The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-08-17
GETTING A SUBSCRIBER.
Tired and fatigued from a long days ri

Hobbs's to wet our mouth, rest our bones,
and have chat with the Squire. On our
part, however. there was disposition very
soon to talk less and doze more. This
Hobbs. good-natured soul, perceived as by
intuition, and soon left US TO the soft inf1u-
ences of ''nature's sweet restoreI."
Now, how long we slept we needn't tell.
and our readers needn't know. It WASH {
| long. however, for the loud talking in the
| Squire's Office soon aroused US, and we lis
| tened to a conversation highly interesting
| to US. 1t seemed that JOAQUIN Guile OLD
| Joe-a clever, sober, close listed neighbor
| of the Squire's. had called in to talk about
1.-The crops" and matters and things in
general
s"Well. Squire" said Mr.. Guile. ado
you know where fellow can buy right
smart chance of Niger boy, these times?''
Really, Uncle Joe. don't KIN ow at this
time. There was sale in town last week
of some six or eight at one time"
|. "There was ?''
yes and got right likely negro boy,
eighteen years old. for S45O. My word for
it. 1 wouldn't take a THOUSAND dollars for
him, to-day"
Just my luck. Why, never heard a
word of it. Who told you, Squire %
'Oh, you know I take the paper. l saw
the sale advertised, and, as had to GO to
town any way, went on the day of the sale,
thinking perhaps might hit a bargain, and
did hit bargain, sure
"WeIl, swear, I'Se got to have hand
somehow. You see I've put in more than l
have hands 10 work. Wno's got hand to
hire anywhere about ?''
You're TOO hard for me again, Uucle
Joe. The hiring season is over. About a
month ago, all the negroes belonging to the
estate OF H, deceased, were let at auc-
ton and I'm told they went very low
1.-The ID! You don say. Why didn't
you. tell me. Squire %
Il hardly know why. 1 saw it adver-
tised in our paper, and I supposed every
body took that. More'n that, didn't know
that you wanted to hire. Did you know
that l had sold my Harden tract of
land 90
'.No, indeed Who to go
"Why, to a rich old fellow from Ala
bama. 1t was day before yesterday; and
got tie 'yaller boys cash up-only six
dollars per acre He said that he cum across
our paper in Old Alabama He liked the
description of the country; saw my wee bit
of an advertisement, and cum TO see about it,
we struck LrdQ6 IN DO Time.
Jerusalem And here I've been trying
to sell tract of land for the last two years,
and couldn't get dollar and half an acre
It's better land than yourn, too, and you
know it, Squire. Well, what is tits, and
can't be tiser but reckon, Squire, I've
beat you on sugar. bought, last week,
two barrels of sugar at six cents, when ev-
erybody else had to give seven. Beat that,
Ell % .
with all ease, Uncle Joe; bought mine
at five cents
mo. sir; don't believe it. Now say
where ?"
Sat the house of W & Co. got
rare bargain. You see they advertised in
the paper that they were selling off at cost
I knew that groceries would go quick, so l
went in and bought years supply. Their
not pay the money, either, for they took
my United States land warrant at 81 so per
acre.
'.Now, now, Squire that can't be, for
my lawyer told me that it wasn't legal to
sell my land warrant"
very true, some time ago; but the
news came lately in the paper that Congress
had made them assignabe''
':Well, 'tisn'L lair it's rascally! What
right had these editors to get all the news
and keep it to themselves 90
''Ah Uncle Joe, you misunderstood it.
Editors aud printers labor night and day to
gather the news and give it 10 the people
to instruct their reaiers-to inform them
of all the Improvements of the age, and anne
liorate the condition of society. Their paper
goes abroad, recommending our people and
country to intelligent emigranLs. Can they
labor thus for nothing? Should they not
he paid? Is there man not benefited by
paper Is not every subscriber repaid four
fold for the pittance of two dollars, his sub
scription price 90
stop. Squire stop right therel I an,
going to take the paper. I'll take six. and
will send some back 10 my kin-foIks in Geor-
gia.''
"You needn't go so far as that-here's
the editor. right in the ROOM
Here the parties rushed in upon Us, where
we were acting most admirably the part of
a person fast asleep. It is enough for as to
say, that after an introduction. the name of
JOAQUIN Guile was entered upon our note
book as a subscriber-paid in advance.
And now, when the parties alluded to
shall read this, we hope they will pardon Us
for giving to the public the substantial facts
urged by the Squire. aiding US SO effectually
in ''Getting Subscriber. ''-AHeriedn dr.
tisaB.