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From the American Advocate.
SECRETS IN TRADE.
Not long since we chanced to he in
a mixed company, several of whom
related some anecdote connected with
bis individual calling. Among the rest
was a Tin Peddler, who had all the
crafr and shrewdness for which that
glass of society are so much celebra
ted. Ho wis it, inquired one, when
there are so many peddlers travelling
in all directions who hardly make a
living, that you contrive to srmk*
peddling profitable, why do not oth
rs of your craft succeed as well pa
you? O, replied he, they do notun
derstand the secrets of trade.—What
secret, in the name of wonder, except
cheating, said the first, can there h.
in tin peddling? 1 do not gain my
living by knavery, I assure you,
gaid the peddler, I intend always to
deal honestly,* hut the secrets of who h
I spoke, are simply those of making
people know and feel their wants
\Vhy, said the first, when you call a
a house and ask them if they wish to
buy any of your wares, and then they
tell yon no, 1 cannot see but that you
must take their opinion instead of
giving yours on their wants, No
such tiling, said the peddler; people
never know what they want till they
either see it or hear it particularly
described. This is a principle in hu
man nature, and it is true in more
trades than mine. How often do we
gee people sending for a physician
w ho would never have dreamed of
being sick if some careful friend
bad not told them sc? Every body
knows how thirsty it makes men to
see others drink:—so true it is in this
case th rt t temperate people are per
goaded that when children do not see
their parents and neighbors swallow
ing intoxicating liquors, and when
they are not met at, every corner by a
grog shop, the evils of intemperance
will cease in our land. Slut intern
penance has not much to do vvP i tin
pcudli g* I acknowledge; so 1 will
relate an anecdote in point, and leave
you to judge of the truth of my re*
marks. A few days since, in my
travels, 1 called at a house wh we i
opposed the family had money, and
I determined, before leaving it to ob
tain some of it in an honest way in
exchange for my wares. Upon in
quiring of the good lady if she wanted
any thing in my line. 1 met with an
indignant frown and an einphath no!
But I knew better. 1 replied, ray
ware is very superior, I w ill bring in
gome of it, and you shall judge for
yourself.—Nothing daunted by her
acclamations that she would not buy
any, and that I might spare myself
any further trouble, I deliberately
proceeded to my cart, and filled my
arms with an assortment of articles
which were forthwith deposited on
the floor of the house. Then taking
them one hy one, I explained their
uses, their beauty, their cheapness,
and the ladys absolute want of them.
In the course of half an hour she was
fully convinced that she could not do
without certain articles, and actually
past! me thirteen dollars in rash—be
sides al the paper, rags, old pewter,
& she had on hand.
Depend upon it, if you show peop!
your wares, you seldom fail of con
vincing them that they are in pressing
need of them.—Yes, 1 know
that's the way said a merchant who sat
Warreriton, May’ll
near hi in, * you peddlers are going and!
over the country showing vmr
r |
wares and telling your stories; and
although you pay no tax, trash” mure,
in proportion to your capital thru
the honest merchant w:r* keeps k;
assortment of articles to arc a* mod ite
the public, i whh the law would pit
a stop to your unjust trultie. I hav
uo means of showing my wares *o all
fire neighborhood, for i cannot put my
store in a cart and draw it round
from place to place. Ido not like the j
plan of giving peddlers such an ad
vantage over a regular dealer.
There you are wrong, said the ped
•Her, [ have no advantage over you
whatever.—‘Tis true you do not pm
yuur goods in a cart and tumble them
over every time you wish to sell an
article, wearing them out or spoiling
their beauty, but you can, for a tri
fling expense, show them to the whole
neighborhood without. \ iu can show
them, rtH to one or two in a family,
as 1 do mine; but to all,* men, women
and children. And after you have
Si.own them, (to the mind-s eye, I
mean,) they know exactly where t,
find you, and will buy of you of
course; while we, poor peddlers,
would starve, The merchant tip
peared doubtful. llow is it, said he,
that I have lived so long, and have
not yet found out this secret in tnn.lt ?
( cannot imagine what you mean!
Why, said the peddler, advertise in
the Newspaper; every decent family
takes it; and you may be absolutely
certain, if you specify particular ar
ticles, that the children, when they
read it, will persuade their parent* to
buy so much of what they would not
otherwise think of, that your extra
profit for a month in consequence of
advertising will be great r than the
expense would be For a year.
