The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-05
CanvassIng Under DimcuIties.

a man with a small valise and a per-
suasive voice invaded house on the West
Side The other day. says the Chicago Tn
Dune, and introduced himself as follows.
have secured the agency for this city.
ma. am, OF a work which | should Ike 10
show you. It is entitled The Modern
Housewives Friend Companion and
Guide. IL contains upwards Of 2,750 recipes,
including specific directions for
isn't your name Plunkett2" interrupt
ed the woman OF the house. who had been
studying his features as IL trying to re-
member where she had seen him be-
No. ma'am." he replied. my name is
You look like family used TO know
down near FairvieW. The Plunketts were
related to the Van Arscales-everyb body
called them Van Os1olls-aud I'm not sure
Dut-they were second or third cousins Of
the Gaddtses. Eyer been in Fairsiew %
NO, ma am. Now. this work, as / was
saying. contains directions for doing all
kinds Of needlework, all descriptions
well, it does beat me. If I'd met YOU
anywhere on the street I should have
been Just as sure you were Aaron Plunkett
as 1 am that I'm standing here. Your
voice is exactly like his. you're about his
size and heft, you wear your whiskers the
same way he used 10, and"
dare say. ] don't think ! ever heard
OF him, though. Vow"
Never heard of Aaron PIunkett? Why.
he was the man that kept a tavern on the
road TO, / forgot. You said you were
No I never was there" broke in the
caller, becoming slightly impatient. You
VIII md in this work fun and complete
directions for making toilet soap"
Il We tried that. las q good deal chea per
10 buy It. When lived in FairYieW there
was peddler came round one day with
recipe for making toilet soap. He claimed
he had sold il to the Suydams, and the
Pumyeas, and the Spcrllngs. and the
Shreveses, and the Piersols, and some of
the other neighbors. and / bought it of
him and IL cost me Sl75 to make lot of
soap could have bought for
But that's only one thing out of thous-
ands in this book. madam You can
make your own confectionery--''
i've tried that too You ought to have
seen SINE Poweison-laugh at a lot of candy
l made once by following directions in a
book! ] can make as. coed molasses candy
as anybody, but when L want the fancy
KINDS / always go and buy 'em. It's
the cheapest and best way in the long
In this book you will learn how to make
and mt childrens garFnents--''
Land We haven't any children but
what's able TO get their own clothes
There's six OF them and they're all boys.
The youngest is IS 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 il swelled up that
big l was afraid it was going TO be so
stiff he never could use it again. ] rubbed
hniment and goose grease on his knee for
more than an hour by the watch, and il
got better. j tell you there's nothing like
goose grease when you want TO take the
got to be sure you have 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 yourself. Go and buy a
goose. Pick out fat one. 1t won't make
any difference how old it is, so it's fat
Take that goose and"
Madam" gasped the man with the
| Yalse, backing hastily out of the door,
Il give it up"