Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-31

"hien ne says Meresa1orget-me -nots,
and Introduces - q his vife, one of
the loyeliest % ! haye aver seen.
VII Albany ealess recoenize this
very happy eo6pl [
Bill Nys Isre1 81 { sisax.
In Utah, IS Eopped into j barber
shop to get % tastsr neck skinn-
ed, and my ornsh strawberry blonde
hair soaked 40 machine oil. You
can most always }sll 81 the looks Of
a shop. whether yon viii come out Of
itssweet and kissshle Is Peri, or
like . man who nd been hauled,
hecls first, through nn axle-grease
foundry.
The man who, edited this shop was
q reformed Sioux. He had found the
war-path overgrown with grass, and
so he opened shop where he could
have pale-face by the nose every
day. If I could have retreated hon.
orably I would have done 80, but he
had a razor in his hand as / entered,
and so / remained.
l wanted to smoke the pipe Of peace
with HIM before he began on me, but
there was no pipe. He took a "snipe'
from his mouth and offered to let me
take "a few draws" out Of it, to
show that we were on peace footing,
but his mouth was such o wreck of
its former grandeur, and the cigar
stump looked SO detected and shat
tered, that 1 said we would take our
chances on an outbreak.
There are a good many BARRIERS
who have cold, damp hands, and their
caresses are like the gentle touch of
departed friend, but this was the
first one l ever met whose thumb
smelled like the wigwam, and who
felt for the ornamental knob on my
wlndpipe, even as old Colorow used
to feel for the larynx Of the North
Park prospector.
He touched his razor to his thumb
nail, made Wild gesture with his
right arm, hung his tongue out Of his
head, like red mattress in second
story window, and began to cut the
goose plmples off my neck by the
handful. He put them in piece Of
newspaper, for future reference, l
presume. Perhaps he was making 3
collection of the goose pimples Of
great men. He could run his tongue
out at them and scare them most to
death, and then he could select his
goose pimples and save them. 1 see
very readily how the thing could be
done. As he moved the razor over
my face. he moved his tongue in the
same manner. If he made q short
scrape with the razor, he would give
his tongue little jerk, and if he
made long sweep with the weapon,
his long, red tongue would move
across his chin like prairie fire. ]
asked him if he had ever tried te
shave anybody without making this
gesture. He said he had, but The
man he was shaving bled so on the
chair that 1t had to be buried. Sc
did the man. Then 1 told him moi
to mind what I said, but to throw in
any little gesture that wouldn't be
fatal. He. had another gesture that
he used while he was digging biz
talons into my scalp. He grated hi
teeth IN time to the movements of hi!
hands. and smiled like a dam site
I thought of calling out the regula
army, but gave it up. The regula
army had never done me any harm
why should ! get the regular army
into trouble?
/ have been under the hands Of .
good many BARRIERS in my time, ant
with more or less success; have hat
one shave half my face, excuse him
self, step out next door and get beast
ly drunk; have also had a barber
who was clerk of the Board of Su
pervisors, shave me partially and the
leave me to attend a meeting of tn
Board; but this was the only instanc
where ever allowed a red-handet
warrior to monkey with my jugula
vein and carotid artery, while b
yearned for my warm young bloc
till his tongue hung out of his hea'
, and cracked open in the crisp noun
, tain air. still get shaved occasion
, ally, but I get man to do it genes
:, ally, who is at peace with the Unite
!. States. Nye. =.
L a.