Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-11-14
she Editor snd the shoemaker.

G3a ds2 ~ editor hard at work try!cg to
devise Plan 70 make deirqasat subscribers
Day tbc:r tu:s. wos ciIled upon ~ shoemaker
who dropped N to siso the eGi>ur somo valus-
Die hlnts On running ncGSDspa. The editor,
cvej oycd St tho opportunity, gave iha man his
best C; bottom cbair. h4aiad bin fresh c.
aar aod !iSien9d a;.ec,ivcly. Q19th the shoe
Glaaer, es ho Il: tito Wlsd: "ur psper needs
:! hundred improved features You Goc's grasp
tie topics of tAo Gsy be the right handle; you
doG't ret tho lccsls ic tho right kind of type
your telegraph neWS is .co thin, even tho pGpar
ITSELF is poorly manufactured. not thick enough
End OF t10 chblliy white; you don't run
cntugh matter, so4 wtG; you do III, amt of
the llght sort ycuc ideas hbou. protective
tariff arc i1ierustly toaii.h, aud you, stand on
the Conkii0g matter Was tad. bad. I ;o,l ycu
!hc63 things because l want tn sec ycu succeed
tell V.u as tricnd. | dcu't taks yuur psrer
myself, bu: see it ouce 10 willie, aud as u
paper is public atEsir suppose have as gccd
right TO csiticsc es anybody II mau Rauts
20 glv7 rae adq.c9 ics Lin !; I'm G!sd 10 have
him in tlct."
"faa,a czaotiy L." ssil tho cdtor kindly;
II s!@ays hsd q dim !3ea OF tny shoctoon!tgs,
but rcveF hn! them 10 ctesr'y and cUrriGcipgiy
ser iorta Es oT you. |; is iE1possitio TO cxnress
n9 gratitude for thc trouble vcu hsVe tskao,
oot ony 20 fad Gu; ,hcSs facts, Gu! 10 p >iut
them oCt a!sc. EUp9 people knowing eli thes,
tElDgs perhaps aos;y ~ "cil rs you nre r,esn
enough to keep thrG2 to themselves. Your
su:g"stlc1s GONE io g moss e2psoprs:e tine
hsra HaoEed souah0d5 70 :csn OF, az il gcre.
for s9mo weeks, Keep ycu. eyes 90 tlo paper
ed when goR sac weak spos coma up"
Tha shosmsh:r iat: hsnpy to kpo@ tbGt his
sUescs.ioas hGd ha2. rrc:iTed With sgch
CHrsiao s9;:it. N2xt dsy, lost as be was
flushing boot. :ho editor came 10, end, pick
lug up the mate, remarked:
=! Vrns 20 :ell TCu hog thst bco strikes me.
n the fret puC9 tee sGthcr is ;Uor; th3 stitches
"a the sole are too wide apart. snd iC the uppcrs
TOO Hesr the edge. IhUss uppers will 20 10
pieces III iT2 WotEss It's sll wrong my friends,
puL:ing poor leaih0r 10 lho heels sud smoothing
it over With sresso ard lsmp-hlack. Every-
body complains OF Jo1r boots; they don't last
the ie2B hra TOO short. the toss leo narrow and
the i5a!ep too high. Eow you can have Inc uall
10 cahrae twelve dollar: for such boo.s-5os.s
me .how, tell you this SIS F. friend becsueo
know a1y more about sa0cmaking than you 60
aooU! newspaper, bu. still take sn interest in
Ina osc.use you arc SO we'll disposed 10 mo- N
tsC.-'
Here the ezrencr'tod cobbior grabbed lap
stncc and III oIitor gained tho :!raot followed by
Old knives, pinccrs, hsm ners and avis, senI
after him by tho Tr.thtui c1bbler, who regain
ing ais seat, sWore b7 the Mus gods that no in
pertinent. iCn cared idiot ehoult ever come
round trying 10 teach him his trade.
OTE SIGHT OF TIE SERPENT ENOUGH.-
Tdo soa seIpsut has beea socn again. this time
ia i1iard watera. L YES in tao Mechins Chain
Llkcs, eDd Mr e. Hall, of Cglsig was the in-
dvidual aao met With The olcoua.er. 10 re-
!atiug hi5 story be waEoth earnest. IL impatient
at soy expression o. doubt. snd his excitement,
evidently untsigned. cosvinccd lis listeners.
i vss broad daylight, IL O'Clock o. n. tho
horr. Yaen no bchci2 the specEoIe. aud Of
cougso be caauot be nistakec. He and at-
other logger were OF tEo shore OF the lake Hhen
the Gerpent came round pclnt st groat speed,
and with his head six feat 10 the nir, bore down
II o2n theai When very close to Mr.. Hall aud
hi, Nlrr0r stricken cjmpaoion the monster 90
scaono,1 OF shtltoW wste: or another cause,
suid.o, iGrG?d s1d went down tho lake sDd
throrch We IhoF0ughisra "iike steamboat"
having 'fess sake behind. The serpoGt.
scc,rdi5g 70 SGr. Hall s1d his lal!oR witness,
aas a. "big re-. nd as pork bcrre," pot less
than 6fty feet 10, ~. and measured at lenst Two
feet acrjss tho be. (, Immense scsles covered
his hsok, Yhich at r1e tine appeared above
tho eater NJ. Hall cevar wants Ito sec such
sight again" end will scoEn hereafter all men
WHO 10 his presence exp. ts7 INC opl1oo that
tho saa serpent ia d ryin.-. bangor i-He.) CON-
DcrciGl
II YOU WANT First Class Suit made to
order IRON $50 to $50, or fioe p7srcost from
$25 to $50. we have the Iarets. tecS OF piece
gnCds in the city, and ell garments are mace 10
toe store and warranted first class in every pat
icusE. as wo cnploy Only tho best Workmen
and guarantee perfect TT. Csl! snd examine
cur stock before you purchase.
S. WATERMAN s. s ON.
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