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Title: Caricature; wit and humor of a nation in picture, song and story
Year: 1911 (1910s)
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Subjects: American wit and humor Caricatures and cartoons
Publisher: New York : Leslie-Judge Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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of ourgood makes. This instrument is valued at two hundredand fifty dollars. Good lands, but I wanter know! ejaculated theman from Podunkville, while his wife was apparentlytoo astonished to express the surprise she felt. Why,great snakes! we kin git an organ fur eighteen dollarsover at Skinners Creek jest as big as that, but wewanted sunthin larger. Oh, you are probably looking for one of the oldsquare make? One of them like you see in the opery-house. I guess this is the style you mean, said the sales-man as he led them to another part of the store. Yep, thems pianners, declared the woman know-ingly. Lands, but aint that one with the big legspurty, Hezekiah? Purty as a pictur! What might that one be wuth? You can have that, sir, for forty dollars. You mustunderstand, though, that its a very old-style instru-ment. By gum, but aint she a bargain! exclaimed theold farmer as he patted the clumsy affair and looked itover admiringly. Ma, theres sum lumber in thatpianner, Im a-tellin you.
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PERSONAL ITEM.Mr. Cy Linder Bore has unexpectedly returned to his stables and the turf again. I never seen an eleganter one, Hezekiah. The salesman walked away a short distance to letthem talk it over, and when he was out of hearing thewoman whispered, Hezekiah, I aint never done nothin wrong yit,when T knowed it wuz wrong, and I aint goin to beginnow. What you drivin at, ma? At this pianner. You dont spose a big, fat plannerthis size kin be sold fur forty dollars, when that skinnyone he fust showed us is two hundred and fifty dollars,do you? It do seem purty queer. Why, of course it do, Hezekiah, and when the mis-take wuz diskivered this poor clerk, who may have alarge family to keep, would be discharged. No; hesgot these planners mixed, and we cant hev it on ourconscience. The matter was explained tothe salesman, and he was givenevery opportunity to correctany mistake that had beenmade, but it was finally neces-sary to call the proprietor toassure the couple that theycould have the

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