The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26

anu was AFRAID IL was 2eLClng 100
short for Winter wear.
Yes" he said, she didn't know
but what it was pretty short, but you
didn't need to cut it any shorter to
trim it. 1t was in very bad, ragged
shape at the ends"
/ remained silent and obstinate,
and he asked me when had 1t trim
med last. I told him. and he burst
into a shout OF laughter that made
the windows rattle.
What's the matter, Jim ?" inquir-
ed an assistant partner down the
room, holding his patient in the chair
by the nose.
Jim stified his laughter and replieds
"This gentleman had his hair trim
med down in Maine"
There was a general burst of mer-
riment all over the shop, and the APP
pentice laid down the brush he was
washing and came over to look at
the Maine cut, that he might never
forget it. / surrendered. "Trim it
a little them" I groaned, but in the
name of humanity, don't cut it any
shorter"
"No," the barber said, he would
not make it hairs breadth shorter"
When I left that shop, if it hadn't
been for my ears, my hat would have
fallen down clear on my shoulders.
When 1 reached the hotel, everybody
stared, and a couple of men got up
and read hand-bill on the wall, de-
scriptive ola convict who had recently
escaped from Sing Sing, and looked
from the bill to myself very intently.
That night several of the audience,
drew revolvers as ] came out on the
platform.
Then 1 went to Amsterdam, New
York The barber of that sleepy
village, who, in the interval of his
other duties acts as mayor of the
town and edits the local papers, I'M
dertook to shave me with piece of
hoop iron he pulled out of his boot
leg. When / resisted, he went out
into the kitchen and came back with
kitchen knife and can opener, and
offered me my choice selected the
can opener, and he began the massa-
ere, remarking incidentally that he
used to keep good sharp spoke
shave tor his particular customers,
but he had lost it. Then he said my
hair needed trimming, very badliIm |
protested that iUswas i-nposs ut
had been trimmed three times within
ten days and was as short now, as a
business man on the first of January.
oh" he said, sit wasn't too short,
and besides, there was no style about
it at ALL" He could give it some shape,
however, he said, without making it
any shorter.
So I surrendered and told him to
shape it up. And ifthat fore-doomed,
abandoned, Amsterdam son of an
oakum- picker, didn't go out into the
woodshed and come back with a
rusty old horse-rasp and begin to file
away what little hair 1 had left. He
allowed few shreds and patches to
remain, however, clinging here and
there to my scalp in ghostly loneli-
ness. rather feared that my ap-
pearance that evening would create
panic but it did not. l observed
that the majority of the audience had
their heads shaped up" after the
same manner, and were rather pleased
with my conformity to the local GUS
tom and style.
Well, l got along to Cory, Penn
sylvania, and rushed in for a shave
and got it, in one time and two mo-
tons.
Chair trimmed, sir ?" the barber
said.
1 supposed he was speaking sarcas-
tically, and so l laughed, but very
feebly, for l was getting to be lit
tie sensitive on the subject Of my
bair, or rather, my late hair. But he
repeated his question and said that it
needed trimming very badly. [ told
him that was what allied it, it had
been trimmed to death; why, [ said,
nv hair has been trimmed five times
during the past thirteen days. And
| was afraid it wouldn't last much
longer.
"Well," he said, it was hardly
the thing for man of my impressive
appearance, who would naturally at
tract attention the moment l entered
a room I have to stand on my tip
toes and hold on with both hands to
look over the back of car seat) to
90 around with such head Of hair,
when he could straighten it out for
me in a minute"