The sun., 1901-10-06
he WILL BUY ANY OLD THING.
NITMEG STATE TRADER DOING
sJNESS IN NEW IORk.
Hes Read, Ia Deaf In watering carts or
Theatrical Posters ar Rubber Beot-.
s.d he t.rnersliy tets n Prent Out
,t them Ills Odd Transact ciIot,..

lstfu IuNet. J - "" q very laf from icing
vha' j. commonly known ~ a good thing
Hc B., az acute business mai who makes
money. and plenty Of b.. through his catho-
r.i'v of ta~'" .u buying and selling
,1.7-s Hr'- q dickcrcr from the bach
,..iir,rv. and Il l. not often that he gets he
t..r crd of q buying bargain. He's q
Nrnrg state Nankrc. but he has bs,n In
". York most pf his lifc Hanging out
,ldr the windows of his Office ar" uts'un-
.r'.nral sgn-. CO.." of which read-'
II you've got anything that YOU can't
law "A on auvbody cl-'. bring ~ 10 mo.
II huy any Old thing, ami I've got money
g. burn
Auoth"r -i2n goes this way
.Ir>.u find Yourself stuck with ANYTHING
,,.r vou ,hina won't do. here | am III
luy awning from chariot to church
-Nrp. ,.,id this oddly acquis.tiN" man he
o,ho- dav .hr - A. up-to-iate New Yorker
,,i 'lnk-. drc-. and sj"'ch--that's NV
ga,r... buying thing. I've hccn doing thar
'biog for twenty wears or nlpr" nov. ana
don't mind saving thai I'm non" to ~" had.
u,,,ia for buving' We'll. mavlr. but not
go. WAY vuu mean b. Il it, mania. then
| gat what's coming g. mo o''t ~ It. ard
that's enough.
-Wbat do buv' JG-t what that sign
o,t there .av- any old hing. | bought
Ave- -tr@ei spriuk'"r~ over in "A Jersev town
tho other dav III" town put IN use a
rufui,.r of -trc't sprnklers that travel
along Iv trolley on tho ttollaved thorough
f,r.S and ~ ths=s five ordinary Sprinkhng
,sr's vr-r thrown Ou' 81 work got 'etn
frr almost nothing Now. You wouldn
,trrk that a fellow could do any hing with
h nluch Of street -prinkl-rs, would YOU
Well, I hsppenei to know of town
down south that was figuring on buying a
l,, " sprinkling carts I immeigtelv got
io.n communication With tho authorities
of tha' town and made a dicker with en-.
I c,.i me few dollars go have NV five
,rrinklcr, tidi,.d up with r'd paint Then
I -nnt '.in along 90 this southern town.
md 'hrv wrrc accepted al my terms. which
wen. pretty reasonable. ~ 1 could vol!
sror,I 10 make them. | clesn'si mp nice
little hrnue with those -prnilers.
same wav with steam roller that
bought up IN Boston n coupl" of wears az"
I, wa o'd and cranky and of an out-"i-date
rat'crtr. gud I got n ~ Junk lrioe !
bought q -ccrud-hand boiler for a.. paid a
,r,,Iiri-f on ~ work n few dollars 20
'rtcr ~ ,ir and when he got through with
g. D.. worked Ike nov lawn mower j
l,.-y Of a town ort In Wisconsin where the
sytrori'ie. wcte thinking of blowing tho
f1ur,rirnu'y N to steam roller. ana
,,il-l .rrr I cleaned up quite few hun
.rsd ou thai old thing
Two vrars ago last summer ] put down
"a ia,s Thousand for an old. bum-looAing
s,cauloat tnatd beer pluughing the Hud-
sem or more han thirty wears. she was a
rr.ttv hai'v rundown old frigaie. at that
h.J I kucw whore to get. cheap. good
.ocoud-hand engine ior her. aud had mat
,ui' On Had her printed up so's she looked
lir. a new rod sl.d. and then I began TO
pui'.r around To SEQ who wanted 20 bay q
br,. clippcrish steamho hoai. as good as new.
o. hai gain
Pound out ,ha' company thh, runs
toal. along tho minor ports OF tho Potomac
was bunting around for the goods had
on hand and their man came over and
looked a, my nice little packet. lie took
Ter A. a figure that netted me number
.f tho,isauds she was towed down 20 the
,hr.ap,ale during the mild season, and
sra's working now liha Dago gathering
wood npd doing all that's asked Of her.
