The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-23
why she Changed Her Mind.

i cu|toIned to illustrate the advantage al
advertising, and told the following story
with much gusto He made wager
with merchant who denied that adver
Using was of benefit to the advertiser.
In the event OF proof to the contrary,
Inc merchant was to pay for such an al
+ vertisement as Forsyth should dictate,
ana an oyster supper to boot. OF course,
Forsyth should do the same if he lost
The editor said 10 the merchant ''Write
Wanted to purchase a dog. The
number of the residence and the name
OF the street were given, and in the wager
1t was stipulated that the want should b.
put in nonpareil and in an obscure cor
ner of Forsyth's paper. Next day the
merchant called ut the office of the R,
looking extremely annoyed. His house
had been beseiged with men having dogs
TO sell. The dogs were brought to his
door, and his family were so annoyed
that a policeman had to be called TO drive
away the pests. Said the merchant: Il
will not only pay for the dog advertise
meut, but put in one which | wish you
to display, because | am convinced that
the public reads, and that my business
can be best increased through the agency
Of type. Come along and get the oyster
supper, colonel. You have fairly won
the bet :" Of a different character, but
equally amusing, is this anecdote:
SHE DIDN'T ADVERTISE.
- Is this the Buglehorn office ," de-
manded a tall, Macoupin woman the other
day of the editor, whom she happened to
find in his sanctum.
g Yes. ma'am, this is the place" and
he handed her chair and prepared him
self for business.
" Be you the man that runs the news
paper, mister"
g am the editor Of the paper, ma am.
What can / do for YOU? Do you wish
to subscribe or to ADVERTISE"
When I've told it to you ] want you
to print it--thqt's what | want And
it's all about man that come into the
Crooked Greek settlement--that's where
| live--a preachin. He allowed he had
call to preach, and We thought mebbe
he had"
So much by way of preliminary then
she rested and stared hard at the editor.
g Is it personal matter, ma'am ? Has
this man been doing anything out Of the
way-anythin improper"
" Improper" and She smiled in scorn
that he didn't see it before asking such a
question. you jist write it down as l
tell it, and see then if it is not improp-
err"
VIII you proceed to tell me all the
facts, then, mI'am?"
That is jist what I'm agoin' to do as
soon as ever | can think it over" Well,
he come there allowin he had 4 call to
preach"
q have written that" he remarked,
after waiting for her to go on with the
story. "What did he do Them"
Why, he preached. You jist write
it that he preached; and he boarded with
me-"
Before going any further you had
better give me the names of all the par
ties interested"
Names! Why, everybody that knows
me knows what my name is; and | amt
afraid to have it called right out in meet
ing neither. But what nave you got writ
down about it9'
"That this man came to Crooked
Creek and wished to preach"
That is so, and he did preach. He
WAS sort of delicate like, and couldn't
eat common doin's like the rest of us.
His stummick couldn't relish nothing but
fried chicken three times day. Now,
write that, mister"
:" Well | have described his delicate
appetite"
. Next you might mention that he
/ wanted my Martha Ann to do most OF
the cookin'. And the way he praised
that gals cookin was calculated to give
her hopes that he was willin' to enjoy it
regular always. He list split that gal
for cool1in anything but fried chicken.
/ @, that man is little the meanest, on
merry skunk | ever knowed here in Ma
eogpjp.'
q Didn't he pay his board?@
'' Yes, he paid but he was so dread
! full clost and stingy. You don't reckon
we're goin to kill every last chicken on
the place, and Martha Ann cookin' her
self mighty nigh to death jist for the
price of board, do you:"
&C really don't know what is custom
airy Ia such gases, ma'am. Perhaps this
preacher ought to have given your daugh,
ter Il present or some token of his graft
tude for her kindness"
"Now you are talking sense, mister.
! | Enow there never was such fool as Eve
been about that preacher. | ought to
have made him stick to GGrn-bread and
side meat till he was willing to marry
Martha Ann or me, her mother. Then
he'd knowed that fried chicken was oil
of some account, But he's gone up Il
Sangamon county preaohin, and
want TO print it in the papers how mean
he's been here, so rs other women wont
he wastin' their fried chicken on him
Now, how much have you writ, end how
much will it cost?'
Forty lines at fteen cents q line viii
be six dollars, ma'am. Shall I make gu
bill2'
g Yes, make out bill jist as big al
ever you can, and make him pay for it
Then he'll know what chickens is worth.
But that is not the way we do busI
ness here, ma'am. 1t is your bill, anC
yor will have to ray-not the preacher
Me pay fer putting his meannes
into the paper! What do you take n,
for, mister? What is the good of put
ting him into the newspaper unless n
has to pay? Good-day, mister"
sAs didn't advertise.
Losing Friends.
Never cast aside your friends if by an,
possibility you can retain them. We ar
the weakest of spendthrifts If we let on
friend drop on through inattention, o
lot one Dush AWAY another or III We Lolt