At this the countenance of the mer
chant brightened with that peculiar
expression which seems to say, *see
if I do not make more money next
3 ear than I did the last!’ The company
were well satisfied with the poddh rs
reasoning; and we retired in the full
persuasion that all who have any
thing to sell should immediately prof
it by nis wholesome advice.
BOLIVAR .
From the memoirs of General Mil
ler, the following sketch of Bolivar,
is extracted; It appears to have
been drawn without prejudice or par
tiaiity. • ,
‘The person of'G n. Bolivar is
thin, and.somewhat below the middle
size. ll<* dresses in taste, and has an
easy military walk. He is a very
bold rider, and oapahla of undergoing
great fatigue. llis manners are
goo/I, and his address unaffected, but!
not prepossessing. It is said that, in
his youth he was rather haudsome,
and his complexion is rather sal
low; his hair; originally very black,
is now mixed with gray. His eyes
are dark and penetrating, but gener
ally dovvneast, or turned askanc when
he speaks; his nose is w 7 ell formed,
his forehead high and broad, the low
er part of his face is sharp; the ex
pression of countenance rs care worn,
lowering, and some tunes rather linn, j
His temper spirited by adulation, is
fiery aod capricious. 11 is opinions
of men and things are variable.
He is rather prone to personal a
base, but makes ample amends to
those who will put up with it. To
wards such his resentments are not
lasting He is a passionate admirer
of the fair sex, but jealous to excess.
He is fond of waltzing* is a very
quick but not a very graceful dancer,
ilia mind is of the most active de
scription; when not more stirringly
e /iH’ •- always reading, dicta
| ti.;g ! ‘d-Vr ,(V or conversing. 11-*
v **’•*? u k * ! r-dt, but he speaks
i *?l ■* nJy *;| ii‘j‘c‘9. Ilia read.
‘ ,, -9 k * prin ip,illy confined to
Ereaeli art t'.m uClfi r. - g^icisu.sl
so common ii Ins pi-tofu non*. u. i*
an impressive wriier, but Ins style is
’ it: ati and by at) atf elation of grandeur.
Speaking so wonderful tii.it he should
oe more find of hearing himself talk ;
tiian of listening to others, and apt t-|
j engross conversatioli in the so iety hej
receives. He entertains numerously,
•* *
•ands > one has mow skillful co<iks, or
givey l better dinners but he is hiin§eif
very afisteini ms, in both visiting anft
h nxistg—flint he l Idutn takes his
plate at his own table until the repast
is nearly over, having probably- dined
in private on a plait/ dish or two. lie
is fond of giving toists, which he pre
faces in the most eloquent manner
and Ids enthusiasm is so great, that
he frequently mounts Ids chair, or
the tsibE to propose them. Although
the cigar is almost universally used
io South America, Bolivar never’
smokes, nor does he permit smoking!
.in his presence, lie is never with- j
out proper officers waiting, and keeps
up a considerable degree of etiquette.
—-Disinterested in the extreme with
regard to pecuniary affairs,.he is in
satiably covetous of fame.
SINGULAR PROGNOSTICS.
OtJ the eve of the day of the msasfina
ii/n of Julias Caesar the temple of Jupiter
Stator trembled to its foundation, and
mi enormous piece of rock fell horn the
height of the capital, am! carried with it
a Standard homing, who was on
boar! at the opening of the Road.
Die generals of Alexander the Great
noticed, that on the morning of the death
of hili great captain, the artnoi that he
wore at the passage of the Granichns and
the battle of ArhAla, perspired all over,
and exhaled n smell hk ot a dead
body.
Every war on the anniversary of the
battle ot Marathon, a day of victory and
liberty to ib *• Greek-, there was beard on
the plains where the battle was fought a
great clashing ofarrns, and a noise as of
th® ahos a of persons rousing each other
to the combat.
De-siix, on his departure for the cam
paign of Italy, on his return from Egypt,
“aid,to his friends who were congratulat
ing him upon the new laurels he wa* go
ing to gather— You will not, perhaps, see
me, the bullets are no longer our friends.*
The day of Marengo was the anniversary
of one of his vi dories in Upper Egypt.
