The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-04
OLD JOKE CONVENTION.
Boston Transcript.

= declare exclaimed me Oyster. " don Ike Il one bit. Every one knows, or ought ;o know, that have returned lo society at CT my summer seelusicn and yet. it yoU'l believe me, there are &; ,eas; a score of newspapers wh.ch haven; men toned my name.
 : Beg your pardon. replied the Ice Cream, eooly, '' but haven't you yourself 10 blame for Ii. Persons who shu, themselves ou; of society four months every year must expec; 10 be forgotten. Now i-i understand and appreciate my duty to myself as well as to society. and l keep in the current the year around And what IS the consequence Why, I'm invited everywhere and am every where the universal favori;e. Bu, you"
 On. shan want for trends n- terrupted the Oyst-r. '' Youil iind me a dangerous rival, l dlIe say, before the winter Is oyer.'
 " Nol a, all, replied the ice Cream more frisidly than before. "Wha, do you know of society? Save few love- sick onss and the old covies a, the parish fair. your friends are almost entirely con inei to the haoi,ues of sample ro, m: For my part
 There is no knowing to what extremes the controversy between these two might not have gone had not the Chicago Girls Foot interposed
 " don, see what good there is in quayreling over such thing as popu- la,ity.' remarked the Foot Goodness knows I've had enough of it; and. le. me tell you, I'm heartily sick ot il. some times wish tha, might never see my name mentioned again as long as live. When have read my name twenty or .s:,'y ii.aes ID single day 1 feel SC smal! -"
 That must De novel sensation in- deed " cried the Plumber, with a laugh. But speaking of popularity he con tinued, '' tell you wha, i, is. m ates. Il pays Look .. me. Ain, living proof Of ,t:' and he lingled the loose money Tn his trousers pocket. Il don, put ou, any stuff for advertising. get ali tha, for nothing. Everybody knows me and everybody has to employ me e-leastways, if they do once, I've got them forever after. And, what's more, they don't dare to g.umble a, my bill; they expect i'll be big tEe papers have prepared them to get big bill and haven't the heart to disappoin, 'em. 'Tisn't in me-"
 Them's my sentiments rhimed in the dealer, who sa, smoking in the corner: and tha. reminds me-" he added, taking ou, his notebook and jotting something down. |. tha, must gi, them noosepapers fellers to say some,hin' or other about the scarcity of ice on count of the unreasonable hot weather"
 There was pause in the conversation for minute or ,wo. IL was broken by the Banana Skin, who remarked some what irre,eyantly. Business has been awfully dull with me lately. That Peach fellow has broken into my trade feaIfuily. My commissions haven't amounted to anything the Last two or three months. and the doctors say if don't give them more work thcyll close the contract aud 90 into partnership with the Toy Pistol. l aiA't afraid, though. They can't get along without me, Snd they know 1t :.
 "What's that! Who's talking about me r exclaimed the Toy Pistol. hearing his name mentioned.
 {. I was only saying that you and the doctors were getting qaite friendly,' said the Bs~ana Skin, quite deferentially for be stood in wnolesome awe of the Toy Pistol, who was snappy fellow and very apt iD 20 of at hali-cock.
 D,csors be biowed r exclaimed the Toy Psssei ecnsesnptu,asly. "a fellcw