The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-18
4.
The Exciting Adventure Of a Clothes.
Pin Seller.

from the Canyon City (Col.) Avalanche.l
"How many tickets viii it require to
take this outfit to a good circus?" asked
a man with Grecian nose, long hair,
dirty finger nails and diamond pin
Yesterday morning, before he had the
compliments of the day of his smiling
receptacle for eggs and baked potatoes.
The devil very civilly handed him
chair, printer brought him the pitcher
of lemonade, the foreman gave him a
cigar, and we proceeded to enumerate
the force:
"Two prin:ers-two tickets apiece are
four. the devil is five, and ourself and
wife are seven-seven tickets, sir" we
said very respectfully, for he was the
first man we ever heard say anything
about bringing circus to Canyon City.
ayes, sir. Speaking Of your wife re-
minds me that ! have here something
that is needed in every family" be said,
opening small handtrunk, something
that saves its cost every year that 1t is
used, and it will last lifetime"
"Dont bother yourself; we have one.
and it works like charm" We began.
"But, my dear sir, you dont know
what it is," truthfully suggested the
agent
"No diference-we don't want one -
we don't need any-we haven't room
for all the patent dofnnnIes We get on
advertising now," we persisted. The
agent had his machine on the table, and
was waiting for an opportunity to ex-
plain:
"This, you see, is a clothes line fasten-
er. Every body has trouble fixing cloth
ca lines, and this supplies want long
felt. Usually it requires twelve minutes
to put a line into shape, but with this
contrivance you have only to slide the
line through this hole, press upon that
latch while the rope is stretched, let 90
the latch, then the rope, and the task is
completed in little less than two min
utes. The loss Of"
"We've no doubt you have a big
thing" we explained, but, you see. we
don't keep any clothes line-we hang
clothes on the fence and the gooseberry
bushes. We can't afford any of this
high toned nonsense!"
Think" he insisted, "of the fosslin
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 day. you have S54 that this fastener
is actually worth to any man who ex-
. poets to live his time out, and | only
; charge you "a, leaving you $50 clear
, gain-just like making you present OF
B $780," he said frankly, "did you ever see
I anything fairer than that?"
We certainly never had, so We made
, him proposition.
"Cost $4."
"Yes, sir, $4."
S actually worth S54," We continued
8 EVERY cent of it, sir; it's worth $54
4 to anybody. and if had the exclusive
{ right, wouldn't take cent less"
"Wsll, just consider that our fastener
3 we remarked, turning to the agent; ats
e worth $54, but, seeiug its you, take i
n along for $40. We owe you $4, anc
e that leaves $36 coming to us. If yor
i haven't the money by you, you can sent
IS it by draft or Post Office order, or pay i
10 in circus tickets-we are not going to b.
e hard on you"
The agent, after spending moment II
d profound meditation, boxed his ma
e chine, and said:
a allow big town is Rosita?"
Is BY the time we had told him, he wa
half way down stairs, but he sent bacl
his thanks, and told man on the side
walk that he believed that editor u
n stairs was born to stand at the head @
the ;nAationists of this country,