The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-01-26
DOOLEY ON F. 0. B.
(Florida Grower, Nov. %, 1917


why don't we jine tn Exchange?"
said Mr.. Dooley to his friend Hennes-
sey. one day as they met at the post
office. 9TH Exchange wiz a gud
thing fer the likes of you. / raymim-
Der tn tonne tibet Mrs. Hennessey
wuz goin' roun' dressed in burlap an
now she's warm cochin china silks,
an 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 We
don't jine. Ye say thet ye wish tn
Exchange all the luck, az 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 25 clint a box basis,
and burlap fer Mrs. Hennessy.
I'll 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 tibet think nawthin'
eff pickin' there frute awf tn three
wild clubs, an tibet heve the whitehy
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 thet
Jew Potasher tibet / wundnt put me
frute wild eff his wuz warm diments"
rs that SOP" said Mr.. Dooley. dis
you liver stop to think that the Dist
frute all goes into the wan grade an
tibet eff Potasher's frute amt ez gud
ez yures thet 1t don't go wild yures?
You didn't! Well, tbs so, an yure
bright frute goes wild Potasher's
bright frute, an ef We have more eff
the best kind eff frute, ye get more
eff the price, fer We get payed be the
box fer the kind eff frute ye took 10
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 adj
vertisin' an boostin' be the F'loriday
Grower. | think maybe fer the rest
eff me frute l won't thrust Skinnum
to sell it. III let him pack ct and sell
meself I. o. b., whatever the hell thet
means. What do it mean, anyway?
"F. o. B. has puzzled miny a lad
befure you,' said Mr.. Dooley. 'F. 0.
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: 4 lad thet has
credit wild the teligrift company
wires ye an he says, I'll give ye Sc
fer yer citrus frute oranges. Shure
it would be all the same ef he offered
ye tin dollars, but ct mite make ye
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 mum
Der looks gud 10 ye and ye ship him
the frute. Furst thing ye no ye git
another tiligraft sayin' that the frute
amt ez rIprisinted, 'tfs too small Or
tbs TOO large. 'tis 60 per cent rotten
an fall e blow holes says the lad at
the other ind I o5er Te dollar
sixty fer Z That's = 0. 2. fer ye
wzzst had friend be the name q
Brznnigzn- BrzEnigzE rases citrus /
fr1te oranges 81 = place called ZoIfo. /
One E0rLiE' IL the fall Lad comes
20 him wild = tiIIfgraft n bees han
an he says: I've here z wire frun
Takur-Tnn & Co., says he, ef Kan |
Gas City, says he. Offering ye two
twfnty-fve 2. 0. 2. Ye know what z. |
D. p. names, don't ye. do, says
Brannigan: IT names Fool Old Branni- |
gan But they's bether methods ef
dom ct, an ye mite spind yure tonne |
thinkin' up some ef thin"
Thin ye don't think I'd bether sell |
me frute F. o. B. ?'' says Mr. Hennes-
sey.
81 think" said Mr. Dooley, II think |
yude bether stick to Skinnum.
We'll, I think I'll try Trimmum for
wan car" said Mr. Hennessey, I tole |
him to pick wan car an hees already
got it out. Is hees credit gud?"
"You remin' me eff frind I have in |
the old days up NORTH" said Mr.. Doo-
ley. Hees name was Cassidy an he
run a 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 out |
in the other room, an the bar finder |
hollers to him and he says, rs Flarri |
ty good fer a drink? Has he had 1t?
says Cassidy. "He has, says the
bar finder 'He is saws Cassidy"