The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-07-03
DIr. Swinton's Corn Spec.n


Bob, said Sam Swnton TO me one day, as we
were imblbIng stout punch, the principal ingre.
dent Of which was the gnoowinc Mon'gahely
whisky, at the Planters House in Cincinnati did
ever tell YOU of that ere corn spec of mine on
the Wabash
shook my head
You see, Bob began Sam the way j, came
atout was this was hard up
Which Is rot a very uncommon thing with n
ceriait individual Of my acquaintance, Sam
remarked parenthetically. a. | lit esb segar.
'lrezIctly' said Sam. moistenlng his lips, and
laboring with the air Of determined man over
an obstinate long nine, which appeared equal,
determined not to Weld Ia his furious and luny re.
peated puff. / was hard up and wonderin' how
could make the snGest amount Of capital tell
to the TALES, advantage, when, ON taking up a
newspaper, saw windy paragraph on the al
rantages of advert-in. The article went ON 10
Illustrate how many fellers had made their piles
out Of the meanest capitals simply by ad,erti-in
and decided at wuncc, periickrrly as had raj.
srd an idea from he suheck, that Il WIS the way
for me ter 90 ahout it,
What was the wayf inquired, not compre.
hendlng him
by ad,eri,in' returned Sam
Yes, well you said something about going n
bout 1t. Gong about what I
Rarin pile, returned Sam.
AN right ] understand 20 ahead
/ And aS ! resumed my cigar, Sam Swinton con
tlnued h- yarn
i urged the matter this way,' said Ssrn, that
an advertisement Travelled wherever the paper
travelled and every body knows that they 20 in
to all the outer way places Of the State. So,
thinks /, good advertisement will be sure to
keich the eyes Of some of the sofies nf the ne
rIor, aud f it does, who knows but what they n
give frler lfi Here goes for trial a, all
events 50 takes n store Of puke who be-
cause talked upright didn't want the rent in ad
vance, ruunln a lot Of truck that had ~ hand,
aud which was So old and unmarketabre dat
could neither sell it nor give It aAay--hung up
my shmgle of San Swlulon, Commission MeI-
chant, put sprirglng advertisement in the two
paper. Published III the town. rot couple If
inst rate pulls from the editor, to the effect that
! was responsible ~ well a. some in the trade,
and then sat down to abide by the ishew Of T.
vents
That uf the advertisement
Trczac,ly. Well, ! hadn't been STORM it i-ng,
when planter in the interior Of the State
" hat State, Samr
lndyarny, of course-consigned me four biz
sell it as quick a. possible So that he could draw
on me for the pewter Thinks |, as had the
stuff put IN the store. there amt nothp like adj.
vcrtlsin It's the only way ofmaklng customers
And laid myself out to sell the corn.
And that Jilu't take Won lon, sam orcorr.o
.y,' ,' 'i'"' ~ ~ 'o,' pau" " oo','e'
with all The chance. to win, repii,d Sam Yer Yer
see. the otb,r merchant. in IN. ,oyn--and snna
ON ,p ,lr,y, .,in hm.;nn.s I,. yn,,c','T.In',
come witl,in thnps,rJ r,ilos of M, IN ,,,isa
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gaya IN all idea oC coun,,itior Win mo ori I
had ,hc market all to myself mill the I,., hr.b,
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