The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-10-12
His Scheme for Peace.

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A rather slim chap, with ripping ca
nary hair, stepped into fashionable es-
Enlistment where arms are sold, and
called unto the clerk:
Have you any self-cocking seven
shooters?'@Kkss 2tss gs4 la
s.Yes, replied the clerk; "would you
like to look at them?n se@ a
81 would. '1E eC8A9EEg
In about two minutes the counter
was covered with revolyers, and the
man with canary hair examined them
and said:
F'Giye me ski sb##
The clerk seemed astonished, but tied
up the pistols; at which moment the
customer commenced to fan himself
with his helmet, and marked:
q Got any shot-guns?n
!" Yes. What kind do you prefer
plain or Illuminated steel?"
doesn't make any difference. Give
me about two of each kind"
| The clerk thought. he had struck q
lunatic; butlhe didn't care whether he
took the cash Of sane man or lu-
matte. So he tied the guns up, and
was about to announce the amount of
the bill, when the young man inquired:
edo you keep cannonsP" E8St8
"We have some nice brass cannons
that carry a twenty pound solid ball, :"
replied the clerk.
care they mounted on wheels?"
"They are'' as 6a&5aea
"Then give me three
The clerk was considerably amazed,
but took the order for the cannons
down on paper, and said
CHOW, is there anything else you
would like to see?"
Yes; ]. would like very much to see
some daggers. =
eve have fine stock of daggers,
replied the clerk, as he placed several
specimens on the counter. 'sHere is
one with a solid silver handle which
comes a little higher than the others. 4
:" will take six Of the silver-ha1dled
ones. Now let me look at q few
swords
"What kind do you wantp We have
a number of different STYLES.
"What kind, for instance?' asked
the canary-haired youth.
i" Well, we have the cavalry saber-'
"Give me two.'
"And we have the cutlass.n
"The kind used by pirates?' asked
the long, slender youth, with a smile
that betrayed his anxiety.
Yes, the very kind"
s'I will take six of them.''
"Now we have some Turkish cime-
tarB.n
'sI want four of them. I also want
two claymores, just like the one in the
window"
The clerk took down his order, md
began to fancy how much his employer
would think of him for selling such q
big bill, when the customer said: 49,
II want half a dozen Springfield
rifles, with bayonets on them.
II will take your order and fill it TO.
morrow. Is there anything else?"
YES; ! want some harpoons and
.Those we have not IN stock said
the clerk; ''but we can get them and
deliver them with the shot-guns.n
Now / want some hand-grenades
and dynamite.
ave don't keep them.n
Don't keep them?'' replied the
customer, in surprise; "don't keep
them?'' 80
.sNo.n $500 488 & &s&SS Sis
"Well, then, send all those things up
to my hotel, G. o. d.
The man presented his card to the
clerk, who thanked him for purchasing
such a nice big bill, and said:
II hope to see you when you play in
Il play in New York; I don't
= Beg your pardon said the clerk,
alphabetically; 81 thought you were the
manager and star of a sensational dra-
matte company, playing a Far West.
blood-curdfing piece, and that you came
for properties
sob, no." laughed the man with vel
low hair; Il am simply going down to
Texas to start q paper. There are GER
tain journalistic amenities down there
that desire to observe to the letter.
don't wish to be mistaken for an anna
tear. Puck. "a
The number of country girls anx-
ious to learn dress-making from a
sharper, who gathers in sixteen dollars
head and then decamps, is almost
equal to the number of girls who Mghs
fires with kerosene, Indianapolis Jour-
nal,