The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-03-05
THEIR VISIT TO TOWN.
An Interesting Recital of
the ''Sights."

Just walk in sister Polly, and I'll tell
you all about Josiah and me going to town.
Guess you have heard about it though for it
has been the neighborhood talk since we got
back; naturally so, too. You see, Josiah
and had been laying off first pretty day
when we could open the potato bed, to carry
along load of potatoes eggs, butter and
such like; so, when the sun had fairly got
up, we were trotting along several miles on
our way AS luck would have it, (you
needn't tell me there nothing in luck), we
drove right up in front of store where we
could see goods all piled up and soon as
Josiah could hitch old Selim, we marched
right in; not in either, till we had taken a
good look at the things heaped up in the
windows. | says to Josiah in a minute ::
This is the very place, for there was every
thing Glasslamps, 1--WE had kinder promis-
ed one to our Jane), Sunday Shoes, Work
ing Shoes, Apples, Oranges, Raisins, Cur
rants (you know, | always was some on cur
rant pudding but | can't begin to tell you
what was in the windows even. They asked
us in and we walked down one side of that
store and Just took in-there was Tobacco,
Cigars, Pipes Soda, Baking Powders, Per
fumery, Tea, Sacks of Coffee, whole Cheese,
Boxes Of Crackers, Boxes of Soap and then
in the middle was tins, all kinds of Coffee
Pots. Big Pans and every other little trick
you ever heard OF on what they call nickle
and ten cent counters. No dull times there
can tell you. Jeans piled up as high as
your head, good at 25cts No use going to
Atlanta or John Keeys We then walked
over on the other side of the store, and there
was Crockery, all kinds and sizes of Plates,
Cups and Saucers, white and them old time
like my old mother use to have in our old
corner cupboard. Then they have what
they call chamber set, bowl and pitchers,
tooth brush holder soap slab, mug, and such
piles of Boots and Shoes Well, we looked
around, and says sorter aside, We see what
we can do out in town. So Josiah says to
the man standing by the store, We will sec
what we can do, but you needn't think il
took us long to take in the situation, and
after walking around the park and pricing
around we went back to where we had
hitched old Selim, and there sold our pro
duce got the money for it, and set in and
bought everything right there, and so would
you have did the same thing for there wa,
everything we wanted, Flour, Corn, Bacon
Hams, Sugar, barrels off and Syrup of al
kinds They had just been unloading two
car loads of Timothy Hay; such piles o
Bran. Well | reckon we was the bes
pleased old couple you ever saw start home
Shoes and Hats for all the boys, not only the
Lamp we had promised our Jane, but one
for the boys, as we got both at what we ex
pected to pay for one; but l amt took tim,
to tell you what store it was, but you mus
have guessed it was D. F. McCLArcnYs
You know how he is always talking so mucl
in the JOURNAL yet he don'ttell half Well
nobody could in one column of a newspaper
but you and your old man had better go anC
lookout for yourselves, and if you amt NOR,
than pleased, I'll give it up.
DON'T FORGET THE PLACEl
ID. F. McClatchy's Store.