Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-10
4" ALIKTRIC LOTT"
rnE IRISH nARBpRs VIEW OF ~
An Opinion OF tho New City L'gnt 1hat
was Overheard IN an w Town
Barber sbop.

Barber shOps
" Yer next, sor.'
The scene was dingy little barber shop
in the East end and the remark was nd
dressed by it's proprietor tn The weary
scribe who, worn with pencil pushing
was seeking tho indulgence of his only
weakness, n oloan faoo. The speaker was
one of those rare birds In tho tOnsOrial
profession, short, thick set lrishman
whose ia5e was u flaming poster telling Of
his Celtic ancestry. Fierce rod hair and
shaggy eye brOws of the same color
united with the rOseate hue of his face TO
give him at first sight formidable aspect
but one needed not TO look second timo
at the twtchcs in the corners of tho broad
mouth aud the merry twinkle of the blue
eye To find light hearted, jUvial Irish.
man of the old school.
The reporter, grown hardened from as
bUCiatiOn with liars, noticed not the
stCrcOtyped salutation with which this
story opens, but sank back into the only
unoccupied chair aud gazed about him.
Throo other customers were seated IN
various positions awaiting their turn q
fourth was writhiug under tho hands Of n
very dlminutivo apprentice while the
proprietor was engaged in doftly putting
tho finishing touches on the face OF tho
remaining occupant OF the room, talking
all tho whilo.
"phat do Oi think ov the new lott, Is
it?' he continued, taking up the thread
Of the conversation that the reporter y
entrance had interrupted. " It's jokin'
yearc."
On being roassurod to tho contrary by
his PROSTATE questiouor, he deposited a
largo volume Oi tobacco juice on the floor,
strUppCd his razor and then proceeded.
Sorra was tho day thin aliktric lott min
iver came to this city. Toimo was whin
the lott was poor, but by tho piper that
played before Moses, poor lott is bstther
than none ut all, at al. Nyer did Oi see
such will o'.thc wisp lOiting as thin alk.
tic min alo giyin us. Bogorra its hero
and away, before u mon can till phat IL
is"
As the speaker was getting more excited
every movement and the razor fingered
unCOmfortably near his victims throat, tho
latter made no attempt TO comment on the
wrathlul barbcr's remarks, who finding
himself uncontradCtod proceeded In
mildor vein.
They till NO." he said, reaching for
the lathcr brush, "that the new lott costs
four shillin's q year Tor every mou, woman
and child IN Laucasther." And then a
peasaGt smile settled On his rubicun d
ysage as he continued "It's the tax
payers that'll have TO fut the bill, aud not
. clint of tax have ivor payds."
\ mild hammered man in the extreme
corner Of the shop suggested that property
owners might in consequence ra,so their
rents. Had an earthquake occurred be-
meath the Irish barber, more startling
effect could rot have boen pVOduc5d lie
gilrcd at ,nc mild mlnnored individual
with u balotul light in his eye, aud the
man whom ho was shaving trcmbled vis-
bly,.
Raise the riuts, will they begorra
ON lave the town If they do" This
boDi-cuCdHng threat only seemed TO
mako the apprentice boy rub the harder
ut the lathcrrd Cheib of the man occupy.
ing the adjoining chair. livery council
men who voted tor this expansive luxury
that shoiucs best on moonloit noights
ought to bo layde low when election time
comes round"
There is no telling how far tho irate
Celtic mauipulator of the razor might
have gone in his wrath, had not the
timely occurrence of a dog fight outside
the door cleaned the shop OF its custom