The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-07-25
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Trade rn ruydras street was doll, and
most ~ thc sbopakecpcr' io tho vicinity
NJ iho market occupied chairs on tho
Sidewalk and challod with each other
about the news ~ the day llo1rnstnln,
however. sai alone, ongfoaacd IN deep
thought and wondering II The present
summer would be- "a dull as tho outlook
Indicated While he wna thus engaged
Herman came Ia The door and said
"MIsder llohenstcIn II We don't purity
quick puts somo camphor NIT dose black
merino vests de reaches viii eat dem sll
away. und dinks II will bo veil u W.
does dc same ding NIT dose ylie WOOL
hats, because do last time dat ] sells
yon vi dem dc man comes back to
do store de next day und dclls me dot
he find enough ot bcd.bugs under dc
lining 10 stock house. und dot he hai
10 boil he hat shuHt like u v0s u ycgeta.
bio before he could wear It, und den he
dells me dat ven he bois II dat de hat
stretches worse den biecc VI army
beef, und dat II spreads until he got his
vIfo 10 bind all VI de edges around mid
red flannel und usns II IN winter for u
blanket. lie makes me sO mad ven ho
dalks dat way dat | dclls him II ho don't
40 do store out, hits him nit he top uf
q shoo.boN, und before ! says anyding
else, he knock me Offer de head NIT n
pair Of dose star brogins yot yos laying
on dc counter, und he goes away und
no policeman comes. II II don't haf
been dat nv aunt dies In Shreveport
last year, | would hat Wiped him until
he dlnks dot he don't will uefer come
around dis store again NIT any Ut his
foolish NIT me.
"Vat makes you always dalk to custo'
mors dot vayh said llonenstein, an
grily "You loses his pisiness und you
gots Wiped in de bargain. Ven YOU
soes dot de customer vas mad, Wy don
YOU dell him dose yite WOOL hats vas d'
regular blanket hat, und dot you VA
sorry you ncfer diuk uf dclling hin
about dere biculiarity Won hc buys Won
In dot way do man would dink he gets I
good bargain mitout knowing II, un'
YOU keeps his pslness. II vas shus
about time dot you vas dlnking how q
handle dc drsde, you know but yo'
don't. und because Il vas dull you goei
around und ncier dinks. ] haf beef
Watching you, Herman. und | see
dot II don't say noding dot after vii
you gets 10 lazy you wont even keep d
flies away from you" Then Hoflenstel
withercd his clerk with glance, an
after pacing the floor moment said;
al vat prico vas you holding doe
morino vests, vat you dells about vii
agoP"
-Four dollars, Mr.. IIofenstein."
"yat did dey cost at dc auction salep
"Dey shust cost eighty cents piece
sir, und vas dc damaged goods W
comes from Goldhcimer's store ven
burns down"
"yell. den, you dakes dc markin
brush ind put card nit dc show-yit
dow dot We sells dose vests nj S3.7I
yich vas way below cost. Dot Will <
YOU someding to do, und u will koe
! your mind busy, because II you go'
around here much longer mitont an
ding TO do first ding know ! viii cate
,, you writing boetry for do Sunday baper
i nnd den I viii run you out uf dis stol
, In such way dot you will dlnk you IL
, out NJ window, und you don't had be
. ter dink dot don't mean vat say, eide
$ Now you can dako your coat und !
q home 10 dinner, und vile you vas dc
: dink uf blan to sell dose vests. ID,
n customer ven he comes In dot dey VI
: called de Timepiocc vests, und dot d.
dell do time Of day. How many buttol
= vas ON dose vestsp"
= ask Misdcr IIoiIcnstein."
!, "ycll. den. dell dc customer dat
button drops N cfery two hours, NJ
dot Il sphlits open 10 de back yonce
efery twenty.f0ur hours, und safes
exbenso Of a watch. II dat wasn't sat
a. factory 10 de customer you can say d
4. do YES, viii rip In de left side vonce
n five minutes. und In the right aide efe
auyArter " an hour. Remember vat
10 say. Herman. und dell do bcople yot y
,s blease, shust so you sell dose old ve'
4. and make room for dc new stock, y
n know"
!. "Yes. Mlsder Hoifenstein."
y And Herman left the store, det'
% mined 10 do all he could TO please
w. employer and TO avoid n repetition
Is the lecture. M o. Times Democrat