The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-23

couldn't trade much, an she'd better
60. didn't dispute her, an soon was
alone once more with my sassages an
candles. kind O. wish afterwards I'd
asked her how they hitched them hoes
supporters to the hoes, an how they
worked.
The fire had got down, an hadn't
more'n got it fixed up an another dozen
candles run when there was another
knock on the side door. This time it
was little lean fellow carryin' a mop
stick. He began without any prelimin-
aries. so to speak:
Here. madam, you see an entirely
new style OF mop. 1t has several ad-
vantages over the mop of long ago. one
of which is that it screws the rags. or
whatever material your mop is to
be composed Of, into the frame
itself. Then, by turning this small
crank. you can wiring out your mop
without putting your hands in the water.
Isn't that a triumph ofmechanicsl skill
in the line Of mops, madam" An he
flourished his mop-stick in the air as .
singin' master does his baton.
"When you will bring me mop"
says /. ''that will git the water on the
stove, heat it, take it off again. an mop
up the floor nice and clean, I'll buy
one. Until then, l shall stick to my
old mop. You might as well travel
right on. as / shan't be likely to trade
any to-day"
But this mop. madam! You will
always regret it if you neglect this OPP
portunity to purchase what may
style the great ultimatum of mop.
Why, Just look at this mop-stick,
madam
''rll look at this broom-stick. an to
some purpose. too" says /. '.if you
don't take yourself of. I'll defend my
self from corset-peddlers an walkin'
mop-sticks. or I'll know the reason
why. / declare. here it is most noon,
an my sassages hardly begun"
He looked scat an sayin' he'd better
60, he took himself off. He hadn't got
out o. the yard tho, before / saw a tall
old gentleman with large square case
in his hand. comm in at the gate. He
walked round to the back-door. and
right into the kitchen.
Don't let me disturb you. ma Fam, at
ALL" he began. II merely wish to call
your attention to this paper. for which
I am getting subscribers. tits doubtless
the most entertaining and instructive
paper published in the United States
to-day; and besides that see these
magnificent chromos! Six of them
when you subscribe. and four steel
plates like this every month afterward.
Isn't that a magnificent offer? Why.
this picture alone is worth more than
the price Of the psper-which is only
fifty cents year. There. isn't that q
likeness. MADAME
"Who ofp'I inquired in cool tones.
as he held up avery high-colored pict-
IRE of man.
''Whor' he fairly yelled. els 1t pos
sible that I behold woman who does
not know the face of our lamented
Gar6eldr Why, lots of folks have this
same picture richly framed and hung
in their elegant parlors. and it is mis-
taken for an oil portrait. And you do
not know that facc?"
mot that one," l answered. 1--WE
seen good pictures of Mr.. Garfield, and
/ have one / set consid able by myself.
But, good landr' says l, warmin' up to
the subject, ''didn't this country suffer
enough in all his long sickness an
death, in the mighty strain of agony
an suspense, afterward in the sick
enin' trial of Guiteau. an since them
times. without havin' them horrid car
rjcatures scattered broadcast through
the land sencef ! amt never seen bnt
a few oil paintings; but l pity anybody
that amt got brains enough to tell that
daub from one. Why. / could paint a
better one with house paints an lard
oil. I've been in the art gallery down
to ST. Johnsbury. an I've seen enough
there. an / don't banker after news
paper chromos very much. An when
l see a fifty-cent newspaper g'vin' away
three or four dollars worth of paintin's
every week, Think there's a fraud some
where. either among the publishers or
the agents that canvass for EN-
But just as said the last words the
door slammed. I'd been standing at
my work with my back to him; AN
when looked out of the window he
was goin' down the road as if he was
after the doctor.
But this wasn't all. After dinner.
just as I'd got my dishes washed an
put away, an was gettin' my candle
moulds around again, heard another
knock. t.
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