One evening he found his cash overran a little, and he discovered that in making change for his last customer, an old woman who had come in a little before sundown, he had made a mistake, not having given her quite enough.
Although the amount was small, a few cents, he took the money, immediately walked to her house, and corrected the error.

At another time, on his arrival at the store in the morning, he found on the scales a weight which he remembered having used just before closing, but which was not the one he had intended to use.

He had sold a parcel of tea, and in the hurry had placed the wrong weight on the scales, so that the purchaser had a few ounces less of tea than had been paid for.

He immediately sent the quantity required to make up the deficiency.

These and many similar incidents are told regarding his scrupulous honesty in the most trifling matters.