Evening journal., 1900-10-06
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
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Digestion There is ioihiRg Put
Init to lail You to Sleep
nrlel Annlss

Dried Annles
Former sherin Joseph ID Trlxton
Of Georgetown. never sees p.ece o.
dried apple that tender rlcoLecGons Of
Ihis candidacy for the shricva.r numi-
lnat,on ana election DO not spring up in
his mind ana cause him tl smile he
iWaylarer has earned why this is, and
trusts that the genial son of old Sussex
viii not take IL amiss that he puts tho
public in possession of the facts.
Mr.. TruEton was merchant IN
Lewes. Sheppard NJ. Joseph, now a
salesman in the store OF N. Meguiy &
Sen. this city. was his clerk. known
lfamiliarly 20 his employer aud al
lothers down there as rShep Mr.
Truxton got the shrievalty bee In his
bonnet, and was hard stuRg before ne
knew it. He wen the Union Republ -
can nomination. and then began his
lhunt for votes. for his Democratic on
lponent was both aggressive and ener-
getlc. and he needed them. II must be
borne In mind that in Sussex county.
as in many other places
liz Is the man who seeks
The Office. not the ofiice that seeks the
man; and also that the candidate who
sits down and waits for the votes 10
comes 10 him is defeated. while tie
man who goes out and hunts for tho
votes gets elected.
Mr.. Truxton was on the road night
and day soliciting the support O..
! Union Republicans, Regular Republi-
cans and Democrats. One day he and
a lieutenant drove out TO farm
wherein resided "a man and hls four
grown sens, all Democrats. 1t looked
Ike hope ess tack, but Mr. Trux,on
gssayed Ii. The men folk were not az
home, but the mother OF the house
was. Mr TruXton was disappointed
but he told the woman what he had
come for and made q favorable impress
sicn by his genial manner and homely
Inquiries concerning the hea On and
happiness OF her and hers
you don't want no dried apples. do
your she asked as they were about tp
drive away. ]
No, ma'am, l think not" said Mr.
lTruxton. I've got a lot in the store.
Pm sorry for that" SAID the woman,
I the calculating look fading from her
face "for I want TO sell them mighty
badr
AR Truxton's lieutenant jabbed him
n the ribs with his c.bew and whis.
pered vehemently;
Buy hem. buy tbeml'
Mr. TruXtOn squinted his business
leyo, made q pretense OF weighing the
lmatter carefully. and then said:
We'll. really don't nesd them; buf
If u viii be aRy convenience to you
send them in 20 the store What do you
want FOR them?'
"Eight cents a pound che said.
Take them. whispered his lieuten
ant"
"Al right he ssid.
she was deligktsd, and took no palm
to cOneeas il. n.
IL drove OK. ans fosgs ali absut tht
. matter until two or three days later
when he entered kis store and fount
a big pile OF well-stuffed burlsp bag
IN tho middle q the floor
what are these. 6hep?" he inquired
3f hr Joseph
y Dried aPplesl- SAID his olork. via
T. : sick,y smile.
"Dried appleal" ne exaalmed sWhy
what in the word made You buy
J HEMP
, Il didn't--you bought them.
why. ! didn't DO anything OF IN
I kind" said Mr. TruNtm nettled bl
the reply. What did you allow 10
d, themg
''Eight cents a pound"
On the name OF heaven, man. do y0l
) want 20 burst tho establishmenk7'
asked Mr.. Truxton. becoming mori
and mora worked up. Don't you know
they're only selling for cents?"
yes. I know that, but you fixed th
price at s cents, and ! eOH.dnt do any
ghlng."
"You must be OF your nut" declares
The shrievalty candidate. How man,
/. pounds did you buyg'
Slight hundred and fiftyi"
! Mr.. Truxton groaned. Wen neye
! lset rid OF them," he said. What mad
you do it2"
Il didn't do it-you did it, explain
= ed Mr.. Joseph Mrs Blank came Il
= here to-day and said you were out [
the farm on Wednesday and bOugh
4 the dried apples and agreed to pay he
cents a pound for them ] couldn
y say a word"
Z Mr. TruSton paced the floor excited
FOR a few minutes, calculating his los
D., and said:
NJ Pat them some place where / can
see them"
ie Then he walked out to hunt up tt
|, lieutenant who had iabbed him n tl
n RIBS with his elbow and hissed:
a Buy theml buy them!"
4 But the transaction ended happil
The market price Of dried apples wei
is up TO 10 cents in three or four week
and Mr.. Truxton unloaded at a prof
is The wisdom of his lieutenant was yil
b d.cated by the fact that the woman
husband and four sons, ali Democrat
r voted fer Mr. Truxton. and q still mo
,e remarkable result Of that drled-apD
h. transaction is that al i've are nc
staunch Union Republicans.
N Immune From Mosquito Bites
4 There is one man in Wilmington {
whom the mosquito has no tero
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