Bismarck weekly tribune., 1884-09-05
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[Chice go News.
eyes, wish to engage a lady to drive -four
horses in chariot race at the country fair
for the season" said a large man in answer t.
the reporters inquiry as he stepped in front
Of small shed which answers for an Office on
Desplaines street. a
am willing to pay all expenses and good
salary, but up to date have not succeeded in
getting any one to suit me. My wife and ]
have followed this business for eleven years
giving representations of the national
sport, of the Roman empire-chariot
racing. My wife has driven one team
and I the other. She injured her ankle
last fall and is unable to use i, and find il
almost impossible to secure my one to drive
in her place. You see four horses are har
messed abreast. Come back to the barn and
I will show them to you. That is one of the
chariots Gndica ting curious vehicle which
stood under shanty). These four blacks
are for the lady, and he pointed to one side
Of the. stable where five glossy, spirited ami
mails were standing. II drive four grays
The drivers, as you prof ably know, stand up
in the chariots and lash the horses into the
widest and most breakneck speed: It re
quires woman Of mighty strong nerve and
aheap of muscle to do it. That is one of the
drawbacks i'll getting any one who is fitted to
the work. A woman may have the dare,
but she's got to have the strength to back il
up. l had one woman on trial who wa&
strong enough and not afraid of anything or
earth either; but she wouldn't answer for the
business"
'"Too good looking, maybeg. hazarded the
reporter.
"Naw; didn't know how to behave. At
least her conduct was Objectionable. 1 don't
want and won't have any woman who is not
of respectable character. If should take a
woman out into the country towns as pub
lic spectacle who would conduct herself
otherwise than with the utmost discretion
she'd ruin my business. And the notoriety
obtained by their public appearance at fairs
all over the country. as a dashing Roman
matron, is such that few reputable women,
unless accompanied by their husbands, care
to engage in it. That reason, combined with
lack Of bravery and muscle, makes it very
difficult for me to get a lady to suit. If
can't get one to fill the requirements to It.
won't show at all till my wife gets well.
Want to take swing in the chariot behind
the blacks out at the driving park some
morning? No? Well, good-day."
continental ADVERTISEMENTS
[The Argonaut]
When continental advertisers, bent upon
tightening British purses, rashly venture to
attack Enghshmen in their own tongue, the
result is often disastrously comical. The
proprietor of "milk-cur' establishment in
Aix-la- Chapelle, "foundet before twenty years
Of orders from the magistrat," boasts that
his quality of Suisse and his experiences
causes him to deliver milk pure and nutri
tive, obtained by sounds cows and a natural
forage" One Partisan hooser informs his
boped-for patrons he possesses patent machin.
cry for cutting "sirths" Franco English, we
presume, for shirts. Another proclaims his
resolve to sell his wares dirty cheap; and q
dealer in butter, eggs and cheeses, whose
"produces" arrive every day "from the farms
of the establishment without interlnedial,"
requests would-be customers to send orders
by unpaid letters, as "the house does not rec
ognize any traveller"
A Hamburg firm notifies that their "uni-
versal binocle of field is also preferable, for
the use in the field, like in the theatre, and
had to the last degree of perfection concern
ing to rigoressness and pureness of the glass;"
while they are ready to supply all corners
with "a Glass of Field for the Marine 52ct1n
objectly opening i'll extra stout lac-leather
etui and strap, at sh IS shiliings 6 spence"
This is specimen of their English young
mans" powers OF composition that would JUS
tify the enterprising opticians in initiating
the Frenchman whose shop window was
graced with placard bearing the strange
device: English spoken here few"