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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
D.. COTTINCi, Editor.
No. 36.—NEW SERIES.]
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Mail Arrangements.
POST OFFICE, }
Washington, Ga., Sept. 1,1841 L $
EASTERN MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Raytown,
Double-Wells, Crawfordville, Camack, Warren
ton, Thompson, Dearing, and Barzelia.
ARRIVES.
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CLOSES.
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the North-Western part of the State.
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closes —Tuesday and Thursday, at 12 M.
ABBEVILLE, S.C. MAIL.
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i Pistol Creek, and Petersburg.
ARRIVES.
i Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by 1 P. hi.
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v ir Mmdav. Wednesday, and Friday, at G A. M.
LEXINGTON MAIL.
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APPLING MAIL.
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boro’, White Oak, Walker’s Quaker Springs.
arrives —Tuesday and Saturday, by 9 A. M.
closes —Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M.
ELBERTON MAIL.
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rysville, Goosepond, Whites, Mill-Stone, llarri
sonville, and Ruckersville.
Arrives Thursday 8 P. M., and Closes same time.
LINCOLNTON MAIL.
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Stoney Point, Goshen, Double Branches, and
Darby’s.
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Mail, and such as may be found there at the
times above specified, will be despatched by first
post.
CUTTING &, BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE on the North
side of the Public Square, next door to
the Branch Bank of the State of Georgia.
October, 1843. 28
NELSON CARTER,
DEALER IN
Choice Drugs and Medicines,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Perfumery, Brushes,
Faints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs,
Window Glass, fyc. §-c.
October 12, 1843. ly 7
HAVILAND, RISLEV & Cos.
Near the Mansion House, Globe and United
Slates Hotels,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
DEALERS IN CHOICE
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
‘Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils,
Window Glass, Dye Stuffs,
See. See.
l b Being connected with Haviland,
Keese &. Cos., New-York, and Hav
'SPW iland, llarral & Allen, Charles-
JV'V ton, they are constantly receiving
fresh supplies of every article in
their line, which they are enabled to sell at the
lowest market prices.
U* All goods sold by them, warranted to be of
the quality represented, or may be returned.
Augusta, August 1843. 51
IttitltiO ILtllfOtlG.
AN ENGLISHMAN AT POMPEII.
Alexander Dumass, in his “Curricle,”
or rather in his work upon Naples, is very
severe upon the people of “perfide Albion ,”
and the following is a picture of the man
ner in which lie vents his ill nature. We
take it from the last number of the Knicker
bocker.
During my stay at Naples an English
man arrived there, and took up his quar
ters at the hotel at which 1 was stopping.
He was one of those phlegmatic, overbear
ing, obstinate Britons, who consider mon
ey the engine which everything is to he
moved and all things accomplished, the ar
gument in short which nothing can resist.
Money was every thing in his estimation
of mankind; talent, fame, titles, mere
feathers that kicked the beam the moment
a long rent-roll or inscription of three per
cent were placed in the opposite scale.—
In proportion as men were rich or poor, did
he esteem them much or little. Being
very rich himself, he esteemed himself
much.
He had come direct to Naples by steam,
and during the voyage, had made his cal
culation. With money I shall say every
thing, do everything, and have everything
I please. He had not long to wait to find
nut his mistake. The steamer cast anchor ‘
in the port of Naples just half an hour too ;
late for the passengers to land. The Eng- j
lishman, who had been very sca-siek, and ;
was particularly anxious to get on shore, 1
sent to oiler the captain of the port a hun- !
dred guineas if he would let him land di
rectly. The quarantine laws of Naples 1
are very strict ; the captain of the port
thought the Englishman was mad, and on- :
ly laughed at his offer. He was therefore 1
obliged to sleep on board in an excessive- ■
ly bad humor, cursing alike those who ,
made the regulations and those who en- j
forced them.
The first thing he did when he got on j
shore, was to set off to visit the ruins of
Pompeii. There happened to be no regular
guide at hand, so he took a lazzarone in
stead. He hud not forgotten his disap
pointment of the night before, and all the
way to Pompeii he relieved his mind by
abusing King Ferdinand in the best Italian
he could muster. The lazzarone, whom
lie had taken into the carriage, took no no
tice of this so long as they kept upon the
high-road. Lazzaroni, in general meddle,
very little in politics, and do not care how
much you abuse kingor kaiser so long as
nothing disrespectful is said of the Virgin
Mary, St. Januaritis, or Mount Vestivious.
