The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-27
OUR SUFFERENS WITH
AGENTS.
BY JOSIAH ALIENS WIFE.

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ner Josiah, is attached to me with firm ant
almost casti.ron devotedness'
But says to him..
JOSIAH, had rather Tirzah Ann woul
have an organ, because If she IS ever goin' I
learn n play. now is the time And hay
got n couple of SEWN machines, that hav
run pretty well for upwards of-Well,
hain't no matter how many years, but quit
number, anyway.
But Josiah hung on to that machine, antt
Tirzah Ann seemed sot onto her organ, and
finally, Josiah ups, and says lie, Il Will sc
both on EN- And Tirzah and me thought
we would let him have his head in the mat
ter.
So It got out that we were goIn' to buy Q
SEWN machine and organ. Wall, we made
up our minds on Friday, pretty late IN The
afternoon and on Monday forenoon was a
Hashin' when heard knock at the lroh'
door, and wruns my hands out OF the wafer
and went and opened it. =,
A slick looking fellow stood there, and l
invited him in, ana set him chair
Il hear YOU are talkin' of buyin' a musical
instrument for your daughter says he
No says I, we are goin' to buy an organ.
WALL saws he, Il want to advise you, not
that | had any interest in it at all, only uon
want to see you imposed upon. III larry
makes me mad to see q Methodist imposed
upon. lean toward the persuasion myself.
Organs are liable to fall to pieces NJ any MIN
ute There haint no dependence on EN- at
all. the insides of 'em are liable to break out
any minute. Ifyou have any regard for your
own welfare and safety, you Will buy piano.
Not that have any interest in advising you,
only nv stern devotion to the cause OF right.
Pianos never wear out
where should we go to get one says |, for
I didn't want Josiah to throw away his prop.
erty.
Wall says he, las it happens, guess I
have rot one ont here in the wagon. l threw
one intothe bottom of the wagon this mornln,
as was comm down by here on business.
! | am glad now that l did, for it always makes
me feel ugly to see a Methodist imposed
upon
Josiah came into the house in few min
utes, and | told him about it; and, says |, How
lucky it is, Josiah, that we found out about
organs, before il was too late.
But Josiah asked the price, and said he
wasn't goin' to pay out no 400 dollars for he
wuzznt able. But the man asked if he was
willn' to have it brOaght into the house tor a
spell-we could do as we was Il mind to about
buyin'; so Josiah almost broke his back
liftin' it in. And they sot it up in the parlor,
and after dinner the man went away.
| had just got back to my wasAn' agin' Il
had had to put it away to get dinner when
heard knockin' again at the front door and
pulled down my dress sleeves, and went and
opened it, and there stood a tall slim fellow
and the kitchen bein' all cluttered up, I open
ed the parlor door, and asked him in there.
And the minute he ketched sight of the piano,
he just lifted up both hands, and says he.
You hain't got one of them here"
He looked so Mortified that he skairt me,
and says |, in almost tremblin' tones
what is the matter with emf and added
in cheerful tone, We hain't bought IT.
He looked more cheerful too as said it,
and, says he, you may be thankful enough
that you hain't. There hain't no music in 'em
ut all Hear that says he, goin' up, and
strikin' the very top note. 1t did sound fiat
enough.
Says |, There must be more music in il |
than that though | hahn no Judge at all
wall, hear that then and he went up and
struck the very bottom note You see just
what it is, from top 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 |.
Yes, in thunder storms, you see,' says he,
liftin' up the cover Here it is, all wire,
enough for 80 lightnin' rods, draw the light
nin' into the room. Awful dangerousl No
money wonld tempt me to have one in my
house, with my wife and daughter. | |
sleep a'wink thinkin' had exposed
'em to such danger
Good Lord" say l. I never thought on it
before
Wall now you have thought of it. You
see plainly that an organ is Just what YOU
need They fuli nf p,i,
and ii don't cost half so much
Says |, An organ was what we set our
minds on at first
wall, have got one out here, and will
bring 1t in
What IS the price, says l.
200 dollars says he
There won't be no use in bringin' Il in AZ
hat price, says /, for have heard Josiah
say that he wouldn't give cent over hun.
lred and fifty dollars
Well says the felier, IN seil ycu what I'll
10. Your Countenancc lOOhs so kinder natu
al to me; and | like the looks Of the country
'ound here so well, and that if yoTr mind IS
made up on the price you want {. pay, n
won't let ,riile OF so dollars part US Sou
IAN have ii for 800
Wall, the end ont was, he bruno it IN, and
'ot 1t up the other end of the parlor, and drove
I'll. And when Josiah 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,
lad he looked awful skairt when he ketched
sight OF that organ, and awful mad and in.
iignant too
hat villain hain't been tryin to get one of
mem organs of onto you, has he - saws he.
What the matter with emp saws + in n
awe-struck tone, for he looked bad.
Why, says he, there is heavy mortgage I
on every one of his organs. If You bo1rht !
one OF him. and paid for it, it would be liable !
10 oe look away from you at any minute, /
when you was right in the middle of tune
eavin you settln on the stool, aud YOU +
would lose every cent Of your money!
Good gracious says /, for 1t skairt me 10 G
think what a narrow chance we had nm q
Wall, finally, he brung in one of his'n. and a
set it up in the kitchen, the parlor BEN, inli /
On 'em. ,
Wall, he driv of, and he hadn', more, 90, :