one of our custom
ers out there, and of course you are
all rlght?"
"Me? Wall, I'm all right just
now, but things may change. My
wife belongs to three literary So
cieties, and is the big toad at
church festivals, while I've bought
a 2:4O trotter and learned to play
ole sledge. You needn't be sur :
prised any day to hear have been
busted from garret to cellar; so
clean that creditors can't find
enough dry goods to wipe baby's
nosn on -