The daily gazette., 1877-09-12
OTHER PEOPLES LOCALS.

He is . railroad conductor, and he begged
pass from Jake Bradshaw. the colored bill
poster of the Grand X ,pids (Michigan)
Theatre. Tue pass read admit "Colored
bill poster and WIFE," and he didn't know
what was on It Till he got TO the theatre.
They wouldn't let him Ia on IL, aad he
hadn't anv money; and his engagement is
OF with his g,rl aud the bill-posler istco big
to lick. tNI Aiitl
Scientific ADlericca family out on
Barnes street is in u NICE fix. A colony OF
wasps have raised a subscription aud built
probe and bodkin factory on the lower
sash OF a front window. Every time one
attempts to raise tLat window the toIman
comes out with u probe as long as a darning
needle and says: 'Drnp 1t = Prominent
physicians and en-o.-4uiogists Who hays been
consulted say the family will have to leave
the window down until the first snow
storm. rf
We must not expect to lind Aimee, tue
boutfer, in all rtspecLs tue same this season
as last. As e :he worli knows, her dia-
monds are sold. Somebody was always
trying to steal tnem, and for a long while
before she parted With item sNe wore paste
on the stage ami kept the gsnuines article
locked up with a safe trust compny. There
was lot much enjoyment IN them in this
way. She has hat to import a new promp-
ter, and DIdI, the dog, has lost hmself FOR
for the last time, haviug died Of brain fever
in dea- France. Brain LIVER Is cstchiug,
and considering his company it is a wonder
Didi lived so ious. Dldl has dldied, ana
Will have a monument.
1t takes two men an average of six
hours To dig hele of the size in general
use for the temporary ornamenting ofthe
streets OF American cities. In addition,
some four hundred men and boys are re-
qulred TO superintend the work All
open-air labor TO be successfully accom-
pGshed needs this crowd of advisers.
One man was employed in Lexington,
Ky, TO set out four posts in the sqrare,
one in each corner. He commenced ope,-
ations, but neglected to ask of his employ
er why the posts ware to be put up. The
result could not have been otherwise
When the people arrived, and after criti-
cal examination of the posts, wanted to
know what they were, the man was fortu-
nately able to reply tIuthfully "Posts."
He could further say, and did say very
often that he was digging a hole three
feet deep, that he would dig three other
holes of the same depth, on. in each cor
ner, and that if life was spared him 1t
was his intention to put in the holes the
posts. This was satisfactory as far as il
went, but it did not go far enough by
good deal. "What are you going to put
the the posts in the holes for 2" why
four posts ?D "Why one in each corner?n
"Why any posts at all, are examples of
the perfectly reasonable questions asked
that man and to which he could not reply
He was much discouraged, and packed
up his tools aud went home. He got
mp early the next morning and thought
he would set those posts before any one
was about. On his way he bought the
local newspaper, the Lexing on Press,
and the Press said "a man was yesterday
putting up four posts in the square. What
are these posts for ?" The man did not
put up the posts. he went to the river
and drowned himself.