Show one en cn a grocer at the r gathering a of the retail grocers last tuesday night T reminiscences were exchanged and many were the tales which the grocers told on each other one grocer who dow enjoys the distinction of beim being r the tha leading grocer in this section oft of the he city tells a tale on I 1 himself which bears repeating it t happened when he be was new dew in the bu business 0 one is day a ediee salesman representing an eastern firm called on hm h m the grocer said he ties need I 1 anything in his hig line this wati was tho the natural thing to say however and it worry the salesman a bit he talked on in the hops hope of 0 getting gelling an order said he where do you buy your pepper now 91 I 1 buy it of S CO oh I 1 buy bay their pepper liepper its half peas oh ob you you aie mistaken mii miA taken there they do not adulterate anything th thata ats way with rou salesmen you are always running down your competitors 11 1 I dont caro care what you say im AV willing illin to wager that S co s pepper peppe r is half peas very well ill bet you a dollar it is ant the money was put up whereupon the t be traveling man proceeded p proceeded roce eded to prove the correctness of bill hi assertion ser tion this was easily done taking a pencil rewrote hew rote pepper p e p p e r half ps he be explained st joseph herald |