The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-25
Trying an Experiment.

He came in with an interrogation point
in one eye and n stick in one hand One eve
was covered with handkerchief and one
arm in sling. His bearing was that of a
man with a settledpurpose in view.
| want to see, says he. the man that puts
things into this paper.
We intimatcd that several of us earned
frugal livelihood in that way.
Well, | want to see the man that cribs
things out of the other papers.
We explained to him that there were sea-
sons when the most gifted among us, driven
to frenzy by the scarcity of ideas and events,
and by the clamorous demand of an insat-
able people, in moments of emotional in.
sanity plunged the glittering shears into our
exchanges. He went off calmly, but in
voice tremulous with suppressed feelings
and indistinct through the recent loss of half
Il dozen or so of his front teeth
just SO presume so. / don't know
much about this business. but | want to sec
him, the man that printed that little piece
about pouring cold water down drunken
mans spine of his back. and making him
instantly sober. If you please want to sec
that man. | would like to talk with him.
Then he leaned his stick against our desk
and moistened his serviceablc hand, and re-
sumed his hold on the stick as though he
was weighing it. After studying the stick
a minute, he added, in somewhat louder
tore;
Mister, me here to sec that ere man.
l want to see him bad.
We told him that particular man was not
in.
Just so. | presume so. They told me
before l came that the man wanted to see
wouldn't be anywhere. I'll wait for him.
live up north, and I've walked seven miles
TO converse with that man. guess I'll sit
down and wait.
He sat down by the door and rchectively
pounded the floor with his stick, but his
feelings would not allow him to keen still.
suppose none Of you didn't ever pour
much cold water down any drunken mans
back TO make him instantly sober, per-
haps?
None OF us in the Office had ever tried the
experiment
just so. | thought just as like as not You
had not. Well, mister, l have. tried it
yesterday, and l have come seven miles on
foot to see the man that printed that piece.
1t wasn't much of Il piece, | don't think
but want To see the man that printed it,
Just few minutes You see, John Smith,
he lives next door to my house, when I'm to
home, and he gets how come-you-so every
little period. Now, when he's sober, he's
all right if you keep out of his way; but
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