Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-17
Learning the Grocery Business
4 small Boy in Detroit Free Press.

1 was only fourteen years old, bu
was lot older in my own way of think
ing. and stood right on my dignity th,
first day | was there. It only 10
me about half an hour to learn tn,
business, anyway.
learnt the candy, sugar, apple
orange ard raisin business in less tim,
than that, for knew all about it befor,
| got my hat off After | had beer
there about twenty minutes, and was
pretty well through with bottle o
gum drops, the boss asked me if | has
ever been in grocery store before
was too full for reply-at least my
mouth was--but as soon as got my
mouth nearly empty | said: Often
been in bigger ones than this, too
Well he said you seem to take
hold of some parts of it pretty quick
oh, yesl | can learl anything
quick that | set my mind to-
See said he, If you can learn to
dust of those lamp cbimncys, wash off
those shelves, bring up some potatoes
out of the cellar and leave off eating
candy
4 don't think l can set my mind to
do that. Have you no man to do
these sort OF thiugsY
no; We always make the boy do
that
We'll, where's the boy? Amt he
come yet? III bet you a quarter that
before I'm here long he'll have to get
here earlier in the morning than this
Who? p
'The boy
What boy?'
Didn't you say that the boy did all
the dirty work? Come, old fellow,
you can't fool me. If you think I'm
green, why you have got hold of the
wrong man, and it's me that's telling
you
Just then there was lady come in.
She asked the price of our best flour
/ referred her to the boss, -four has rails
ed, he said, and we couldn't let you
have barrel for less than seven dol
lars
'Oh, l can get it for six dollars and
fifty cents, she said.
In your misty mind says |.
Hold your tongue, boy'l says the
boss
NV advice to you missus,' said /
is if you can get as good flour as
we have for six dollars and half
your a tangled up monkey if you
don't 90 and get it, if your credit is
creditahle'
You're an impudent puppy remark
ed tie boss, savagely.
The same to yourself and many of
them, says |, meekly.
With this the old lady marched out
sedately.
Hold on, old lady, I says; don't go
off mad I'll let you have barrel at
six dollars and seventy-five cents cashr
She kept Fight on out, without let
ting on she heard me.
l sang out: Goodbye, while you're
handy
As soon as she was gone the boss
said:
Boy, you won't suit me- You
would drive all my customers away
with your sauce, besides driving me
crazy
Neither one of them would be a
very long drive, if I'm properly ac-
quainted with myself, and | guess |
am
Clear outr shouted the boss, before
| kill you on the spot
Which spot do you mean?' said |, at
the same time laughing heartily in his
face.
lie threw a pound weight at me.
l made nice catch, and said, 'out on
first base
He looked wild.
| threw it back to him, but he
mufIed it and it went out through a
window.
| don't know where this would have
stopped had not customer come in.
| looked down the street and saw
the boss coming with policeman.
| quickly got inside, locked the door
and busted out the back way, resolved
to give up the grocery business, and
| have never been in that town since.
TWENTY-FIVE State Legislatures a
now at work. We are certainly a law
making people, if not law abiding.
1t is said Jay Gould is changing his
habits. We know an Industrious
scribe who would like very much to
catch on to those be is discarding
How many calendars and almanacs
for 1888 have you collected! This
new rage has apparently taken fast
hold upon those who indulge in it, and
is spreading all over the country.
Malaria is no longer Fashionable
complaint, and you must now complain
of an awful cold on your chest If
asked where contracted, give the name
of some rich person who recently en-
tertained company.
Johnny said the teacher, "a lie can
be acted as well as told. Now, if your
father should put sand in his sugar and
sell it, be would be acting lie and
doing very wrong That's what
mother told him, said Johnny.
There were 46,162,73S bushels OF
grain shipped from the port of New
York in 1892 The grain was carried
in 1899 steamers and 24O sailing ves-
sells, but not pound of it in an Ameri-
can vessel.
The name of Washington appears ia
be regarded with extraordinary vener.
alton in Oriental countries, even among
royal personages, who might naturally
be expected to admire King George and
his redcoats rather than the leader o.
the ragged Continentals. Prince
Taruhito de Arisugawa, the uncle o.
the Kikado of Japan, recently made 9
pilgrimage to the tomb of Washington
and now we learn that the King o
Siam, has sent royal contributions
to the Washington monument. Per