Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-07-20

How does he manage 7'' =
.sOh. easy enough He keeps an agent
stationed Mt each hotel day and night. fur
nishea yith stamp, and when a man steps
up to take t1oth>piek he dexterouSly stamps
one for Kim, and there is on the tooth, pick :
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a puNK1NnEAD,
Groceries and Things. y
Il am infprmed,'' he continued. "that four
hundred thousand eight hundred aud seventy
two tooth picks are used by the Cincinnati
hotels every year, which is equal to that many
business cards of mine distributed to the pub
lie. Two fly dollars couldn't buy that num-
der of business cards and insure their dis,ri.
E1sioa"
Certainly net, But this inscription on
the tooth-ricks must be very small don't
sec how it can be read"
oshiug easier, my dear sir; you see each
, agent carries small microscope to assist peo-
pie in making 1t out. But that isn't the only
advertising plan am in with. You see this
pieee Of rag with my card printed on it?-
les well. you probably couldn't euess what
II Is for I'll tell you. It's for doing up a
sore finger"
What has sore finger got to do with adj
vcrt;siDg?'
hveFythisg, my dear sir, everything
There arc oyer million of sore fingers in
America every year. At very moderate ex-
pensc al advertising firm in Philadelphia
prints mr. card on rags like these aud furnishes
them TO victims Of sore fingers free of charge.
50 they will use them in preference to all
others a million of these rags are sent to
al parts ns the United States, and am only
rreq1ircd 10 pay $50 for the privilege of hav.
land y9u paid it ?"
Certainly l did I had to. in order to
prevent any other man from getting the
chance ahead of me-"
~ sore finger, then, you consider better
"dEertfsing medium than an established and
popular newspaper 2"
t.Well yes, in this case. Been travelling
lately ?'
YES; made trip to Minnesota and Iowa,
not ling ago.
'.Then you must have seen my business
card Printed in black letters on white board,
eHd nailed to the telegraph polesg"
We hadn't seen anything of the kind.
Singular if you didn't. a man came
ai''og last fall aud collected 500 of me for
mailing such board on every telegraph pole
IN tsc United States. This was his contract.
and paid him the money on his affidavit that
the work was done But perhaps you wasn't
noticing telegraph poles. No, don't believe
Will put my advertisement in your paper
this week. You see l am advertising q good
deal already"
just then man came in and collected
bill for sticking ''Punkinheadis" card on every
balloon that went up during 1874, and eff
1ccted na| contract for 1875, with what he
called the diving bell supplement" agreeing
to attach a card to all diving bells that go
down IN 1879, without extra charge, COM
plimont, Is he said, to their regular adycr-
rizcrs.
VI hon wo left, another advertising agent
was laying before Punkinhead the great ad
vantage of investing in patent stamp. to be
attached to the seats of boys pants when they
go skating. When they get fall, his name
and business will be neatly stamped upon the
ice 50 that all who skate may sec and read it.
When 1t comes to judicious advertising,
the race OF Ppnkinbeads is very numerous
Dom on the Central Pacific. the town
OF Promontory is said to be charming place.
n pilgrim thus gives his experience about
meal time: ''Whcn dinrer was ready the
landlord came out into the street in front of
his hotel with a double-barrel SHOTGUN
Rsisipg the gun above his head, he fred off
one barrel l said to him, ''What did YOU do
that for Z" Said he, ITO call my boarders to
dinner" I said, why didn't you fire off
both barFels?' oh. said he, II keep the
other to collect with"
Sir said a little clustering nan to n
religious opponent, ':to what sect do you sup
pose belong? "Well, 1 don't exactly know"
replied his opponents, ''but to judge from your
sig, appearance and constant buzzing, I
shonld think you belonged to the class gcn>
eEally called insect"
= Retribu:ion follows close on the track
of guilt The man who always borrowed his
neighbours newspaper, because he was too
stingy to buy, married redhaired woman who
wears black stockings.
With population of twenty thousand
Souls Augusta, Ga, can boas. of twenty-five
prosperous manufacturing establishments, the
largest of which gives constant;work to seven
The State of Edi;ors-Pancilvania.
An executive Oficer-A.baugmau.
Il pair of tghts-TwO drunkards.