The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-12
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The were ali sitting in the Tutaw
I house lobby taking shop. says the
Baltimore Sun.
One Of the funniest stunts Il
4. ~ knew Of" said the first drum.
SShter, was worked By man ana a
woman on a Lake Erie steamer. The
water gets mighty rought lip there
sometimes, you know, and the pas.
2sengers proportionately sick. On a
stormy day was crossing when / no.
Iced !. a young girl, guile pretty, who
I SEEMED smned TO be in the dlrest grassy Of
NAL de mar. As i watched all Of a
sudden man stepped up TO her and
handed her tablet, saying that he
thought It would benefit her. She
$hNesitatlngly accepted It and swallow.
ed 1T as he directed. Almost imme.
diately she showed signs Of improve.
ment and soon sat up and asked 81
supper was ready. Those passengers
that had ben Observation-Disclosures
that had seen tho transaction were
mighty curious about the wonderful
tablets, as you may guess. They
asked the man about them and he
; frankly proclaimed himself an agent
for them and sold about SO worth.
When the boat got to its destination
what was the Indignation OF the pas.
sengers TO see the man and the wo.
man get off the boat, arm in arm,
and so up the wharf. You don't have
to hit an American with brick to
make him understand. They knew
that they had been stung."
I've got one to match It."
said another drummeh taking his
turn, Shut I'll have to take you over
TO England in Imagination. At Al.
sdershot or some small place over
there there was once a butcher who
proclaimed fondly that he handled
British meats. Directly across the
street from him was another butch.
ering establishment which adyertis.
ed American meat at lower price.
Every evening the inhabitants OF
}Aldershot were edited 10 see the
British butcher cone out from his
establishment, run into the middle OF
the street and shake his fist In n
threatening manner at the American
meat shop. This went on for some
time, and because Of his patriotism
the British shop was well patronlzed.
In fact, It did rush business. Then
& at last II was discovered that the
British butcher was the owner Of
both the American and the British
establishments. Stung! Well, the
good inhabitants got on TO that game
all right"
: "But here's the most Ingenious OIL
them ALL" said the third man. "Tne
best Of this is that people were glad
to be taken in by this trick. it was so
artful. A certain cafe proprietor put
out a sign that read as follows: 'Sa.
loon Inside The sign was on a
prominent corner and everybody that
passed that way was, Of course. at.
tracted by it. III 80 in aand guy him
about bis spelling, they'd say tol
themselves when tney saw it, and
then after looking again they really
would so In to guy the proprietor.
OF course, they first had to buy al
drink. When they started 10 guy
what was their establishment to learn
that the sign had been purposelyl
mispeiied. On, yes, | knew 1t would
interest YOU the proprietor would
say guiiefuiiy. I have great many
people in here to ask me about It.
And vet the inquisitive man would
never feel badly about his question.
He usually became good customer,
in fact"