Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-01-27

piece of work. but he thought Ii couln
be improved. Dennis asked how. and
Tom said that IL he would leave II
with him overnight he would make
some additions which he thought
would render 1t more effective Den.
uis was only too glad to do so. and az
soon as he was gone Tom brought hi,
genius to bear on 1t and produced tn,
following:
"Busby's prepared milk food is made
Of the best buttermilk that can be pro-
cured In the market. The havoring
spices used in 1t are gathered on the
shores OF Hudson bay by the Indians.
Its ivory whiteness Is obtained not
from any deleterious ingredients. but
is distilled from myriads of white roses
grown on the Busby farm under the su-
perintendence of a graduate of an ag-
ricultural college. The fatty sub
stances used in the food are obtained
from the blubber Of walruses shipped
on trains running on the Ice of Bering
sea. thus preventing delay and insuring
the delivery of the blubber in the best
condition at the milk factory.
Some rare instances of development
Of children using Busby's food are tes-
titled to by mothers. Charles DIETRICH
when seven months old weighed oniy
twenty ounces. After taking q bottle
of Busbys milk he gained SO much In
one night that in the morning his
mother mistook him for the five-year
old son of her next door neighbor and
sent him to his supposed home with
lump of sugar. At the end of yea,
having drunk 200 bottles of Busby's.
he had gained pound a day.
Benny Hathaway. who weighed
only two pounds at birth, was blown
about in every draft. keeping his moth
err in constant dread lest he be carried
out of the window. Ten bottles o.
Busby's food gave him SO much flesh
that, his father having tossed him play
fully. when the child came down was
crushed by the enormous weight"
When this production was shown tn
Dennis he asked its author If 1t was
not somewhat overdrawn.
"Overdrawn?" cried Tom. Suppose
1t is. That's the art of writing an ad.
If you write it in plain. unvarnished
terms nobody will notice 1t. I'll guar
antee that 1t will increase the sales Of
Busby's milk enormously"
IAN right" replied Dennis. IN take
It to Mr.. Busby
IL wouldn't do that" said Tom
You had better insert it yourself. I'm
a reporter for a newspaper. and ! can
get it put In at cut rates.
Dennis gave him a carte blanche to
insert the ad. and went down TO his
wife to report what he had done. add
ing that he was going to make Mr..
Busby's fortune for him on account OF
his kindness in giving them the milk.
The baby's milk ran out one day.
and Dennis. thinking that Mr.. Busby
might have heard from his advertise
ment and on account of increased sales
be disposed to give him some mors
food. went to the gentleman's Office
and stood as before beside the desk
"Mornin', sir" said Dennis.
| The manager looked up from hun
dreds Of letters and seeing the man
to whom he had given some of his
Have you heard from the advertise
ment?" asked Dennis.
What advertisement?
The one that came out In the pa
The manager looked at Dennis as II
exclaimed:
See here. my man, did you have
anything to do with that game that
was played on me in statement got
up to ruin my business?'
NO. sir; | put liz an ad. at me OWL
expense for the favor you done me fol
given me the milk for me little baby"
The manager stared at Dennis for q
/ time, then said: Il don't know that II
will do any harm after all. 1t may
call attention to my goods He took
up IA handful Of letters from the pile
on his desk and ran them over. One
evidently lady who had never had
children or run dairy, wrote to know
whether the cream was left on the but
termilk used in Busby's milk Anoth
CT. nurse. entered protest against
using spices in baby's food. Il should
think she said that it would injurs
the child's stomach" A young Inar
who said that he was student oil
chemistry asked for the process by
which the white substance was distill
ed from roses.
There were on the desk a number Of
| comic nan containing iliuSt RI tiOns
Of the marvellous developments Of
children VINO had been fed ON Busby'i
milk. One was a picture of yer,
small man being crushed under al
enormous baby: another. drawing
of woman giving fat child lumI
of sugar, while beneath were III.
words, Now run home to your moth
err" There were numerous letters from
advertising agents and advertisers ask
tr,sx e. a Of h.