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A Phenomenal Memory

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
October
Year
1885
Copyright
Public Domain
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Men wtio dislike ihopplng - and where 8 the nnin wlio does not? - should intortn theniselves n regard lo tlie OMMIling oí "a few little thiiiffs," as woiueu Interprat tliat Tt;ue kind of phrnse. Mr. S muited tu more from the city to a Bmall towu near Ijy il) wliicli tlurc wt-re bilt one or two stores. He would be 11 ttie city erery day, and agreed to pinchase the "few little thlngs" his wife e. mul aot buy in the rilhkge stores. "You'd better put tliem down on a pieee of paper," said Mra. S , wbeo about to jfive her lirsi order. "Oh no," said Mr. S . ; "my memory ta fina." "Wt-11 tlien," began Mrs. B , "a spool of 60 Coates" black tlnead." "Yes," said Mr. S . "A yurd of not too lilit and not too diirk calicó.'1 "Yes." "A sniall hammer, a can of peiicliis of the Pasadena braad, u dozen imall pearl buttons, two yards of cardinal ribbon, silk on one side and satin on the other." "Yes," said Mr. 8 , thouff htf ully. 'A pair of slippers for baby, a dozen lemons, a good tooth-brmh, a plne-apple, two ounces of skyblue Germantown yarn, an ounce pliial of homo3opathic nnx vómica pellets, a - " "Walt a second," said Mr. S ¦.oounting on his tingers and lookinj; perplesed. "And a bottle of vanilla extract, and a yard of triple box-pleated orepe lis-e ruchintr, and three jarda of small-oneoked aainaook, and - " Bnt Mr. S had seized his liat and was runnin; for the station. Wlittt tlie poor man brought home was a yurd of bed-tickiiifr, ttiree yards ot lilatk crape, a buttle of vinegar, eight yards of nankeen, a aorab-briiah, a pouud of green yarn.slxty spools of "coat toread," a yard of very liglit and a yard of very bliick calicó, and a pint bottle of hoBMBopiithlc pil Is. "ïhere, my dear,1' he sald, triumphantly, throwiiifi down bis pnekrtes, "I Uon't think you'll tind a tlilng misging, WIki inyi a man can't do stiop- ping? My nieniory neret played me false yet."

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News