The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-26
Mr.. AND MRS. sowssR.
Mr.. Bowser Takes Turn Among DR.!
Goods and Croekery stores.

| get down town and buy them, wnen
Mr.. Bowser came home at two O'Clock
one afternoon and said;
well. are you all ready?'
"For what?"
why. to 60 down and buy those
things"
"But / didn't know You wanted to
90. Indeed. l wish you wouldn't"
"Oh. you do! Are you ashamed to
be seen with me on the street,
"You know I'm not I'm afraid you
--you--"
"Well, whatP"
You'll jaw folks and get into a
quarrel"
MRS. Bowser, are you getting soft
in the head? jaw folks! Get into a
quarrel! Humph! Are you comihg"
We first visited the carpet store. l
had not yet made up my mind whether
to buy brussels or velvet, nor whether
| to get light or dark colors Iexpected
to take chair and have the clerk roll
down about fifty pieces of each kind,
and to be all of two hours making up
nv mind. One clerk ran to llace
chairs for us. A second arranged the
window curtains, and third inquired
of Mr. Bowser:
"Did you wish to look at some car
pets?"
"Did l come up here to buy oys-
tersp" demanded Mr. Bowser.
"Ah-um! Light or dark colorsP'
Light"
But the dark are all the style. you
know
II don't know any thing of the sort!
There are plenty of white horses and
houses. and white shirts and hats; and
l don't know why light carpets
shouldn't be fashionable. Roll down
this piece"
"Yes, sir; but you won't like 1t. This
dark pattern is what Mrs. Governor
Smith selected for her front bedroom. "
"Yes. Well, l may get that for my
horse barn later on. Send up a man
to measure the room, and give me that
light pattern
why. Mr.. Bowser y l said. "You
haven't selected already ?"
Certainly"
"But we--we-'
Five minutes !, enough for any one
to select carpet, Mrs. Bowser. We
want body brussels, and we want q
light ground. That's all there is to it.
We will now go over and buy the table
linen
but can't l haye time to look
around p
Time! What do you want of time
You want three linen table-cloths
and two dozen napkins. We've got
the money to pay for EN-. What more
is desired P''
"But it's so sudden"
$50 are earthquakes. Wen go ir
here"
We entered a dry-goods store and sal
down to the linen counter. A young
man came forward to wait on us, anC
after being told what was wanted, hi
queried:
so you want some real linen. Well
here is something | can recommend.
"Is that all linen P'
"Yes, sir"
"Is it P" asked Mr. Bowser, as HI
turned to me.
Ididn't think it was but l told Mr.
Bowser to let it 90. 1t was the custom
in all dry-goods store to lie about such
things and no one thought of raising
row.
Madame" said Mr.. Bowser, as h
took the cloth over to a motherly oil
lady. "is this all linen?"
No, sir, it's half cotton" she re
piled, after an inspection.
where's the proprietor of thi
store?" he demanded of the clerk.
"I-I'll call him, sir"
The proprietor came up.
: "Is that linenp" asked Mr.. Bowser.
at passes for linen, sir.
If you put cows horns and tail o
a horse. he'd pass for COW. wouldn'
he? Sir, this looks to me like q petit
swndle, and one you ought to b
ashamed Off
The proprietor began to blow up tn
z clerk, and the clerk said he'd rcsigt
and as we got outdoors ! penncd Nj
| Bowser into doorway and said:
"Tll never, never dare enter th
store AGAIN.
+ Don't want you to. The man is
liar and the clerk lied by his instru'
tions. Well try another. "
The next store was crowded and Il
s we reached the linen counter it was t
find every stool occupied, ! tried
+ get Mr.. Bowser out, anticipating tro'
bic, but unfortunately at that momen
one lady observed to another:
Dear me, but this is the third afte
. noon I've come down town to buy
a table-cloth, and haven't got suite
yet"
"And | want four crash towels an
I've been all over town twice" replie
, the other.
= "Here you!'' snapped Mr.. Bowser
the clerk s.are Won busy?'