The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-13

If you h ave goods to sell, advertise the
fact.
Hire man with q lampblack kettle
and brush to pSdnt your name and num-
Der on all the railroad fences. The cars
go whizzihg by so fast that no one can
read them, to be sure, but perhaps the
conductor will be1obliging enough to stop
the train for inquisitive passengers.
Remem Der the fences by the roadside
as we'll Nothing is so attractive to the
passer-by as . well painted sign: Mul-
lington's Medical Mixture for mumps."
Have your cards on the hotel register.
by all means. Strangers stopping for
the night generally buy cigar before
leaving town, and they need some inspir-
ing literary food besides.
If an advertising agent wants to ad-
vertise your business in fancy frame At
the depot, pay him about two hundred
per cent. more than it is worth, and let
him put it there. When man has three
quarters Of second In which to catch .
train he invariably stops to read depot
advertisements, and your card might
take his eye.
Of coarse the street thermometer Is ex-
cellent When a mans fingers and ears
are freezing, or he putting and 'phewing''
at the heat, is the time above all others
when he reads q thermometer advertise
ment.
Print in the blackest ink, great sprawl
ing card on all your wrapping paper La
dies returning from shopping tour like
to be walking bulletins, and II the ink
rubs of q nd spoils some of their 6nery, no
matter.
Don't fail to advertise in every circus
programme. It viii help the circus to pay
their bills, and visitors can relieve the
tedium Of the clowns jokes by looking
over your interesting remarks about 8 ten
per cent. below cost, etc.
A boy with big placard on pole i
an interesting object on the street, and
lends dignifed air to your establishments.
Hire couple.
Advertise on calendar. People never
look At q calendar to see what day Of the
month It Is They merely glance hurried
" 1t it 80 as to be sure that your name il
spelled nth or without p, that's all
When the bFeeses blow, waited by .
paper fan in the hands Of lovely woman,
tits well 10 have the sir redolent with the
perfume of the carmine ink in which your
basiness address is printed This viii
make the market for decent fans very
brisk.
Patrohizing every agent that shows
you an advertising tablet, card, directory,
dictionary, or even m advertising Bible,
if one is offered at . reasonable price,
shows that you know where to invest your
money.
But dpn't think Of advertising in well-
established, legitimate Newspaper. Not
for moment Your advertisement would
1S ns0@ty RstnsS1 @u1 WOaso A11 - N1I
into al the thrifty households q thai re-
| giOu, where the farmer, the mechanie, the
tradesmh hn and Others, live, and into the
fasailies Of the wealthy and refined d-ali
who hate articles TO bay and the money
with which 70 bay them; and in the quiet
Of the evening, aller The news Of the day
he's bee4 digested, L woald be reaa and
ponder9d, and The next dag people woald
come down @ your store and pafroniss
yoa aaa keep coming i decreasing nuu.,-
ben. aaA yoa might kass = lire - extra
clerk % two. move in1ea lasgsr block apd
more faForable iocatioa, ard = > tisesx
businest; but, Of codrss, i uoala Be- more
expenaike and bring bsersr prolss
Nes Hhuea R1eisfsr.