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Show THE 'VJIOLE VJIOLE WHOLE ' 'YORKS YORKS WORKS ' . An e.change echange exchange } . prmts prints a lIttle story , clIpped flom from an unknown unknown.gource unknownsource .gource gource source . , which whichIS IS very good and perhaps very old . Anyway it's its it'sworth it'sworth ' worth repeatIng . . It concerns an Omaha Jobbing fobbing house and a customer mer- mer merchant merchant - - chant in a small Iowa town . A AshIpment shIpment of goods received by the thecustomer thecustomer customer was rejected.as.upsatisfactory rejectedas.upsatisfactory rejectedasupsatisfactory rejected.as rejectedas . j . isatisfactory . wroteto The robber lob bel ' prepared to.Jnstitute toJnstitute toinstitute . , suit for collection , and wrote to the ra1lroad railroad agent at the vIllage for information about the alri- alri arri- arri alrival arrival - val of the mercl1andise merchandise ; to the Plesident president of the bank for informa- informa information informalion - - tion lion concerning the fmancial financial standing of their customer ; to the themayor themayor tohandle mayor of the crtr city crtraskmg ) askmg asking him to recommend a good lawyer to handle theIr case ; and to the merchant himself , threatening sUIt , if he dId not make payment at once . AU All the desired infOlmation information came in a smgle single letter , as follows : "I I " receIved your letter telling me I had better pay up . "I I " am railroad agent here and received the letter you wrote the wrotethe agent . "I I " am president and sole owner of the local bank and andcan can as- as - sure assure you of m mr my r finanC1al financial standing . lawyersince "As As " the mayor of the city , I hesItate to refer yOU to a lawyer since I am the only member of the bar in this vicinity . . "If If " I were not the pastor of Af the only church here , I would tell you tellyou ) .ou ou to go to hell I ! " |