Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-16
GIVE THE BARBER HIS DUE.
An Instance when the Man in the Chair
was Prepared.

The barber is Il SatiriZed and mali@ned
artist. He is set forth as being a Skillful
business man and Il humorist. If he were
half as shrewd as he is said to be, he would
certainly have sense enough to go into
Wall street and become the possessor of
Il few railroads. And if he were the mer-
ry jester tina he is claimed to be he would
get into Il circus or minstrel troupe and
secure wealth and recognition by the in
PRODUCTION Of Il fresh joke, which would
not only rebound to his credit, but be Il
step toward the humiliation of those which
are so old that they are Obliged to hobble
on crutches and hold themselves together
with trusses.
AS a matter of fact, it is no trouble to
out talk the average barber, as the follow
ing conversation we overheard last Sun
day morning in Il barber shop goes to show.
The barber began the conversation AS the
prominent young man took his seat.
Cline day"
"YeS."
"Guess the rains OVER"
"YeS."
"We'l have snow before long.I Think"
Correct. In some parts of the world
they have snow even at this time, i'll other
parts they never nave snow, while there
are regions where snow lies on the ground
all the year round. You are right in your
prediction, however, and you would be
safe i'll betting on it without consulting
the almanac"
care you 4 weather prophet"
'.No."
Pause.
"DoeS the razor hurt?"
"Not at all. l can't feel it amy more
than YOU can feel il candidates pecuniary
pulse the morning after election day"
The election excitement is getting
high, is it,"
at is-it will >oon reach fever heat"
Pause.
as it too cold for You with the door
opcn:"
"Not at all"
"Wc are going to have an early spring"
at looks that way, and | trust we may
be ablc to scramble through on our bam-
boo canes and summer underclothes."
Pause.
"Close Shavc?'
eyes, a> close as you can: | want this
shave to last until next Sunday"
IIfrun,,, u;n Ia, mood ,,xt ,,,-
"Tlley may be; but it is not proper for
a man who cuts hair to speak of crops.
That was originally intended for ii Joke in
London, where it was built, and had a
long, prosperous run, and underwent va
riouS changes to meet various contingent
cie>. 1t is now respected simply on ac-
count of its great age, and is kept alive on
warm bricks, >timulants and medicated
un~dcrclotheS."
Pause.
"A sad suicide in st. Louis last night:'
"Didnt hear of it, but it must nave been.
Suicides are generally sad. Don't know
As | ever heard of a real delightful, merry
suicide that embraced all the ~ecstatic eIc-
mentS of Il sail over a tranquil lake at
twilight, accompanied by Il girl with soft,
black eyes and Il tender little rosebud
mouth"
Pause.
Your hair i getting thin on top
Chats the correct place for 1t to get
thin. Suppose a mans hair should fall
out Ill around and remain intact on the
top. Then he would be tufted like q
cockatoo and he would eclipse Il minstrel
And he might wax such "A tuft and work
it up to Il point like Il goatee, and thus af-
ford his friends lots of innocent alnusc-
ment, or he might grow it long, and let il
hang around his head in afringe, or CONVEX
it into Il pigtail."
Pause.
ebay RUM"
"Yes."
'BruSh."
"Tcn cents"
Here"
''Tlank you, Good morning."
GOOD morning.
And the patron who had done twice Il,
much talking as the barber walked out.
The barber has never smiled since, ant
makes up for this defeat by talking ever,
farmer that gets into his chair to death
That is the way of the world-makc off o
one MAJ what you lose on another.