New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-03-01
WHOLE NUMBER 2l5
A Many-sided Humorist.

A Many-sided Humorist.
Say, do you want a joke?'' asked
man entering the Office.
III you see the advertising man you
can probably dispose of it,
'1Now you are trying to insult me.
Probably you don't know who am. I
am remarkable man in disguise. I an
the author Of the Spoopendyke papers,
which you have no doubt seen in the
Brooklyn Eagle"
Thought that work was done by
Stanley Huntley.''
.'No, sir. Stanley Huntley is my nom
de plume. Wait till I give you an imi-
tation of MYSELF and seating himself,
and rejecting for moment, he began:
=. NY dear said Nj: spoopendyke we have
received an invitation to vista Christmas tree
too sweetY replied Mrs spoopendyEe. i a.
ways did enjoy Christmas trees, and once when
girl went out into the country with my
for Christmas trees 'Ye did, did ye2 Thought
somed presents, did ye7 Thought that wax
is ten cents worth Of common bark and q
wooded top to be grove. Think I'm going to
take such woman among intelligent people7
rodY' ~ ~ ~ : 'os'''o' ' 'nsA
'.How'll that do? Now, don't you
think that wrote those papers?' said
the visitor, with the air of conqueror.
you have established your IDENTIFY
answered the scribe.
'tAnd that amt ALL" continued the
humorist. II do the humorous writing
for the Detroit Free Press.''
Thought that Charles Lewis was the
Free~P Press man,
':No doubt you thought so. Light
minded men are liable to think anything.
Lewis, or M. Quad, is another one of
my MONS de plume. I'll illustrate:
1.-THE other evening. on Woodward Avenue
between his knees. Going to have an oyster
site. No. Fry No. :BroiIY mo- What
hveliest circus with my wife when I get home
you ever saw And, closing his right eye, the
sad-faced man got of the car"
''How does that strike you?'' asked
the humorist, with another expression
suggestive of avanquisher.
':Another establishment of identify"
acknowledged the scribe.
II am also Bill Nye.''
civilian, am glad to meet you.''
':Do not address me as William until
1produce my credentials
I'VE do not believe that any man has q right
to chew our name. Our constitution forbids
such familiarity. We are sentimental. When
hope and fear dance with fantastic tiptoe on
we do not think that the moon-eyed editor OF
another sheet has right to slip up and nip out
mouthful of our ear"
The scribe fell from his chair, but was
lifted to his seat by the kind hearted hui
morist.
':Now you can call me William
''William," whispered the scribe, and,
fumbling under lot of papers, he drew
out bottle and refreshed himself.
my name is Alex. Sweet, sir, and 1
write the humorous stuff for the Texas
Stttisags. Listen:
"gncle Mace was met on Austin Avenue yes
ierday BY Jim Webster. who said: Uncle
Mace, da tells me that yer's got de smartest
yes sGk r. Wat Esss
has yer oh dat fackT Why, sab, de udder day
chicken cum into my yard, an de boy begin
ter chase se him xid an instinck dat shows what
''Alex, l am glad to meet you. We
have exchanged sympathy in private
manuscript, and now that we meet, the
occasion is one of excessive Joy. Isthis
the extent of your literary wardrobe?",
mo, sir; am Eugene Field. the man
who writes primer for the Denver TTi-
buae: But wait. I don't ask any man
to take my word: !
Here We Have Boy and q Dog. The Dog
Has Big Mouth, and the Boys Mouth for Jam
is Correspondingiy Large. viii the Boy Pun
the Dogs Tail? Yes, He Will Pull HIS Tail.
viii He Pull it Twice2 No. He Will Not PUN
1t Twice. ~
WHO else are you?''
Il am numerous others. am George
W. Childs, of the Philadelphia Ledger.
Listen:
"sMy dog is dead, said Nancy Carey,
Come, write to-day her bitchuary
Gone to meet old Towser.''
A heavy fall attracted the attention Of
the porter. When he came in he found
the scribe lying on the floor insensible.
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