Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-06-08
THE EDIToR' s WAGER.


a buster person there never was known
When IN came farmer. jolly Old soul,
Whose name for long years had been borne on
OF paying Subscribers lie had come into
town
Touring his good wife and some farm produce
down,
And having a moment or two he could spare
Had run IN as usual, u bring in a share
OF MS own Inward sunshine 10 tighten the
OF the man Of the press and his dun cherries
room.
The editors smile. as he lifted his eyes
And saw who was there, was OF joyful sur
prize;
And b. greeted his friend with deal of glad
Zesi,
For II good chat with him was like taking a
rest
when st length, the Old farmer got ready to
iraye
He said. with n sly little laugh in his sleeve:
NJ dear friend, there i-one thing just want
Now, please don't get vexei, foryou know it's
Bur what makes you put in each paper you
print
so much that Is worthless-do you take the
wcIl-petty misfa-tuncs-sndI little M Isdecls-
And lots 81 small matter that nobody reads
The editor locked nj him square in the face,
Al nfst with irown, then smile took its
place.
Ny dear friend he replied, - I'm surprised
You don know
Every line in the paper "a read-but n'sso:
aud now, If you wish. l Will make my words
Aud prove what say, as every man should.
III put IN the very next paper line
br two about ynu-in coarse print or fine,
Whichever YOU choose, and Just where you
may say.
That your nuishl'urs all read it, promise 10
give
Free subscriptions to you as long a. YOU live
Agreed, said the farmer, you shall sing a
Put it right in the middle of one Of those
long
fne-type a,lvnrtiscmcnts-I never yet knew
Any person OF sense 10 read one of those
through:
If near from il twice, Will bring down 10
The best load Of garden sauce lever grew
Then the " goo days were passed, and the
farmer went out.
And the e,iiior laughed 10 himself without
doubt.
As he thought of his wsgcr and how it would
end.
And the nice little joke he would have on his
Then h. wrote just two Ines and he ordered
them set
In the smallest Of iypc-thinking: :" I'll win
And he placed them himself. tobe sure and not
fail,
In the midst 81 a close agate real-estate sale
For. 10 better succeed In his little designs.
He'd selected place where T. put these lines
And have them connected with what followed.
and make
A sentence complete in ITSELF without break,
These the lines that he wrote .-Our old friend
good james True.
Who IS one OF the best men the world ever
knew.
ot the wen known Hopc Fann'-thst was all
that h. slid
About lanes, but the nex; line below these two
read
"wal he s,ld very chea."-thcn went on to
unfold
The beauties and bounds of the estate 10 be
sold
Tue paper was printed The nextday hut one.
The farmer came in. with his ewes full of fun;
You have won he began, Just as sure as
you're horn:
Why, before Ia got breakfast ate yesterday
morn.
Two or three neiehhors called. purpose 10 see
What that meant ia the paper they saw about
Il hsdn't seen ii yeti Taeu during the day.
Every neighbor that met me had something to
About my being sold Twas Sold very cheap.
And YOU did II well, too; II was too good TO
keep:
Owe told the whole story. and came with all
speed
To bring yon ,he garden sauce. as | agreed"
The editor looked from his window and saw
His friend had hroughs in all his horses could
draw
An for hun; be declined TO accept it, but
That his fiicni would not listen. and was OF
with hound,
Saving, eheerily, Us he went out: ain your
just say Jim True's preaching, and this is his
text:
There Is iraueht in the psper-frui,. flowers or
weeds
Not a line ir the paper that nobody reads"
--l'FouidSls,e tR H. Journal.
A Recent French lapuuest H., Caebin