The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-11-21
oTrUmwA wAPErIo ooUF9 1owA THURSDAY NovEMnER

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I sHAvIrG A M1LEToNXIRR.
Eyerybody who lives In New Jerse,
Irecoilects Biily Gibbons. the million
aire. He was An eccentric man, ant
numerous stories are told of his freaks
1 Here il one of them :g -srcs1r1. is.s !
i ! It seems that Billy, while in q cdun
try village, in which he owned som,
i property, stepped intOa barber shoI
to get shaveds The shop was full O
Icustomers, and the old gentleman oui
etly waited for his turn.
I A customer vho was under the bar
ber's hands when the old gentleman
i came In asked the skhf8ht 81 The razor
in an undertone, Ii he knew who thal
was, and, ON receiving 6snekAtive fe
My. ha infnr,nad. him in = y9hisner. {,
was HUfd Billy Gibbons. the riches,
man In the State" 1870 |"
aGad, "ssaitl the barber, f'sIli charge
him for his shave.n. I'D ~ aSsga1l :
| Accordingly, afterIthe old, man iihtl
the operation performed, he was some,
what surprised upon nskinx the price
to be fufd, ssscvcnty.fl%c %cents. - Sid
he, quietly. aisrf that rather ! hiai
/ price?v .Esss., ts..s MA .t.nxss
@It's my price, said he az the lathdi
thrush, Ind dependentiy, ~and as this il
the only barber's shop IN tho place
them as come intosit must pay what ]
ask ss',4 4 MI =.
To the old man this was evidently q
knock -doWfi argument, for he drew
lsthree-qnaftcrs Of agdollar from his
pockets, paid them over to the barber
and left the shop, & .s.-,gs fss'
Il "A short time after this he was in
close cofivcrsstlER with the landlord
of ia tavern hard b.. and the tonic OF
the conyersatiOn, was s.barber ehops. y
aWhy Ia it.v said he. athere,s only
one barber shop in town? There
| seems to be nearly enough work fot
two." 1919 f3f $50
"Well. there used to be two.v said
the landlord. sstilI last winter. when
this new man came IN from the CITY
and opened a new shop. and. as every.
thing in il was fresh and new. folks
sort of deserted Bill Harrington q shop
which had been going on for nigl
| fourteen years. s st' ssa@ :.
ABut didn't this hin do rood work
Didn't he shave well and-1cheap %
aWclI. as for that 2 said the landlord.
"BilI did his work well enouah. I'm,
his shop wasn't on the main street like
the new one. and didn't have so many
nictnres and handsoma curtains ana
ali Of sfha folks oot In the wav az think.
inc the new chan was more scientific
ana brought more city fashion wifi,
him thnSch ii sfaii the trnth !. sa;d
The ,andiarI strok;nv@a chin snu,,,
with Z haard rasou,hl;no, scroan uv;ro
II never want 4 lighter tonch nor
Leener razor than fs;II Harr;notnn,s !:
a1Ytv Tsh;o,,s--eh !, orcwi is5 an the
old man. .sSo the new man's' c;,,
fsshions sh.Ssnw the Others shon ~,
ssvVclT T1t eracff;t.v said tha ia,a.
lord sstRonob tiin1x 3l.vcr ala seem mt =
a. we'll with nil I'eftsr ~ -
enened f;rst ona or h;s Eftla cls,d -,
| 5;od of favar. tl,on h;s ur;re -. ~ ii.
a lonr lima and R;li had q h;,r Iii ,e
nav n the. doctn, = tbe,, os q Ia, ,n;s.
fortnne his shon WAS hnrnaa a. dnwr
ono n;obt tnols Lrnshas fnrn;trra ~ j
an and M ;nsnranca ''.N Y
aWellv said tha cId man not,;sb,v
"wbv do,,t Ia sta, ~ ara;,, d,
.Start aga;n !. ss;d The .or;o
five Iandlord. aWhv Mas nn"r ls an,,I
he hasn't uot arvth;ng ~ s.s :. ,v;sh ;
.HMms!' Where does m s'1lI this ",, mar
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