A funny paper has the following :

"What's the price of sausages?" "Dwenty cents a bound." " You asked twenty-five this morning." " Yes; dot vas ven I had some. Now I aint got none I sells for dwenty cents. Dot makes me a rebutation for selling cheap, and I don't lose noddings".

This seems too ridiculous to have a foundation in fact, but such a circumstance was once brought to our attention. A new grape was once famous, and selling freely at $2 a plant. A country dealer managed to secure 100 for $100, and ventured to advertise and push them in a certain locality. A jealous rival bought half a dozen for $9 and advertised them under his rival's card, at 50 cents each. Of course they all went in a few days, and he had no more to sell; but it had the effect of making his rival look like being a very dear place to go to when he was asking $2 for what others were willing to sell for 50 cents.