Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1884 — How Mr. Bluejoy Got Rid of His Last Year’s Stock. [ARTICLE]

How Mr. Bluejoy Got Rid of His Last Year’s Stock.

“Here, Tomkins, we must do something to get rid of this old stock. Ah! I have it; we have a great fire, water and smoke Kale of damaged goods. Take this lot of linen we have marked ■6 cents down into the basement, and trail it in the dust; after you have trailed it around sufficiently throw a little water on it, and then we can get 10 cents a yard for it.” “All right, sir.” “Now I’ll see about these cloaks, here Smith,” to the cloak man. “How many of these $5 cloaks have you sold?” “Not one, sir.” “Great Scott! then they must go into the sale of damaged goods to-morrow. Take them down stairs and singe the for a little, and then mark them down to sl2 from $20.” The next week Mr. Bluejoy said gleefully to his partner, “Nothing like fire, smoke and water to raise the price of goods; there’s not a single one of our last year's styles left over in any of our goods. We’!! send for our new stock to-morrow.’ - —Carl Pretzel's Weekly.