Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-06-23


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,,led the oheee. t- X handful at prunes,
and read the laleis "n the csnD,d fruit
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ei chin. n yalise. and habit of numb
ling Z" himself. IA if he was afraid his
jaws would yet out of practice. APP
preaching the counter he inquired in All
oily aud even tone for the proprietor.
"What can | do for you, sirf' asked
the party inquired for. who was calculat-
ing With a stumDy lead pencil on II piece
Of brown paper how much two dozen
clothes. pins, cake Of borax-sOap and a
small measure Of potatoes added up.
The old man spit out prune-stone,
slapped his valise On q sugar barrel,
pulled out business card, said glibly:
IL am agent, sir, for Pinkeye's baking
POWDER
Il have sufficient stock on hand, sir"
quickly interrupted the grocer.
"Aud," continued the old man, biting
can offer you superior inducements to-
81 don't wish any," exclaimed the gro
Ger, trying sgain to add up his clothes
pins.
"By purchasing" ratified on the old man
with his eyes shut, "of us you will OBJ
tain advantages over any other house in
in the city. Outside of the respective
merits Of this
Not any to-day. Good morning."
interrupted the dealer, turning away.
The old man kept straight ahead, talk
ing at the rate If one hundred and fifty
words minute:
AS a superior article of baking pow
der, such as l am convinced never was
offered before at the low price off,
II wouldn't have it as gift" said the
grocer, getting excited and raising his
voice.
II will simply enumerate, kept on the
old man, MS he helped himself to bunch
Of raisins out of an open box, "a few of
its thousand and one virtues 10y which it
places itself at the head off,
Il don't care a dime for its virtues" "
shouted the angry merchant; and he
threw down his pencil and glanced saw
sgely ut the irrepressible agent.
''The steadily increasing demand is a
CRAFTY ing indication" kept on the old
man, crunching the raisin seeds and
throwing the stems back into the box.
''See here, old man, want you to 60
out: I've got my business to attend to-"
1.-THE public are awakening to a sense
of its merits," dipned the old man, as he
reached for another fst-full of raisins;
"and the testimonials that every mail
brings
"I'll put you out if you don't co.
yelled the now thoroughly Infatuated gro
Ger, dancing around the end of the coun-
ter, and shaking his fist at the old man.
ut j. our desire. aim and ambition, to
generally introduce this baking powder, s.
pratiled ahead the lid man. talking faster
than ever, ..that every family every nation.
every tongue will praise the name of
Pinkeye. snd"-
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outside the da<E. still talking. and he
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