Examine VOljr RillS
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The following, extracted by the
Boston Transcript from one Of it
Southern papers, is quite an opposite
hint TO examine your bills.


A merchant of Mississippi, during a
days business in which he had been
crowded with customers, sold sad
die ofthe value of forty dollars. but
neglected TO make the charge. Next
day he missed the saddle and rccol'
lected the fact of the sale, but not the
individual who had bought it. After
racking his memory for some time tc
no purpose, he directed his clerk jim
to turn TO bis ledger alphabet and
read off the WIS, then the SIS. the
B's, the C's, and other letters in sue
cession; all to no purpose. Tired out
With the mental exercise, and as the
readiest way Of settling theSdifliculty,
"Jm," said he, "charge a saddle to
every one of the customers" This
was accordingly done.


When the planters had got their
cotton in and settling time came
round. the bills were presented, and,
if occasionally one man more prudent
than his neighbors went through the
drudgcry of examining long list Of
sundries got by different members of
the family he might possibly discover
IA saddle which they had not got, or
one more than they had got, and, OBJ
jecting to the item, it would be struck
out of course, alledging there was
some mistake. When all the ac.
counts had been settled up, well
Jim,' said the storekeeper, show many
customers paid you for that saddle?
jim examined and reported thirty-one.
Little enough exclaimed his en-
ployer, 'for the trouble we have had
to fad out who got it,!