The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-02-09
A Furry In Real Estate.

"Tm afoat I'm alloat on Wide,
rolling sea! I'm u rustlng and roll
ing round for bloodn shouted an excited
individual, tearing into dry-goods
store, and upscttlng half DOZEN rolls
of ingram carpet; "what lwant lsgorc,
pure, genuine, unNdulterated gore
b-c.l-loodl' and glarIng at the piOprlo.
tor hO made n vicious lick at one Of tho
clerks, who Immediately crawod undor
the counter and laid down,
"Why, what Is thematter with youW
inquired the merchant, growing pale
aud trembling
"You know me, don't you9' said tho
man, llerccly,
80, yes; You aro Mr., Bodl,in."
"YoS, I'm BollIln, and I'm Oh the
wNr.pOth. ryc got my red paint and
feathers on. You know my business,
too, suppose come out OF that holo
under the counter and III feed your
lesh 10 the fowls Of the air.
This last invocation was addressed TO
the clerk, who was curlcd up under u
bolt OF standard A shectIng, and qulyor-
Ing,
"You are Bodkln, tho rcol.cstato
agent" said tho merchant, pOcllcally.
"lhat's mo, You have guessed tho
conun rum, I'm u roNl.cStOto agent,
and I'm all on lro inwardly though
calm on the exterior. You see that 1
am calm, do you notp But II Is only
the calhness which preccdos tho hurri.
cane, It's q weather breodor," aud
Mr. Bodkin clutched at tho counter and
ground his tooth Ike u planing,mlll,
"Why are YOU thus portur5edP"
"Pcdurbcdp Yes, that s good, Per-
turbcd isoxccllcnt, Haven't | always
boon u friend 10 this town.
80, yesi you have always been that,
surclvN
Haven't been n quiet orderly, on-
terprislng citizen, pushing ahoOd tho
interests Of the town. and ondoayorlng
20 promote the welfare Of all the resi-.
dents, and NJ tho same time mako u liz
tic money for myself"
80, yes, but what Is the difficulty
nowpn
"l'm In tho roOl.oStOto business,
amt lW
eyes"
"llaycn't ! tried 10 boom my proper
~, aud your property and tho property
OF all the rest of tho pooplop Haven't
liyod TO sec the price OF town lots 20
up from soyonty-hve cents and COON
skin 10 500 for inside lotl aud $4,000
for cOrncrsP"
40, yes, Ia thcro any dcprcssIonp"
"Wcll, | should smile, Depression
ls no word for IL, That's too mild,
Why, the bottom IL knocked clean out
Of II, and all kinds OF real estate " on
the tumble, Your property aud mInO
won'tbc worth two cents on tho dollar
by Saturday night II this thing Is al-
lowed TO 60 ON
"What thing"
"lloyP"
"What thing arc you speaking OFF"
"Brnss-bnnd mania, just Give me u
chance NJ that oiled and onolntod dude
clerk Of yours and I'll mop him out Of
all slgns of recognition, " and Mr., Bod.
kin loaned over the oountorand grabbed
for him.
"What has my clork got to do with
ltpn
"IIo's tho leader OF IT, They are not
only organizing n brass band right hero
In thu center Of civilization, prosperity
and peace, but thoy arO actually ndvcr.
Using the hldoous fact 10 outside parties,
and Keeping folks out Of town, Only
yesterday two good customers wired mo
that they had heard Of II. and thrOo
good trades were busted accordingly.
Soc here" aud Mr.. Bodlkln pulled out
copy of the local papori "lOt me road
you tllis
"'Tho new instruments for tho band
arrived last night, and the boys will
commence prncliclng noXt week.
"And hero 'tis Ogalni
"'rhrco new members have joined tho
band, Ono of thom can play three
hours nj once
"And ngan
"'1hc band boys have rented tho
hall next 10 Bodkln's villugo property,
and will practice thorO every other
night
"liut the noanost fling yot Is thlsi
"'Tho band boys propose 10 meet tho
excursion train which Ia to bring n lot
Of land seekers aud prospective resi-.
donls of this town aud give them u ser.
cnado, Tho boys viii look rich In
their new uniforms and loom up llko
six bits
"Now, what in--Ab, you would,
would youp'
Mr. Bodlin here made dash for the
clerk who was trying to sneak down tho
allcy.wny behind The counter and
caught him by the rcar elevation Of his
cut.Oway Derby The teeth of tho OBJ
noSlous band loader ratified like split
peas In nn oyster cnn, and had not tho
force of the store suddenly formed them.
selves into n hollow square and charged
down on Mr. Bodkn en- mdsso, It 10
quito probable that tho light of TINT
musical genius would have gone out
forever TO become n los-star In tho
ornament Of medley. zoras Sifttngs.