Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-07-03
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THE BENEFITS OF ADvERTIsING.-Do
I believe in advertising? Certainly 1 do !:
I have seen its benefits too often to doubt
that it pays big. remember the case Of
Cushman right here. He saw an adver-
tisement of ga dog wanted" and while
crawling under the bed to get hold OF one
Of those numerous CANNES always to be
found on premises, he found his new ak,
which had been lost for three months, half
a key of nails, and enough coal to last him
week. That wasn't all; he sold the dog
for three dollars, stole him back the same
night and resold him to stranger for
= twelve shillings.
A neighbor of mine once asked my ad-
vice about advertising for boarders, and [
told him by all means to advertise. He
inserted three or four1nes in Il daily paper,
costing thirty OF forty cents, and in two
days after his house was jam full of board
ers. The crowd was composed of his
brothers wife and nine children, who
learned his address through the advertise
ment, and if that man wasn't satisfied OF
the benefits of advertising before he got
that family off his hands, then his count'-
nance lied.
There was Dunnback. He inserted a
tWO-line advertisement saying that he had
some choice grapes to sell. The paper was
published at five O'Clock in the evening,
and before daylight the next morning
every pound of grapes was gone. | have
understood that they went off in bags dur
ing the night, but that makes no difference
/ am showing that people read and heed
advertisements.
[ now remember a young man who adj
vertised for an easy situation where a
Young man could render himself useful
and receive a small salary. Some people
laughed at him, but advised him to stick
to his faith in advertising. 1t wasn't long
before he secured such situation.
don't exactly remember where it Was, but
think they called the place Sing-Sing, or
some other name. AT any rate, all he has
to do is to sit on Il bench and drive pegs
into shoes, and they are going to keep linn
for ten years.
There was the case of Taylor. He adj
vertised for information concerning his
long-lost brother, whom he had not seen
for twenty-one years, and a Texas vigil
lance committee sent him one of the pref
tieSt ropes you ever set eyes On-Worth ten
times the cost of the advertisement. They
said it was all that was left of the long
lost.-lM. Quad.
Slightly sarcastic was the clergyman
who paused and addressed man coming
into church after the sermon had begun,
with the remark: 'Glad to see you, sir,
come in; always glad to see those here late
who cam come early ;" and decidedly
self-possessed was the man thus addressed :,
in the presence of an aStonished congrega-
ton, as he responded: 'Thank you :;
would you favor me with the text 20
A fair and bnxom widow in Portland
Maine, who had buried three husbands,
recently went with a gentleman, who had
paid her marked attention III the days of
his adolescence, to inspect the graves of her
dear departed. After contemplating them
some minutes in mournful silence she
murmured to her companion, ''Ah Joe
you might have been i'll that row if you
had only had d little more courage
People who like to do things on the spur
of the moment should emigrate to Hard
ing county, Iowa. A couple there were
recently married, and after the ceremony
the bride was obliged to ask her husband
what his name was The parties had only
been acquainted few hours.
Breakfast for ninety-nine," said d
waiter to a verdant clerk at a hotel not
long ago. Thunder. ~ said the clerk
"we can't do it," The waiter explained
that ninety -lline was the number OF the
room.
Scott county, Minnesota, contains an
extensive Limberger cheese factory. The
cheese is declared to be ripe when piece
the size of bean will drive dog out of a
lanyard.
''This summer ladies are going to dress
the: hair as they did three hundred years
ago." says an exchange. This makes some
OIL the lauleS pretty OLD.
A good little Bangor boy refused to spell
cider because he had signed the pledge
That excuse hadn't the requisite thick
ness, and the boy WAS sent to his seat to
learn his lesson.
The prominent pious women Of Boston
are described by Norah Perry as ''given to
lankiness, slinkiness, and an touchdown
in-the-back expression
81 never get trusted for hat" said
spend-thift, ''because / should then feel
as though | were in debt over head and
ears"
81 say" said a rough fellow to fop
with conspicuous bow-legs, II say don't
you have to have your pantaleons cut with
a circular saw 2"
A matter-of-fact old gentleman thinks it
must be veY small baseball that can lie
caught on