Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-10
1ze1 AENNEBEC JOURNA Thursday O(vrOprp - ,oo,
AN EGG .1oaY.
NOW the Merchant Was Fooled on pric. and
How Ne Got Out Of II.

II" e: Use local provision dca,o.,
nc" IT. IL "nlIe ago. by gentI. ma,
i'"''' me rural districts, in wov N,
""S perfectly surprising. and il vas aI
t"e more so because the aforos.;.
Ieiier Is considerably himso,fN
en-" o. the most careful huvers IN ,.
rec event in question was not ~
c"rreEce CT last week. or tho u.oa,, ~
lore but that makes no diffe,enn. =,
lar as the story Is concerned
II Happened. one day that
grove up in front of the store with =
'ad OF produce OF tie farm i,clr1o,l
~ which ives sc box of erps r,re,s
had not been coming in, except in s,,aa ),
Quantities. abou: that time and in ,nr
sequence thereof there was ou,,o :.
snaIp advance In the price of mic
household necessity. So when tho ao,I
e-s eyes rested ON The box in tho
wagon he Thought What a nice thin
Ii would he If he could but socur. .th<
entire contents Of the box. at a modar
ate figure. and start an org trust /,
miniature. 80
Accordingly, he inquired Of tho
farmer what he would take for tho lot
wen. said that worthy. II ain.t
Drought none in. lately. but the last T
Sold fetched "A cents Dozen
Ihis statement was followed nv con-
siderable dickeiing between thc two
men, but the faimer ulung fond,v to his
price. and after repeated assurances on
ms part that the eggs were fresh tho
uea'er counted out the necessary cash.
ana the eggs were his. The farmer
hac business elsewhere about that time
and started Off to find customers for
the balance OF his lead.
1t happened that a customer had Wit
messed the trading that had been going
on. ard as the grocery man deposited
his box of eggs on the Il counter the
Other man asked him if he, was not
paying d pretty good price for eggs.
Nc. said TIE dealer. why do Won
&sk that"
on. nothing" said the customer.
only ! was IN another store down the
street. little while ago. and they were
Cti,' paying /, cents cash. and s C.. of
tie store
You don't mean It," Sasped the gro
ctiy man. IS he slared from the Gus
tcmHt: to the eggs and from the eggs
back TO tho customer; you must be
mist: ken
Hut I'm net" said the man. and
if you don't believe me. just call up the
store by telephone. and see what they
tell YOU" And then the grocery man
went to the phone and called up. not
the store to which he had been referre d
but another further up town. where he
had more confidence in the word of the
PROPRIETOR But 1t afforded him 10 con-
ISOLATION. for the words that were whis-
pered back over the wire only con-
firmed those which the customer had
spoken. ...-.
as he hung up the receiver to the
phone. there came over his face the
look that is apt TO pervaGe the counte-
nance of the young man who takes his
best girl to the opera. and finds, on his
arrival at the box office. that he has
left his pOCKctboOk At home
But the look WAS only nlomentary.
for his fertility Of resource came TO the
rescue. and stepping along to the box
of eggs once more. he hailed the clerk
in tones like those of the heavy william
of a repertoire company. saying: Don't
YOU dare to sell an egg in this box for
less than 80 cents dozen: do you I'M
derstand,' -.
And then the customer Went cut. quiz
city turning over in his mind the
thought that there We're some things
connected with the successful manipu-
the general public did not understand.