Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-11
aa'aslinotun Standard
Buying and Selling Batter.
MR.. NlPPER BUYING BUTTER.

MR.. NlPPER BUYING BUTTER.
Here comes Mr.. Robby, from
Sleepy Hollow, with load Of but
ter: we're short, arn't we, Jonas?
" Yes. all gone but that b, o..
and they are crying for someth'n-
good"
Robby. from his wagon" Mr..
Nipper, l have some butter for ye.
Nipper is busy and does not hear
Hello, there, Nipper! Come
and see this lu,ter.'
Nipper slowly closed his order
book, directs the delivery hoy to
hop round with the Goldfish. salts q
veil ow ham near the dooi from one
peg to another, cocks his stow 'ipe
hat on the hack Of his head, tLinsts
his thumbs III each armhole o. ais
vest and shufiles slowly toward the
street, as though about to squini at
the weather.
Why, Robbie, what You got
there ?"
Butter, Mr.. Nipper."
Butter, ell? Now, if you had
eggs l might buy. Buffers dull,
Robbie; the towns full OF butter.
els that so? Daisy heard as il
had gone up"
"Gone mp! Wei, yes: gone up
the spout. Dick, take them turnips
to Richtinger's, Ii SAID, turning
away.
Wont we look at this butter,
Mr.. Nipper?'
Robbie, we're full. Jonas was
Just saying he couldn't store an
other tub. Tne towns giutted-
glutted, Robby; and heaps of it
spelling in New York, aud no buy :
ers."
"But this is AN extra lot from the
best feed of the pasture with the
spring brook in 1t wnere you used
to catch trout, Mr.. Nipper; aud
Daisy made it with her own h"ni".
Yes, yes, hut It !oo@s A''1-y
like-worLed too inucL--iIo teX ~. ,
you see, and full VI hmm, won .
t"or, Robby, Won SO. i,.'" .
.,...s the gilt-edge hror. Wa. Il"
you ask for ii?''
Well, Daisy th"1:i' as how IA
orter have fifteen coh;s.
Too high; can, tuy; G"od
morning"
See here. Nippor, whatll you
give ?"
Robbie, if 1 give you ten cents
for that butter, Jonas will be as mad
as boiled lobster-Jonas will swear
and make things lively. But you're
an old friend, aud I'm going to do
it and take the consequences.
MR.. N1ppER SELLING OUTER.
Richfnger come this way; [ can
show you an awful nice lot of butter;
there it is. That's what l call ele-
giant; made 10y Daisy Buttercup, the
neatest and prettiest girl in the
country. I used to spark her moth
er before she married. She's dead
now; old friends, you see, and can't
/ help dealing. Look at the color
( there's dandelions and buttercups;
+ look at the texture-as free from
I 6alN6 dS SuOWudhtS, duu ~ ySu haNt
. hair or bug in it I'll make you a
I present of it. Smell of i'll dare
say that you can scent the clover
blossoms. Taste of it; notice the
tone, the mellowness, the aroma
equal to cream candy and time"
II What's the price, Nipper?'
n Twenty-Five cents to an cid Gus
4 TONER"
n Pretty high, isn't it?"
Il "That depends on what you are
| buying. Grease is grease and but
/ ter is butter. If you want grease, l
! can sell it for less; but if you want
| to lay in the best grade, the gilt
4 edge, the gold leaf, as it were, June
( butter that will keep, mind you, you
might go farther and fare worse.
Let me tell you that butter is on
the rise, the town is cleared out. and
them New York chaps is looking
round lots. That means foreign
demand and great scarcity, sir
great scarcity"