The Opelousas courier., 1884-03-29
Didn't Want to Advertise.
Evansville Argus.

line now. lie Won advertise anu
saws he don't believe in THROWN good
money away aputtin' keerds and things
in papers" He says that "people all
knows he keeps IL stSre, and If they
don't, they kin look at his sign and
see." Most Of the newspaper solicitors
have long since given him up as a bad
Job, but once and a while a new man
tackles him.
The other day the solicitor of the
Evansville August-they call it the
August because it is a red hot paper
dropped in on him.
.'Can we say anything in our paper
about your stock, Mr.. Plunkett !" SAID
the solicitor, as lie allowed q sweet ana
engaging smile to illuminate his lace.
mo, sir. You can't say nothin'.
Get ont"
,.Whv, sir, Pm astoniShed at such 4
reception, especially during the dull
seasons, when common sense ought 10
teach n man that he must hustle for
trade
SCOT as much sense It's you, Sir. l
don't want nothin. People don't read
no keerds or advertiser"
II neFeS WHSIS YOU aio
SIR said the newspaper man., a then
as he thought of an old joke he had
once read about, he continued, III l
put a squib about you in the Poorest
part of my paper and make it free and
YOU see that it actually brings You no.
~toriety among your fellow citizens,
will YOU give me some reading matter
next week z"
Now the expression, ''noteriety
among your fellow citizens tickled
Plunkett as much as the Free part,
and as he thought of getting some ad
vertising for nothing he subsidized bis
glee and said =:
..Wall. / don't keer. Go ahead then.
but | must be sure that the people read
it,
Then the solicitor bowed aud Went
out and on the next Saturday, away off
in an. obSnre cornei on an inside pagt
If The August. appeared the fellow
lug
WASTED.-One hundred good cats,
mast hp lsl - aud healthy. Delivered
a, m, house Dryenbet 81, At 9 p. IA,
mi r~eceix. one dnttal aPl c.
G. w PLUNKETT
ptunkru dlln't seq this %int9tiie >Im
oil, reason that Ii vas l,nktns fat q
flowing ~ntlicle ii, the .tllt"tiai 90 :
9mn-and. 10 te the ruth, the news
nup dtitl'I wait HIM ia ss.s 1t, Wiiets
IA, Ii $ oew DO, up 10 gel III
o., :" tHe i 1tt>a ta. >oticit"f
.N lllu * eN N!le1e there
~. ~ t..,-, .tst saai III" reason H.
f,kr,t " - ,htE IL knew how he coatt
II. *, ; MS ~ MY Il he itd Aud then
., 1,ao~e,i hin P,ankrtt's advertise
,tfet.i
~ n4t-asl h pat the card III such
s4..a !" i"t /" said The boy
~ nk. y8ttl st.e,' said the news nian.
lie san't want too many. He wants
lust an even hundred. and mind yoh,
1 H. want them exactly at nine at
uigtJ."
The boy showed the ad TO his chum
aud he to another, aud the boys got To
talking 1T what il soft thug cats at a
dollar apiece were, ill before night
every abIr-bodied boy in Evansville
knew about the cats, aud WAS making
arrangements TO corral from one TO a
dozen on New Years eye.
The eventfui-for Plankett-night
came. The old man went to bed ear
ly and along about niue O'Clock was
sound asleep.
Suddenly there was a ring at the
bell.
..Thar's the bell, Plunkett,' y said hi
wife nudging him in the ribs.
..Wall, / don't keer,' growled Plum
kett, .slet the hired gal go down"
.She isn't here. She's gone to q bal
on Babytown Hill
s.Whar's Erastus -
tRas has gone to the maskiraid a
Leiderkranz hall. There amt a sou
in the house but we'nns, and you'll
hev to 60"
So tho old man went grumbline
down and flung open the door ant
there stood d small boy with a watel
works nose and a large yellow cat witt
one eye, under his arm.
.Here's yer cat, Mr.. Plnnkins,n salt
he. "He amt very pretty, and he's onl,
got one eye, but you bet he's large ant
healthy, and that's what yer card il
the August said you wanted
Il don't want no cat. Never said
wanted none. Git out
Eyes, yer did, too,'' blubbered TIN
boy. Il seer it in the August yol
gimme my dollar
what dollar?n
THAT dollar you said you'd give TO
cats, in the August
sNever said no sich thing" and b
slammed the door too, locked it an
went up stairs.
The boy started out of the gate an
! he saw the boy of all others that b
hated, coming along with q black ca
with a rick-rack a and a stubby tail
I It was the work of a second to dro
the yellow cat. which ~immediatel
scooted back through the yard an
climbed into a grape arbor.
ibid you sell sell your cat, Jimmy !
ibid ~ answered the first boy
J as lie jlngled a knife, two keys aud
second-han dog check in his pockeI
styou bet I did and got the scads."
Boy number two rang the bell, an
Plankett came down again but tli
7 time lle didn't ask any question:
When lie saw the cat under the boy
Z arm he just swore and slammed th
door aud the boy IN rage slamme
i the cat at him, aud cat number tW
hurried into the back yard TO fin
what the yellow cal was bowling s
ln~oarnfuIiy about.
This programme WIS kept up for a
hour till finally Plu9kett refused to II i
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