The weekly Louisianian., 1874-06-13
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d About eight syeel'lss ago. While i!
. dinner with my family. /. waz, in,
= = formed that thur vaz a geutlemnr
'-fin the parlof' 'wh6 7 must zee me
. i.naeeiately on very iessssa ipa9stapt t. ibizi.
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? Fastening from the table / found
ny self in the presence OF l plainly
!. dresesa. but very, nervous man, who
informed me that he was canvassine
: mi distrfkt tor the aale of DR..
Erastus Spignots new. work entitled
1.-THE Normal Ciircdlashun q, ov. the
Blood" ,,s-.s :...s>. =, =. ..,..,. 80,
I at once informed the man, that
I did not want the work.
He then began a long account ov.
its value and importance to every.
Fhuman being, when broke in upon
his eloquence by repeating "that.
I did not want the book, ~...
He continued hi telling mo that.
no library would be komplete with
out it. Again I dektared in the.
most postif terms that j did not
want the, book. ..:ss:. = t.,.:
At this point the stranger seated
himself in a chair, add deliberately
drew the book in question out ov
his satchel, informed me that no
gentleman TO- whom he had offered.
it had failed to subscribe. ~
| Growing desperate j dekrared in,
the most emfatik tone .that i would
not hev the book at any price"
Rising from his chair he took oph.
his overcoat, and, throwing, il csrs--
flessly on the sofa struck an atti-
tude, and for ten minutes gave tho
most glowing akount ov the circu--
lashum ov tho anatomy oy man,
that ever listened to. -
: I once more assured him, in q
beseeching manner, THAT i did not
want the book"
Seating himself again in the chair,
and wiping the drops ov perspira-
shun from his brow; he went back
to the days ov Adam and Eve, and
for an hour talked ez no man ever
talked before on the various dis.
eases the human sistem. was sabiekt
to, closing with = vivid recital: ov.
the: :oirculashun of the blood. ;,.,<...
Again insisted upon it that the.
book would be ov no use to me and
that would not hev it.
Springing from his. seat with his
book inzhis hend. and bisayes fash
ing fire. and his whole manner
intense, he: began to sho me it's kon-
tents. commencing, at the title
page- :.s ,v~ To ...4..>,
, I saw at last that it was wuss
than madness to resist any longer,
10 i subscribed for the book, con-
soling miself with the reaecshun.
that if ever had o book to sell
miselfi i would hev it sold by SUBJ
skrpishun. .s.
The more i think ov it, i am SO j.
aelited with the pious energy and
long suffering ov the book can :.
Vasser, that i wouldn't sell book
my other way. y...-.
He is a man whom yn kant
'skape any more than yu kan your.
'wn shadow he follows his victim :
Ike ghost and hangs around him
yrinning like an undertaken.
The only way tn git rid ov him is.
u subskribe at once, and let him
70 for the next phellow. -.
The shaviug-sope man, and the
lie insurance agent are very good !;
n their way, but they don't kom- :
,are with the book-canvasscr for .
lively work any more than the PEN, :
i've 'cock-roch dog to the red-hot !:
nuskeeto. IT, Z. .s.4e
They steal on yu like kat on o. {.
mouse when yu: amt looking for. l.
en-, and, like the fy in the spiderts~' !.
veb, the more yu try tn get out tho i.
urther IN ait in. <,1s4z:1
! love the book-canyeseer ho1f,