The Hickman courier., 1874-03-07

1 can see II, said Buffer "%o
body reads III these Iitsle adycrsemeni.
Its prepo,terous to think it.
But" said the editor, you rea,
what interests you ?"
And if there's anything tina, yo,
Particularly want, you look TOR it p
"Ceraiuly'
Well-among the thousands upou
sAousands who help 60 t,sslss-.., ~ ,ss,is. -.
q 5si41e e Is issa "i Shesf si AZ : pisase
DO assure you that printer. lux i4
the true ope,t sesame to all bAslness
sucGess.'
Aud still Buffer couldn't see il. lie
didn't believe that one half of those
little. cru Sded advertisements wore ever
read
suppose you try the experiment.
said Inc editor just sllp in an al
vertissment Of the waut ot Que of The
most common thugs 10 tho world Fvr
tie sake OF the test | will give IL two
Insertions free Two viii b- enough !;
and you may have it jamlHed iuto any
Vut Vt theu@y uook OF tny paper you
shall select Two insertions, Of only
i've lines. viii you try it?'
Buffer said Of course he would try
L. Aud be selected the place where
gould have il publi-hsd-ero@drd
- auder the head OF Wants " Aud
he waited auI -aw q proof OF his ad
yertiseuent. which appeared IS foilow-:
"w kSrgD.-A good House Dog. Apply
A.
- hours Of and ?. ~
Buffer went away smiling aud nod
diIg. Ga the following incoming he
opeued hl- paper. aud after deal oil
hunting, he found his aIvertisene
Al hrst it did not seem at al cons picu
Gus Certainly - Insignificant para
graph could not attract notice Asier
4 tIu4e, however 1t began u look more
notieeabis to him. The more be look
ed at il the palmer it grew I'iually
il giared at him from the closely priur
page Blt that was because be was
the person particularly interested. Of
course u you'd appear cou,pirnou- 10
hiln Bat il c7aid not be - to 1iLsrs
That evening Mr. Balfer was ju-,
sitting down TO Tea Buffer vas a plain.
old fashioned msu aud took tea 81 six
Wheu bis door bell was ruoe The
servant ANNOUNCED thar man was at
the door w,ih :. du-, 80 sci!
Tell him isn't want one
SIX times Budsr VA interrupte4
While taking tea By nen with dog. To-
sell Buffer was man VIII, would
1ot lie iIe had put his .fn9t. l., .eed
twenty third applicant was a sn1aiI boy,
with girl 10 company "ho had q rag
ged dirty poodle for safe. BdGcr
Bought the poodle of the boy. and im
mediateiy presented II 70 The girl, ani
then sent theni of
To the next applicant he was able
aufhfully to ausWer,--
"Doa't wantAny more I've bought
one
The stream Of caller. continued uu-
III near ten O'Clock, at which hour
Buffer locked up aud Turned out the
lamp
On the following evening, as BaTsr
approached liis house, he foupd crowd
assem- bled lie counted thirty
unen aud boys, each Que Of whom had
a dog in to~ There were dogs Of
e,ery qulsty Of whine. yslp growi,
bnrk. and howl Buffer addressed the
motley multitude. aud Informed them
that he had purchased dog.
"Then what dyer advertise for !?
Aud Buffer got his hat kuocked over
bis eyes before lac reached The s4uctua
rSsnf his home
'Hever mind about the trials aud
tribulatious OF that night. Buffer had
no idea that there were - many dogs
10 existence With the aid OF three
aoli.eman he got through alive On
nv ss7hext morniug he visited his f,ieud
The editor. Cud Acknowledged the corn
The advertisement Of wanted was
;akeu out, aud 10 the most con, picuous
place and in glariag type. he adver
Used that be didu't waut any more
dogs. Aud tor this advertisement he
paid Theu he went home and posted
upon his door-"Gone into the Coun-
try Theu he hired special police
man to guard his property aud then
he locked up, aud seat away With his
family.
From that day Josephus Buffer has
uever been heard 70 express doubts
Conserving The efficacy of printer $ lux ;
neither has he asked "NVho reads ad
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