The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-12-23
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i can t ses it, said Buff, r. 'N9boiy
reads all these little adverts, IN cuts. ls
prepostcrous to think it.
Bat said the editor, "you read ". at
Interests you p
'Yes.
'And ii there's anything that you par
ticularly want, you look for it?
Certainly.
We'll, among the thousands upon thou
sands who help to make up this busy
world Of ours everything that is printed
is read. Sheer as you please, | do assure
you that printers ink is the true open Sc
same to all business success
And still Buffer couldn't see it. He
didn't believe that one half of those little
crowded advertisements were ever read.
Suppose you try the experiment said
the editor. Just slip in an advertise
meDt Of the want Of one of the most com.
mon things in the world. For the sake
Of the test | will give it two inserIors
free. Two will be enough aud you may
have it jammed into any out.of.lhe.way
nook Of my paper you shall select. Two
insertions, Of only two lines. Will you
try it?'
Buffer said of course he would try it,
And he selected the place where he would
have it pubished-crowded under Tho
head of Wants" And he waited uLd
saw proof of his advertiseul, Ut Wh.ca
appeared as follows -
WANTED-A good House Dog. Afp'y to ].
Bnnet, 90 rOwaeT stIcet, bctwctIi tho i'-u q II
. ANA , p. Ia.
Buffer went away, smiling aud nodJirc.
On the following morning he opened ia
paper, and after deal of hunting he
found his advertisement. At first it cd
oot seem at all conspicuous, Certainly
80 insignificant paragraph, buried 10 such
wilderness Of paragraphs, could not at
tract notice. After time it began to
look moro noticeable to him. The more
he looked at it tho palmer it grew. Fin
ally it gared at him from the closely
printed page. But that was because he
was the person particularly interested
OF course it would appear conspicuous to
him. But it could not be so to others.
That evening, Mr.. Buffer was just sit-
ting down to tea (Buffer was a plain,olt-
fashioned man, and took tea at 6) Shen
his door bell was rung. The servant an-
nounced that mau was at the door with
dog to sell.
Tell him don't want one.
Six times Buffer was interrupted while
taking tea by men with dogs to sell.
Buffer was a man who would not lie.
He had put his foot in, and be must take
it out msnfully. Tho twenty.third ap.
plicant was small boy, with a gnl in
company, who had ragged, dirty P cdlc
for sale. Buffer bought the poodle OF
the boy, and Immediately presented it
to the girl, and then sent them of.
To the next applicant he was able
truthfuly to answer-"Dou't want any
more. have bought one"
The stream of callers continued until
pear 70 o'clock, at which hour Buffer
locked up and turned of the gas.
On the following evening, as Buffer
approached his house, he found 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 quality
Of whine, yelp, bark, growl aud howl
Buffer addressed the motley multitude,
and informed them that he had purchased
dog.
Then what dyer advertise for 2
r And Buffer got his hat knocked over
/, his eyes before he reached tho sanctuary
OF his home.
, Never mind about the trials and tribu-
/ lations of that night. Buffer had bad 90
idea that there were so many dog in ex-
: istence. With the aid of three police
men he got through alive. On the next
morning he visited his friend the editor,
a and acknowledged the corn. The ad.
Q vertisement Of wanted was taken out,
' and in the most conspicuous place, and in
Q glaring type, he advertised that De didn't
= want any moro dogs. And for this ad-
O vertisement he paid Then he went homo
aud posted upon his door-"Gone into
n the country" Then he hired special
n policeman to guard his property; and
!, then he looked up aud went away with
his family.
4 From that day, Josephus Buffer as
e never been heard to express doubts c. n
( cerning the efficacy of printers ink ; oi'
!. ther has he asked, Who reads udler'
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