Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

too late"
But Josiah asked the price, and said
he wasn'tgoin' to pay out no 00dollars
for he wuzzent able. Butthe man asked
if he was willin' to have it brought into
the house for aspell-we could dot wa,
mind to about buyin it; and, of course
we couldn't refuse, so Josiah almost broke
his back liftin' it in. And they sot il
up in the parlor, and after dinner the
man went away.
l had just got back to my washin' agir
Il had had to put it away to get dinner,
when l heard knockin' again to the
front door, and | pulled down my dress
sleeves, and went and opened it, and
there stood tall, slim feller, and the
kitchen bein' all cluttered up, opened
the parlor door, and asked him in there
And the minute he ketched sight of that
piano, he just lifted up both hands, and
says he,
You hsint got one of them here! !"
He looked so Mortified that it skairt
me, and says | in almosttremblin' tones.
"What is the matter with 'em ?" and
| added, in a cheerful tone, I'VE haint
bought it."
He looked more cheerful too as / said
it, and, says he, " You may be thankful
enough that you haint. There haint no
music in 'em at all. Hear that" says
he, goin' up, and strikin, the very top
note. 1t did sound fiat enough.
Says l, "There must be more music in
it than that, though haint no judge at
ALL"
"Wall, hear that, then" and he went
and struck the very bottom note. "You
see just what it is, from top to bottom.
But it haint its total lack of music that
makes me despise pianos so, it is because
they are so dangerous.
Dangerous ?" says l.
"Yes, on thunder storms, you see, .
says he, liftin' up the cover. Here it
is, all wire, enough for 80 lightnin' rods
draw all the lightnin' right into the
room. Awful dangerousl No money
would tempt me to have onein my house,
with my wife and daughter. l shouldn't
sleep wink thinkin had exposed 'em
to such danger
"Good Lordl" says l, al never
thought on it before"
Wall, now you have thought of it.
You see plainly that an organ is just
what you need. They are full of music,
safe, healthy and don't cost half SO
much"
Says l, "An organ is what we set our
minds on at first"
"Wall, I've got one out here, and |
will bring it in."
What is the price, said |.
$780," says he.
"There won't be no need of bringing
it in at that price" says |, !" for l have
heard Josiah say, that he wouldn't give
a cent over q hundred dollars for one. -
"Wall," says the feller, I'll tell you
what I'll do. Your countenance looks
SO kinder natural to me, and | like the
looks of the country round here SO well,
that if your mind is made up on the
price you want to pay, won't let tri-
fle of so dollars part US. You can have
it for 10O."
Wall, the end ont was, he brung it
in, and sot it up the other end of the
parlor, and drove off. And when Jo-
siah came in from his work and the
children came home from school, they
liked it first rate.
But the very next day, new agent
came, and he looked awful skairt when
he ketched sight of that organ, and aw-
full mad and indignant too.
That villain haint been a tryin' to
get one of them organs off onto you, has
he T" says he.
What is the trouble with 'em ? (" says
| in an awe-struck tone, for he looked
bad.
Why" said he, +" there is a heavy
mortgage on every one of his organs. If
you bought one of him and paid for it, it
would be liable to be taken away from
you any minute, when you was right in
the middle of tune, leavin' you a set
tin on the stool, and you would lose
every cent of your money"
Good gracious " says l, for it skairt
me to think what narrow chance we
had run. Wall, finally he brung In one
of hisen, and set it up in the kitchen,
the parlor bein, full on 'em.
Wall, he driv of, and he hadn't more'n
got out of sight when the first organ
man came, and l treated him pretty cool
thinkin' in my own mind how he had
tried to cheat us. He see my frigidness
and asked me to tell him what was the
matter, and | finally up and told him.
And then how that man swore. He said