A Born Advertiser

There was a boy who was sent out by his father to sell some potatoes. He carried the bag around all day without a sale, and, on reaching home at night, threw it down with the surly exclamation : "Nobody that I met asked me for potatoes. One fellow wanted to know what I had in the bag, and I told him it was none of his darn business." There was in the same town a colored gentleman who went about bawling at the top of his voice: "Fish! Fish ! Fish! Freshflsh!" "Shutup thatracket!" said an angry dame at the window. "Ton heah me missy?" "Hear you! You can be heard a mile away." "Dat's what I'se hollerin' for. Fish ! Fish! Fish! Fresh fish !" The colored gentleman was an