To a Dry Goods Dealer. American wit and humor. Dry-goods -- Caricatures and cartoons. Truthfulness and falsehood -- Caricatures and cartoons. Merchants -- Caricatures and cartoons. The dry-goods dealer stands behind a counter and shows a garment to two women. Text: MR. DRY GOODSMAN, your lying tongue doth ever run / Like the color of your goods when exposed to the sun: / You warrant all things "not to fade," which you show / Yet when they are washed they become white as snow. / Now don't you fear, that, while thus lying and cheating / Your partner, "Old Nick," will give you his greeting. Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. [S.l. : s.n.] [between 1840 and 1880?] Caricatures and cartoons. Comic valentines. digitool:6193 Comic Valentines, 11.17