The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-01-07

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William aaksd the village patriarch
Of the youns man with the nsar-Iinsu
collar and fancy banded straw hat
Williams answer and the story which
the old mans subsequent questions
brought out are % true to certain
kind Of human nature that they do
serve wide quotation. Il amt doing
anything exactly right now" was the
youths reply, says q writer 10 the
Chicago News
1--WE sold my plating outnf. an I'm
looking around 6 spell. Matbe I'll take
the axency for bicycle house There's
a nrm has worte me an offered me 4
pretty good layout. I don't see but !
might make some money at H."
1T does look as II you might"
agreed the patriarch. But II ! was
you I'd get after the road supervisors
an got them TO make few roads for
the wheels 10 run on afore 1 SUNK
much capital In H. DO they want you
70 put up nifty dollars as a guarnteeT
-shucks no." answered william. Il
don't halter put up anything. All
there is. set the order an notify them
an they ship the wheel down. Then
after the feiier's seen IL. elect the
money an take out my emission The
only thing is that I've got 20 ride one
Of the wheels m'self; but then. they
LEI me have Il az cost. 20 that part OF
II wouid'n be 70 much. But there's an
other firm In Portland. Maine. is offer
Ing me good thing"
whats that. William inquired the
pstriarch.
tits a photo-enisrging and colorins
business. They've got patent process
for enlarging pictures and making
them look jest like they was oiI-paint-
ed You couldn't tell IL from picture
that cost one hundred dollars. Some
thing that's jest been invented They
claim that agents Is making as high
as ten dollars or fifteen dollars a day
on an av'rage. Ten dollars a day
would be good enough for me. I'd be
pretty well satisfied with that I've
sent on for samples. but you bet !
Amt going 10 send them money for
the reglar OUTFIT until see what the
pictures look like got bit on that
Lives O. self-Msde Men year afore
last that way. You don't ketch me
twice"
Il thought maboe you was going to
take orders for suits O clo'es again"
said the patriarch. you must have
snde good money az that"
\ didn't make anything said the
south. 4 only sold three suits; an
Isen Waters wouldn't pay for bis
when he seen II. an they wouldn't
pay me what ia made on the other
two. They claimed was owing them.
an they wanted to sue me. told
'en TO so ahead an sue. oonfound
en-
How about that patent washing ma
chlneT"
Couldn't do anything with that
guess the women would hare bought
'cm all right II they'd have the say 50.
but the men-foIks didn't see but what !
the rex1ar old tub an wash-biler was |
good enough. There's too many noes |
BACKS around here
Wouldn't buy them self-adjusting |
bachelors buttons either. would theyf |
I s'po~e they lowed that the kind |
sewed on with a needle aud thread was
good enough TO hook their suspcnders
On. Well. WE'LL Wasn't the mushroom
growing a success. eifherrs
Il lost cloet onto seventy-sve dol
ars." said William. sadly. ~An' all
my time" he added
''shor' said the village patriarch.
sympathetically. That was too bad
But then. a man who's all the time
laklng up business enterprises has TO
Expect to lose once IN a while. III tell
re. William. ! seen an nd IN the paper
Fcstiddy about a patent Incubator that
he man who owns Il wants to get In
reduced around. lie says that there's
LIBERAL terms to agents, an you can get
exclusive territory"
Il seen the ad." said william. II
hought some Of writing the Teller.
ion't know but what I will. anyway.
Z that photo-engravin business don't
urn out the way think TIA going TO
n halter take up something else.
1nen Il sin't too late for fruit trees.
Z II Is. there's candy making ma
hine that offers Inducements"
~On' II that don't pan out an the
sorst comes TO the worst. you're young
m hussy. an you can always 90 to
FORK" said the patriarch.