The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-06-15
Mlisrenat,v.
THE NAV WITH THE TIN
TRUNK,


Canvasslng Under Disadvantages
1.-THE Proprietor of an EAter.
! minatOr In Danger Of Extermi.
nation..A Match for AN Agent.
& From the Detroit Free Press.)
He smiled blandly as he halted for a
moment in front of the City Hall. He
looked ike man who could palm off
almost anything on the publicat 100 per
cent profit, and yet leave each customer
In grateful mood. He had a tin trunk
ip his hand, and as he sailed down La.
'fsyetteavenue the boys wondered wheth-
er the trunk contained tax receipts or
horse liniment. The stranger halted in
front of residence, his smile deepened,
and he mounted the steps and pulled the
bell.
us the lady at homer" he inquired of
the girl who answered the bell.
The girl thought he was the census
taker, and she seated him in the parlor
and called the lady of the house. When
the lady entered,the stranger rose, bowed
and said:
MADAM, I have just arrived in this
town after tour extending clear down
to Florida, and wherever went l was
received with glad welcome"
"Do you wish to see my husband ?"
she asked as he opened the tin trunk
"No, madam; deal directly with the
lady of the house in all cases. A lady
will appreciate the virtues of my exter-
minator and purchase bottle where q
man would order me off the steps with
out glancing at it,"
"Your-your what? ?" she asked.
"Madam," he replied, as he placed a
four ounce phial of dark liquid on the
palm of his left hand, "madam, l desire
to call your attention to my Sunset Bed.
bug Exterminator. 1t has been tried at
home aud abroad, and in no case has il
failed to"
"What do you mean. sir?" she de.
manded, getting very red in the face
"Leave this house Instantly"
"Madam, I do not wish you to infer
from my"
/ want you to leave this house, she
shrieked.
"Madam allow me to explain my"
81 will call the policer' she screamed
making for the door, and he hastily
locked his trunk and hurried out.
Going down the street about two
blocks he saw the lady of the house al
the parlor window, and instead of climb
ing the steps he stood under the window
and politely said:
"Madam,I i don't wish to even hint that
any Of the bedsteads in your house are
inhabited by bed-bugs, but"
"What! What's that9" she exclaim:
aI said that hadn.t the remote idle.
that any of the bedsteads in your house
were infested by bedbugs," he replied.
"Take yourself out Of this yard J" she
shouted, snatching tidy off the back o.
chair and brandishing it at him.
"Beg pardon, madam, but should
like to call your"
sGet out!" she screamed; "get out,ol
I'll call the gardener
II will get ont, madam; but | wisf
you understood"
aJ.a.w-n! J-a-w-n!' she shouted on
of side window, but the exterminatoI
agent was out of the yard before Johr
could get around the house.
He seemed discouraged as he walked
down the street, but he had travelled less
than block when he saw stout wo
man sitting on the front steps of fine
residence, tanning herself.
! sStout women are always good ma
tured," he solilloquized as he opened tn
gate.
"Haven't. got anything for the grass
hopper sufferersp' she called out as b
entered
There was an angelic smile on his fac
as he approached the steps, set his trunI
down, and said:
"My mission, madam, is even noble
than acting as an agent for a distressed
community. The grass hopper sufferer
do not comprise one-hundredth part O
1.-THE worlds population, while my mission
is to relieve the whole world"
"Idon't want any peppermint essence,
she continued as he started to unlocl
the trunk.
"Great heavens, madam, do resem
BILE a peddler of cheap essences ?" b
exclaimed. 81 am not one. am her
| in Detroit to enhance the comforts of tn
night-to produce pleasant dreams. Le
me call your attention TO my Sunset Bee
bug Exterminator, a liquid warrante
to-"
i "Bed what? ?" she screamed, ,ceasing t.
| fan her ia. cheeks.
"My Sunset Bed-bug Exterminator :
It is to day in use in the humble negr
cabins on the banks of the Arkansaw,a "a
well as in the royal palace of her Maje'
Ity O."
"You r.r rascal! you villain" sh
wheezed show dare you insult me"
"No insult, madam, it is pure matte
lof-"
!. .Leave! Git o.w-tw she screamed
clutching at his hair. and he had to g
, out in such a hurry that he couldn't loc
the trunk until he reached the walk.
He travelled several blocks and turne
Sc veral corners before he halted agai
and his smile faded away to a mela
choly grin. He saw two or three raggt
t children at gate, noticed that the hou
!. was old, and he braced up and entered
81 WANTS no zoap," said the woms
: Of the house as she stood in the door.
, "Soap, madam, soap2 / have +
soap. l noticed that you lived in an o
, house, and rs old houses are pretty q
8 to be infested"
D 81 WANTS no bins or needles to-day
D she shouted
d "Madam am not peddler of va
r kee notions" he replied. II am seIlir
I liquid. prepared only hy myself, whi'
is warranted to-"
q VI vhant's no baber collars" she e
s claimed, motioning for him to leave.
Y paper collars! | have often be,
mistaken for Shakespeare, madam; b
n never before for paper collar peddle
s Let me unlock nay trunk and show"
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