-lAs' winter young fellow whu had n
in. steam laundry plant IN Harlem Went
M ig the air spent too much TIM" doping
uilt Ito New Orleans race aud things Ike
THAT wa$ on hand the day after u" went
- smash He ne'Nicd "a" money - bal
tn 20 right down To the New Orlrans 'ta'k
a. g.t his money back that no couidn :
Nnii for owners ~ steam laundric- 10 MAX"
him an orTar for his splendid layout oi laun-
dry machinery, AM 80 got ~" sun az a
pri,,. that was silly. Ntthn lee thhh "a
mouth after ] bought y that ina'nurty
Wa working iu a laundry out ~ ~ LOUIS
| -old II for about ~ per cent. the price "i
absolutely new laundry machinery:
I'm generally on the lOok-ou Tor bur
io-que and eNtraNaganza coiiilahlr- i,aI ,Ia
sr, going To piecs's ] buy Their smaller
mhographs those that'rc just t"-nchy
Nif -ugr..4tive. YOU know. figures IA tights
sud all ths' and have 10" hghrcn ueSIy
cIt out and mounted ON heavy ,ardbdGd
of suine dark, solid color g'' 'No pilS
each for these posters. and Id ~ ashamed
tpt.ll YOU how much make on en-. IheN -
rrtailcd for half dollar IN the pppuIat
art stof,- and ara bought bN haChriofs 10
ornament their dens. by Saloonk" - anu
,,,u Ticr. was "A time " hen such 'hca'ri-
cal t,au..r NnS deadpr'u Nam PutCh after
'l,, c,l'upauv that had ortlcu>d A. had gone
- smash. but III take all they CAV" ~" oil
o. and hnil.r ior NOR.
a Few yeer- ago | Vot hold - abou, t'n
thousand gallons 81 ink ot various ctlufs
fer . pric,. that makes mo blush e. think
col. L. was good INK, all rigi'' anu g..
from stationery Manufacturing ,hih
'ha, di.d Of dry rot aud went out "i hl>i-
rs-- fur q tinr IL hooked a. II Wl~ gong
t1 be- stuck With that Iik 'ou'dH g'i
any cd tho d.4lor- Sec lnok ~ ti3H when l
oN'r,d b 20 'on a. any old prev.
The INK va iu puari ho'ih~. it"d "
diur.d into small putti'-, -lapis' my
own l,i-,is ~ maker e mk, "n.' ~"
bottles and oNcnsl ~ - th" trad" lht Nev
a. hu,-sal, agutr- They ate a up, anh l
went or 'he night side ot th" oaNpo"N
tg uu tllut iuk deal.
Whom the great trag"iy took r.i'"
o. Btrai, I had several hundreds yi l'""-
sand oi Autographs 81 pfe~idcl' Nchhi"v
o. hand bought 'l"m Tor almost ho'h-
iuE ~ 'Ns viad-up 90 OBJ" l-t "nWpHsn.
T,~rr didr apf,ar To - amy rra-'n wlF
/ -lpuh luv item then. " Ia 40" iu'-id'h,
yHiug iuto 20, Nlit. H.l-' TO- hi- second
term. Nr. ! bought r.riu. ihcN az" an
gHua iar. sen. pu' 'H'u no Tor mourning
.,ta-.. .t over tn country. I look
aINau'ag,. ui 81. DcrI .i'u, 'i '.ur--'. e. a
tti-i1..- 'l'. lu' ! dpri mlnd saving
t..,' yuuI = yy. today. twenty uu'- ~"
IT... f.g.l. ,tf uI 'N. VERT ur' " lhH
Co.,. ... '.li never al-'u iu 90" W1N o. dii
-l ...v tir.. v~ar vr"u Jrru'u" va- plant
80 ,r. f,lr ui ,hr I1ft iu 'ur u.-"ui0 "l
-. ptu.h."r-. uIr -uali irr i' tn' hp-in"--
,.r. ,H. .f irld. lfN ilI'' dys''u aud clu-'7i
e.. 49, I.li .f q larr,' fUut.ssr ul ur'iiN