The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-01-24
.DOOLEY ON F. D. B.

(Florida Grower, Nov. %, 1919
why don't ye jine tn Exchange?
sey, one day as they met at the post
office. 9TH Exchange wiz a gud
thing fer the likes OF you. l raymim-
Der tn tonne thet Mrs. Hennessey
wuz goin' roun' dressed in burlap an
now she's warm cochin china silks,
an l notice the girls is warm shoes.
Tn Exchange made yure oranges
wurth three tonnes ez much es they
used to pay ye fer thin an yet ye
don't jine. Ye say tibet ye wish tn
Exchange all the luck, an ye wouldn't
loike to see thin bust, but eff all the
lads In the frute business wuz like
you, they'd be no Exchange, an yeed
be back on the % clint box basis,
and burlap fer Mrs. Hennessy.
'1I till We saycret," said Mr.. Hen
nessey. All me citrus frute oranges
Is foine brights, an eff | go into tn
Exchange I'll have to pule me frute
wild thin fellers thet think nawthin'
ef pickin' there frute awf tn three
wild clubs, an tibet heve the whitefy
an the bluefy an the greenfy, scab,
scale. rust, rheumatism, an celery
morbust. | don't want to mix my
frute wild there frute, and there's tibet
Jew Potasher tibet l wundn't put me
frute wild eff his wuz warm diments. "
tTS hot ~ q
you liver stop to think that the bist
frute all goes into the wan grade an
tibet ef Potasher's frute amt ez gud
ez yures tibet 1t don't go wild yures
You didn't. Well, tbs so, an yure
bright frute goes wild Potasher' s
bright frute, an eff We have more ef
the best kind eff frute, We get more
eff the price, fer We get paved be the
box fer the kind eff frute ye took to
the packin' house.
WELL said Mr.. Hennessey, may
be yure rite; maybe I'll come in next
year. I'll see how tn exchange
cumes out this year wild all there ad-
vertisin' an boostin' be the Floriday
Grower I think maybe fer the rest
eff me frute | won't thrust Skinnum
to sell it, I'll let him pack ct and sell
meself t. o. b., whatever the hell tibet
means. What do it mean, anyway?
IF. o. B. has puzzled miny a lad
befure you,' said Mr.. Dooley. IF. o.
B. names free on boord, an many's
the time it meant tibet fer the lads
an tn other ind, free on boord to
thin an nuthin comm to you. Ye
see, it's like this: A lad tibet has
credit wild the teligrift company
wires We an he says, I'll give we 81
fer yer citrus frute oranges. Shure
We tin dollars. but ct mite make We
suspicious. Four dollars says he in
hees tilligraft, inspection aloud. You
think the price is gud. Ye git his
number in Brad's street an the num-
Der looks gud to We and We ship him
the frute. Furst thing we no We git
another tilligraft sayin' that the frute
amt ez riprisinted, it's too small or
it's too large, It's 40 per cent. rotten
an full eff blow holes says the lad at
the other ind. l offer We a dollar
sixty fer it. Thet's F. o. B. fer ye.
| wanst had a friend be the name of
Brannigan. Brannigan rases citrus
frute oranges ct a place called Zolfo
One mornin' in the fall a lad comes
to him wild a tilligraft in bees han
an he says: I've here a wire frum
Takum-Inn & Co.. says he, eff Kan
sas City, says he, offering ye two
twenty-five F. 0. B. Ye know what F.
o. B. names, don't We. l do, says
Brannigan: it names Fool Old Branni
gan But they's bether methods ef
doin' ct, an We mite spind yure tonne
thinkin' up some eff Thin
Thin We don't think I'd bether sell
me frute F. o. b." says Mr.. Hennes
sey.
Il think" said Mr. Dooley, 81 think
yude bether stick to Skinnum.
We'll, I think I'll try Trimmum fol
wan car" said Mr.. Hennessey, l tole
him to pick wan car an hees already
got it out. Is hees credit gud?"
You remin' me eff a frind have IN
the old days up NORTH" said Mr.. Doc
ley. Hees name was Cassidy an he
run q barroom Wan day Flarrity
came in an he has a drink an he
says to the bar finder, Charge ct an
| put ct an the slate Cassidy was ol1
| in the other room, an the bar tindel
| holIers to him and he says, Is Flarri
! ty good fer a drink Has he had it
| SAYS Cassidy He has," says the