Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-21

"A k4Hky-fookmS spccImcu ot cuckSf inoo-
uptown barber shop Sunday morning, and
after sitting sumo time, was inquired Of BY one
of the professors Of the tonsoriSI Ar 10 know II
he Wished to b SHAVED. 90 At the utterspes ot
the last word Mr.. Block burst int . loud xuf-.
fu and shook his ddes With great eschina-
tory emotion. The genuemen in the chairs
raised up their lathsry faces and starsd wildly
At AZ individual, who seemed 10 be sble' 10 get
such apparently small oesss.
g have been shsssd y blartsd cut the I'LL
noisan, and Immediately rslapsed into i'm
moderate mirth. Aftsr he had partially r.
covered, be went on % remark Somewhat in
manner and form following, 70 wit g Come
ger here from EIlanoy to ssll load of 'taters,
% - the barx. Feiler ON Broadway stTset
with . Dutch lookin' face and blue cap on It
wn . standin' b'fors picsur Of . alligatnr
which was svoIlerin' little niger, an an
other itfle mig strAddle o. his back gouein'
inter the animule with large sised hatchst.
The Teller with the Dutch face said it was
prob1y the greatest eur 'osity in the unknown
iiyin spscimins was as the small m ID price q oas
dime; and Of you'd . heerd the way he sed
'ons disss' you'd . most tho't that ten cents
Was about the e'ntemtablest amount Of money
that could Be scared up. So goes In and ssss
the alligator. There was great lot Of bully
fne watches and trinkets and thingr in Z glass
box, and thsre was man who said be was the
ssIs and only solitary and sxclnsive agent fof
The great somsthin' or other Linimsnt, and Il .
man what bought bottil Of the great Ameri-
can rsmmidy, shouId have . chance in the
magnifcent eift enterprise. So I goes In, hut
luek was hsayy, and i sent up eight ringing
dollars, and didn't git dsrned thing 'cspf
four four bras. ring. two tooth pieks.s, two thin
he could 20 ter everlastin' thunder with his
internal old hartshoEn and soap suds,l and
walked out, ningin' q chaw tcrbacker in the
right eye Of the Dutch lookin' chap 'Ha, ha,
az only got up street little ways, whom q
gentleman dressed for all the world like store
clerk or railroad conductor, comes up to me
and shook hands, askin' how Robinson was.
Hes all right, ssys I, wouderin' what Robin
son the felIer meant. Then the stranger,
lookin at his finger nails, wanted to know eff
I'd loan him my knife second and q half.
SO / pulls out my frog sticker and gin il to
him. Hello says he, looking down street,
there's man want to speak to, says he,
dart, taking, takin' my two dollar knife with
i'm. Consarn the sneak. =
"After 4 eatmy supper, i stroIls round in
the suction shops I'LL about nine o'clock, when
q crifser With . big blue coat ON, that didn't
1t him good, asked me ef didn't want 10 see
some spote-s Yes says /; 'come on, ssys he;
and We went up pair Of stairs to the Broad
way Conosrt Hail. they call it, where there
were singin' and dancin' and one thing am
another mixed up with whisksy and beer. I
expect got rather obfusticafed, for I fell
OYER eon bench and went to Sleep When I
woke, By thunder, put my hand in my pocket
% ges chaN tsrbacker, and my zdefned old
fist went plumb through. Hello, says I. By
George the tsrnsl scoundreIs had cut . sIit in
my breeches and hooked my pocket book that
had sig IN It and my plug Of Wirginny twist
mind IL Ilet one Of you take little scraps,
since the landlord loaned me enough to git
home on - - .ass.s = a = -5-4..,-
And Mr.. Samuel Block elevated himself in q
high charge and submitted to another sshaye %
So. Loais Reyx5iieass. & - 4 - -