St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-02-18

maritan.' he said; somebody who vii!
undertake 10 fill your skin wt:k -un.
This man I'm talking about was going
around doing people good--shedding
bright sunshine into Garkened lives
as freely as NANCY dog does hair aud
setting an example to the community.
He isn't rated above X but that kind
or man doesn't get rich. He isn't
built like you.
Il went over to his store just before
dinner. and found the FIRST thing that
he was going to give his clerk the rest
of the day off. No, he wasn't going tc
hold cut on his wages. either. ! saw
tina: Le was getting ready TO so 10 din
ner. 100. and tod him that l hated
to disturb him and all that sort oi
thing, and he just smiled as cordially
as though l had been his long-lcst
brother. and looked over n,y samples Il
patiently as mother OF six at the
county agents. Then he sat down and
strung me off a nice little order.
Il sort of flattered myself that il was
my winning way that was doing it al
first. but changed my mind by the
time | got through with him. dom,
believe lie wanted those goods any
more than cat wants two tails. lie
merely wanted 10 jolly me up and make
me feel good and thankful. / was tear
ing the duplicate out of my book. and
he had got one arm in the sleeve OF his
coat when fellow comes in who
looked as if he had been up against il
pretty hard. He had scme kind of
preparation to take grease and stains
out of clothes, and he wanted to operate
on the storekeeper's coat TO show him
how it worked. He didn't have to.
"'Take a box? Why certainly I'll
take box. says the sforekeeper. Ger
tainly will. my friend. It's just what
I've been needing; only haven't time
10 use il now. Just rub il on, do you
Does it matter whether you use q WOO!
or cotton cloth? Doesn't, che How
much is it?'
Twenty-Five cents says the ped
dler. and wish you hardened wretches
could have seer the poor devils fac,
light up. II twould have done you good. II
made me glow all through my inside
just as il ii had been a skillfully con-
cocted cocktail. and l had a good no.
ton to buy box of the stun myself.
That's cheap enough says the
storekeeper. giving him quarter.
Hold on; I'll take another box, be-
lieve; I'm the worst man to get grease
on my clothes you ever saw So he
hands him out another quarter, aud the
fellow goes out smiling SO that you
could see it with his back turned to you.
As soon as he had gore / asked this no
b!e man if he always bought of agents |
or only on Thanksgiving and Fourth of |
July
Why he says. smiling benevolent !
". i don't advertise for them, but |
most always buy when they come
around. / figure ont that when a man
goes about selling thing that reta;ls |
For 25 cents it's more than likely that |
he's hard up, and that 25 cents is a |
xhole lot of money to him. It's to his |
credit that he Goes it. because / don't |
believe it's the pleasaniest or easiest |
.ind of work. Then l make it work |
more than one way. Now. that little |
was so cents. Are you GO
ny up to the hotel: All right. let's gu.
md IL show you somet;:,ng else
HE put the boxes Of the cleaning
mixture in his pocket and we started
,ut. About two blocks down the street
,e stopped and opened the door of
title tailor shop and walked in, and
cliowed him. 1t was one of the poor
81. barest-looking places you ever saw.
There wasn't enything in il but some
Jig shears and smoothing iron and
lie or two scan:y rolls of cloth. and
he tailor himself looked half starved.
caught sight Of little girl about four
ears old breaking for the living-rooms
'ack Of the little shop us we went in.
or't believe the poor little thing had
Eything on but a thin calico slip, and
cr little bare legs were blue with the
old.
.Well. Hans said the storekeeper,
heerily, 'how's everything?'
Poorly bad said the tailor. There
cs no peezness at all no more
well. there's better times coming,
ays the storekeeper. Here's some
hing I've brought you. It's 4 grease
nd stain remover-takes any kind OF
rease spot or stain out of cloth in
There's couple Of
oxes, and IL it turns out all right l
blink we can manage TO get you some
lore.'
We'll. | wish you could have seen
he tears Of gratitude on the poor
;i.or's face. The storekeeper tried to
ct away. but the tailor insisted on
,iiing in his wife and children to tell
lem what he had dore for them, and
Zen the whole family hung to him and
allied down blessings on his head. Al
,cugh unused to weep. l myself felt
;e tears springing to my"
Here the bookkeeper seized the drum
Ter by the neck and one of the entry
erkscaught him by the feet and tilted
is chair back until ii fell with crash.
.rrying the drummer along with it,
hicago Daily Record. |,
An Important Meeting.
Mr. De Cash-Very sorry, my dear.
ut I cannot accompany you to-day.
Iust attend a meeting Of the board OF
rectors Of the Happy-Go-Lucky. ma