The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-05-12

How glad am / did not take his proper
~. He's q good - white folks, for any
thing that can see.
The Merry Merchant.
The corner grocer folded up the news
paper. which he had been reading. care
fully secreted IL behind pail Of 6ne cut
and went out on the porch 70 smoke.
I don't care 70 very much about the
paper! be explained to customer who
had watched the sction with snquiring
eyes. but don't want any frst-class cOm-
mercial sensations TO take place In this
house today. ! can stand 1t TO have man
come here every week aud ask for the pa
per and sit around in the way reading II
until the ants get about ready to carry him
out through the key. hole, but when he
gets carrying it home to send to his wife's
cousin 10 Indiana I object. He'll be in
here pretty soon after 1t, and no. one will
know where It is. Then he'll nose around
until be finds IL, and I'll move the previ-
GUS question. Perhaps he'll find out that
. man in the grocery business has pro-
prietary interest in the things ia bis own
store, and perhaps hs won't.
The grocer looked q though be meant
to have il ont with some one with hard
gloves to the finish, and the customer in,
voluntarily began to measure the distance
to the woods with his eye
Perhaps you think I'm exagscrating the
inclinations OF 40 otherwise civilized world
to steal from corner grocers? said the
merchant You just loaf around here fer
few minutes and you'll see. A man who
wouldn't steal twoscent stamp from the
United States government wonld rob ;
grocer Of mark.down sign on mackerel
barrel il he got chance. And the chill
dren--
The merchant got up to sell postal
card to 0 ragged urchin who looked %
though be ought to be arrested for steal
ing real estate in the absence Of proof that
the supply Of dirt that covered his clothes
had been procured on bis fathers prem
ises, and the customer went inside and sat
down. .
The boy paid for the postal ripped .
bag from the rack to put it in, and leaned
against the counter in the immediate vici-
nifty Of . basket Of oranges, while the
merchant went in to wait on woman who
wanted half cake OF yeast
You want stick Of candy for the baby,
do your the customer heard tho merchant
say in moment. OF course. Islways
give away candy with half cskes Of yeast.
Il helps trade and keeps the bsby element
solid. II You'll pay for that bunch ofsai-
sins YOU'RE eating Ill give you two sticks.
Perhaps that's yon'rs boy hanging over
that basket Of oranges? Yes I thought
so.' Hes got ten cent orange in each
pocket. and hs Is 6guring on getting away
With the henket. He is the hopeful that
bppsit > 1boa N m1cbes here last week
and forgot 10 Icy down . jack knife that
hc borrowed 10 enc tbs stamp with. I'll
you will tic him 10 the tail Of the COY that
-ss mp m, green coru yesterday. and drive
= aUG loose BE-. m tue woods ~
'os4. spu ct free ]
u ',r the urcbin |,
The merchant nat looked. = =.
th carriage whip,. 'ral campais.
had already seen sev. % msrauder
! only got It near enough t. 'ver sal. |
knock over can OF Columbisi. i. How.
u sitting on tho counter at bis ei. y
: boy reached the street Just 10 front o.
potato. and tbs woman would
- been close second, only for the fact
i she stepped on the rolling can OF saI fro
. and sat down to rest in crate Of occ
ekbefries. pla
ba'ts right yelled the merchant. mako tro
lrself at home. Bring on your bare VII
ted girls from the south Of France and den
this wipe making business in style. vel
! on the undessigned Tor bottles 10 put and
II extra dry in after you get the fruit G
sezed dry. II you'll come around IA
10 apples are ripe. Ill give yon cider moi
tract. En-;
bats nothing. observed the merchant, A
ing the perspirstion from bis brow ~ gov
taned on the mop handle aod watched who
woman skurrying down the street, bati
isg - though she travelled for IN wou
satsaeous dye house and VS. bound 10
lace. her samples 10 The most couspic- and
place, you Just stay here an hour oaic
10 and things may begin to live up . vey'
= The girls Who buy cents worth bis
lm and beg nvs cents worth Of sugar j
: will BE- 10 pretty soon. and the par ings
10 psys for one clay pips aad steals his
lndful Of Tobacco Il dus to-day. It's rode
. little dun here lstsly. bat busi- Iish
Il bound 10 pick up. When the der
oouss in TO borrow paper I'm going that
I've hin chair freshly psiptsd vith com
sred glss. spd is siIl tabs sonsthisg tbs
J than proof os oasssivs psrtissnship bat
q hin ont Of bic positioa. Ire got tion
'6ss on top Of that boz stsiIsd With that