Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-05-04
THE ACME
ERADICATOR
By CORNELIUS BARRY
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.

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George SAID MT. SKINNER you nc
an excellent young man, but you nave
no business shrewdness about you
When my girl marries don't wish
her to marry a man who Is liable to
ain nm on providinr. I wish her to
hara : hrshand who can mako mon
- fo.bor
Ia -
gave "e = 'nousanu az. 'o'u I :.
use II ana my WIS sogetner. W. u
that thousand I've made $2O'oU. NO.
! can't give you Grace. You're not
sharp enough"
But haven't q father to give me
$1,000" said George. Il haven't IA
Their at all"
"Well. George" said the other. TN
tell you what III do. III lend you q
dollar. Come and see me at the END
Of . year. and II l nnd you've done
well with 1t III lend you thousand.
The dollar 10 only to Try ycu without
making any serious loss Inc tnou.
sand will be to set you up. Then II
after another year you have made
your thousand grow III throw IN
Grace. l don't mean that you must
make something out OF nothing, but
you must come pretty near It"
George took the dollar and his de
parture without making any furtnet
remark.
a(Sroro aafd Mr. Skinner one day
some months after this. "a man came
into the Office the other day and sold
me bottle Of some stun for getting
grease out OF clothes. I've spilled
some gravy on my coat. You'u nnd
the extractor In my bedroom closet. !
wish you'd bring It and take out the
gravy"
Grace brought q box containing a
white paste and small bottle. AFTER
reading the directions for application
on the label she scraped some OF the
paste on to the grease spot on ner
fathers coat, poured some OF the
liquid from the bottle on to the paste
and rubbed 1t with CLOTH The mix
ture formed frothy substance. which.
ON further application Of the liquid.
was easily rubbed away. But the
grease spot remained
1t occurred to Mr.. Skinner that he
had been done BY the man who had
sold him the grease eradicator. Moth
Ing In the world trritated the old
gentleman 20 much az to ind q man
sharper than himself. Acme Grease
Eradicator" he exclaimed contemptu-
ously, reading from the label. I'm bet
It u q swindle, and II 1t b I'll 60
for the company that sells It I'll have
Ben Humiston analyse it, Humiston
was . young chemist and Mr.. Skin
ner's nephew.
A few days later the analysis came
In. It was this: Soap and water"
Soap and water. Ell! ! reckon
can get few thousand for keeping
still anyway" remarked the old gentle
man.And. sending for his lawyer. he
commissioned him to see the Acme
Grease Eradicator people and ind out
what they were willing to give for
keeping their secret The attorney
did 90 and reported that the company
were no" using uiAe5eut eEuoicAlot'
tnaf tney wouid pay nothing Tor se-
crecy and we're TOO Ilcn IoI Ml. skin
ner 70 PUNISH. 1ney were turning OUT
tons y, tneif eaoica'ofs oany. ana II
was so,a IN every c1y' 'o"n ana NAM
ret ~ .ns country.
te" weeks ai.eF .niS nls uausntes
nu mn eua' 'ne year ne. m.o
Sesv.u'o nel ,osel " maAe 'ne uol'ar
nau sp.oa' "as auou' "
.a p ~ 49,. ne. ,enaiAeu con-
,e.a .na' .ue uo.ai nsu oouot
Tss. S 80 s ~. 800
da-a., .ha 1900 Sas,., ~ '
aWan caorre -oma-ls -. ,.,1..
at nonr.ss 49, a~a.s.s =. :.
oro,n - - :"
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