Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1892 — Earning His Money. [ARTICLE]

Earning His Money.

Chicago D*Uy Tribune. £ - - “I will detain you, ma’am,"’said the peddler, opening bis pack, “only a V “But! don’t want to buy anything,’’ she interrupted. ‘•Moment or. two," he went on, taking out a cake of reddish transparent soap. “My object in calling ” , “I told you I didn’t want anything!” “Is tc introduce ts your notice a superior brapd of— — ,T “I’ve got no time to listen to you, sir!” “Sassafras soap. I guarantee this soap, madam, to remojVe grease spots from a rag carpet or a lace curtain without a particle of injury to either As a—“How many more times havel grt to tell you,” said the woman raising her voice, “that I don’t want anything!” ‘‘‘Shaving soap,” persisted the peddler, raising his voice also, “I can recommend it as the best in use. It makes a beautiful ", “Of all the bild, impudent creatures I ever saw, you are the boldest!” “Creamy lather, that does not dry on the face. Used according to directions it will cure chaps, remove freckles, obliterate tan and sunburn, and ” “Take it somewhere elsel I don’t want it!” she vociferated, shutting Ybeduortuhte-faice. ~ =s; ‘'Wash stains out of naarbls and furniture, ” yelled the peddler, "witfi* out leaving a mark of any kind on their polished surface. To introduce the soap into this neighborhood I am selling it at 10 cents a cake, and I don’t care a pinch of salt whether {ou buy It or not, ma’am. Dp you ear that? I'm paid by the day to go round and get off this speech, and when I strike a house,” he continued In a voloe that jarred the windows, “I’m going to get it off if I have to howl it down the chimney. That’s all I’ve got to say this time, ma’am, and I’ll be around here again in exactly thirty days!” He turned on his heel, wiped the perspiration from his face, took a chew of tobacco, and moved on toward the next house.