Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-15
THE EVENING STAR.
:. September Is, 1870.
The conscientious Clerk.

A Galveston grocer has been observing for
several weeks past that great many or his
customers mad quit him, and were trading a. q
IlNaI store over the way. He also noticed that
one OF MS clerks. who had been converted at a
deINai, rarely succeeded In selling any goods
at all 10 customer. He had formerly been a
very efficient clerk In selling groceries hence
the proprietor was very much bewflierei
Yesterday morning the proprietor came down
oeIore Inc clerk had made bis appearance and
hiding behind stack OF boxes OF Blue Jackets
Liver Encouraging Bitters. waited patiently
lor deVelopments. Presently the clerk came in,
put on'his apron, busted OFF the counter. whist
ling from GreenlandS Icy Mountains, as he did
SO. Ii was not long before s wealthy lady
whose custom rang up into the thousands an
the celebrated B No 3 sugar. He replied that
they had, showed her sample. and she said,
she thought she would take about 100 pounds.
The conscientious clerk looked at the lady
very earnestly, and asked
:. Are you prepared to meet your maker"
The lady stared In blank amazement.
want to know If you have family prayers
regularly, and If your family are fully pre-
pared Tor biSSful hereafter beyond the grave?
Ior Ii You are not you can't get the sugar-that's
all. There is enough chloride OF tin 10 100
pounds OF sugar 10 XIII the last one or You, ana
/ don't want anybodys blood on my hands:
particularly when they are leading wicked lives
ana moi fit to die. and he put the cover on the
whistling Old Hundred.
The lady Haunted herself ont OF the store.
ner lace as red as fire. bat II was not any red
DER than that OF the proprietor, who was only
waiting for an opportunity TO rend that clerk
ilmo from limb. Fortunately several cuSro-
me rs came in and the proprietor drew In ais
pttaIh, gritted his teeth ana waited as best he
could Tor the hour OF vengeance to strike.
claret?"
who do you want It for:"
. want IL Tor friend OF mine out In the
90 Has he got a good constitutions"
no, ne Is IN feeble health. and want IL to
10 -t-crn
we make our genuine claret ourselves down
IN the cellar. The proprietor attends 10 that
himself. OF late the infuSions OF logwood and
other dye stuifs we get from the druggist have
been OF such poor quality that our genuine
claret won't do Tor me to recommend. | cant
conSclPntiouSly do so. You had better let your
friend die natural DEATH
The nan said he was very mucn Obliged for
the Information, out the clerk said he was only
doing his duty. and he whistled When I Can
LEAD My Title Clear, as the customer strolled
OF.
Other customers flocked in, but he firmly re-
FUSED TO sell them a dimes worth. he eX-
p!ained to a misunderstanding old woman
thai her dyspeptic appearance was due to the
china clay in the Hour, and the glucose sui
phurlc acid In the golden syrup she wanted. 10
purchase: Another lady wanted tea. The
uead and wake up where there Is weeping and
Waiiihg ard gnashiDg OF teeth. I could never
SIeep AT night afterward You could not buy
pound OF tea at this establishment for all the
wealth OF the IIdies. The color of the tea is
produced by Prussian blue which causes oSsifi-
cation CT the yalVular system OF the heart. |
can see by your ieathery complexion that that is
caused oy the tannln Ia tea, that you are not
long for this world. How do know you have
made your peace with heaven?"
scot any gfod coffee?" asked 4 fresh cu5to-
mer
I'VE have some beans faced with phosphate
OF calcium and sulphate OF barium. but t! e man
Whogets any OF Ii has TO show clean bill OF
health from his spiritual adviser" There was
no trade with that man, either,
Finally, when there were no customers in
the store, the interview between the enraged
Store-keeper and his clerk took place. but the
clerk SO 1mpreSSiyely warned the grocer-wiUh
al aX-hande-nOt to approach too close un-
less he was prepared 10 go hence. that their
business relations were dissolved by mutual
consent The moral OF all OF which is that
Things are not always what they seem.