Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-10-12
A CAPITAL JOKE
ON THE OTHER FELL -,
WITH a
Beneficial NoraI-'Loye' Labor Lost,
or How a Peddler Came to Grief in
the Village of Fountain CITY.

Word was received at the PAL
LApIUM office some few days ago that
a certain piano dealer in Richmond
loaded a piano on his cart aud start
ed with it for the country, going
north. Their object was to try and
find some person who would allow
them Just TO set the piano IN their
home on trial and allow it to remain
there for several days. When the
time limit flor trial. expired, these
piano peddlers possibly thought that
all they had to do was TO go to this
home few days later and sell the
piano. These men on the wagon
with the piano experienced a harder
time than they thought for and were
not successful in finding a place
where they could leave their
piano, but were not discouraged
and drove further on until final
~ they found themselves in Fountain
City. Here they were more fortunate
Tor unfortunate for them as you will
soon know. As they made the re
quest one of the citizens of Foun-
tain City WAC, after he had explained
to them that he had never thought
of buying a piano, allowed them to
set the piano in his home ION trial.
After placing the piano in the house
and explaining the merits that were
supposed to be in the piano. they left
congratulating themselves that all
they had to do was to call (by an APP
pointed time) and close the deal that
would make the Fountain City citi-
zen the owner of the piano. But
such was not the case, for few days
ago this Fountain City citizen, after
having once had the use of a piano
in is home an seti G the pleasure his
| family derived from the use OF 1t,
himself became interested and decided
| to look around and see where he could
buy the best piano for the least
| money. With his mind fully
made up to buy piano he entered
| the warerooms of the Starr Piano
Co. and was very courteously waited
on by Mr.. 0. l. Robbins who ex
| planned many of the true merits that
are to be found only in the Starr
Piano This Fountain City citizen
| was a very careful buyer and did not
want to make a mistake, for in his
own words ''he wanted to buy
enough piano for generation, and
being fully convinced that the Starr
Piano combined all the points that
were claimed for reliability, age,
favor with public, excellence
of workmanship, the best action
made, richness and depth of tone,
Just little finer and more pleasing
than any other make, and piano
that has factory guarantee behind
it, he decided then and there to buy
a Starr piano, paying cash for it.
This is one of the many sales that
have reached the ears of the PALLA-
DUN Office and Mr. ]. c. Evans OF
Fountain City (for this the Fountain
City citizen Of whom we speak, is to
be congratulated upon his choice. for
be will never have a chance to regret
his purchase of Starr piano.
The moral to this joke is this
Competition is good for business, for
Mr.. Evans had ever thought of buy
ing a piano until he allowed one to
| be placed in his home. In examln-
ing the Starr piano it's merits so ap-
pealed to his better judgement that
he purchased one and price did not
dictate to him.