Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-07-10
LIVING ON SAMPLES.
A Smart Man Who Dined on the Fat Of
the Land.

A Smart Man Who Dined on the Fat Of
the Land.
He was well-bred and when he chat
ted of sights in other lands one did not
feel like doubling his word. He talked
of the execution of pirates in China,
described the diamond mines of Kim
berley, and when he dwelt for Q few
minutes on the great exposition in Paris
it was an easy step TO Chicago and the
Worlds fair.
"Expositions arc a snap for fellows
who are broke, and I'm awfully near il. :"
rs that sop queried an interested
listener.
YES" he con timed. "For six months,
when the Partisan show was on, lived
like a lord and it didn't cost me a sou,
either. Had a coarse dinner every day,
too, from soup to cognac and cigar
cites 1 guess the graft ought to be
just as good in Chicago"
How did you do it?" eagerly ques-
toned his companion, whose outward
appearance did not betoken wealth.
Samples, samples" responded the
man of the world. You see, the man.
ufscturers of all kinds of prepared
food always have samples Of their stuff
on exhibition. The soup man, the
maker OF beef tea, the preservers of
game, the Gamers of beef and other
meats, the people who put up all kinds
OF fruit are each and every one repre-
sented. So are tho men whose brands
OF coffee are known all over the world.
In Paris they all had miniature Kitchens
where they prepared the goods and all
you had to do was TO walk mp to the
exhibitors booth and look interested
and you would be politely requested to
test the food. OF course It was inn
possible to refuse the invitation and IL
you made a few eulogistic remarks it
was nearly sure thing that you would
get a second helping"
81 should have thought they would
have got on to you in a week or So"
well, had to be somewhat diplo-
matte, but by skipping the soup every
other day, only calling on the beef
tea man twice a week and other
wise judiciously distributing nv
patronage 1 managed to avoid any un-
pleasantness. Before I'd been at IL a
week l had a system, or route, call 10
what you've a mind to, which worked
like charm
You had it down fine"
81 had"
ut would pay fellow to trot round
after fairs il he could be dead sure not
to call too often on the same man"
practice your memory on the high
jump every day and you will be ready
to start"
''Ill think of that, mister"
Say" queried his interested friend,
you said you were broke"
"And was"
Then where did you sleep?-
sleep? Why. in one of the numer-
GUS sample beds, to be ure"-Chicago
News
-Superintendent-" want job
driving one of our street sprinklers,
eh? Ever had any experienced" APP
plicant-''No, but but what?'
Everybody tells me I'm 50 blind 1
can't see a street crossing ten feet
away and" "That'l do. Come round
in the morning and take out the big
gest sprinkler we own" = Buffalo
Courier.
-Five-year-old Frances had been
spending an afternoon with a little
| friend. When she returned home she
found another little friend there who
had come to visit her. Ethel doesn't love
YOU" said Frances to the second little
girl, referring to the one she had been
calling upon. "why not?" asked tho
visitor. somewhat surprised. 'Tauss
she doesn't know you," explained
Frances