The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-22
VENDING PEACHES.
Peculiar Circumstances That Sur
round the Vocation.

a AA~'aAh NNA llhutu Will DdEktLs OF
peaches stood at the rear Of the Lehigb
Valley depo, yesterday and in it stood two
young men, waiting to offer the cautious
housewives bargains.
Are peaches pretty near run out?n
asked the reporter
mo, they will last week or so longer,
but they will go up in price next week"
A stout lady, with a squint in her eye,
stepped up to the car. "How do you sell
your peaches 2" she asked.
Here is nice basket for sixty-fve
cents"
Heavens l thought you were selling
them cheap2"
80 we are, ma m, but we can't sell this
basket for less than sixty-fve,"
Haven't you got any for fifty ?"
Yes, l think there are few left. "
Putting the '6j' basket aside the vendor
produced another There. Here is one
III give you for fifty"
20, my goodness l wouldn't give you
forty for it. Show one for sixty"
The vendor f3hed out the "65" basket he
had previously laid aside and said, conf
dentially Now, ma m, here is a basket we
have been selling all day at eighty cents.
Take it home for sixty-fve and say no
more about it.
The basket was taken and as the stout
lady wsbbled past friend she said, with
some display of egotism, I've been market
ing too many years to be caught by these
sharpers."
A German lady stepped up, wat you
want tor der beaches ?7
Seventy cents, ma M" answered the
man, as he pushed "65" basket towards
her
"Sevendy sends Veil l neverl gol
a basged Of beaches youst like dot two
weeks ago for dirdy-fve"
1T wasn't this basket, ma M" said the
man with a wink in the direction of the re.
porter.
"Yaw, Yaw. Youst like dot exaedly
Youst like dem"
The vendor presented another basket oi
beauties, they looked little better thar
the first, and said, Nov here is an eighty.
cent basket"
"Ach, now vat you dake me for?
gif you sevendy cents for dem"
II couldn't do it ma m, really. They
cost sixty-fyei but have basket herr
that contains the same kind of a peach
only the basket is not as strong Garry i
carefully, so the peaches won't tall out, anC
Pll let you haye it for seventy"
The German lady snapped it up. As sht
walked away with the peaches the reporter
asked, Didn't you offer that basket few
minutes ago for 65?'
Yes, said the vendor, "it was mat,
Of the last l sold for sizty-fve, but askeC
the German lady seventy cents in the frs
place, and We have to stick to prices"
Yes, said bystander. "our peopl
will swallow and believe the statements o
the strangers before they will our hom
merchants and"-
Just then a tall, thin lady with deter
mined expression upon her face hurried to
wards the car with basket of peaches o
her arm and exclaimed with numerou
I emphasis, "See herel You sold me thi
basket Of peaches few minutes ago 10
sixty-hve cents and a lady living next doc
to me has just got home with a much large
basket OF far better peaches and she onl
paid forty cents for them at one of th
stands up town snd'-
II can't help that nam. You made
bargain with mel
10, you son of peach pit you. Do yo
| mean to say"-
But her outburst of wrath was useless
She returned home with the peaches an,
home trade has one more ardent advocate