Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-08-24
The Exciting Adventure Of q ClOthes.P Pin
Seller.
[From the Canyon City (Col) Avalanche.]

| From the Canyon City (Col) Avalanche.]
"How many tickets will it require to take
this outfit TO good circus?" asked man
with Grecian nose, long hair, dirty finger
nails and diamond pin, yesterday morning,
before he had the compliments of the day OFT
his smiling receptacle of fried eggs and baked
potatoes.
The devil very civilly handed him chair,
a printer brought him the pitcher of lemon
ade, the foreman gave him cigar and we
proceeded to enumerate the force.
Two printers-two tickets piece are four
the devil is five and ourself and wife is
seven-seven tickets, sir, we said, very re-
spectfuly, for he was the first man we ever
heard say anything about bringing circus
to Canyon City.
"Yes, sir. Speaking of your wife reminds
me that have here something that is needed
in every family" he said, opening small
hand-trunk; ''something that saves its cost
every1 year that it is used, and it will last a
| lifetime"
''Don't bother yourself; we have one, and
| it works like charm, we began.
''But, my dear sir, you don't know what it
is, truthfully suggested the agent.
''No difference-We don't want One-We
don't need any-we haven't room for all the
patent dofunnies we got on advertising now,'
we persisted. The agent had his machine
on the table, and was waiting for an oppor
tunity to explain.
''This, you see, is clothes line fastener
Everybody has trouble fixing clothes lines,
and this supplies want long felt. Usually
it requires twelve minutes to put line into
shape, but with this contrivance you only
have to slide the line through this hole, press
upon that latch while the rope is stretched,
let go the latch, then the rope, and the task
is completed in a little less than two minutes.
The loss Of"
We've no doubt you have big thing"
we explained, but, you see, we don't keep
any clothes Gne-We hang clothes on the
afford any of this high toned NONSENSE"
''Think," he insisted, ''of the loss in torn
clothes and the saving in time This saves
you ten minutes every week; five hundred
and twenty minutes every year, and in fifty
years it will save you just eighteen days
think of that At So a day, you have $54
that this fastener is actually worth to any man
who expects to live his time out, and l only
charge you $4, leaving you $50 clear gain
just like making you a present of $780, he
said frankly. ''Did you ever see anything
fairer than that?"
We certainly never had, so we made him
proposition.
'Costs $4?'
eyes, sir;i $4."
Actually worth $54?" we continued.
'Every cent of it, sir; it's worth $54 to
anybody, and if had the exclusive right. l
wouldn't take cent less"
swell, just consider that our fastener" we
remarked, turning to the agent; ''it's worth
$54, but, seeing it's you, take it along for
$40. We owe you 81 and that leaves $36
coming to us. If you haven't the money with
you, you can send it by draft or post office
order, or pay it in circus tickets-we are not
going to be hard on you."
The agent, after spending a moment in
profound meditation, boxed his machine, and |
said:
''How dig a town is Rosita ?"
By the time we had told him, he was half |
way down stairs, but he sent back his thanks, |
and told man on the sidewalk that he be-
lieved that editor up stairs was born to stand |
at the head of the infationists of this country. |