Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-02-10
mot TO BE VISITED AGAIN.n

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1gan young and enterprising Amer
lean book agent was in the country
travelling from town to town, selling
work called ''The Early Christian
Martyrs" delivering the books and
collecting the money as he went
along.
He had been two days in a certain
town and had taken a fair number of
orders there, when little before noon
he called in grocery store, where he
found the proprietor alone. The old
grocer asked him what he had, seeing
from his sample that he was an agent
OF some kind. He replied: 'I'm tax
ing orders for a work called The
Early Christian Martyrs and have
only few copies left"
The old mans eyes beamed with
delight as he said, us that SO? Why,
it was only afew nights ago my wife
and [ were talking about that book
and wondering how we could get it.
She wants the book bad, and SO do
II The agent delivered him copy,
and s the old man gave him a SIS bill
in payment, he said, "Now, look
here, don't you go over to the house
and sell copy to my wife, because
we only want one in the house,
'.Certainly not" said the book
agent. 81 wouldn't think of such a
thing,'' and bidding the old man good
morning, he left the store. 1t was
then about a quarter to IL, and the
train which was to take him to Chica
go started at 1915 p. m. He said to
himself, ~ have just time to sell
copy to the old lady and get on that
train.''
So he entered the nearest drug
store, and getting the home address
of the old man from a directory, he at
once hurried there. OF course, he
had no difficulty in making the sale,
as she was anxious to get the work,
and, having received the s5 he made
all haste to catch the train.
The old man came for dinner at II
O'Clock, reaching there not long after
the book agent had gone. His wife
came toward him, smiling and con-
graduating herself upon having Sc
cured what she had for so long wished
to possess, copy of "The Early
Christian Martyrs" He did not
smile, however, but swore angrily,
and, muttering something about how
he would fix him, hurried out, (not
stopping for his dinner) in hope of
reaching the station before the train
started for Chicago, thinking that the
book agent would be sure to leave
town as soon as possible after this. ia
When he came within 200 yards of
the station he saw from the top of the
hill which sloped down to the station
that the train was on the point of
starting, so, recognizing friend of
his who was nearly at the bottom of
the hill and consequently close to the
train, he began shouting and gesticu-
lating to him to stop the book agent.
His friend could only catch the words
E'book AGENT" SO he approached the
on the rear platform Of car, and ask
ed him what the old man on the hill
wanted. The book agent pretended
to scrutinize the figure in the distance,
OF course, knowing full we'll who he
was and what he wanted. In few
moments he said, as an idea seemed
to strike him:
81 know; I know now. That is a
customer of mine. He wants a copy
of "The Early Christian Martyrs" and
like fool l never called on him. If
you want to do him a good turn,' he
added, just as the train was going to
move out, ''you had better take the
book from me and give it to him, so
he won't be disappointed. The price
is $50
The man gave the book agent So
for his friend, and took the book, and
the train started for Chicago. AS the
book agent leaned back in his seat
he took out small book containing
a list of the towns, and wrote oppo-
site this town the words, "Not to be
visited again. Exchange.
We all know that any tired muscle be
restored by rest. Your stomach is a muscle.
Dyspepsia is it's manner of say ing 81 am tired.
Give me rest" To rest the stomach you
must do it's work outside of the body.
This is the Shakers method of curing indi-
gestion, and it's success is best attested by the
fact that these people practically free
from what is without doubt the most preva-
lent of all diseases. The Shaker Digestive
Cordial not only contains digested food which
is promptly absorbed without taxing the tir-