Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-24

AND WIEIS IS NOph BUN IO-IAh! Here he picked up sample from box at his side, smelled it, examined it with a critical eye, and continued: But am no louger identified with that business, although the name of Blodger will live as long as thcre is nothing in- vented to superscde tho use of soap"
 linen soap has ulale you tho wealthy man you arc to.day?" said Mrs. Breezy
 ''Ycs madam" replied the talkativc old fellow, "I owe a DO deal to soap. am tolerably well off, and it is gre, deal of satisfaction to know that wLil1 l have been accommodating . fair compe- tence 1 havo Ut tue same t!mc lecn helping to make the world good deal cleaner. And, by the way, l attribute not little of my success to my knowl- edge of the best methods of bringing my soap to the notice of tho public and singing it's praises in verse. Allow me-" said Blcdgcr, producing what looked amazingly like q scrap-hook from the rccessos of his coat I Uo lzct, ito read to you what was conceded hy all to be my best effort in that line. gen-u-ins l (he was lapsing into soap once morc) literary production, ono which set all | the people of tho United States talking
 
 morning when it appeared, at the foot of an elegant cut of Tashtub, in all the newspapers from Maine to Cali fornia. Hero 1t is:
 "A knotty problem in this world With which we have to cope Is how to keep our faces clean
 Iris solved by E!od2sr's soap. St. Paul of old said: Great are faith And charity and hope"-
 But greater far than these, my friends, Is Blodqsr's mdtchlesS soGp.
 Iris used to wash the trotters of His holiness the Pope, And little children slack their thirst With studs from BIod0er's sosp.
 None genuine without these verses on the wrapper, over the signature of Stephen Blodger For sale by all Gro cers and Druggists throughout the country"
 MT. Blodger looked round with an air of pride as he finished reading and gracefully accepted the concentrations which his verses dHow forth from Mrs. Pregy
 Before he could continue the conver- sation, however, some customers came in and his listener had to wait on them. | No sooner was the store clear again than the letter carrier stood in the door, way and, in the manner peculiar to New York postmen, who are always in such q hurry, he Tipped letter into the store from between his fingers and did not even wait to see it drop in the pan underneath the molasses barrel.
 ''That's gentlenanly way of hand ing in letter." said MT. Blodger, while Mrs. Bregy picked 1t up and wiped it
 II guess the poor fellows are on their feet so long and have so far to walk that they won't step yard farther than they can possibly help" said Mrs Bregy, sympathetically.
 Then she tore open the end of the en- velope and drew out the letter which she commenced to read.
 "Whatever can this mean? It is from a lawyers offlce." Then she commenced over again and read aloud:
 "Dear Madam
 If you will please call at our office at your earliest convenience, you will hear of something to your advantage. | Yours very truly, | BRoUsE & TANNER"
 "Brouse & Tanner?" said Mir. Blodg- CT. "Why, they are my lawyers in Tenn pie Court; whatever can they want with you2"
 That is something l can not even guess at" exclaimed the excited wom- an. ''It may be they can tell me whore II my dear husband is."
 ''Oh, no, it can't be that They would have nothing to do with any thing that concerned your husband; that could not possibly be, said MT Blodger. Just then Eugene walked in, and after shaking hands heartily with Mir. Blodger ho received the letter which his mother