The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-07-31
THE COUNTRY STORE.
HOW MANY NOTICES WORKED
MISCHIEF.

spaced signs that hung at frequent in
teryals around the store. Washington
Hancock with his hands in his pockets
lonnged from one TO another. examin-
Ing them with the eye of a connois-
seur.
What do you think of EN-. Wash?"
asked the storekeepar.
We'll, they're all right. some of
EN-" answered Hancock slowly. but
there amt no two DIS in credit an to
trust amt to bust If you know who
You're trustin,. Then again you say:
Ask for What You Want; If We Amt
Got 1t Wen Git it,
What's the matter with that?'
Well. sposin' | asst fer credit an
You ANT got no credit how are you
goin TO git itg An then right over
here you say: Don't Asst fer Credit
with two .d's.'"
'0h, shucks!" said the storekeeper.
"All right, If you say SO, said Han
cock, but If was you I'd take them
signs down. You can't make nobody
believe your prices is the lowest in
town by printin' it with shoe blackin'
on a piece of cracker board an it's
no good sayin' you aim to please II
you hide away the pail of finecut an
put wire cage over the prune barrel.
Actions speak londer'n words an fresh
dairy butter speaks fer itself II a man
has got a nose on him-an so does
the axel grease you sent over to the
house yesterday. | don't b'lieve in
signs myself
Butter seemed all right to me"
said the storekeeper, 1t was some
Bert Hinckley's wife brought in. Fve
been usin' 1t myself an didn't taste
nothin' wrong with 1t"
Taste an try afore you buy :
quoted Sol Baker. raising the lid Of
the cheese box and slicing off a sam
pie Where's your crackers, RUFF,
You ought to put that up as a motter."
II don't need to" said the store.
keeper
No sir, don't b'lieve in signs, I"
Hancock went on. Makes me think
Of Sam Hollister an his woman when
see these notices. You know Sam.
Sam h'leyed In notices When him
an Mrs. Hollister was merried some
body started en- out with God Blesa
Our Home, done in red, white an
blue yarn on cardboard, with blue an
yeller an green mornin' glories all
around III H Sam flowed 1t was tho
purtiest thing he'd ever seen, an liao
II framed an hung up over the melo
deon.
tOne day not long after that Sam
was In TarlSia an come back with
another motto: .sWillful Waste Makes
Woeful Want
What's that forg asks Mis- Hol-
lister.
81 thought we might hang 1t up In
the kitchin,' says Sam. Seems to ma
there's right smart q sense In It.
seen Huldy-that was the hired gal
thrown, out cold hnckwheat cakea
into the swirl the other mornin'!
Mis- HOLSTER didn't say nothin,
but the mex trip he made to town he
como back with A Penny Saved Is d
r@any Gained, an tackled that UP
Its Jest as weIl to watch ourselves an
keep things In mind. he says. 4 could
IA bought that turkey red cent d
yard cheaper'n you got 1t for at Cur
iey's. seen some In at Perkins fof
IL cents
What did You pay for that motto?
asks Mis- HOLSTER.
1.-TWO bits, says Sam.
Didn't they have one that says:
"a Fool and His Money Are Soon
Parted?" she asks.
mo says Sam, lookin' at her
sorter s'picious. 'Why?'
"Oh, nothin',' she says.
mot great while after that Mis-
HOLSTER went to town and brought
hack The Lord Loveth Cheerful
Ciiyer an Sam comes back at her witt
Wives, Obey Your Husbands They
had more or less trouble together after
that and IA Soft Answer Turnetl
Away Wrath went into the settin
room.
III got pretty bad in the course OF :
year or two an 1t might a. ended VI
in one or the other gettin' bill an
dividin' zip the estate, but one day thai
lunkhead Sam found place on tht
wall that wasn't ockerpied an he go
another motto for 1T. Masbe 1T wal
hecauGe he'd got about all the Others
there was maybe he didn't thini
nothin' about 1t, but 1T wus What i
Nome Without Mother?'
When Mis- HOLSTER seen 1t sh'
was Jos hoppin mad. Next day Will
Sam was out In his wood lot she wen
To the barn an hitched UP horse Y
the oil pheaton an about noon SIN
come back bringin' her own mothe
with her an bundles enough for
months stay. Sam wasn't the bes
pleased when he come In to dinner an
l don't know whether he was any bet
ter pleased with the talkin' to the d
lady give him. But she wus RICH
smart Oh lady an ! reckon IL don
Sam good. Anyway, them notices al
come down or the walls an went int
the settin' room hAptin' stove, mornir
glorles an all. An near as | eve
heard, Sam an his wife has got alon
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