On arriving, however, at the Via del Sepol
chri, the ragged guide put his finger on his
lips as a signal to he silent. But his em
ployer either did not understand the ges
ture, or considered it beneath his dignity to
take notice of it, for he continued his in
vective against Ferdinand the Well-be
loved.
‘Pardon me, Eccellenza,’ said the laz
zarone at last, placing his hand upon the
side of the barouche and jumping out as
lightly as a harlequin. ‘Pardon me, Ec
cellenza, but I must return to Naples.’
‘And why so V inquired the other in his
broken Italian.
‘Because I do not wish to he hung.’
‘And who would dare to hang you V
‘The King.’
‘Why ?’
‘Because you are speaking ill ofhim.’
‘An Englishman has a right to say what
ever he likes.’
‘lt may be so but a lazzarone has not.’
‘But you have said nothing.’
‘But 1 hear everything.’
‘Who will tell what you hear?’
‘The invalid soldier who accompanies
us to visit Pompeii.’
‘I do not want an invalid soldier.’
‘Then you cannot visit Pompeii.’
‘Not by paving ?’
‘No.’
‘But I will pay you double, treble, four
times, whatever they ask.’
‘No, no, no.’
‘Oh !’ said the Englishman, and ho fell
into a brown stud}’, during which the laz
zarone amused himself by trying to jump
over his own shadow.
‘I will take the invalid,’ said the Eng
lishman after a little reflection.
‘Very good,’ replied the lazzarone, ‘we
will take him.’
‘But I shall say just what I pleaso be
fore him.’
‘ln that case I wish you a good morning.’
‘No, no ; you must remain.’
‘Allow me to give you a piece of advice
then. If you want to say what you please
before the invalid, take a deafone.’
‘Och !’cried the Englishman, delighted
with the advice,‘by all means a deaf one.
Here is a piaster for your having thought
of it.” The lazzarone ran to the guard
house, and soon returned with an old sol
dier who was as deaf as a post.’
They began their usual round of the cu
riosities, during which the Englishman
continued calling king Ferdinand anything
but a gentleman, of all which the invalid
heard nothing, and the lazarone took no
notice. They visited the Via del Sepolchri,
the houses of Diomedes and Cicero. At
last they came to Sallust’s house, in one of
the rooms of which was a fresco that hit the
Englishman’s fancy exceedingly. He im
mediately sat down, took a pencil and a
blank book from his pocket, and began
copying it. He had scarcely made a stroke,
however, when the soldier and the lazza
rone approached him. The former was
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j agoing to speak, but the latter took the
words out of his mouth.
‘Eccellenza,’ said he, ‘it is forbidden to
copy the fresco.’
‘Oh I’said the Englishman, ‘I must make
this copy. I will pay for it.’
‘lt is not allowed, even if you pay.’
‘But I will pay ten times its value, if ne
cessary ; I must copy it, it is so funny.’
‘lf you do, the invalid will put you in the
guardroom.’
‘Pshaw ! An Englishman has a right to
draw anything he likes.’ And he went
on with his sketch. The invalid ap
proached him with an inexorable counte
nance.
‘Pardon me, Excellenza,’ said the laz
zarone ; ‘but would you like to copy not
only this fresco, but as many more as you
please ?’
‘Certainly I should, and I will too.’
‘Then let me give you a word of advice.
Take a blind invalid.’
‘Oh !’cried the Englishman, still more
enchanted with this second hint than with
the first. ‘By all means, a blind invalid.
Here are two piasters for the idea.’
‘They left Sullust’s house, the deaf man
was paid and discharged, and the lazzarone
went to the guard-room, and brought back
an invalid who was stone-blind and led by
a black poodle.
The Englishman wished to return imme
diately to continue his drawing, but the laz
zarone persuaded him to delay it, in order
to avoid exciting suspicion. They contin
ued their rambles, therefore, guided by the
invalid, or rather by his dog, who display
ed a knowledge of Pompeii that might have
qualified him to become a member of the
antiquarian society. After visiting the
blacksmith’s shop, Fortunata’s house, and
the public oven, they returned to the abode
of Sallust, where tho Englishman finished
his sketch ; while the lazzarone chatted
with the blind man, and kept him amused.
Continuing their lounge, lie made a number
of other drawings, and in a couple of hours
his book was half full.
