Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-05-18
4 Practical Objection to Telegraph Fol

From the California Spirit Of the Times.
A merchant, going home elevated,
staggered against Il telegraph pole.
''Beg your PARDON said he, Il hope
no offense. It's rather dark, and the
street is very narrow, you sce."
In few moments he came in con.
tact with another pole.
'COuldn help it, SIR said he, lift
ing his hat. 81 never saw such crook
ed lanes as we have here in this city,"
Agin he ran afoul of pole, this
time with force that sent him back.
ward to the ground.
''Look here, neighbor, you nccdn' t
push fellow down because he happens
to touch you the road is us much mine
as yours, and l have as much right
here as you have, old stick-in-thc-
mud"
Picked himself up and made another
effort to reach home, but he soon came
plump against another pole.
ashanti make any more apologies,
said he: ''if you get into the middle
of the street and stand III my way
that s your lookout. not mine.''
Proceeding on his journey again,
and becoming angry and dizzy, he
seemed to be cntangled in an inextraca-
bic labyrinth of telegraph poles, which
led him to make Il general speech.
''Gentlcmen, you arc not doing the
fair thing. You do not give man a
fair chance. You run from one side
of the street to the other, right in my
way
just then he met friend, and TAX
ing him by the hand lie said:
''Thcrc is procession going
along this street, and every man is
drunk, they have been running
against me all the way from the club.
l Knocked one of the fellows down and,
one of the fellows knocked me down,
and then lot of them got around me,
and believe they would have licked
me within an inch of my life if you
had not come to the rescue. Let us
60 out of this street before the process
sion comes back, for they are all
drunk
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Xantlppc.
1t seems that the memory of this
woman, like that Of hex renowned husband, is
likely to be kept alive to the end Of time.
She is said to have possessed = very irritable
tenlper, and her name has become synO-
nyh Of "vixen, or ''scold." It is more than
possible, however, that the judgement
passed upon her by mankind has been too
severe. "A more charitable disposition would
undoubtedly have discovered in her, many
good qualities, and have attributed her tall
ings more to physical infrmities than to NOR
yh TIE 5slp .1 st s e
form = correct opinion, gives her credit for
many domestic virtues. It is now well
knewn that many OF the diseases to which
women are subject have = direct tendency to
to render them irritable, peevish, cross, mo
Iose, unreasonable, 30 that they cha1e and
int over al those little ills and anneyancrs
that person IN health would bear With COM
posu1e. II = fair to mfr that most Of the
tantrums Of 1antippe were due to these csu-
e alone: and could Soe13ta, - he returned
from the Senate, .he ay1nssium, Or the
Atheneum, have stopped Il Pstle 4 Nostar'a