American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14
CHEAP JOHN. F."
From tie New York Evening Post,


/ the least noticeable, are the " Cheap
John " establishments, at its junction
with Chatham street.
Having no license as an auctioneer
he does not profess to sell by auction,
but mounts a platform and disposes
of goods by an original eloqtence
well suited to the locality and his
hearers. He sells Yankee notions
and mems ready made clothing, but
mo eatables or dry goods. Articles
of apparel at his door are emhlazOn-
ed with the Recommendations, Neat"
- Imposing Cheapest Store III
New York; "Call at the Halt-price
Store" " Judge for YOURSELF g Save
Half Your Money" "s40,000 Worth
of Goods" a dapper little Office
coat is labeled "Bully p m defer
ence to the great sensation Of the
moment, a pair Of ten-cent worsted
socks are cognomened "Black Crook
and as a clinching endorsement, a
square Old woolen shirt Is headed
g Our, Make
The several doors of TIE entrance
being thrown open, the street air is
vocal with Cheap Johns notes, and
the crowd StrayS in to hear him.
His improyising talents are great,
/ though his grammar and versifca-
tion would lot hear remark. He says
ianythiltg that arises to his mind,
somewhat to this effect:
"Ainerican fellow citizens: I'm
accustomed as am to public speak
Ing, / tell you what it is. This IS d
free country: but -ou can't do what
YOU like; your whisky's stopped of a
Sunday"
This serves to initiate an lllustra-
tive snatch ofmelody:
Happy land happy land
Breaking stones and selling sand"
-" Gentlemen, will now offer you
a feather-edged, silveT-steeled razor,
| guarantee that if you take it home
and put it under your pillow, you
viii lind yourself ready shared i'll the
morning. There-a whole shop
soap, strop, razor and brush FOR fifty
cents. Sold-you take one, sir, sold
1r .+1 ,,,,- MON, ,,ap+lo
'oi,t ", ''riV,-l T-Io 80 shaTad ~ +ho
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ilhoI II1I liIiis iS ~, ;,,ton5od !,
CilI"l' 80 80 -, "
'Lie q ,llo' 10 -; - Is, ,,a,,+i+,, In pro
, - ''el sSt.-u7 ~; "''' 80 ~ sell
oee''s = CA }s,5iT ''L'5itI tiRaooo " onIy
ou - ,e...e 'l'l-''s'-t t5irs+ voI,
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SI SHIFT ~ ~ ;ir1 nv ni ',iH taaJ time Won Get
your monev's worth.
=. Gentlemen. here are socks with 4
double heel and double toes. spring
tons. cIipper built. COPPER fastened,
very strong. and never wear out
wear 'em for three weeks. drv 'em in
the sun, and make ccdfsh balls of
EN-.
"Nuw, gentlemen, the next article
| offer YOU is some beautiful cologne.
\ beautiful article for shatnpoonin'
the head, opcnin' the pores of the
skin, and allowiu' the sweat to evap-
crate through the human frame. As
an elaborator and purifier to the
beautiful form Of female loneliness it
cannot he eyceIled. | will give 'em
for one dollar and Seventv-fve cents;
will YOU take 'em for one fifty! Take
'em for one twenty-fve-and there
they % for a dollar Nobody wants
'em hey. Wei, you're a scurvy lot.
You smell worse than cologne;
you'd better wash Yourselves. Come,
oct out Your dirty handkerchief!
Well. give me six shillings for it
take it for fifty cents-sold, sold
again. 10 inan with a shirt on.
4" Now. gents, III put rou up a
beautiful four. hladed knife. which
will cut thick or thin, wet or dry,
double or single. suit one and all,
great and small. lame or lazy, married
or siuole. fit for a miner, cobblet,
soldier. tinker or tailor. Take the
large blade: vou can use it for a
razor. 90 over vour face as slick as
grease and a little slicker, and put
you in no more pain while YOU are
yourself. than a bug going
over a cabbage leafin the month Of
June. Who'll take a pair for a dol.
,I,nonasI, ~ onti,.o s+ool- nf.arinG