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Show HERE'S A GOOD 0E. Here's an old one, but it is still good, and may be you car get a kick. c it of it: A Wisconsin editor got tired of merchants asking him to put in a bid on his work, so he got down Mont- gomery Ward & Co's catolog, and sent his wife around to th store to get prices, which he compared; he then chipped in with a half dozen neighbors, got his stuff from out of town, and thej V actually saved money by doing so. He openly said, Well il they want to send out of town for their printing. I'll send out ; for groceries. And he did. But to give them a fair shake; after he'd tested it out, he ran the following ad: Bids Wanted ; I will be in need of two pair of sox, one good, for Sunday wear and one plain; one pair cheap pants; six white handker-i handker-i chiefs, and one bushel of good, unsprouted potatos; two pounds i of rump steak (an editor can't afford better), six dozen sauven-' sauven-' ir view post cards of the locality, and one quart of molasses. ' Parties wishing to bid on these supplies send in your offers, and is goes to the cheapest man; include self-addressed envelope for reply in case bid is accepted. |