15,264. Why did you give it up at that time?-There were several reasons for it. I did not think it was a nice thing to do; and sometimes it was more bother than it was all worth.
15,265. You probably found your other business increasing?-It was not for that reason that I gave it up. I got more humbug by it than all the good it was.
15,266. How were you humbugged by it?-I would sometimes take goods in that had perhaps been stolen, and I lost them altogether. It was a kind of broker's business that I did.
15,267. Did you do a good deal of that business at one time?-Not much.
15,268. But still you were a broker to some extent?-It was not worth speaking of.
15,269. What kind of goods were you in the habit of getting in that way?-Various sorts of goods, such as wearing apparel. There was nothing else that I recollect of particularly just now.
15,270. Did you sometimes get cottons and other goods that were not made up into wearing apparel?-Not that I remember.
15,271. I thought you said you had dealt to some extent in cottons and calicoes?-I got them from the south along with my other goods.
15,272. Did you sometimes lay in a small stock of these?-Yes.
15,273. Have you never purchased any cotton, or [Page 387] calicoes, or dress stuffs not made up, from people at your counter?-I cannot recollect just now. I had a small book in which I entered these purchases.