Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-02
He Caught A Tartar.

a couple of young folks vino bora IN
mistakeable evidence of being from the
country, and who were mistaken hy q
would-be smart clerk for greenhorns,
called at a well-known nhouse-furnishing
store on Market street, Philadelphia,
andunrolling sheet Of paper as long az
man'Sarm, began buying large num-
Der 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 lot of dirty clothes, seems tc
me-" hippantly commented the clerk,
as he set the boilers aside.
1.-Two of these wringers," said the
man, indicating the kind he wanted.
"HO, no." patrOnizingly observed
the clerk. ST guess you are gong to
start a laundry down at Squashville.
The lady looked indignant, but neith-
er she nor her husband, for such it ap-
peared that he was, paid any attention
to the remarks 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 pleased with the joke that ne
dropped one Of the irons on his pet corn
when the first smile that had been seen
on either Of his customers, drew two
pretty dimpleS in the young lady's
cheek
''ThunderI are you going to start a
creamery, too?" he snarled, as the man
ordered two butter ladies'
mo, We are not going to do anything
| OF the kind" said the male half of the
matrimonial pair Of SCISSORS, as f0r 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
/ lmitabie drawl, "Maria and | got mar
red last Wednesday, and we are get
ting in our things now and as we
don't know yet but we may get q
divorce by and by. We are buying dOu-
| bic, so that IN case We do conclude to
part company there won't be any trOu-
bic to divide what We We got.
Oilc lOL YOU anu Oilb lOI AldIldI,
gleefully warbled the clerk each time he
laid aside the couples after that. When
the buying was completed the customer
said: NOW, look here, freshly, 1 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
X. Gurney BlrdsbOrOugh. Do you Un-
derstand?n
Yes" was the somewhat doubtful
assent of the clerk.
"Well," continued the cOuntryman
these goods are to be sent c. o. D.,
and if you get any Of them mixed up,
and have to send any OF my batch TO
my brOther-in-law, or he has to send
any to me, 10 correct any of your blum
ders, the cost of the freight will be de-
Quoted from the money remitted. Now
there is just one more thing that want
TO say 20 you before 90 out. l VIII
be Obliged to you if you will tell your
employer. that unless he finds more
civil clerk l shall find another place to
do my buying"
As the cOuntryman aud his wife
walked out, and the clerk tried to make
up a satisfactory explanation to the old
gentleman, who had stepped out OF the
back office just before the customers
parting shot, 1t is probable he resolved
never to chaff ''greenhorn" again.