St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-08
HE CAUGHT A TARTAR.
The Mistake a Clerk Wade When
He Chaffed a Country Man.

A couple of young folks who bore I'M
mistakable evidence of being from the
country, and who were mistaken by
would-be-smart clerk for greenhorns, called
at a well-known house furnishing store on
Market yesterday, and unrolling a sheet of
paper as long as mans arm, began buy
ing large number of articles, the names
of which they scratched from the paper
as soon as the goods were put aside.
''Two wash-boilers."
''Jimminy, you folks are going to have
a lot of dirty clothes, seems to me-" flip
PANTY commented the clerk as he set the
boilers aside.
1.-Two or three wringers," said the man,
indicating the kind he wanted.
''Ho. ho!" patronizingly observed the
clerk; 81 guess you are going to start
laundry down at Squashville."
The lady looked indignant but neither
she nor her husband for such it appeared
that he was, paid any attention to the re-
marks of the clerk.
1.-TWO sets of smoothing-irons and two
stands" was the next order.
THAT settles the laundry business, sure
as fate, buddy" Clipped in the clerk as he
picked up the irons. He was so tickled
with his joke that he dropped one of the
irons on his pet corn, when the first smile
that had been seen on the face of either
of his customers drew two pretty dimples
in the young lady's cheek.
Thunder! you going to start a cream
cry, to0?" ne snarled, as the man ordered
to butter ladies',
mo; we are not going to do anything of
the kind" said the male half of the matri-
monial pair of scissors, as for the first time
he appeared to notice what the clerk was
saying.
''What in sheol are you going to do
then?" asked the clerk as he limped across
the store with the butter ladies'.
well, you see." said the man, with an
inimitable drawl, ''Maria and l got
married last Wednesday, and we are get
ting in our things now, and as we don't
know yet but we may get divorce by and
by we are buying double, so that in case we
do conclude to part company there won't
be any trouble to divide what we've got"
''One for you and one for Mariar," glee-
fully warbled the clerk each time he laid
aside the couples after that. When the
buying was completed the customer said:
Now, look here freshly, want you to
divide those goods into two equal lots
without any duplicates in either lot, and
send one to Abner Sheldon, Spring City,
and the other to Charles r. Quincy, Birds
borough. DO you understands"
YES" was the somewhat doubtful as
sent of the clerk.
''Well," said the countryman, 'these
goods are to be sent G. o. D., and if you
get any of them mixed up, and if have
to send any of my batch to my brother-in-
law, or he has to send any to me-. or cor
rect any plumbers, the cost of freight will
be deducted from the money remitted
Now there is just one more thing that I
want to say to you before | go out l will
be obliged to you if you will tell your en-
ployer that unless he finds more civil clerk
/ shall find another place to do my buying"
AS the cOuntryman and his wife walked
out. and the clerk tried to make up salts
factory explanation to the old gentleman,
who had stepped out of the back Office
just before the customers parting shot, it
is probable he resolved never to chaff a
''greenhorn" again.