Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-08-31

up shc iathct anu TesaTuiuS HIMSELF IN
the glass, stopping now and then to
get close and examinine his chin eriti.
caily or torture pimple. Then he lath-
cred one side of my face thoroughly,
and was to .ather the other, when a
dog-fight attracted his attention. and
he ran to the window and stayed and
saw it out, losing two shillings on the
result in bets with the other barber, n
thing which gave me great satisfaction.
He finished lathering, meantime get
ting the brush into nay mouth only
twice, and then began to rub in the
suds with his hand, and as he now had
his head turned, discussing the dog
fight with the other BARRIERS. he natur-
ally shoveled considerable lather into
my mouth without knowing it. but
did. He now began to sharpen his
razor on an old suspender, and was de.
layed a good deal on account Of a con-
trosersy about cheap ma squcrade
ball in which he had figured the night
before. in red cambric, as some kind of
king. He was so gratiiied with be-
Ing chatted about some damsel who he
had smtten with his charms, that hc
used every means To continue the con
trovcrsv by pretending to be annoyed
at the chaiiings Of his fellows. This
matter begot more surveyings of him
self in the glass, and he put down his
razor and brushed his hair with elabor-
ate care. plastering an averted arch of
Il down on his forehead, accomplish
'ng an accurate part" behind. and
brushing the two wings forward over
his ears with nice eNactness. In the
meantime the lathcr was driving on my
face. and apparently eating into my
sItals. Now he began to shave, dig
ging his fingers into my countenance
10 stretch the skin, making handle
Of my nose now and then, bnndiing
tumbllng nv heat this way and that
rs convenience in shaving demanded.
and hawking and expectorating
pleasantly all the while. As long rs
he was on the tough sides of my face
did not suffer: but when he began 10
rake. and rip, and tug at nv chin, the
tears came. did not mind his getting
So close down to the; did not mind
his garlic. suppose bui there Was
added something that male me fear
that he was decaying inwardly wmlc
stall alive, and this gave me much con
Germ. He now put his finger into the
corner Of NV mouth To assist him in
shaving the corners Of my upper lip,
and it was by this bit Of ctrcumstant,al
evidence that discovered that IA part
Of his duties in the shop was to clean
the Kerosene lamps. had often won
dercd in an indolent way whether the
BARRIERS did that, or whether it was the
boss. About this time | was amusing
myself trying u guess where tie would
be most likely 10 cut me this time, but
he got ahead Of me and sliced me on
the end of my chin before | had got my
mind made up. He immediately shar
pened his razor-hc might have done
il before
| do not like close shave. aud would
not let him 70 over nv a second time
irica ~ Get linn 70 put up hi- iaz II,
drcaiin. thlt hc would nAke lor the
side .! my shin. my pet tender spot, ii
place y here a razor cannot touch Nv lrc
without making trouble. But he said
he only wanted to smooth off ono little
rOughne-~, aud in that moment he
slipped his razor along the forbidden
ground, and the dreaded pimple->ign<
OF a close shave rose up sfcartlug and
answered To the call. Now he soaked
his towel in bay rum aud slapped il all
over INV face hastily, slapped it over a,
il IA human being ever washed his face
in that way. Then he dried it by slap
ping with the dry part ot the towel. as
IL a human being ever yet dried hi- fac {
in such a fashion. but a barber seldom
rub- YOU like a Christian. Now he
pOkcd bav rum into the cut piace with
his towel. and then soaked il with bav
r..m again, and would have gone on
soaking aud powdering it tor cvcrinore
il had not rebellcd and begged OFT. He
powdered my whole face now. straight
caed me up, and began to plough my
hair thoughttully with his hand, and
examine his fingers critically. Then lie
suggested shampoo, aud said ms hair
needed it badly, very badly. | observed
that | had ,hampooed il myself very
thoroughly in the bath Yesterday.
..had Him again. He next recommend
cd some Of Smiths Hair Gloriier,"
and offered TO sell me bottle. | de-
clucd. He praised the new perfume.
Jones Delight of the Toilet" and pro
posed 10 sell Inc some OF that. de-
clincd again. lie rendered me tooth
wash atroci ei his own invention, and
when declined offered TO trade knives
with me. He returned to business after
the miscarriage of this last enterprise
sprinkled iue all over, legs and all, /,
creased my hair in defiance of protests
against it, rubbed and scrubbed good
deal of it out bv the roots. and coinbed
aud brushed the rest, parting il behind
and plastering the eternal inverted arch
OF hair down on my forehead, aud thea,
while coInbing nv scant eyebrows and
defiling them with pomade, strung out
an account of the achievements oi IA six
ounce black -and-tan terrier of his till
heard the whistles blow Tor noon, and
knew | was five miLutes too late Tor the
train. Then he snatched away the tow
ell, brushed it lightly about my face,
passed his comb through my eyebrows
once more and gaylv sang out, Next I"
This barber fell down and died OF ap-
poplexy two hours later. am waiting
over day for nv revenge. am going
to attend his funeral.
Deferred Matter.