Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1893 — Terribly Tedious. [ARTICLE]

Terribly Tedious.

“Spe’aking of alliterations,” said a lawyer the other day. “I am reminded of what I heard in a down-East grocery store lasts unimer. - ‘Got eny good m’lasses, George?’ asked a farmer’s wife of the grocer. ‘Good’s I ever had in the store, Mrs. Littlefield,’ answered the grocer. ‘Waall, put me up tew gall’ns, George.’ A week or so later Deacon Littlefield called the grocer to account for selling his wife a poorer quality of molasses than she had been accustomed to. ‘lt’s good ’nough in Injine puddih’,’ he said, ‘an’ braown bread, but, George, I gin ye my word as a dekin, it’s terrible teejis in tea.’ " Wanted. —Salesmen; good pay for honest ■workers. Beginners taught; ODD new outfits just ready—cost 4 years’ time and thousands of dollars, but worth all they cost—the finest ever used. We sell direct through our own salesmen. No middlemen. No Tree Dealers. Stark Bro’s Nurseribs & Orchards Co., Bockport, UL