San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-25
A cANvASSER'S HARD LUCK.

LuLING, Texas, Jan. q, 1880.
To the Daily LIGHT:
I beg for space enough in your
paper to tell but q few of the ups and
downs of the lie of a lady canvasser.
MY FIRST DAYS EXPERIENCE.
Well, 1 started out hopefully
enough; but tonight as l SIT rumlilaE
ing by my little fire (Which by the
way cost me % cents extra L feel very
sore both in body and mind. DC,
lieve made 10 cents today, ana palG
out 81. Encouraging did you say
Well, yes, rather 80, but L am deter.
mined to be brave. 1 can 40 Wna1
any body else has done, IL Will Jake
time and q little practice TO per1ecG
myself Ito become tough enough 10
withstand all the gruf answers ana
black looksl. 1 must confess IL Is
rather trying, to say the least, 10 pe
always met with the same monosylla-
BILE NO. l wondered today II one
of our authorities did not have
some other way to express
negative answer besides that pert,
vet very decisive word, no.
/ could say many funny things re-
garding the people L met today but
will refrain. Some were very nice
and some were not. L suppose that
was due to a very sudden change IN
the atmosphere, as it got very colo
toward night. The gentlemen gath
cred their mantles about them ana re-
minded me of a terrapin, who has
at some sudden alarm drawn himself
into his shell and will not under any
circumstances come out. Some give
as an excuse "hard times" that
threadbare tale, but most OF them,
that they were already taking more
papers than they could find time TO
read. Some look at the political SIDE
and turn up their noses in evident
disgust. Some may say perhaps you
are not adapted to the profession; per-
haps you do not understand just now
to approach your customer, perhaps
not. 1 tried to read their faces to ma
out as to the best..method of approach
ing each individual, but 1t APP
peared to do no good. L find
I must look pleasant, no matter
how they look. Speak kindly no
matter how abrupt they may choose
to speak. Well, I may get used to it
after while, they do say, you can get
used to anything. will try and tell
YOU something of Luling. 1t has
population of 1000, so they say; but
where they are is beyond my compre-
hension. There is very good coun-
try surrounding Luling, and the
farmers raised good crops last year.
A great deal of cotton is shipped from
here. 1t is very busy town; few
people outside of business men and
their families live here. They have
one of the best public schools here in
this part of the state; Prof. Patrick
Prin, a man fully capable to manage
and direct. There are two springs,
Sulphur and Burditts," near the
town, whose waters are said to possess
great healing properties; there is an
hotel there for the accommodation OF
those who may need to drink
of it's water. The town itself
is very rambling, the houses are
very plain and huddled together
as though they were afraid of
the great wide world, or were saving
material. | have heard of the necessi-
ty of building houses close together in
times of Indians, but now the red men
have moved on westward and the
prairie is broad and there is no call for
such close quarters. There might be two
or three stores in the space one ought
by rights to occupy.
1 must close, would write more, but
nv % cents worth of wood has burnt
out, and must 60 to bed, or pay an
other quarter, which, under existing
circumstances, [ do not care to do.
A.P.