Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-20
1t Didn't Work.

a Detroit h5h peddIer thought thl5 thlos
over and over, and he foally came to the c,n,
olusiou that the newspapers vera light, aud
that it Was all wrong for peddlers to drive VI
and down calling OUT
Here's your 6sh 6sh fish Here ytur
beauties-just from the pond-stlIl alIve-psr'
feet be ties II
Therefore he determined to make ohausv.
He put Oh oloan collar wiped cit tho eIo""
Of his Sunday coat. aod he drove along very
gently sod calmly. The women di1h't beckon
for him, uor cid obildreo ruu after him, bur be
didn't expect it, Ha had started out to butd
up a quiet front dovr trade, aud 10 cease
assoeiating with back gate company. Lie looked
really happy as he rang the bell OF stylish
tront door, aud when the lady appeared ne
raised bis hat, smiled like grocer WORKING on
old cherries on blind man, aud remarked
Madam, 1 assure you that l. am perfectly
competent to play Hamlet before an audience
of aristocrats, but We must have nsh pedders
as we'll as actors. / deal ia the fnny tribe
and if you want whitefsh for dinner l hav
some elegant specimens 10 my abbreviated o
pay out there. D."
''Sir, you seem to be druDk !" sho gulp.-;
out, retreating toto the hall.
What does Billion 3 Paradise Lost say,
madam p ho pleasantly ~ replied "Doesn't it
say that the paths OF the -?
"We nevsr eat 6sh-don't want aby, she
snapped, and the door banged at him.
He tried the third hous, dowo. He bad sold
fish there often. The woman Of the house had
heard his Pawnee screams atar cit. and had
waved the broom for him to stop. Oaco She
had asked him why fish pedlIery seemed SO d.
termined to outyell rag buyers aud bury puis
anoes, and had threatened to roturn TO pan
hash if be didn't tano down his cry. She canc
to the door in response to his kuOok anj be
politely said:
Madame, doesn't Tennyson say:
Calm is the morn without SQUAD
Calm as to suit oalmer grlei.
And only thro' tho faded leaf
The chestnut pattering to the erOund?' .
Tho chestnut lent pattering just now. mad
am, but I've got some of the nlccst fresh tish
out hero which over jumped out Of the waller
in response to the plaintiff buzz Of tho gaday."
who are you, sir ," she frigidy Inquired,
looking him from crown to boots
Madam, l am not Cesar, am not Brutus.
| should be rejoiced to wake up some day and
find that was Shakspeare's uucle, but for tho
present must be content to be Pepper, the
ISL neddler Will you have white6sh or
trout7''
You leave my yard, sirl" wss her emphatic
response, ss she puckered her mouth to whistle
for the dog.
He went. No wise man will lneer on the
steps of even u woodbine cottage after stou!
armed woman has mado dive for bass bali
bat. He had faith. however, and h, stopped
at the mex! corner. raised bis bat to Two ladies'
who were gossipiog uoder shade tree aid
said -
Ladies, will you please examine thcsc beau
tiful samples of pisostorial life 2
You move on, or We II call the grocer sud
have him see you locked up" was the un.'oi
reply.
He moved. He drove slowly aloog lor a
block, his face growing darker all the time, tnd
ell of sudden he wrenched the paper oullar
from his neck and flung it over the wheel,
pulled off bis hat and stepped on it. aod rub
biog fish against his elbows to restore Tho
old fashioned gloss to bis coat, be called OUT
"Fs resh white fsh-w b C t Q 8 hand
lrout-aDd trout-be. u.lies-be u. ties, all
Topping like towel 10 the Wiod u
Three women opened three trout doors aod
called to him that they woul ID take fish, and
before be bad weighed tho first ouc. Two ohi'
dren came running from block away 10 make
other purchases.
Can one blame the peddlers after this ?-De-
trot Free Press