Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-30
JOB PRINTING.
Newspaper Recipe tAas ,D1An's
Work Well In One InssancG.
lFrom the Dsnbury News.l

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lie came IL with an interroRatiop
In one eye, and with q stick In one
hand: One ego was covered with .
handkerchief and one arm was in y
sling. His bearing was that Of s'itiaa
with settled purpose In view.
ut was to see," said he, "the man
that puts things into this paper.y, 80
We intimatcd that several Of nd
earned q frugal livelihood In that
way.
"Wcll, I want to see the man which
cribs things out of The other pal,ets.
The fellow who writes mostly VIZ
shears, you understand"
We explained Ia i,in TINT tho .
were seasons when fi,c gifted a,n"ug
us. driven to ircnzy by the scarciir
OF ideas and events. and bv the Il ia,
orOus demands of an insatial,:e pub
lie, IN moments of emotional insanity
plunged the giiiicring shears into oitF
exchanges. lie weuL on. CALMLY. bus
in voice treinulUus with oppressed
feeling. and indistinct through tho
recent loss Of lalfa dozc. or So 6fhis
front teeth. p
just SO. l presume so. don't
know much about this business, but
want TO see u man, the man that
printed that little piccc about pouring
water down drunken mans spine
of his back aud making him instantly
sober. Ii you please, want to ses
that man. would like TO talk with
him."
Then lie leaned his stick against oar
desk, aud spit OH his serviceable
hand, and resumed his hold Oh the
stick, as though he was weighing ii.
After studying the stick minute, he
auueu III somewhat louder tone 81 =.
Mister, came here to sec that ERE
man. want to sec hin bad" =
We told him that particular man
was not in.
Just so. lprcsume SO. They told
inc before l came that the man l
wanted to see wouldn't be anywhere.
I'll wait for him. live up north,
anu I've walked seven miles to con-
verse with that man. guess I'll sit
down aud wait.
lie sat down by the door and re-
hecuveiy pounded the hoor with his
stick, but his feelings would not
allow MIN TO keep stu.
J suppose none OF You didn't ever
pour much coiu water down any
drunken mars back to make him
instantly sober, perhapss" a'
None OF us in the Office had ever
tried the experiment.
Just SO. l thought just as like al
not you had not. Well, Mr., l have.
] tried it Yesterday, and have come
seven miles OIL foot to see the man
that printed that piece. 1t want
much of piece, don't think; but I
want TO see the man that printed il,
just a few minutes. You see John
Smith, he lives next door to nv housa
when Pm to home, and lie gets how
come you SO every little period.
Now, when he's sober he's ali right,
if you keep out Of his way ;but whefi
he's drunk he goes home and brcaks
dishes, and tips over the stove.
throws the hardware aroma. and
makes it incouycnient for lis wife
and sometimes he gets his cnu aud
goes calling on his ncighbors. and r.
ain't pleasant. -
Not that want to saw anvtb;,u
alout Smith: hut me and nv liz
don't think he ought to do 90 Hs
came home drunk vcs,erdev .nS
broke all the Kitchen windows nnI ~
his house, and followed, Ills wife
around with carving-knife, talking
about her liver: and after a Wills he
Law down bv NV fence md went 10
sleep. l had been reading that EttfS
niece it want much of piece. and
thought if | could pour some cold
water down his spine of Ills bscE
aud make him sober IL woriJ ~
more comfortable for his y;se ana
suuarc thing to ali aronnd So
pourcd n bucket of snrino wot..
down John Snith's SPINE Of HE
back,
well" said we. ne our v;e;tor
paused, "lid it make him sober pn
Our visitor took a iirmer hold ON
stick, and replied with increasod
emotions:
''Just so. suppose it did make
him sober as ajudge in less time than
You could say Jack Robinson; but,
Mr., it made him mad. 1t made him
the naddest man ever see, and Mr.