Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-13

p"sSi 70 n'"Ae - YOU 'ht N'n'ine u bound
70 succeei' oht ! want y"9r hrlp- Accept
my proposal ami your fortunes made, Did
you ever near y Aa'4tA anu San&eyF he
Askeu Abruptly
~ seemed an eccentric query, ard IN its
lerky dlslolnteines. reminded me of Alice
IN wonderland. murhured that had
had that advantage
% hlucn the bstttf, ne SAID with evt
uent satisfaction, and he hfted his bag on
70 MS Knees,
was beginning To get rather nervous
," nat u thls man betore me were an es
eaped lunatlc! what " he carried some
deadly weapon ih that bngl Al any rate
would he careful not % contradict him,
sut agree with him ~ everything. had
Alwas understood that this Was the safest
thing for any one to DO who might find
himself face to fisee with rowing idiot.
so much the better. he repeated, 'it
Will save me some RISK oi not making my
self understood. You are now III position
to grasp my scheme Moody aud Saukey
were, ! believe, eminently successful in
their line, aud II seems 10 me not unreason.
able to expect thar similar success will
result from applying tue same method ln
my business, We must advertise, Famous
as Poulter Plils are, their Tame depends
upon Keeping up q system OF enterprislng
advertisement. We nave tried Tor time,
as an experiment, the elect OF not adNer-
tising, relying upon wei established
reputation, but We found out the mistake.
Advertise we must"
The man Is an idiot, thought l. He is
now fairly carried away with his particular
mania. Will it last long' Shall ring'
Novelty, my dear sir" he went on, ''is
the rule OF the day. and there must he nov
city in advertising as in everything else to
catch the public interest. SO intend TO
go ON tour lecturing on the merits Of
Poulter's pills in all the principal halls Of
all the principal towns all over the world
But have been delayed in carrying out
my idea till | could associate myself with
a gentleman such as yourself Will you
Join me2 should he the Moody OF the
tour, you would be its Sankey. would
speak my patter, and you would intersperse
my orations with melodious ballads bear
ing upon the virtues OF Poulters pills
The ballads are all readyi"
So saying. he opened that bag and drew
forth from its reocsses nothing more
alarming than thick roll Of manuscript
music.
"The verses are my own" he said, with
q little touch of pride; 'aud as for the
music, | thought 1t better To make use of
popular melodies. so AS To enable an
audience to join In the chorus See, here
In one Of the ballads. Darling, am better
now II describes the woes OF "a fond lover,
/ or rather his physical ailments, until he
went through course OF Pou!ter. Here $
another; I'm ninety.iNe! m ninety -tse'
1 You catch the drift OF that, OF course-a
healthy old age secured by taking Poulter's
pills. All what's this9 Little sister :
last request fancy The idea OF that is to
beg the family never TO be without Poulter' $
| pills Here again; Then youli remember
met Im afraid that title is not original;
/ never mind, the song is And here is
but there are many more. and won
detain you with them now.
! lie saw perhaps. was getting impa
tient. Thank heaven, however, ne was no
escaped lunatic! was safe!
Wei, now, my dear Mr.. Dale, you see
\ whht my plan y. W nat 40 yon saYl
Don't reject it because IL appears ridieu.
lous or eNtraSagant, II Is Just what is ri.
/ diculous and extravagant which succeeds
In advertising. Aud, my word for II,
there's money IN IT. siri don't ask You 70
invest In the concern, don't ask you to
give security Tor any sum of money, II You
/ join me, what want you to do Is simply
TO help me with your melodious voice in
the way have explained, can olfer you
thirty pounds week TO begin with, and
then, II my project succeeds, as ! am sure
It will. you shall have forty pounds We
shall travel all over the country with a
four in hand, with brass band playing ON
the top, while yon and will be in front on
the box. Imagine what u stir we shall
make eyerywherei Picture the huge crowds
who will flock To our lecturesl Come,
what do you sayi'
could say nothing Disappointment
and disgust. rage and resentment distract
ed my mind This WAS the end Of all my