Stephen Girard’s Strict Bargain Reduces a Merchant’s Bill
Girard in a hardware trade tested a clerk turned seller by correcting an inflated bill. When the second encounter opened with a demand to cut prices, the merchant refused and faced a sharp rebuke. Girard later forgave a fresh job offer, but warned against deceit. The exchange reveals Girard’s hard bargaining and insistence on honest pricing.
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Thirty two Times a Father from Monroe County Ky
A profile of John Jacob Goodman born in 1783 in North Carolina. Now 97, he moved to Monroe county in 1804 and has lived on the same farm for 75 years. He ran a distillery past age 63 and could lift a 40 gallon barrel of whisky. He has two wives and 32 children, with 27 married. He has been a Baptist for 62 years and clerk for 42 years. His father died at 96 after a broken leg. The piece also notes Hartford Library Association findings on youths reading habits, including a boy with 102 story books in six months and a girl with 112 novels, with category breakdowns.
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