The Arkansas banner., 1847-04-21

TaR Book PEDLER.-Whal has not, in his life, ai least once been driven beside himself by Oae Of sAs gentry known as book ped Iess, accomplished varlets, who will make you subscribe for forthcoming work be- fore yoai know iis even while you are detefs mined u escliew tie pedIer and all his works One of ahese stick-and-hang fellows laid his sbandle down in our office the other morta- ing, and afler . variety of prelimfnaries evi- dsntly b study the mode of attack, he open ed two shin covers, displaying the title page and sngrasings of Sparks Life of Franklin, and began;
 AYou are . printer-here is Franklin,s life--he was . printer--notice the title page lyon will perceive that it contains all his wsiiing, never before published, moral and eciensifc--the binding being with spring backs--the style Of ihe most humorous char s9eseF--ihere is the sngravings of Franklin in all ages--you would suppose, so look al his wSls, that sha ,was--ihe 6nsst paper iha, can be obsained- --while Franklin is admired x.--wish the best calf-skin backs, y-e-s-r-r!''
 sAh!s said we, drawing long breath from sympashy with such a long sentence.
 @Y.e-s-r-T!--laok at the distinguished names already obtained, as for nstance--,he preface, which says the index is complete snd containing more original reading matter scf that light kind calculated for solemn re- Asction--wlth the great expense it is got up ppayable as-his autograph-how char acteristic with loaf of bread under--the chapter relating to his living at St. James where were the favor of-soap-boiling in his eariy life, and distinguished himself with --won't you put your name down-to be delivered next fall, y-e-s-r-ri"
 ssIt is impossible" said we with great frmness, sfor US to subscribe to the work at prsseus; perhaps at some future time"
 sgEY4e-s-r-r. No time like the present, as Franklin says here at this page, which if read--will ornament your library dol- lars per volume-a mere nothing--to acquire which, he spen, life of experimen, to bless mankind with lightning-from the ;ntroduc- ton of Jared Sparks over to the--gilt backs and edge--having his monument in PhiIa- deIphia. and admiring crowds detesiing his memory as all tyran,s kings should be who would trample upon--his subscription list containing so many great names-will you not enroll yoars-in sixteen volumes, y-e-s-i-ri
 By this time we were cornered, but we held out, and we siill resolu.ely refused to subscribe; the pedler took new tract, and thrusting FrankIin's Life into h,s bag, open ed upon us as foliows
 3fiere is HaFper's Bible, Burning over the leaves mechanically who lives in New Y ork ---illustated by twelve hundred thousand cat cf--the serpent in the wilderness as you perceive Joseph and his brethren going down in.s the fiery furnace---wi,h Shadrac, Machac, and zaeehens up tree, as yoa have no doubt read in the Primer, where il says that HaFpers Bible is the best yet pnb- lished- containing more original matter than any other edition, as Jared Sparks had access 0 sll the vri,ings of the great statesmen, and sosbound that t may be used as . family Bale by yourseIf for centuries, while your ehildsen will contemplate win gratitnde-- shs desiruction of Nineyah, rained on by brimslope and--ihe finest Russian leather to keep o6 the moshs--from Jonah that swal- lowed tho whale-y-e-s-r-r.
 v Tie idea U having Bible to read Tor eeulnries. wss temptation, and some of the utcn1fes of fhe book prompted us to draw 5owusds tie saercd volume, when the pedler opensl spos u u sss Sfsxiesns didupon Fen Br0wu. <.
 sIhs lhpaily reccrd is-wiih the price of the volsme when y0u esn put down all the deeshs in ths Jamily, and thus keep distinct deas cf the Icyous time when your sons and dssShisrs rusrry--as iIlnstrated by Balaam and his sss winding over the hills with the palm srss springing up ifoa Exodus to Rev sIAaions, and continued bssnffni deshpois of EkypI win the Isralitss lsstiag the bulrush-| -, n which n was found when . child,l su1iltnk. TT roek and causing Sodom and 0oi6os51l II fec np he mountains Of Hof| --vaitisg sntiI nsxs Spring for the money;
 Dssermined uos'ts yield, we stopped hinsl SIloss hy snyine we would nos subscribe, and = sollcn eas rsfnsaI ws said the cost wasl oeond or means.
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