At last they arrived at a place where
men were digging. There had been dis
covered a number of small busts and stat
ues, bronzes, and curiosities of ail kinds,
which as soon as they were dug up, were
carried into a neighboring house. The
Englishman went into this house, and had j
his attention speedily attracted by a little j
statue of a satyr about six inches high.— !
‘ Oh !’ cried he, ‘ I shall buy this figure.’
‘ The king of Naples does not wish to
sell it,’ replied the lazzarone.
‘ I will give its weight in sovereigns—
double its weight even.’
‘ I tell you it is not to bo sold,’ persisted
the lazzarone ; ‘ but,’ added he, changing
his tone, i have already given your excel
lency two pieces of advice which you lik
'd, 1 will now give you a third : ‘Do not
buy the statue—steal it.’
‘ Oh—oh ! that will be very original,
and we have a blind invalid too. Capital.’
‘ Yes, but the invalid has a dog, who has
two good eyes and sixteen good teeth, and
who will fly at you if you -so much as touch
anything with your little finger.’
‘l’ll buy the dog and hang him.’
‘Do better still, take a lame invalid.—
Then, as you have seen nearly every thing
here, put the figure in your pocket and run
away. lie may call out as much as he
likes, he will not be able to run after you.’
‘ Och !’ cried the Englishman, in convul
sions of delight, ‘there are three piasters
for you. Fetch me a lame invalid.’
And in order not to excite the suspicions
of the blind man and his dog, he left the
house, and pretended to be examining a
fountain made of shell-work, while the laz
zarone went for a third guide. In a quart
er of an hour he returned, accompanied by
an invalid with two wooden legs. They
gave the blind man three carlina, two for
him and oue for his dog, and sent him a
way.
The Theatre and the temple of Isis were
all that now remained to be seen. After
visiting them, the Englishman, in the most
careless tone he could assume, said he
should like to return to the house in which
were deposited the produce of the research
es then making. The invalid, without the
slightest suspicion, conducted them thither,
and they entered the apartment in which
the curiosities were arranged on shelves
against the wall.
While the Englishman lounged about,
pretending todie examining everything with
the greatest interest, the lazzarone busied
himself in fastening a stout string across
the door way, at the height of a couple of
feet from the ground.
When he had done this, he made a sign
to the Englishman, who seized the little
statue that he coveted from under the very
nose of the astonished invalid, put it into
his pocket, and, jumping over the string,
ran off as hard as he could, accompanied
by the lazzarone. Darling through the
Stabian gate, they found themselves on
the Salerno road ; an empty hackney-coach
was passing, the Englishman jumped in,
and had soon rejoined his carriage, which
was waiting for him in the Via del Sepol
chri. Two hours after he had left Pompeii
he was at Torre del Greco, and in another
hour at Naples.
As to the invalid, he at first tried to step
over the cord fastened across the door, but
the height at which the lazzarone had fixed
it was too great for wooden legs to accom.
plish. He then endeavored to untie it, but
with no better success; for the lazzarone
had fastened it in a knot compared to which
the one of Gordian celebrity would have
appeared a mere slip-knot. Finally, the
| old soldier, who had perhaps read of Alex
ander the Great,determined to cut what he
could not unite, and accordingly drew his
sword. But the sword in its best days had
never had much edge, and now it had none
at all; so that the Englishman was half
way to Naples while the invalid was still
sawing away at his cord.
The same evening the Englishman left
Naples on a steamboat, and the lazzarone
was long in the crowd of his comrades;
the six piasters he got from his employer ;
enabling him to live in what a lazzarone
considers luxury, for nearly as many
months.
The Englishman had beer, twelve hours
at Naples and had done the three tilings
that are most expressly forbidden to be
done there. He had abused the king, co
pied frescoes, and stolen a statue, and all
owing, not to bis money, but to the ingenui
ty of a lazzarone.
Fourth ol'.Ttily Dinner!!
1842.
Pursuant to previous notice, the Dinner
on the 4th. came off with eclat. The place
of rendezvous, was the Old Madison House,
now know'll by the name of Horn Hall,
situated on the western boundary of that
distinguished portion of Abbeville District
called the Range; which has for its east
ern boundary, the Dark Corner of Edge
field District, which is no less famed for
the customs and manners of its people. A
short acquaintance with the citizens of ei
ther of the places, will convince the most
sceptical of the strong affinity in the habits j
of the people of both places. How far these j
observations are correct, may be collected j
from tiie following narrative of facts select
ed from the transactions of the day.
