Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-04-23

thought of the words on his card. lie
scanned to SOC people testing his pickles
aid. hot lilk:rg them, depart without |
buying: "They Will know good vac. !
gar" Thought lie; an SO he bought The
In few days several tabs Of mate:
| rials were ready; and he knew he r3tnsA
| market them. Now, he greatly dreaded
to face strange people AID push his
goods upon their notice. He never had
courage as boy, nnd now as q young
man he felt more timid Hut he thought
| bf the wrtsrds OH the crrd ard entered d
restaurant The evideat rianaGer svas
q blooming young woman, and the
pickle dealer was moro afraid of women
than men. Bnt "busincss is business"
repeete itself over and over and over
lii His m!ri
The answer to his statement ~sa
that his pickles would be tried. aud il
found all right would be purchased.
"Glad l got that good vinegar"
thought the young man; and ne began
to feel there was certain power in
the maxim his adviser had given. 1fs
began tt feel d courage he had never
expected in meeting people aud trying
to sell his goods to them.
Calling at a store to get, if possible,
an order for pickles in bottles, he was
. qu;ckly and rudely met with: Don't
} want TO soc any such stuff Noticing
the utter dism ay on the young mans
!, face, the merchant said, short and
sharp: "Dofi't you know enough OF
business to put up your goods nttrac-
tively?"
AS he retreated, ruffl.d and dishea art
. ened, the maxim repeated Itself over
and over, with this additional sentence:
"Jt is business to put up goods attrac-
: tively." lie sought out l}shcyrapher
+ and had some handsomely colore1
= labels printed.
= They will buy the bottles" said a
|, friend, ''just for the picture you have
i OH theiti.'
!, When he had gained sufficient cour-
age he sought out again the merchant
~ who had rebuffcd him. 81 have como
to make you a present of a box Of fine
s pickles"
= why do you make me present OF
=. them?'
- "I;ecause you gave me advice that is
= worth a great deal"
'. The morning Of one Fourth of July
II came, and he pondered whether to g
- to t,e store or not All at once he
- thought: "People going on picnic:
&c will want pickles" It was the magic
4. words on the little card that ra1
:, through his mind He found, as HI
.;S. had thought. a large number of buyers
in waiting for him
,- The little card was consulted in al
sorts of weather. Ii Il man made
90 proposition to him Of any kind and h
was in doubt he would 60 and look u
- the words, though he knew them b
1s heart already. O,e day q cheese mel
chant came to persuade him to buy hi
M stock.
.st People" said he. who buy pickle
oy always buy cheese. You Will do bi
~ trade"
.. 1t was a temptation. He went an
, looked at the words aud studie l thci
- intcntly, trying to think out their al
lie phi alton to the case in hand. Me
l.. do what they can" he reflected.
would like to sell cheese; but l know
,f can sell pickles. Then he returned
~. though by nature easily bent an
-. swayed By the words OF others.
I,o business is business" he said.
-, am in the pickle business. If l cannc
-. make money in this l shall quit and G
on int } something el lse; but will not hav
,se two kinds on my hands
- 1t was a turning point. After tn
~. he could refuse all influence to go in,
G ~ something that seemed at the tin
- more lucrative He was not only i
s.s dustrious; he hal a fixed principle
10 acti N. OF course he was successf
All II en- who put industry and min
their work are bound to be succes~fr
When the ten years were up Of cour
he had the $1,000, and more too.
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