"judge No Man By His Dress."
The fuÃowing" anecd'ofe, wi'iÃcfi ihtf Boston Tmnscript says is stric'.ly true, carries with t a good moral ; A few years ago the re Jived Ãn NanI fucket a most excellent oÃd gputleman, j who, by manly and other proper aitributes of chnraefer, fiad' amassed mtrcri WeaÃth. Na man was more respecled by all knew him, huà he had ono eccentrichy - an ulter carelessness about Ins dres. His clothes were always of ihe most comrnirr liind, though clean, and a sÃranger would never fiave supposed him to fio ve been worth fi dollar. One day there arrivec1 at Naniarket a lumbef packet ladefr witb boirds, ihe master (or skipper) being a young mon n litile proud of liis new distinction. The vessel had an'ived al the wliarf, and the master wat walking fore and aft over the Iumber, ready for a customer, when ihe poorly dressed oÃd man above mentioned, appronched and asked ihe price of the boards. "Don't retail, sir," was th renly. "I onTy sel! bv the wholesale." "Well, what is the price af yoar whole cargo !" "S12 per ihousnno feet ;" (the price was nnmrd without thought or care.) "1 will tnke tfj-e whole," said the old man, "unload them st once." "You will, will yu!" said the captain, "you fake tas wliole - -yoir poor, r;igged old feïlow !- '11 llirow fhis billet of wodd.it yourbscfc if you ain't off at once! You, without a cent in yaur pocket, to Ihink to impose upon me." The oÃd man waltetf off wilÃiouf uttering a word - the cnptain turning to a person who carne near at thp rnoment, tolcl him the siory, pointing to the oÃd man. "Do you know that okl man V' nsked thp person lo whom the captain noAv spoke. "Nosir." "VVe]l,discharga your cargo. I ralher guess he can pay lor il." The captain soon feit his error, andin due time the lumber was landod at the wharf. The next morning the old man was (here again. "So, yoang man," he said mildÃy, ''you concluded to ac'cept my offer V' The captain, bumbly approaching Ãhe oÃd man, saÃd - "Sir, I did not know yott. Please excuse - sir,- sir - I - sir" - the oTd man was too busy -â xamining the Iumber to nolice the slutlering apulogy, and merely heard enough to know for whnt it was infendecf. 'Giva me the survcyor's ceitificnte," he said. It was g!ven to him. 'lYour b!]l, s!r." tt u;is nlso given. "Thi is correct, and Ihere'a a check for the nmounf." "Sir," inloi'i'sd ihe caplnin, feeling very anxious to atone for his error - "Young man," interrapted the purchassc, and he fmphasized 'young' wi!h a peculÃartone of voice - :all is seltled, if you wiil allow me one word ol adv!e - 'nevpr again judge n man bv liig mat. Fiirewell.' " The check was duly paid, and had the cnptain but observed (he circumsiance, he mighthave seen thnt the name of ihegiver of the check, and tliat of the PresJdent upon the bilis received fjr it, belonged to the same pcrson."
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