Twenty Years of Hus'lingJohnston, J. P. (James Perry)
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Twenty Years of Hus'ling
Johnston, J. P. (James Perry)
Business; Johnston, J. P. (James Perry), 1852-
"_T-a-l-k_ about your astronomical calculation and scientific
investigation, but the man who invented this soap, studied for one
hundred years. As he _d-o-v-e_ into the deep, _d-a-r-k_ mysteries
of chemical analysis, he solved the problem that _n-o_ man born
could be an honest Christian without the use of soap.
"Take a smell of it, gentlemen, eat a cake of it, and if you don't
like it, spit it out. I'll guarantee it to remove tar, pitch,
paint, oil or varnish from your clothing; it will remove stains
from your conscience, pimples from your face, dandruff from your
head, and whiskey from your stomach; it will enamel your teeth,
strengthen your nerves, purify your blood, curl your hair, relax
your muscles and put a smile on your face an inch and-a-half thick;
time will never wear it away; it's a sure cure for bald heads,
scald heads, bloody noses, chapped hands, or dirty feet. * * *
"Now, gentlemen, I have here an extra fine toilet soap that you
can't buy in your city for less than ten cents a cake. But I'm here
my friends, to give you bargains." (Then counting them out, one
cake at a time):
"I'll give you one cake for ten, two for twenty, three of 'em for
thirty, four for forty, five for fifty and six for sixty cents.
Yes, you lucky cusses, I'll see if there's a God in Israel. Here,
I'll wrap them up for
fifty-five--fifty--forty-five--forty--thirty-five, thirty. There! I
hope never to see my Mary Ann or the back of my neck if a quarter
of a dollar don't buy the whole lot. Remember, twenty-five cents;
two dimes and-a-half will neither make nor break you, buy you a
farm, set you up in business or take you out of the poor-house.
"Is there a gentleman in the crowd now who will take this lot for
twenty-five cents?"
(When some one cries out, "I'll take 'em,")--
"Take 'em, I should think you would take 'em. I took 'em, too; but
I took 'em when the man was asleep, or I never could sell 'em for
the money. Will it make any difference to you, sir, if I give you
six more cakes in the bargain?--(throwing in six more.) All right,
my friends.
"You can't give in vain to a good cause. Remember, 'God loveth a
cheerful giver.' Now gentlemen, who'll have the next, last, and
only remaining lot for the money? Here's one, another makes two,
one more are three, another makes four, one more are five and one
are six, and six more added make another dozen, the only remaining
lot for the money. And sold again.
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