Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-05-30

IA PARTNERSHIP WILL GIF HIM TO YOU"
must do deterrent. If you vhas some
cobblers NIT springs under your heels,
you vhas oyerrun nit work"
''How would you do?" l says.
Il would do one t'ousand things, but
first l would take a partner. Your
name vhas Hans Kleinfeldt. Dot vhas
a good name, but nopody cares about
it. You may be Hans Kleinfeldt fordy
times oafer und What vhas dot to der
pooblic? Nottings at all My name
vhas Walkover-J. ]. Walkover. If 8
sign of Walkover & Kleinfeldt vhas
put oop oafer dis shop, don't you see
der deeference? 1t vhas no longer one
Dutchmans in peesness for himself but
a reliable firm dot shall pay cash down
und do some hustling."
Il don't see how it vhas,' | says.
1T vhas shust dis way" says he.
I'VE shall be partners. | vhas in coal
ind real estate und insurance, und
eaferypody knows me. | go in pees-
ness nit you. | send all my customers
to dis shop. All der leather men knows
me, und l hat pulls nit firemen und
police. Why, man alife, it shall be der
making of you. In four weeks you can
put oilcloth on der floor und a parrot
in der window, und in three months it
takes two banks to hold our money.
l send in der orders, und you do der
cobbling. l keep der books ind handle
der cash, und you make repairs. Once
in two weeks we divide der profits
/ don't know if dot pleases me, but /
talk NIT my wife. und she says it vhas
peesness. ! goes by dot leetle tailor
und speaks to him about it, und he
Smiles und says;
'IIans, what you need is experience,
and partnership Will gif him to you"
Dot settles me. / go into partner
ship nit Mr.. Walkover. und next day
he paints our sign und hangs it Oop.
l belief dot IL he vhas my partner he
ought to pay me for half der stock on
hand. hut he says | don't know PEGS
ness from broomsticks. Instead of his
paying me any money, l hat TO lend
him fife dollar to begin to hustle on.
We open shop on Monday morning,
und pooty queek a man comes in und
says:
so my frendt Walkover vhas a
partner NIT you, Ell? Dot vhas fine.
You shall hat my custom. Fix oop dot
shoe heel und put on a cement patch"
fix oop his shoes all right for seexty
cent. but he don't pay. When he vhas
ready to go. he says:
"All right. cobbler. l vhas going
right down town. und so l step in und
pay Walkover. He vhas an old frendt
of mine"
Two more men do dot same thing
before night, und When my partner
comes around und l ask him how she
vhas he says:
''Oh, dot vhas all X. o. | vhas der
bookkeeper und cashier. you know, und
so l handle all der money. Shust go
right away und make peesness hum,
und Will see to der finances"
Der next day und der next fellers
come in und get some repairs und
don't pay me. l must hat some more
leather for stock. und l speaks to Mr..
Walkover.
.'Of course-of course" he says.
'Shust go by der dealer und order
what you vhant"
But | hat no money" 1 says.
dot vhas no deeference. We vhas
a firm. We vhas cash in ten days.
| Dot vhas der rule, und you 90 right
Ialong. We meet all our bills in ten
DAYS und get some discounts"
Der dealer don't like it when l buys
some sole leather, but he lets me hat il
for ten days. When dot first Saturday
night comes. like to draw fife dollar
from der partnership. but Mr.. Walk
over says:
Not dis week. Hans. Our money
vhas in der bank. und l lose ms check
book. You go by der grocer nnd butch
or und tell EN- it vhas ten days credit.
BY der vhay. lend me s. in cash to buy
some daybooks ind ledgers for US.
haf to do dot. und | can't make her
out. Der next week more ash feefteen
fellers come in for repairs und don't
pay. ind if l take in dwendy cents dot
Mr.. Walkoyer comes around ind gets
if. He says peesness yhas rushing
IND 50 I let it go. but in two weeks [
vhas like a dead man. on der second
Saturday morning my partner comes
around ind borrows a dollar Of my
wife to buy a cashbook. ind at night