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Show ARE THERE ANY JUD SHAWS HERE? .Ind Shaw sold shoes and sealing wax, and lamps, rishpoles and glue, tobacco, cnndlcs. riihi, nnd tucks, slickers, and snrdlncs, ton; dry goods nnd linms were In his llno;lio dealt In pens mid beans; ho kept tho general store, In fine sold overalls and Jeans; but Jud, somehow, ho wasn't wise "Couldn't afford to advertise." Not thnt ho harbored any grudge, against his homo town sheet; he was, as anyono might Judge, a kindly man to ineel; his customers ho treated talr, and yet he prospered not; Ills goods wero honest, one would swoar he simply was forgot; ror Jud. somehow, some-how, ho wasn't wise "Couldn't afford to advertise." Mall order firms rrom out or town, much wiser In their dny, pnld liberally ror their renown, and gathered In tho liny; their catalogues went everywhere; every-where; they advertised tor trade; their iiiimo wont forth with trumptB blare, and ah! the coin they mmlc; couldn't afford, they wero wise, couldn't afford NOT t'udvorllse. Now, Jiul's stuff It was Just as good; his prices weru the same; tho loss wns ours; ho simply WOl'LD not spread abroad his iiamo; though (owarolks might have- much preferred In their homo mart to buy, or Jud Shnw thoy hnvo .never heard -you know, reason why, ror Jud, somehow, wasn't wise "Couldn't afford to ml. vortlso!" |