Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-19

ALL fa.
Il wall. hear that, then and he Went an(
struck the very bottom note. You SCI
just what it is, from top TO bottom. bu
it haint it's total lack Of music that makes
me despise pianos so, it is because they are
SO dangerous.
Dangerous ?" says I.
Yes, in thunder storms, you see, says
he. liftin' UP the cover Here it is, al
wire-enough for so lightnin' rods-draw
the lightnin' right into the room. Awful
dangerous! No money would temptme to
have one in my house, with my wife and
daughter. I shouldn't sleep wink think
in had exposed 'em to such danger
4 Good Lord 7 says I, never thought on
it before e Fl
| wall, now you have thought Of it. You
see plainly that an organ is just what you
4 need. They are full of music, safe, healthy
and don't cost half so much.'
Says I, AN organ was what we had set
our minds on at first
wall, I have got one out here, and l
will bring it in.' ea st|
What is the price p says L.
's$200,' says he. ...s
There won't be no need of bringin' it in
at that price, says I, for Ihave heard Jo-
siah say that he wouldn't give cent over
a hundred and fifty dollars for one
Wall, says the Teller, 'I'll tell you what
! I'll do. Your countenance looks so kind
er natural to me, and I like the looks of
the country round here so well, that your
mind is made up on the price you want to
pay, won't Let a trifle of $50 part u.s.
You can have it for $780,
Wall, the end ont was, he brung it in,
and sot it up the other end of the parlor,
and drove Off And when Josiah came in
from his work, and the children came
home from school, they liked it first
| rate. Bel
| But the very next day, new agent
came, and he looked awful skairt when he
ketched sight of that organ, and awful
and indignant, too. f
That william haint been tryin' to get
one of them organs off onto you, has he p
says he.
| What is the trouble with 'em? says
l
1, in a awe-struck tone, for he looked
| bad. s9 q
Why says he, there is heavy mort
gage on every one of his organs. If you
| bought one of him, and paid for it, it
would be liable to be took away from you
any minute, when you was right in the
middle of a tune, leavin' you a settin' on
fha or Of
| your money
Good gracious = says I, for he skairt me
| to think what narrow chance we had
run. Wall, finally, he brung in one of
his'n, and set it up in the kitchen, the par
lor bein full on 'em.
Wall, he driv off, and he hadn't more'n
got out of sight, when the first organ man
came, and treated him pretty cool, think
in in my own mind how he had tried to
cheat us. He see my Brightness, ana ask
ed me TO tell him what was the matter,
and finally up and told him. And then,
( oh, how that man swore. He said, the
teller that just left was the biggest liar in
North America. He had been turned out
of church after church jest for lyin;' and
then he offered to bring down lawyer to
prove. it was a lie, and says he, III swear
to it,
You have sworn enough about it now,'
says coolly and almost frigidly, for L was
gettin out Of patience with the whole ca
Doodle of them.
! Wall. the next day a new one come. He
asked 200 and 25 dollars for hisen in the
first place; but when Josiah told him he
had had one offered to him for $50, he
said we might have his for 40 dollars, and
he would throw in stool and a tune book
and spread for it.
Can't you throw in nice little melo-
deon?' says Josiah, for it sickened that
man to see 'em 60 on. To see man fall
down IS dollars to one fall.
That Teller, hung round the biggest part
Of the day; was there to dinner and sup
per but Josiah didn't give him no decided
answer, and finally he went off. But no
sooner would one swarm 60 than another
would come and before the week was out
the house was chock full; you couldn't
turn round without hittin' against sswin'
machine, OF piano, or sumthin'.
And the fellers a comm and goin at all
hours. For spell at first, Josiah would
come in and talk with 'em, but after
while he got tired out, and when he would
see one comm, he would start on run
for the barn and hide, and / would have to
stand the brunt of it alone. One Teller see
Josiah runnin' for the barn, and he fol-
Tered him in, and Josiah dove under the
barn, as I found out afterward. / hap
pened to see him crawlin' out after the
Teller drove off. Josiah come in a shakin'
himself for he was all covered with straw
and feathers, and says he,
II will buy gun the first hard work l
do.'
Says I, II would be ashamed Of myself,
Josiah Allen. I guess it haint no harder
for you than it is for me.''
3" Well, 1 was calculatin' to make it
easier for you. What do you suppose I
was a goin' to shootin' em for? 1t would
help you as much as it would me to thin
'em off a little
Says l, Josiah, to say nothin' of the
wickedness of it, it wouldn't do no good.
Don't you remember the fox in the BRAN
bles Let the old swarm remain, for if
you drive 'em off, a hungryer set would
come, and then Should be utterly de-
voured.' f'i@
Wall, this took place about noon. | had
a awful headache, and told Josiah, says I,
4 How 1 am goin' to tussle with them
agents this afternoon, 1 don't know, en-
joyin' such poor health as do to-day
] When | felt well could get along with
'em better, but it didn't seem to me as if I
could argue with 'em all the afternoon,