The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-09-27
UNCLE BILLS BARGAIN,
How He Made . Mighty Sharp shop-KeepeF
Do the Fair Thing.

Do the Fair Thing.
bill wuz old Jedge Hiram CALDWELL s
Oldest boy-you recollect the CALDWELL s
used to live on the road near the
cemetery. Old Jedge Caldwell was
about ez shifless man ez | ever see,
but Bill he'd great bizness head
calc'late he must hev inherited it from
his mother, who come OF the finest
stock in Hampshire County. When he
wuz a boy, Bill wuz always tradin' an
swapin'. an s'pose he started out in
life with more jaok-knives than'd stock
a store. An Bill preserved in man
hood all them talents which he ex'
hibited in youth. Whenever you meet
a man at looked ez If he'd been rur
through sieve you'd feel mighty safe
in bettin' that he'd been havin' biznes'
dealin's with Bill Caldwell.
"One day Bill came into Eastman
store an allowed as how he's be power
full glad to git knittin' needle. Hi
wife wanted one he said.
"'Mr. CALDWELL, 5ez Eastman, &
knittin' needle will cost YOU jest on'
cent
Bill looked kind Nv surprised like
and sez; Knittin' needles must he'
gone up sence l come in fur one las
winter
Wall sez Eastman. after payin
freight nd one thing nd another,
can't afford to let knittin needles g
fur less'n cent apiece.
Bill didn't say any thing for a min
nit or two, but after lookin' out Nv tn
door at the scenery, he turnt round ant
sez: Look here, Mr. Eastman, II
tell YOU what III do; I'll trade you a
egg fur a knittin' needle.
Eastman shook his head. VIII
not? sez Bill. You don't suppose d
darned old knittin needle Is wuth c
much ez an egg, do ye''
~ never heord Nv any body payin
freight on hens. sez Eastman; he WI
the most sarcastic cuss in the town
ship, Eastman WIZ.
No, nor l never heerd w feedin
knittin' needless sez Bill. 1t don
cost nothin' to raise knittin needles
"Well, Bill an Eastman argued an
argued tu, ;@ore'n hour about ban
an knittin' needles an thiugs, until a
last Eastman give in an seq: Wall,
s'pose might Jest ez well swOp ez not
although I hate to let any body get th
! advantage wv me SO Eastman Civ
, Bill the knittin' needle and Bill Civ
Eastman the egg.
But when Bill got to the door h
turnt round an come back again al
4ez: 'Mr Eastman. amt it the cu:
tom fur you to treat when you've SCI
tied with customer? You an NJ
hey he'd our dispute, but we've com
to settlement and an under5tandln
Seems to me it would be the bandsom
thing for you to treat.
Eastman didn't see II in !n-t tha
! light, but Bill hung on SO an WIZ 5
coneiliatin' that finally Eastman hand
! ID out a tumbIer an the bottle @ Med
| ford rum.
II don't want to seem particular
( sez Bill, pourin out half tumblerfu
! Nv the liquor, but l like to take II
rum with an egg in it,
Now, this come pretty nea
hreakin' Eastman's heart. He h.
laid the egg on shelf behind ii
counter. an he reached for it Al
/ handed it to Bill sayin': Wall. Imi
i for it, an there's no Use Nv Of kichin,.
Bill broke the egg into the rum
and 10 an behold. it WIZ double
yelk egg Gosh. but Bill WIZ c&
/ cited,
Mr.. Eastman. sez he, you'v' bee
/ Il takin' an advantage over me.
How 500 asked Mr. Eastman,
"'Why, this egg has got two yclks,
"'What Nv that?' sed Eastman.
"'Well, simply this, sez Bill, tina
IF you're inclined to do the fair thin;
You'll hand over another knittir
needle. "--Eugerse Field, IN Chtcaq
NcUS.