Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-01-20
SHE SIZES THE PEOPLE UP.

A Fruit Seller Tells why She Sometimes
Sets Exorbitant Prices on Her Wares.
While waiting for cross-town car to
the ferry the other day, said a lady
according to a Chicago paper, I saw
well-dressed woman stop at fruit
stand on the corner and ask the woman
in charge the price of ounces. l did
not hear the response, but heard the
inquirer's exclamation as she founced
away. j
''Oh, you are eXorbitantr' Y
Two italian laborers stopped to price
the tempting-looking fruit.
FIFTY cents apiece for ounces"
said the fruit seller, and the astonished
men passed on almost at run, talking
excitedly together in their native
tongue and evidently feeling that they
had barely escaped serious financial
peril
Curious to learn the reason for her
high valuations timidly advanced in
my turn and inquired the price of
ounces. Her terms, courteously given,
were moderate. which emboldened me to
ask why she had named so high price
to the person who had come before me-
Il have been selling fruit at this
stand for ten years." she said, and
smiled wisely, and l ought to be some
thing of judge of people by this time.
The lady you saw did not mean to buy;
she's one of the kind that cannot get
past sale stand Or counter without
stopping to price everything on it, and
l was pleased to have her think me ex-
orbitant on the first question. As for
the Italians they thought the ounces
new kind of fruit that they might buy
and eat like an apple, SO it was useless
to waste time with them, and l gave
them figure that nearly caused them
to fail down. Now, with you the case
is different. You came to me fairly for
information about something that in
terested you, and that l am very glad
to give. Behind fruit stands, as well
as in bigger concerns, we get to know
how to size up the people, and to treat
them accordingly.
The Young Man Who Saw a Chan.e to
Get Ahead in the World.
A few years ago circumstances opened
up lucky chance to young man who
was eking out poor and unpleasant
existence on a scrubby farm in the
Piscataquis backwoods. Even this
poor bit of earth was not all his own,
says the Lewiston Me.) Journal He
was remote from neighbors, and so far
from a sawmill that the buildings
We're left to tumble down for want of
lumber to repair them. In this state
of things the Canadian Pacific railway
was located around the side of the
mountain just above his valley, and
hundreds of Italians and other labor
ers were put to work. 1t required two
years to build this part of the road
working winters as well as in warn
weather. The humble farmer saw his
chance. He went to the settlements
and secured a supply of clothing anC
knick-knacks to sell on commission
and soon rose to the dignity of having
goods Of his own. He does not live il
the backwoods any more, for as soo1
as the road was built and the laborer.
departed he folded his tent also an(
went forth, bought one of the bes
farms in Piscataquis, paying casl
down, and now lives in comfort, ride
in his carriage, sends his children t.
the best schools and all that. Hi
case is one of those which show tn,
advantage of promptly catching hole
of Fortune, even if she is found in al
unexpected place. .A .-.-.----