The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-06
&c BUYING SOAP
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"You see, gentlemen, that I place
this $40 bill in this envelope, this s.
greenback in this cover, and this 50 note,
issued by the United States Govern
ment, in this third and last inclosure."
Thus spake a partially red-haired
young man who wore a stove-pipe hat
and checkered pants, cut tight, with
large "spreads" at the bottom, as he
stood in mud an inch deep at the ap-
proach of the Charleston bridge. He
was surrounded by quite a large crowd
of men and boys, but there was not a
policeman in sight.
"You see, gentlemen" he continued,
"this is the manner in which I intro
duce the famous soap manufactured by
the sMultum in Parvo Works. and
which is guaranteed to eradicate from
clothing anything of dirt that the gar
ments may contain-such as grease,
dust, oil, ink, pitch, paint, tar or var
nish. I have now right before your eyes
placed in three envelopes a sum of good,
sound currency of the United States,
aggregating in value SIT. In each of
those envelopes beside there is a cake of
the celebrated 'Multum in Parvo' soap
worth at any retail drug store fifty
cents a cake. Now has any gentleman
in this crowd the nerve to offer me $1.50
for the three envelopes? Remember,
this is done simply to advertise the arti-
Gle of which I am agent"
There vas no immediate response
made by any mi in the crowd to this
eloquent appeal. People are naturally
suspicious and a man hates to be the
first one to lead off in a scheme that he
knows at his heart must be conducted
on a Skin basis At last a tall hun
CRY, MISUNDERSTANDING specimen
| fshed around, and got out a trade dol
lar and a ~ffty-cent piece and handed it
up.
"There you are, my friend; open
YOU envelope and see how you have
been rewarded for your nerve"
The crowd pushed eagerly around the
gawky-looking fellow, and could have
kicked themselves with rage when they
saw him calmly fold and put away in his
capacious cowhide pocket-book seven
teen easily earned dollars.
It was at this juncture that the World
young man came on the scene. An &C
~quaintance in the crowd told him what
had occurred.
"Never mind, friends" said the
spread bottom-pants young man, rapidly
producing another roll of greenbackl
from his pocket, "you shall nave an
other chance; the company by whom
I am employed is not her
goes again I"
And he put up another three envelope
supposed to contain another SIT. Blu
although the young man was very "hy'
and would make a tolerably fair presti
digitateur his hands were not as quicl
as the eagle eye of the Worlds repre-
sentative. The dizzy young fellow thi
time instead of placing the bills in tn
envelopes with the soap, adroitly paine,
them-that is, crushed them in the palr
of his right hand, after he had made be
lieve to place them in the envelopes.
"In give you another chance, gentle
men, but not on quite as easy terms q
before. Now who'll give me $40 for thi
SIT and the three cakes of 'Multum i
ParvoT Immediately three or fou
persons signified their willingness t
negotiate. The tight-pantalooned youn
man grabbed the first ten dollars b
could reach, and handed over the er
velopes.
"That closes the sales for to-da,
gents ; thank you," and he moved of
The man who had invested opened h
envelopes. There was nothing in thel
but the tMultum in Parvo." The ma
swore. Where was the hungry lookin
wretch who had drawn the first prize
He was also gone-he was a "capper.
Let the fool killer come this way ar
operate on all those gentlemen who wis
to buy $17 for 4$10.-M. Y. World.