St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-16
TAKEN AT HIS WORD.
The Purchasers Complained OF = Lack
u One OF the Elements
In the OH.

The "a :ulty Of terse and forceful speech
u ordinarily an advantage, but occasional
ly man gets hoisted by his own epigram
A hustling young New Yorker who was
recently established in a branch of the oil
business, had set out to get the patronage
Was reluctant to make change.
The oil we have been getting is not I'M
satisfactory" said he, and l fail to see
why we should make a change. Are there
any extra inducements you can offer! How
DO you propose to improve on the old quail
In this way" was the prompt answer:
attention. intend to put some of my brains
into every barrel Of oil we send Out"
The rejoinder pleased the old gentleman,
and he became customer.
A few months later the hustling young
man was obliged to make a journey, and
in bis absence, through some oversight, the
quality Of oil was allowed to deteriorate.
Gle in the Office records one Of the protests.
It reads: Gentlemen: When we were
induced to use your product We were a.
sured that Mr.. Blank put some of his brains
into every barrel of oil. We deeply regret
to observe that Mr.. Blank is threatened
with paresis. "-Washington Star.
jason Grow, Oscarville. Ca, sayss
81 feel it my duty to write and let you
know what your medicine, 5 Drops, has
done for me. have had rheumatism about
10 years, but was able to be up most OF the
time, until year ago last May, when was
taken down and not able to move. about.
About six weeks ago l saw your advertise.
ment and wrote for . sample bottle: Ate.
taking Z few doses, it did me SO much good
that / ordered some more for myself and
friends and in every case it has done won
ders and given perfect satisfaction. DR.:
Woodlif, my family physician, who has had
rheumatism Is years, i taking 5 Drops, and
says i is the most Efficient rheumatic med
icine be has ever used. May 81, 1899" !.
The above refers to IS Drops" perfect
cure for rheumatism, kidney and az kim
dred complaints. The proprietors. Swan
son Rheumatic Co., l64 Lake St., Chicago,
offer to send sc. sample bottle for only
loo. during the next 80 days. Be sure to read
their advertisement OF last week.
Perfect Cenadeace.
Perfect confidence il desirable between
couples engaged to be married, but it is not
always that the young woman has As fine
IN opportunity to establish it as did a Nor
sistown belle, to whom a wealthy bachelor
bad been paying assiduous attention. After
young men had been in love with her, and
how many she had been attached to, he
asked her to marry him, adding:
Now let there be perfect confidence be-
tween rs. Keep nothing concealed from
me"
certainly" replied the giddy girl; '.let
10 have no concealments;" and, jumping
up, she snatched the wig he wore from bis
head and danced around the room with it,
Phihdelphia Record.
Unaer Tive Flags.
"What 4 grand picture it must have beer"
remarked the boarder who had seen Dewey,
'to have seen the Olympia steaming home,
the stars and stripes on one mast and the
homeward pennant on the other"
Magnificent" echoed the man in black
suspenders, "but think what q picture it
would have been to have seen the stars and
stripes on one mast and the baseball pennant
on the other.1Chicago Evening News.
Worse Yet.
Snarley-They're bad family. The f.
ther plsys the stock market and the SON
the races.
Yow-You'd think they ve,e virtues il
you heard the daughter inlay the piano.
Syacuae Herald.
The Best Prescription fer Chills
and Fever il . bottle OF GRovH's TAsrELEss
CHILL ToNIc. tits simply iron and quininein
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, Soc.
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