He Backed Out

A farmer and his wife stepped IntO one of our merchante' stores to do some trading a day or two ago, feeling very poor. After looking over some of the goods, his wife declded upon several things tliat she wantod, when hor husband remarked . " Now, see here, Mury, jou muit be very economical. You know wheat briugs but 75 or 80 cents per busbel you oan't buy miicli." Then the nierchant put in ;i word or two that nstonished nearly every one who neard hlm: "See here Mr, Farmer, I'll teil you what I'll do. You brillg me 100 or 200 bushels of wheat, I you like, iind I will give you $:{ tor every bnshel of it, Drovlolng you will take your pay out of Ihis store In foods at the same prices that you puid when wheat was woith $3 per bushel." At tirst our farmer said he wonld do it, but afterward reHeeted a little. Finally he pulled a book out of his pocket on whicli was a record. On a cerlain day he carne to Aun Arbor and Bold 600 b'ushels of wheat tor $:i per lxishcl, and on that very saine day he oame iuto tliat very same store and bought 51) yards of factory goodl, payinr 75 cents per yard It HU wife had had bouglit a botter piece that day for 8 cents per yard. He looked still fiirtlier and found ncarly eveiything that the merchant sold in almoat the same proportion, f rom ;" to 10 times cheaper llian when wheat was briHfing$8 per bushel, while the roduetion fu that product was but a little over two-lhirds. The farmer could hanlly believe his eveï, but he liad itouliisown book ia black and while, and was torced to ilo so. ]Ie backéd out of his bargaln, and the merchant will not ftet his wheat, This is u true story. It happened in Aun Albor, and the wriler Of this will bear witness to t. This nicrchant will niake the sanie offer to any other persou who wants it. English free trade is backed by the Kngliah men who own the Confedérate bonds. They prOpott to woilc in two ways to reduce the people of this nation to ubject poverty. Free trade will ruin America's industries ; democratie success will cali for the payment of those bonds and thus ruin the tax payers.