Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-18
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Among our citizens is a popular and
prominent young business man, which his
name it is Hanson. For many years no
was an honest, upright man. making his
living a. an Indian agent and as a dealer in
San Juan mining stocks. Lately, however,
he succumbed to the flattering prospects for
the rapid requirement Of wealth and be-
came . dealer in agricultural Implements.
Among the first goods received in his new
vocation was a cargo of '.plows, and he at
once set to work studying the anatomy of
the machine, and learning the names of the
different parts, so that he could intelligently
point out to customers the good qualities of
the article in which he dealt. Thus, by dill.
gent application anil frequent reference to a
farmers dictionary he learned that the long
piece of timber to which the horses or oxen
are hitched is the mould-board that the
curved piece of cast or wrought iron which
turns over the earth is the beam ; that the
bent pieces of wood which the plowman
Craps and by which he guides the machine,
is the share, and so on until he had gained
a Thorough knowledge and had nothing
further to learn. Having thus mastered
the intricate details of his profession, he
placed a pillow on exhibition in front Of his
place of business and awaited the coming of
4 customer. He had not long to wait, for
scarcely had he struck an attitude, and
given a final glance at the pillow to impress
upon his mind the names of the different
parts, when a substantial looking granger,
clad in sheep skin coat and fur cap came
along and stopped to look at the implement.
Now was our friends opportunity, and he
determined to capture a customer by an ex-
hibition of his knowledge Of machinery
and by pointing out the superior excellence
of his goods. "My FRIEND" he commenced,
as he took hold Of that part Of the pillow
which he had learned to call the share, II
perceive by the look Of desire, of expec-
fancy, as it were, which suffuses your benev-
client and intelligent face, that you desire to
become the possessor of this the noblest and
most renowned implement Of agriculture.
1t is famed in story and in song. tits men
toned in holy writ, where it is written that
he who putteth his hand to the pillow and
looketh back shall ba shot on the spot
And who hath not been thrilled by the pat
riotic story of how Ben Butler was called
from the pillow to take command Of the army
at New Orleans and the silver spoons of the
people? The pillow, my friend, is an honor
ed and indispensable implement, and the
one which we are 10 contemplating
is the noblest and best Of the
whole species. 1t was manu-
featured by that faithful Egyptian John
Deere, and possesses qualities which make
it superior to all other patterns. Land
which is lacerated with this pillow never
suffers from the evil effects of drouth or ex-
ce.sive moisture, and the song of the grass
hopper is forever hushed in the field which
it has plowed. 1t is an easy going machine
and horses are more contented in drawing it
around the field thar they are in a funeral
procession. In short, it is a splendid in
strument, and il as superior to all other
patterns as a brass band IS to a tin whistle.
What do you think of it? Don't your
views coincide with mine" And here was
the first opportunity FOR the granger to say
what he wanted to say all along-"Ich kan
nix verstein," which, being translated into
the vernacular Of the dealer signi6ed that
he didn't understand a word of English.
Hans tipped the pillow over to one side,
looked under it as though looking for some.
thing he had lost, then put his hands in his
pockets and whistled, and as his dog came
up wagging his tail to see what was wanted
he gave the faithful brute a savage kick,
and as his customer walked of with a polite
"adieu," he went into his Office and said
over to himself a whole lot of words which
he did not find in the farmers dictionary,
and applied certain biblical words to the
whole tribe of plows which he had never
of before in that connection. And
now when a strange customer comes around
he commences business by asking him a few
easy questions to ascertain his capacity as a
before he plunges into q dissertation
upon the quality of his wares.
A DISEASE THAT WRECKS THE SYSTEM.
Every function Is deranged, every nerve I'M
strung, every muscle and fiber weakened by fe- /
yer and ague. 1t is, in fact, a disease which if
unchecked, eventually wrecks the system. In
Ill its types, in every phase, it is dangerous. de-
Stupor, delirium. convulsions. often
attend it, and cause swift dissolution. But when
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters its
in the system is dislodged, and every
of it eradicated. That benign anti-fe-
,rile specific and preventive of the. dreaded
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