The Van Buren press., 1873-12-02
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81 can't see it, . said Buffer. "No
| ody reads all these little advertisements
It's preposterous to think it "
But. said the editor, you read
what interests youi"
Yes
"And if there's anything that you
particularly want yeu look for -
Certainly
"Well, amens the thousands upon
thousands who help to make up this busy
world Of ours everything that is printed
is read. Sheer as you please. do assure
~.,c in AN printer's ink 10 the true open
> = ..s.r,s ~ all business success
And still BulF,r couldn't see it, He
didn't believe that one half Of those lit.
tls, crowded advertisements were ever
read.
Suppose you try the experiment, "
said the editor Just slip in an adver
,isemept Of the want OF ono Of the most
common things in the world. For the
sake of the test will give it tive inser.
lions free. Two will DO enough and
you may have it jammsd into any out Of
the.way nook Of my paper you shall Sc
lect Two insertions, Of emily two lines
viii you try it?
Buffer said OF course he would try it
And he selected the place where he wOald
have it pubished-crowd in under the
head OF" Wants And he waited and
saw proof Of his advertisement, which
appeared as follows:
WANTED A good House Dog. Ap-
ply to j. Buffer, 675 Towser street, be.
tween the hours Of and 9 r. VI.
Buffer won't away smiling sgd ned
ding, On the following morning he
opened his paper and after deal Of
hunting he found his Advertisement At
arit it did not seem at all conspicuous
Certainly so insignificant n + arasraph,
buried in such wilderness Of paragraphs,
could not attract notice After time
however. it began to look more noticea.
bic TO him. The moore he looked at it
tha palmer it grew. Finally it garsd at
him from the closely. printed page But
that was because he was the person par
ticularly interested or course it would
appear conspicuous to him But it could
net be so 10 Others
v'V'iHh MI WAS JNet bIb
ting down to tea (Butier was plain,
old fashioned man, and took tea ut six J
when his door.bell was rung. The ser.
want announced that a man was at the
door with dog to sell.
Tell him l don't want ono
Six times Buffer was interrupted while
taking tea by men with dogs 10 sell Buff
fer was man who would not lie. He
had put his foot in. and he must take it
out manfulIy. The twenty third appli-
cant was small boy, with q griffin com
pany, who had ragged, dirty poodle for
sale. Batter bought the poodle OF the
boy, and Immediately presented it to the
girl, and then sent thom Off.
To the next applicant he was able
truthfully to answer Don't want any
more. I've bought one,
The stream Of callers continued until
near ten O'Clock, at which hour Burer
locked up and turned of tho gas.
On the following evening, as Buffer
approached his house, he found n crowd
assembled. He counted thirty nine men
and boys, each one Of whom had dog
in tow There were dogs OF every grade.
size, and color, and dogs of every quail.
i.y Of whine, yolp, bark, growl, and howl
Buffer addressed tho mou multitude
and informed them that he had purchase
adog.
Then what dyer advertise far7'
And Butler got his hat knocked over
his eyes before he reached the ssnclusry
Of his home.
Never mind about the trials and trib.
ulations OF that night. Buffer had had
no idea that tYere were 50 many dogs in
existence. WtA the aid of three police.
men he got through alive On the next
morning he visited his friend the editor,
and acknowledged tho csrn. The adver
tiserisnt Of pdatea" WAS taken out, ,sr d
in the most conspicuous place, and in
glaring type, he advertised that he didn !
want any more dogs And for this ad-
vertiscment he psid. Then he went home
and pssted upon his door" GoSE INTO
THE COUNTRY Then be hired special
policeman to guard his property ani
then he locked up and went away with
his family.
From that day, Josephus Buffer has
a~"-cr bsen heard to express doubts con
corning the efficacy OF printsr's lax
neither has he asked" Nhs reads al.
yertiscncn,s?" ~ Ledger.