East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-27

BUYING NEW SroVE.-A good one
is told Of a newly married couple who
started housekeeping short time since,
which wN think, so long as we do not tell
the names oil the porties. will bear "tcll-
ing again" Among other articles OF
household furniture purchased by tho
new housekcepcrs, the most necessary Of
course war new cooking stove. IL we
procured at one Of our first class -''"o'
ishmcnts, and, If we may tSfieNe the gen.
tlemanly clerk who edfciated on the oc-
casion. IL was warranted to be one of the
most complete articles Of the kind ever
invented. Home was the new stove sent
Ind properly put up by an employee OF
= = 1the establishment. After getting CIV.
cry thing necessary to enter upon the
duties of housekeeping, the attention OF
the couple was first directed to trial OF
the new article. A fire was accordingly
Il iartcd by the mistress of the house the
,Inerning following her entry on her res
ponsibls duty, when, greatly to her sur
prise and not little to the chagrin OF
her "liege lord" the flames became ex-
tinguished erd the room filled with
smoke. What could be the reason that
she sto~o did ,rr0t draw neither could
divine and after looking IN the stove,
and up TIE chimney, fam! being put
to their wits" TO asscertaiR where the
difficulty. existed, 1t @as mutur uy agreed
That they had bcen ."sold" and completely
taken in by the stove dealer.
With indignation flashing in his eyes,
the purchaser forthwith started for the
stove keepers establishment, where he re
lated the inability of himself and wife to
use the stove, and demanded that his
5noney should be immediately refunded
him Greatly gastanished at what he
heard, the dealer called IN the same per.
son who was employed to put up the
stove, who assured him, in answer to his
Interrogation, that he had left the stove
in Up top order, and that unless the
chimney was stated. up, there was no
reason under the SIN why it should not
perform all the .ofices,fsr which it was
constructed. The purchaser was there
upon assured by the dealer that he would
not only stand to his agreement TO re-
fund the price of the stove. IN case it did
not suit, but he would 90 further and
give him one gratis in case it,wns in the
condition represented by the former
The dealer proposed to send one of his
men TO examine the provoking article"
20 which the purchaser readily assentcd,
(how could he do otherwise, after thc
very liberal offer Of the formerly while
his eyes glistcned with satisfaction at
tho prospect Of hayings new stove To
sell for old iron. Starting for home in
company with,thc man sent by the deal
or, it was not long before they reached
the scene of trouble. The difficulty was
easily remedied--a fire was made in the
stove, and it was not long before every
thing was in .rsauinnss fer. cooking either
n sirloin steak or small sized pig, greatly
70 the CONSERVATION Of the happy pair
When the man sent toexamine, the stove
saed returned to the establishment, the
desle,r made inquiry as to the condition
in which lie found the aforementioned |
article. Tie answer, which set the es.
IN o roar--we give as il was
"Why," says he, "what
Do you think? The darped fools he'd made
. 80 in the oren Of the storsy"