Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
IN A CR0CKERY SHOP.
SOME OF THE TRleULATloNS EN-
DURED eY CHICAGO TRADEsMEN.

Startling Charges of Methods by Ladies'
of Perverted Ideas of Honesty-Pack-
ages Ordered to BE Delivered After
NIghtfalI-An Explanation.
"A crockery shop is a capital place to
study human nature,n said a State street
manager. Business mover was better nor
gilded meanness more subtle. What do l
meant Oh, a dozen things For instance,
yesterday n couple Of ladies came into the
store and asked II we had bargain counter
| showed her up stairs and after she had
seen all the specials, asked me what we did
with tho cracked ware. | told her most of
IL was thrown out in the alley, and that the
slightly damaged goods were disposed of for
anything we could get. At her request l
hunted up a mirror with crack in IL, and n
mustache cup Of French china that had been
Clipped about the edge. / saw Mt glance
that that was the class Of goods she was look
ing for, and offered the cup for forty cents
and the mirror for seventy-five cents. The
cup pleased her. She looked admirngly at
it for awhile and then blandly asked if
thought could find the chip, My negative
discouraged her, and she decided to take the
mirror 1t had two line crack in one cor
ner that described as pretty an isosceles
triangle ms / ever saw outside of a geometry.
Well, | went Off to hunt up a box, and while
was gone one of my clerks overheard her
conversation with the lady which ran like
this:
"'Now, Cad, you mustn't tell, will youl Be-
cause DOM care enough about him to spend
any more money; only he always sends me
something nice, and | feel that | must re-
turn tho present. III send it through tho
Dime Express. They're awfully busy now,
and il ia The most natural tbine, in tho world
for him to sunnosa that The driver acci
dentnllv cracked il. | often get damaged
goods tbrouob that COMPANY. and whenever
+ complain az the shop where they were
bougbt nm, told that thu responsibility rests
on tho o1r,,oss tnessauccr.. and that ends the
matter
"Ob. we sell lots Of cracked shaving mugs.
nitcbpr crnnts CENTER, dishes and coffee SER
vIcos about tbo die,,,,si-ion of which wa have
o,,r own or,irio, Worry ortan we soil a set of
ice cream or tea THINGS. and allow reper
ouelv for "A DAMAGED sanccr or two The
,,oolie o,o ordorad scr,+. r., a certain addres1
and the most emphatic care is taken TO have,
not oniv the lin of sale INIT o,r firm name
eliminated from the marcel often the fair
nrrcbosa, will insist on saaino, tbe hox after
il is neclaJ The nevt move of the anxious
I,,,ar is tr o,,lo, the ,,ocl,,oo deIivernd OF
nioht and ,l,o, ou,. s,,ericions GRO orousod
Diractions arc carriad ont md n question or
two mt IN the delivery clerk BRINGS
tho payye of n vvedding for which tho
..ir,,,'',,c,,4 eo.n VOC a o;ft NO oxcI,-
sio, ~ ON. rop,e ,Dd tho ,;cht deIiverv
ara oir,,,I,, tho income +el,er Nv ono smart
,ror,n,l ~ tb,yatt opo+bor,, oaicionsnees
c,..,eti,,a- , i,,,,,,l,,,+i-, a;,,o tI,a ,,t,r1a
IT,, a,,,o,, ~, n,,a,,IoaI;,,s +bo ,,odolIinT,
staS>, a,jr,,r o,,r ,,a,,,o 1ybicb ia bnrnaJ ~,
~ Il, ,,,,+ ,ass,l t ra,-,C,,n n without tro,tlo
taoo,,so = - NH ~, to stay Aftc tbo bo,o1,'
- ,,l de-, hof,., tho rid, hri,r,, n
tbo aoods orJ tbinl,incr +be ,ccident dIo to
oara1ass,,Dr ~, tLo ,,.If of tho cx-nross cIcrIr
,,,5' ,,a,' so+ II tto,, I,oli,,as ,o,as
a,',l,s+,+ +I,o+ +t,a rr,,is' ,1,li,,a,.od ,or,,
tha csooIs ,,rrchosed mi on, not cortair,
tho+ I, ,,a,i,Io, ia MOI tba doth l,neIl If sn1,o
-, 80, frio,,,lsbir
..;ri, ,,oo,.1iarl,, I,Ia,.,ao,,, t,,,,or so1oo+s
"a IN 1.-Two roo,,,a, nv e',cra,. Losl.ot ord
80 $50 NO, -, l,o,,,.a@, -
10. ~; "a *, IL, 99li.l, +t,,, ,.,,I
, '--'' L. lt' a., 49,
- 49,. F-IS;Ii 80, -
wraps 'n'U "tio ~ "a "a iGm
uso, u'e ou' WV laT,o
INC through 'no ''' 'isl'"i uiileh' anu uolipol
cniii' W , n,'l
sba loaves have tho nainful tasl; Of asking
fa,, tho' cryotal rrooIs
..tS,,Sst Sn,,efin,ss No,v and tho, no
- ;r,Iir.,,atir,,, ,-;l, orir,sat, ,I,, fon,
sSnr i ten' ~, two h,,t il 10 ,o,,oI
' viz ,ay ~ i,,si~t Ia,,or O,,a % ,r,, ,,,1
.NH,ar1 1o,,Il,,'t Ia1,, 10 ,,io, e1n hon,
..i - ,,lt - a..
WIN SII So III aol', ,.
Hes cololoi cups S"io Ceh'i anu et5 HiuSo'
but her trade was 50 NlIulolo anu tne tnelI
GU trivial That We overlooked the falling