Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1883 — No Sale There. [ARTICLE]

No Sale There.

A man who was selling polish, or something of the sort, entered the yard of a colored familv on Illinois street and inquired of a boy who sat on the door-step: “Bub, is your mammy home ?” “Yes.” The agent raised his hand to knock on the door, but it was opened and the woman stuck her head out and exclaimed: - - ; ~. ■ “Go right away. sah —go right away! I heard you speakin’ to de boy, an’ I wants you to distinctly understan’ dat de agent who doan’ inquar’ fur de lady of de house d'oan’ make-no sale-De-troit Free Press.