Middletown transcript., 1873-11-22
Made to "see ] IT,


body reads all thess lit . advertise
mesas. Ies prspos,erous to think it,"
..But," ssid the editor 'yos read
What interests you r
..Yes."
.And i. there's anything that you
particularly want, you look for it =
Certainly"
"Wsll, among the thousands upon
thousauds who help TO make no this
busy world Of ours everything that 10
printed is read. Sueer ~ you please,
/ do sssure you that printers ink is
the true opea sesame tS hii business
success" :.
And still Buffer couldn Z see 1t. lie
didn't believe that oue-h nlf OF those
little, crowded advertise nents we're
ever read. :.
..Supposc YOU try the Experiment,
said the editor. Jus, slip in an ad-
vsrtisemcut Of the want of one OF the
most common things in the world.
For the sake Of tho test will give it
two insertions free. I wo will be
eneuph : and you may have ii jammed
;nto apv out-of-the- way nook Of my
paper you shall select. Two in'er-
tions. Of only two lines. Will you
try it?' :,
Batter said Of course hd would try
il. And he selected the place where
hc would have it publishd dd--erowded
in under the head Of Tvs an's. And
ho waited and saw proof OF his ad-
vertisement. which appea red US fol-
lows:
wAsrKp. good lionse Dig Apply 10
J. Buffer, 5I5 Towser street between Tue
hours Of q and 9r.n
Buffer went away smiling and nod
ding. On tho following morning he
opened his paper. aud after deal Of
hunting he found his advertisement
Al first II did not seem at I'LL conspicu-
Gus. Certainly SO insignificant
paragraph. buried in sucli wilder
ness Of paragraphs, could not attract
no,;.c After time, however, il
began to look more notice holc to him.
The more he looked at It the palmer
Il grew. Finally it glat red ut him
from the closely printed page. But
shat was because he was she person
particularly interested. u course 1t
would appear conspicuous 70 hun But
il could no, be SO to other
That evening Mr.. Butter was Just
sitting down 10 tea( Butler was plain,
old.fashioucd man, aud took tea at
six) when bis door-bell was rung.
The servant announced bat man
MAS at the door with dos to sell.
"Tcll him don't want one
Six times Buffer was interrupted
while taking tea by msa v ith dogs to
sell. Buffer was man who would
not lie. He had put bis foot in, and
he must take /. out man fully The
twentv.third applicant was a small boy,
vith 4 rirl in com nipany, who had a
ragged dirty poodle fsr sale. Butler
bought tho poodle Of ,h 70 boy. aud
immediately presented it 10 the girl,
aAd then sent them of.
To The next applicant lie was able
truthfully to answer" Don't want
any more. I've bought o no.
Tho stream Of callers CO ntinued un'
iii ten o'clock, Mt which hour Buffer
locked up and turned Off the gas.
On the following evening, as Buff
or approached his house, be found
crowd assembled. He counted thirty
nine men and boys, each . nc OF whom
had dog in tow. There were dog
Of every grade, size aud color, and
dogs Of every quality OF whine, yelp
bark, growl and howl. Butler ad
dressed tho motley multitude, and in
formed them that he had purchased
dog. =,
.Then what dyer ndvt trtise for 2
And Buffer got his hat Knocked 0
yer his eyes before he reached tb
sanctuary Of his home.
Nsvor mind about the trials an'
tribul.tions Of that night. Buffer hal
had no idea that there were 50 man
dogs In existence. With the aid
three policemen he got tn tough alive
On tho next morning he visited bi
friend. the editor, aud acknowledge
the corn. The advertisement WANT
I'D" was taken out, aud in the MOI
conspicuous place, aud in elaring type
he advertised that hc didn't want an
more dogs. And for this advsrtis,
sneus hc paid. Then he wcut hou
and pasted upon his do cor---"GoS
INTO rnE COUNTRY. Then he hire
Z ssssial policeman to guard his proI
,sfsS and then be locked hp and Vol
ss1y with hin fhnily. ,s .l.s .
From that day. Jssephus Buffer b.
.iasef bsen heard TO express doul
sosessaisg the efficacy Of printer
I'M neiihsf has he asked, --"Wt
reads advertisements ?"--Ledyer.
The dome of 81. Paul's 10 Ill 70
hiah; sf 81 Peters. 155 feet, aud
the 1869 Exhibisiou. $50 feet; Il
height Of the Rotunda in tho Pratt
It visnns u 854 lsst; ~ Rotuud
viii ~ dome, b nsss thsn triple Il
sias u 81, Pstsr's; IL sireumlsrsa'
b $50 feet, or, including the q
teeioe eolonada, 40 feet; its heig
- - a,pIns a. The doma = 200 r.