Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04
He Gave Ii Up.

/ a man with small valise and a
persuasive voice invaded house on
the West Side the other day, says the
Chicago Iri6tOie, and introduced
himself as follows:
" have secured the agency for
this city, ma'am, of work which |
should like to show you. 1t is en-
title 'The Modern Housewives
Friend, Companion and Guide 1t
contains upwards of twenty-seven
hundred and fifty receipts, including
specific directions for
Isn't your name Plunkett?" in
tcrruptcd the woman of the house,
who had been studying his features
as If trying to remember where she
had seen him before.
" No, madam" he replied; "my
name is Harris"
You look like family / used to
know down near Fairview. The
Plunketts were related to the Van
ArsdaleS--cverybOdy called them
Van OSdOllS--and Pm not sure but
they were second or third cousins of
the Gladdises. Ever been i'm Fair
view ?"
No, ma'am. Now, this work,
as | was saying, contains directions
for doing all kinds of needlew0rk,
all descriptions of"
Well, il does beat me! If I'd
met you anywhere on the street, /
should have been just as sure you
were Aaron Plunkctt as l am that
Pm standing here. Your voice is
exactly like his, you're about his
size and heft, you wear your whiskers
the same way he used to, and"
dare say. don't think ever
heard Of him, though. Now"
Never heard of Aaron Plunkett? /?
Why, he was the man that kept a
tavern on the road to-oh, | forgot.
You said you were never in"
"No, | never was there" broke in
the caller, becoming slightly impa-
tient. You will find in this book
full and complete directions for max
ing toilet SOAP
"Pve tried that. It's a good deal
cheaper to buy it. When | lived in
Fairview there was peddler came
round one day with RECEIPT for
making toilet soap. He claimed he
had sold il to the Suydams, and the
Pumyeas, and the Sperlings, and the
Shreveses, and the Persons, and
some of the other neighbors' and |
bought it of him, and it cost me one
dollar and seventy-five cents to make
lot Of soap l could have bought
for
"But that's only one thing out of
thousands in this book, you can make
your own confectionery"
"I've tried that, too. You ought
to have seen Sine Powelson laugh
at a lot of candy made once by
following directions in book l
can make as good molasses candy as
anybody, but when want the fancy
kinds | always go and buy 'em. It's
the cheapest way in the long run"
In this book you will learn how
to make and fit children's gar
ments-"
Land We haven't any children
but what is able to get their own
clothes. There's six Of them, and
they're all boys. The youngest is
fifteen, and he clerks in a clothing
store. He was coming home the
other night, and slipped and fell.
You know it's awful slippery on the
sidewalks. Sprained his knee, and it
swelled up that big that l was afraid
it was going to be so stiff he could
never use it again. l rubbed lima
ment and goose grease on his knee
for more than an hour by the watch,
and it got better. l tell you, there's
nothing like goose grease when you
want to take the soreness out Of a
swelled joint. But you've got to be
sure that you have got the genuine
thing. There's lots of stuff they call
goose grease that's nothing but lard.
The best way is to render it out your
self. Go and buy agoose. Pick out
fat one. 1t won't make any differ
ence how old it is, so it's fat. Take
that goose and"
Madam" gasped the man with
the valise, backing hastily out of the
door, " give it up"