The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-02-06
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY C, 1880.
TIE SANE MS. DAY.

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People who contend that things
have become new should take their
stand in front OF the village store-iAe
same VILLAGE store Of thirty years ago,
..where ven will find on sale a fine
quality OF n o. molasses and the very
best makes of crow bars and calicoes.
4 woman drives up In an oid-fashlC1ed
buggy. after an o.d-fashioncd Dobbin,
slips the bride off his head. ties him
to post with rope, and then enters
the store 10 say:
Good morning, Mr.. Perkins. What :
eggs and butter worth today
Butter is down. you know"
'Pshawr'
Cant give but 10 for butter and IS
for eggs
.Sakes alive. but III take 'em home
first! Peddlcr offered me 20 for butter
and Is for eggs only yesterday"
Yes; but you had to take it IN tin
ware, you know. I'm giving the going
price; might say half a cent more on
the butter, being as you made it.
well. ! s'pose I'll have to take IT,
but that's awful. Bring il in"
There's nine pounds OF butter and
eleven dozen eggs and she figures with
him to be sure it's right.
Cant get over the low price on
eggs she observes as the sum total
agrees on both sheets of paper, ''oure
YOU didn't mean IS cents?n
I'm little steep even at ID, because
/ know you want trade. What is 1t to-
day?n
Got bedticking?"
Yes"
How much?n
Thirty cents for the best"
Thirty cents! It's amazing. ! got
a letter from my sister down in Ohio
Yesterday, and she especially men
toned that the very best ticking was
only q. We are thinking Of moving
down there"
Isn't that finc?" he inquired, as he
flung down 4 bolt.
Dunno SO many cheats nowadays
that YOU can't be sure Of anything. /
bought a tick Of you sixteen years ago
come March, and its giving away al
ready. Warrant the colors fast?a
"Oh, yes"
Looks to me as if the feathers would
work through rs soon as the starch got
out"
She wet a piece with her tongue,
worked il vigorously between her fin
gers, and after holding it up to the
light remarked:
II spcc't i've got TO chance it. You
may cut me off nine yards"
Ten is the rule, Mrs. DAY.
Il don't kecr. ! can narrow it in a
little. Nobody sleeping on bed
knows whether there are nine or ten
yards in the tick. I've got a piece
around the house, anyway, and I'll
work it in somewhere. You throw in
the thread. of course.n
II suppose III have to. Anything
elsen'
Il s'pect I've got to get calico
dress for Cousin Martha, who's Twin
with us now"
Ten yards?"
Ten land-o-'days! Seven is q big
plenty for Martha. She's slim and
poor, and She don't want TO carry any
thing extra around. Six and Il half
might do
.Why, Martha is rs big as Mrs. Per-
kins and she always takes ten"
Atl SIG tAil.lN ILIltIi. IL say
eight. but | know I'll have hunk of
cloth left, De you warrant this fast
coior2a
Il do
NO starch?"
Just enough to glaze it
And YOU throw in the hooks and
eyes. buttons and paper of needless"
"Oh, l couldn't do that"
Mr.. Perkins.' she continued rs she
retreats a step, we've been trading
with you for twenty-five long years,
and we've allus settled cur bill the last
of each year"
II know it,"
And now YOU want to he stingy
with us! | guess Ill drive up to
Strongsyille."
Well, I'll throw EN- in, but it takes
all the profits off. Anything eise?n
Some nutmegs, | guess. Sell 'em
two for a cent now9'
Good gracious, no! Nutmegs are 5
cents apiece
IN never pay il. I'll wait until
Mr.. Day is going down to Strongs-
vile. I've been told they were two
for five there"
They cost that. However, I've got
broken one in the jar, and I'll throw
that in Now. what clse?'
Nothing, | guess. I've got to run
around to Hannah joys to give
her a cure for rheumatism in the cl-
bow, and while | am gone YOU can
empty my crock and basket; put the
parcels III the buggy, and get the
bride on to old Jim. Weather feels
like a thunder shower, and l guess I'd
better get home early. " J. Size.