Much eulogy is due the chivalrous and j
distinguished Capt. and his virtuous J
and accomplished lady, for their great and I
laudable endeavors to render the guests at
this donative dinner complete satisfaction.
Although the number present on this ocea- |
sion was more than double the number in- j
vited, no distinctions were made between j
those invited and those not invited, nor were !
there any attentions paid to one class of
people more tiian to another.
Excessive rains had prevailed during the
two preceding days, and the appearance of
the morning of the fourth was very inaus
picious ; heavy and dark clouds were seen
occupying the eastern horizon, and floating
clouds of all hues were seen moving on be
fore a southeastern wind ; thus, every ap
pearance of rain presented itself.
Notwithstanding the forbidding aspect of
the clouds, tiie beauties of the vicinity were
seen coming forth ingroups, arrayed in all
the splendors of female decoration. Soon,
the precious contents of carriages, coaches,
barouches, buggies, gigs, small wagons and
ox-carts, covered the inclosure of this old
Mansion House.
On arriving at an arbour near the house, !
the attention of the guests were first direct
ed towards a grand and magnificent display |
of Bullock’s and Elk’s horns, and Ele- ;
phant’s tusk’s of enormous size, brought by !
the worthy host, from foreign quarters of i
the globe. After the minds of the specta
tors were satisfied with these wonderful
curiosities, the males engaged in conver
sation on different subjects. The restora
teur became a great place of resort: so that
the conversation soon became lively and
interesting.
A variety of subjects were now intro
duced among the gents, from many enlight
ened observations on the hiden mysteries of
the Revelations, down to chiclfen fighting ;
and from literary improvements to peri
wigmaking.
The numerous characters of which this
great company was composed was indeed
an imposing sight. Preachers, Lawyers, |
Doctors, Merchants, Farmers, Mechanics, ;
Teachers, Tailors, Millers, Brewers, Dis- S
tillers, Loafers and liars, might be seen at
a glimpse. It was rumored that the Dec
laration of Independence would he read by
a little Englishman, but it was soon ascer- ■
tained that the minds of a majority were!
bent on the gratification of a sensual appe
tite, more than to hear that Declaration |
read that gave to them a name and title j
above all others on the globe ; that of free
men ! But although free they are slaves, j
slaves to propensities that destroy the lamp j
of reason Here was an opportunity that
was well improved, the essence of monon- j
gahala was the great Palladium of free
men, therefore they soon became much
more delighted with vulgar displays of bur
lesque, than with the history of their fore
fathers deeds of valor, and unparalleled j
sufferings.
The ladies in the meantime, were quitly ]
and commodiously seated in the fine airy i
halls of the mansion ; engaged no doubt in j
lively and pleasing converse, and no doubt ■
amusing themselves with the eccentric per- 1
formances of the gentlemen.
About half an hour after 12 o’clock din
ner was announced by the Black Band
playing some fine airs, Hail Columbia, &c.
The tables were amply supplied with a
great variety of delicious and nutritious
aliment, and every attention was paid by
the stewards, to the comfort of the guests.
Plenty of sweet cider went round, and ine
biiating essences were copiously furnished.
The good qualities of the cordials were so
much admired, that the praises of their deli
cacies became the exordium to every re
peated bumper ; and thus the lower class
applied it, until all one side of a table was
insufficient to give one of them elbow room.
Plates with all other implements of table
use, had been prepared for as many guests
as were expected, but the number on the
ground so far exceeded all expectation, the
order of the day was changed and the ladies
were furnished with the implements of ta
ble use, while the gentlemen betook them
selves to the methods of eating practiced in
j times of Au 1 and Lang Sine.
Some difficulties were, however, experi
enced by several persons, from not having
even a pocket knife with them. What a
cursed situation ! To be pressed by a car
niverous appetite for food, so seldom expe
rienced at home, and no other chance to
come at it, but Adam’s grabbling-irons ;
would have made a Quaker sweat a little ;
but as soon as a few’ rashers were cut off
and some dissections made, resort was had
to fingers and dirty paws, and the way teeth
and jaws came in contact would have scar
ed Crockett’s best bear-hunters.
