The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-08-10

Have you .een sbythins Of . besntilu
little sttl With hOhI soldsn hair snd
blae frocki snxiously ipquired your
woman Of the clerk 10 charge OF The lias
eouuter in . great department store.
Why, mol Are you sure you hroush
her 10 herei
Indeed | ami leii her sitting beior'
those 9s cent dsmssks 10 loot At thos
81 iS shirt waists marked down from 81 y
and nov | csni ilod her suywhtre. la
worried TO death
Don't DO alarmed, remarked the CLERK
copsolinsly. She'll iurn up ell hight
sIpse, she's up 10 the dead room by thu
time.
TIE whsli
Toe dead room the morsue, you
know.
The morguei oh. my ltenel os. my
darling
Sh.h.h. ma lam. softly c.mmsnded Z
floor walker. for . eommotion seemed
imminent Your child Is safe. I'll ven
turs. The 'morsus' Is simply the can,
nsms Of our lost spd found department
Come with me, and we will see II the tile
girl is there.
The young woman followed to lopg
room. the door Of which was labeled Lost
and Found" and there. snre enough, seat
ed upon onument OF packages, boxes,
bssk, Is. umbrellas, canes and Other srti
cles, tst . tiny golden haired girl IN q
blue irock. oontentedly kicking her small
feet against = psstebosrd bonnet box
Thst's the second kid and contingent
sensation I've hsd today, oonhded the
keeper OF the morsue to me rs the recover
cd child. Justify screaming In the iervent
embrace OF her fearful parent, was carried
away. No It's nothing unususl. It's al
most . daily occurrence. In the excite
ment OF bargain rushes persons very fre
quently lose sight OF their children for .
few moments, and the natural tendency OF
the children is to stray away and take IN
the strange sights OF the store on their
own hook. OF course they might wander
ont OF the establishment. and TO prevent
this the floor walkers invariably send to
me every child they fad unsccompsnied.
/ don't know II there is any portable
article, soimste or insnimste, which does
not ind its way to the morgue, continued
the keeper effectively. n No class OF peo
pie loses things so readily Gs shoppers do.
You see. they become go interested in look
ing st bsrgsins that they lay down what
ever they may happen to have in their
hands and peramb mbulste between counters
with hardly a thought IS TO their actioDs.
Suddenly they discover their LOSE, and
= mild panic seiEls them, They go flying
sbout from one counter to the other, prose
outing their inquiries without stopping to
think whether they have visited those
same counters or not. Therefore the
moreue has become . vslusble and indis
penssble department in every store.
Some OF the things which driit into
this hlsoe would amuse you. Last week
Q great Dane dog WAS brought up by one
OF our nerviest floor walkers. and an ugly
customer he was, indeed the dog. not
the floor walker. We tied him up by .
short chain and tried to make him lie
down pending the arrival OF his owner
But he wouldn't Instead be took stand
brsced himself and let out q howl which
frezs the souls OF some half dozsn sales
women within earsbot Then he broke
bis chain and started 10 to clean out the
J.
What did | dop Oh, adjourned, and
every body went on still hunt for the own
er OF the dog. We eventually found her,
and she came up ami lsmbssitd us Tor
q sbusipg her precious darling with never
word about the rough way be had handled
the mcrsue sccum uIstioDs.
Dogs OF oil sorts and conditions are con
SANITY brought to the morgue and now
and then q pet cat. which has escaped
from q basket. I've even had cage OF
csnsries lett ou my hands to feed for
week before the careless owner. who bad
left the cage dowa in the crockery depart
msnt during = special sale. appeared to
claim her property.
Watches, purses. babies, psrssols, bun
dies and even diamond rioss are part OF
my stock in trade here. Id have horses
too, | verify believe, we're our customers
permitted to bring them into the store.
I'd like to set up 3 store with the things
brought to the morsue. I'D get rich.
sure.
Yep, fully twc-thirds OF the things are
claimed, and nothing worth coming alter
remains in our possession long. Neither
do many other things which ere not worth
hunting up. We keep los. articles .
month from date Of turning in, and then
IL it is found that they we're originally
sold from our store. we pu. them IN stock
Frequently lost articles OF serious value
are advertised st the end oil the month.