The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-13


hat or a new knife or the like, used to
say at school time:
Go long. now, and don't let Wesley
Sterritt trade you out o that. Don
swap with him at all"
No casual observer would even suS-
pect him of shrew dnesS-a fact which
he turned to his own advantage in
many bargain-but Wesley had, as
though Nature provided special com
pensation for the shortcomings OF per-
sonal attractions "a peculiar inditfer-
ence as to eXternalities, whether his
own or those of other people. He val
ued above par that which he had and
below par that which he had not: he
was always in the attitude of consent
ing to an eXchan &c rather than that of
seeking it; he never fixed price. and
never accepted one as long as there
was chance for better He was one
of those people who could swap a
buShel of corn for bushel of corn
and profit by the transaction, main
tanning a reputation for fair measure
and inch-forinch honesty. He re-
moved at sixteen from Flat Rock to
Shiloh. He was rapidly advanced to
forty dollars month and then to part
Lo,.,,,,a y-I, r,,1,,, of tho l,,,s;nas.
Het added a line of school books and
collins, tiourished for ten or twelve
nth, i,,s,,,.ad ,,,-o,,,+h;n,, and oo+
t,,,,,aI ~ ~, ,,.,s+ 80 ra;,r,,'.,,
aal,,.;,I,,l 1fa,,,,..l GG,,a,,r.,,,Jad
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t,ni4io. uis an+o,.,,,;so was = ,eraIa-
49,, -, };l al,,,l,t;+i,l Ia I,o5 +n-r,
for Cbristmos valentines for tbe 14th
of February aaws for +he Fourth of
JnI,,
"A 1oodIo foo gbor,, " .o,no croal,ors
soid ro,,,na,,+inr man Weslp,. Ster-
ritt's methods. Intending to convey the
idea that he MIGHT some day. overreach
binsa1f-..ia.+ - Iaa,l,a mir too smart ="
,rho,., ,,.o.o ,.,,,,,ar, +bo+ bo sold
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