Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1874 — A Good Canvasser. [ARTICLE]

A Good Canvasser.

A Central Michigan editor, whose death the Free Press chronicled only a few months ago, was probably as persistent a man as ever started out on a “ dun” or looked for new . subscribers. He was once out on a jaunt in the township of White Oak, Ingham County, sticking to every farmer until he got his name and money, and it so happened that he came to a house where death had called a few hours before. vThe farmer’s wife was laid out and the husbandman and his children were grieving over her loss when the editor knocked at the door. “ What’s up I” inquired the editor as he saw the farmer’s solemn countenance before him. “ My wife is dead,” replied the farmer. “ Is that so ?” mused the editor, a little disappointed. “ Did she die easy t” “ Dropped off like a lamb,” “ Did she say anything T" “Not a word—just went right to sleep like.” -*1 didn’t know,” continued the editor, a sad look—on his faee, " but what she might have requested you to subscribe for the Cascade, which you know is the best paper in the country. If you want it I’ll tike your name right in, and under the circumstances I won’t charge a cent for the obituary notice!” The farmer hung off for a while, but before the editor went away he had two additional dollars in his pocket 'and had written out an obituary notice for publication in the next issue which the bereaved husband pronounced “ a mighty smart piece.”— Detroit Free Press.