The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-20

The editor sat in his char alone
A buster person there never was Known
when IN came q farmer, 3 jolly old soul.
Whose name for long years had been borne on the roll
To bring his good wife and some farm produce down;
And having a moment or two he could spare
OF his own inward sunshine, to tighten the gloom
OF Ii the nan OF the press and his duh. cherries room.
The editors smile. as he lifted his eyes
And saw who was there, was Of joyful surprise
For AgoOd chat with him was like taking a rest
When at length the old farmer got ready to leave,
He said. with a sly little laugh IN hi; sleeve.
Vow please don't get veIed. for You know it's my way
put wnst makes you put IN each paper you print
Well petty misfOrtunes-snd little misdeeds-
And lots CT small matter that nobody reads"
The editor looked at him square in the face,
Al hrst WITH iTown, then : smile took its place.
know
Every line in the psper is read-but it's SO:
And now, if You wish. 1 will make my words good,
And prove what 1 say. as every man should.
Or two about you-in coarse print or fine.
Whiehever you choose, sndJu Just where you may say.
That your ~neighbors all read it, 1 promise TO give
= Her se9d s" sa}d 5bs : y0e; !1st As long as you live"
Put right in the middle of one of those long.
Any person of sense to read one Of those through
III ! hear haa from it twice, I will bring down to you
Then the " Gord-days" were passed, and the farmer went
out
And the editor laughed to himself without doubt,
As lie thought Of his wager and how it would end,
Theh he wrote lust two lines; and he ordered them set
IN the SMALLEST or type-th1nking, I" III win til at bet"
And he placed them himself, to be sure and not fail,
In the midst OF a close agate real estate sale.
For, to better succeed in his little designs,
He'd selected q place where to place these two lines
And have them connected with what followed and make
A sence complete in itself without break.
These the lines that he wrote a. Our old friend, good
James True,
Who is one of the best men the world ever knew.
Of the well known Hope Farm that was all that he
said
About James. but the lines next below these two read
viii be sold very cheap then went on 10 unfold
Tue beauties and bounds of the estate to be sold.
The paper was printed. The next dav but one.
Inc farmer came in with his eyes full of fun;
4 nave WON'T he began, "just as sure as YOUR born
why, before ID got breakfast ate yesterday morn,
Two T three of my ~neighbors called. purpose to see
what tnat meant In the paper they saw about me.
q hadn't seen 1t YETI Then, during the day.
Every neighbor that met me had somethin9 TO say
About my being sold. was sold very cheap
And you dd 1T well, too it was too good to keen.
80 " tod the whole story, and come with all speed
10 bring you the garden sauce as L agreed"
Inc editor looked from his window and saw
HIS friend had brought in all his horses could draw
All for him he declined to accept it, but found
mat ms friend would not listen, and was of With q
bound.
saying, cheerily. as he went out" In your next
JUST say Jim True's preaching, and this is his text
Lhere is naught in the paper-fruit flowers, Or weeds
Nots hne IN the paper that nobody reads"