The day of the violent death, or rather
of the assassination of Charles XII. they
experienced at Stockholm a hurricane,
more dreadful than any which had occur
red within the memory of man. The
arms of Sweden placed over the door of
the Swedish ambassador at London, also
fell with a crash.
Dugusclin, on advancing to lay seige to
Randam, fell from bis horse, and his con-
sword, which he tneu held in his
hand, burned itself so deep in the earth,
that it required a violent effort to pull it
out. His bier was decorated with the
kyys, of thv conquered towns.
The prince of Navaree (afterwards
Henry IV.) while playing at dice with
several personages of the court of Charles
IX. on the eve f St. Bartholomew, ob
served several drops of blood fall on the
cloth which spread consternation among
the players.
The mother of Varne, a Coman lady of
the highest distinction, on the day ot her
son's defeat, perceived large tears fall
from his bust. A fearful eclipse foretold
to Romear.d to Augustus be massacre ot
his legions, and the first personages of the
state.
Gustavos Adolphus, when young, r
reived from a lady he much loved, an
iron ring, which he never allowed to leave
him. It was composed of seven circ es
which formed the letters ofhistwo names.
days hi fore h-- death, it wa* trlren
from him with “it Ins perceiving tins ex
traordinary theft.— h'aren de Lon.
Frtm the Rochester Daily Advertiser .
‘ \ ttving ’l g Is than u drunk
en Mgo.’
On the evening of the Bth inst wo
wre roming Irnni Le It >y to this
place in the Pioneer, the night
! being uncommonly dark, we dis*
| covered for some distance be
fore we reach’ and Alienas creek, that a
•log unknown) by any of the passen
gers, w:s frequently running about
the bides of the . arriago, and evident
ly very uneasy, mil seemii.g to look
y.rilli (Imp interest, fr some noti< e
from the passengers within. U hen
we Ind come up within about to or
1 2 rails cf the creek, the dog go r be
fore the stage, and in the middle of
the road setup a most earnest bark
ing and crying, width attracted the
notice of the passengers and driver,
who apprehending that all (Ids *n
reru of the strange dog might mean
something, stopped his horses, and
j looking under his coach and within
six in’ hes of the wheel, saw a man
laying across the path in surli a po
sition, that bad be drove two feet fur
ther, the wheel most have passed di
rectly over the neck of the poor cea
tnre and terminated his existence.
The man was old and gray headed,
] and the secret of his exposure was,
he was drunk, so drunk, that when
aroused he could not speak. As soon
as he. was drawn out from under the
.coach, the faithful dog appeared in
an • xtacy of joy—his first motion was
,to stretch himself at full length upon
his beastly master, fawning with more
interest ihan language can describe,
then jumping across bis body, back
ward and forward, as if to shield him
from'danger, or to infuse animation
cmf ■ his almost lifeless body. We
slate these facts fm tsvo reason*
to show die danger of rum* and se
condly the sagacity of the animal; the
faithful interest manifested by the dog
could not have been more fully ex
pressed, even if he possess** and the
power of spee’ b—and we must add
‘one word more, to set tin* distinguish
ing drunk rd before the reader —ho
held in his hand the ne k of a broke*
bottle.
PASSENGERS-
P. S. There are eight living vifc
nesses of the above facts, which hap*
pened only two days since.
Poughkeepsie, April , 15.
PRODIGIES JN NATURE.
Mr. Joseph Tripp, ol thh town,
has two female children of the follow
ing extraordinary dimensions and
weight, viz: The height of the eldest
is 3 ft. 10 ini lies; her waist is
4 ft. 2 inches in circumference, her
arm 18 inches, thigh 31 inches, below
the knee 2t inches; age, 5 years and
8 months—and weighs 203 pounds-
Tlh> youngest is 3 ft. 4 inches, in
height, circumference around the
waist 3 ft. 9 1 4 inches, around
her arm 14 inches, thigh 2 ft. 1 *4 of an
inch, below the knee 1G 1 2 inches;
age 2 years and 9 mouths— weight 1 i 0
pounds# ,
The circumstances of the parents,
and the condition of the children,
are such that they have consented,
through the advice of their friends,
to have them exhibited in public*
They will, in a few days* *’ e t} “®
principal towns on the Hudson river;
from thence go to Boston and >he prin
cipal towns iu the eastern sta e 9.
Telegraph*
No. 50.