HAD HIM THAR.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 292, 22 August 1888, Page 2

HAD HIM THAR.

Atf Illinois sheriff was noted for his. activity in lookingupunlicensed pedlers. Taking his walk around one day, ho came across an aid fellow whom he at once concluded was an illegal trader, and inquired if ho had got anything to soil. " Hey I got anything to sell, squire V was the response. * Guess, I hey got blaclun' that'll make them old cowhMe boots o' yours shine sot- you .can shave in 'em. Got razors tew, an aiticlo you want, I should say, by the looks o' your beard. Got; Balm o'Klurnby tew, only a dollar a bottle, good for the ha'r and assislin' poor human natur'." The sheriff bougbt a bottle oF Balm of Columbia, and then desired to see the Yankee's license for peddling. The document was produced, examined, pronounced genuine, and banded back to its owner. Then said the disappointed official : " I don't know now that I care about this stuff ; what will you give for it?" " Waal," answered the pedler, " I don't want it, squire ; but seem' it's you, I'll give you thirty-seven cents for it." The sheriff passed him the bottle and pocketed the money ; when the pedler said : " I say, I guess I hey southing to ask you now. Hey you got a pedler's license about you ?" " No,'' said the sheriff, " I haven't any use for one myself.*' " Waal, I guess we'll see about that, pretty soon," replied the Yankee, " Ef I understand the law, sheriff, it's a clear case that you've been trading and peddling Balm o' Klumby on the highway,, and I shall inform on you." Thus he turned the tables ; and the sheriff was duly fined for peddlin-g without a license.