The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-05-17
" BUYING S0AP.o


" You see, gentlemen, that / place
this $40 bill in this envelope, this IS
Breenback in this cover, and this 50 note,
issued by the United States Govern
ment, i'll this third and last inclosure. "
Thus spake partially red-haircd
Young man who wore q stoye-pipo hat
and checkered pants, cut tight, with
large "spreads " at the bottom, MS he
stood in mud an inch deep mt the ap.
proach of the Charleston bridge lie
was surrounded by quite large crowd
OF men and boys, but there was not II
policeman in sight.
" You see, gontlcmen," he continued,
this is the manner in which | intro.
duce the famous soap manufactured by
the 'Multum in Pnrvo Works. md
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. ! havonow right before your eyes
placed in three envelopes sum of good,
sound currency Of the United States,
aggregating in value ST. In cach,of
those envelopes beside there is cake of
the celebrated 'Multum in Parvo soap
worth at any retail drug store fifty
cents cake. Now has any gentleman
IN this crowd the nerve to offer me 81. so
for the three envelopes? Remember,
this Is done simplyto advertise the nrti-
clio OF which am agent"
There was no immediate response
made by any ono in the crowd to this
eloquent appeal. People are naturally
suspicious and man hates to be tho
first one to lead off int ascheme that no
knows ut his heart must be conducted
ON "slnn" basis. AT last tall, hun
cry, far-away-eyed-looking specimen
iished around, and got out trade dol
lar and flfty-cent piece and handed it
up.
There You are, my friend open
your envelope and SEQ 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 pockotrbool, seven.
teen easily earned dollars.
1t was at this juncture that the World
young man came on the scene. An ac-
quaintance in the crowd told him what
had occurred.
"Never mind, friends" said the
spread-bottom pants young man, RAPIDLY
producing another roll of greenbacks
from his pocket, ."yon shall have an
other chance; the company by whom
l nm employed is not mean-:so here
goes again p
And he put another three envelopes
supposed to contain another SIT. But
although the young man was very "ay"
and would make tolerably fair presti-
digitateur his hands were not rs ouick
MS the eagle eye of the Worlds ropro.
sentative. Tho dizzy young fellow this
time instead of placing tho bills in tho
envelopes with the soap, adroitly palmed
them-that is, crushed them in the palm
OF his right hand, after he had made be-
lieve to place them in the envelopes.
I'm give You another chance, gentle ,
mon, but not on quite as easy terms as [
before. Now who'll give me $40 for this /,
BIZ and the three cakes of Multum in ,
Parvo" immediately three or four
persons signified their willingness to ,
Negotiate. The tight-pantalooned youna ,
man grabbed, the first ten dollars he ,
could reach, and handed over the en-.
velopes. va
THAT closes the sales for today
gents thank you" and he moved of
The man who had invested opened his
envelopes. There was nothing in them
but the Multum in Parvo." The man
swore Where was tho hungry locking !
w W VINO had drawn the first prize ?" .
he was also gone-he was a "chpper" !
Let the fool killer come this way and !
operate on all those gentlemen who wish '
70 cuy VIZ Tor SION " World. !