You left out the part where Roebuck was taken to the dark side of the moon
by space aliens and anally implanted with their eggs before being returned
to Earth, which is why he died broke. He spent all his money on his 37,000
kids!

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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I'll add a bit more. someone else add some, and we'll see where it goes.
Last man with a marshmallow gets to put out the fire.

--

Christopher A. Young
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"TURTLE" wrote in message
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Sears and RoeBuck started as a Fur Trader company and went into the
pots
& wood
Stove business by mail order. Sears was a white fellow and RoeBuck was a
black fellow and never really got along with each otherbut the two put up
with each

Anyhow, they were making good enough money after awhile, that they managed
to get their offices separated. Their beginning was in Chicago, which made
sense. Everything that went by rail to the west went through Chicago.

Sears was a hard drinker for many years, until he met the Mormon
missionaries. He went to church for awhile, and managed to give up
drinking
and the big cigars he loved so much. However, he was always unable to
control his crude language. Roebuck was a Deacon in the Southern Baptists,
and served with honor. He never did want to go back down south, figured
he'd
learned enough of the northern ways he'd be sure to be lynched.

There was a big board meeting one year, and they were trying to get some
ideas about publishing a catalog. Roebuck figured that folks would keep
the
catalogs for many years (his parents had a 50 year old Tranquill and Muff
catlog of fine suits and church shoes to make any Southern Baptist
jealous).
Sears figured that the catalogs would be changed every few years, so why
bother to use the finest paper. Sears adressed the board meeting and
declared as senior member of the board that the company would use "****
paper for the catalog". Being fairly literal minded, the board proceeded
to
do just that. And so the catalogs developed a somewhat unexpected use.

As the company branched out, Mr. Roebuck got tired of being called "that
old
buck", as buck is an impolite name for a colored man. So, he left the
company and went out on his own. Mr. Roebuck died a poor man, in an old
age
home in a small town.