Pork-pie was in such demand, that it was
seriously apprehended there would be some
fist-and-skull work about it; but a Major
of the Battalion however being in command
ol the enviable dish, stood to his post with a
drawn tin dipper in his hand, with so much
fortitude and presence of mind, that he pre
vented the harmonies of the dinner hour
from being broken. About half an hours
calm elapsed after dinner, but this was on
ly a prelude to the gathering storm. A
rnusement was the order of the day ; it was
therefore necessary that some lively a
musement as entertaining to the ladies ns
to the gentlemen, should be introduced ;
accordingly, a civil dance was mentioned
as the most agreeable.
A venerable old mathematician, at the
solicitation of the distinguished Captain,
presided at the violin, and took his seat
majestically in one end of the hall. Dif
ferent tunes were called for before the in
strument could be tuned for use ; and one
stentorian voice thundered out for a slow
reel, &c. He was replied to by tiie wor
thy musician, that some national airs were
customary on public occasions, and that he
would first play God save the United States,
Hail Columbia, Sec —an expression worthy
of the man and the day. These tunes were
touched in the most delicious and heart
thrilling strains. Still, something more
lively was necessary to meet the wish of
the sprightly of both sexes. Accordingly,
Fisher’s hornpipe was touched in the most j
soul-stirring strains. Soon the young gen- j
tlemcn began to feel their feet getting j
mighty light, and were already shewing a
disposition to try a contest between their
shoes and the floor. The ladies were also j
observed to be attacked with twitchings, j
turnings, and internal throbbings, indica
ting that they were ill at ease on their seats.
Three different apartments were soon ar
ranged for dancing, and as many different
musicians with their violins in readiness.
Now the ball opened in grand style. Here
might be seen the timid nymph of thirteen
making her first approaches on the floor of
a ball-room, there one of greater experi
ence and more advanced in years, acting
the prude, and apparently as coy as a jay,
yet as tame as a lamb ; here also might be
seen the old maid of forty, and the widow
of thirty, sliding about with a step so elas
tic as to set the young maidens in the back
ground. Eight composed the first reel in
each apartment, and the way the mud.
trampers thundered on the floor was a fool to
Crockett’s description. The young gentle
men were sorely pressed to keep time to the
agility and sprightly movements of the la
dies ; the pigeon-wing in all its modes were
cut bv a gentleman long distinguished as a
cavalier among the ladies; the introverted
step, as performed by a short bandy-legged
amateur, excited much pleasure from its
resemblance to perpetual motion ; the
rough-shuffle, the double-shuffle, and the
ground or floor shuffle, were all exhibited
in great perfection, once in a while, by both
sexes. In fact, all the stops common and
uncommon for two centuries, and I might
say since Columbus first made a step on the j
American continent, were brought into re- !
quisition. Chassees’ were often made in ;
time, out of time, and before time ; counter
toms, rigadoons, and fall-downs, were in
constant use.
The ladies, sweet little creatures, were ]
anxious to distinguish themselves on this !
occasion ; but an old maid of 45, had the ;
good fortune to be taken on the floor after
most of the others had acquired much ap
plause for their performances; she soon
placed most of them in the back ground by
personal advantages given her by nature
and aided by art. She is full six feet high,
disencumbered of any thing resembling
corpulency,and any thing that would retard
agility of step, either in length, breadth, or
width, or heighth, or any position whatever,
had been carefully removed so soon as she
was able. Her performance on this occa
sion exceeds all description : her bounds
from the floor upwards were incredible; had
the house been uncovered, we might soon
have had news from the inhabitants of the
inoon. In the midst of these hilarities,
benches and tables were crowded with ea
ger spectators; one in particular being
mounted on one of these, and being un
guarded as respected a perpendicular posi
tion, brought the bench over and himself
with it prostrate on the floor. This occur
rence created much laughter when a gen
tleman told him.if he was a Ilariison man,
to set it up He attempted to do so, but the
spirit level of his intellect was not adjusted
at this time, to such business ; he got it up,
but lie turned it over on the other side and
went over with it ; at which time he cursed
tiled and thing, saying it was like the
President Tyler, it had made somerset to
the Democrats, and would not come back
: again
ITI. J. KAPPEL, Printer.
The great fatigue and exercises of the
| day overcame several, among whom one in
particular might have seen who had not
strength to retire to a sequestered spot; or,
perhaps he was enchained by the sympho
nies of the music, which of the two causes
] produced the following effects is unknown,
j certain it was that regardless of the sun’s
j most potent rays at 3 o’clock he stretched
himself on the gravel walk in front of the
ball-room, and he would have remained
there enjoying all the pleasures of a solar
influence, until blisters would have admon
! ished him of his error, had not someone
| had the kindness to drag him under the
j kindly shade of a cedar-tree ; here his sleep
was so sound and refreshing that he never
awoke till midnight, when he found him
self all alone in his glory, scarrified and
almost lacerated with the furious bites of
musquitoes and gallinippers.
At the close of the day, much entertain
ment to the philosopher and philanthropist
might be had, groups were collecting home
ward bound, the mother eager to get off the
dear pledges of her love, the sweet blossoms
of fifteen (or more) year’s care, now sur
rounded by amateurs heated by essences,
producing propensities of all kinds, profess
ed love, no doubt, the ruling one ; the wiley
mother doubting improper intentions,urging
her females olf, while these youthful ama
teurs begging for them to stay a little long
er—just one more reel, &c. &:c. Here
was a great trial to the young tremblers,
that of obedience to the mandates of the
mother, or inclination. The fathers more
easy on the subject, were endeavoring to
finish the second barrel of the Monongaha
la, besides two or three demijohns of a
French manufacture, said to be highly
spiritualized and well-flavored. So it was,
many ponies were got ready for the road
homewards, but had so instinctive a notion
of their master’s pleasure, the good faithful
animals would thrust ami squeeze through
the immense throng to obtain the parting
bumper for them. Now might be heard the
rhetoric of profane swearing in all direc
tions ; one would have thought that the old
topers of Pluto’s dominions had revisited
the earth, and that the trnmpets of the low
er regions were sounding the regalia of the
damn’d.
Hurrah for the fourth of July in the
Range; may we all live to see many more,
but better conducted.
The boy in specs, T. B. I S.
SHOPPING.
There is one thing connected with what
is called shopping which is greatly to be re
gretted, and in our view, is productive of
much injury. It is the practice of many
men, but on the whole we think it prevails
more among the ladies than the gentlemen.
We allude to the practice of beating down.
There are many who will never purchase
unless they can obtain an article at a price
less than the one first named. They go
upon the supposition that every one who
has articles to sell ask more for them than
they intend to take. Although this is not
true in every case, it is nevertheless fre
quently the fact. But if traders put a price
on their goods above what they mean to take
it is in most instances induced by the prac
tice of which we complain. They cannot
afford to be beat down from an honest price,
and knowing that with most persons they
cannot trade unless they fall some, they
put a higher price on their articles than
they ought, with the expectation of falling.
Then if they happen to find a customer who
does not ask them to reduce the price, they
receive an unexpected, and in one sense,
a dishonest return for their goods. We
will state a case in point. It happened in
Augusta, but such cases, we doubt not, hap
pen in every trading town and city.
A entered the store ofß to purchase cloth
for a coat. After selecting an article, the
following dialogue took place.
“ What is the price of this, per yard ?”
“ Seven dollars.”
“ That is high ; I cannot give so much.”
“ Well, I will let you have it at six.”
“ It is still too high ; I cannot afford it.”
“ 1 ought to have that, I have sold it for
seven, but I will put it to you at five dollars
a yard. That surely is cheap enough.
“ Now, if you will name the lowest cent
you will take for it, and yet be able to live
by it, I can then tell whether I will take it
or not. But I shall not take it at five dol
lars.”
“ Well, Air. A, as I obtained this article
at quite a bargain, I think I can afford to
let you have it at four dollars, but not a
cent lower.”
“Now, Mr. B. to tell you plainly, I will
I not buy of you at all, for I will not know
ingly trade with a dishonest man. And you
would have taken of me, above an honest
price, three dollars on each yard of cloth.
Good day, sir.”
Another ease mentioned in the Portland
Tribune will show also the benefit which
some realize from the practice of “beating
down.”
“ A woman called at one of our dry goods
stores not long since, to purchase some lin
en. She was shown some for fifty cents a
yard. After closely examining it, she said
it was worth no more than two and three
i pence a yard, and she would give that and
’no more. ‘ You cannot have it,’ said the
dealer, ‘but here is a nice article’—taking
: a roll from the shelf— 1 Which is three and
1 nine-pence a yard.’ After looking at it a
’ few minutes, the woman said she would
i o-ive him fifty cents and take a number of
i yards. ‘ No,’ said the store keeper, ‘ \vc
cannot afford it for that; but after a few
minutes conversatiorrhe concluded to sc’’,
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