The Osceola times., 1885-08-29
lieve you're honest. IL you don't know

lieve you're honest, II you don't know
, "Oh, you've been asleep, have your
Sorry to hear 1t. But that's ALWAYS the
way. That's the way our efforts are
appreciated. When we try to keep a
man lively by talking to him he closes
his eyes and dozes off with = reyengeful
expression upon his face that is quite
aggravating, assure you. Do people
often slumber in the chairp Yes, in
deed. Some customers never get into
the chair but they go to sleep. Some Of
em get in the habit of DOING here, and
the habit grows so strong that on these
warm, sultry days they drop off lust
about as soon as they touch the chair,
I've had dozens Of customers drop of
before they could tell me what they
wanted done. What would we do in
that caseP Why. what would you ex-
Pect an honest conscientious barber to
40! wake thepoor man upP No, Stree. |
Just give him shave. a haircut, a rub
up, shampoo, hair restorative, and
have the boy black his boots. We do
our duty by man. sleep or no sleep. sir.
"One day man fell asleep while l
was shaving him, and his chin kept
dropping down so low that it was with
difficulty ! could get at his face. NV
dear sir, says !. giving him a shake. j
guess III have to get the chin-rest for
you. He had been sound asleep, but
he opened his eyes, gathered himself
together in about four jerks of a lambs
tail, and replied: Don't bother; it'll be
doing the most good if you will use it
yourself That's what | call pretty
quick man.
another time a man was asleep
while ! was shaving him, and he
twitched about little as If he were
dreaming asked him what the mat
ter was, and he said: I've had dream.
1t was awfal.' Tell it., says |. Il
will, saws he. y dreamed was dead
and had gone to heaven. st. Peter ad-
mitted me reluctantly and on probation,
while they could look into my record.
Finally Peter came around and told me
they had Il good deal of trouble in de-
Gliding my case, but had at last deter
mined that | must move on TO sheol.
However, could have my choice be.
tween taking the first train for shOl
and remaining in heaven, only If | re-
mained there | should be compelled to
stay in the barber shop all the time and
listen 70 the barber talk
And you - 1 interrupted. and
you
"'rook the first train for sheot' he
replied.
ado people often dreams Oh, yes.
You see, they have their clothes on, and
are in an unnatural position for Sleep
ing, the result being Nightmares. One
customer was sleeping away soundly,
and ! was working away for dear life.
trying to beat another barber out so as
to get the fat, baldheaded customer
who was next, and who can always be
fiattereo into hair cut-the softest
snap in the shop-when the sleeper be-
gan to tremb all over like ship in a
storm and then he broke forth in
scream that startled the neighborhood.
Whats the matterP' says l.
'Nothin',' says he, except l
dreamed that somebody had thrown a
wildcat onto my face
Not another word was said, only |
honed up my razor little and he had
no more dreams. But, as / said, we
always treat man well, and he can
sleep il he wants to. One man gave
strict instructions that if he went to
sleep he should not be woke up until he
reused of his own accord. He had been
off on periodical and was trying to
brace up. After he had been asleep
three hours we wheeled him into cor
ner of the room and hung a curtain
around him. He slept for three days
and nights, and the man that worked
that chair took 3 vacation. Here's the
check the man had to pay at the end of
his nap:
Occupancy Of chair "A hours, equal to SO
Extra for ha r-cuts, shampoos, and tips" II. %
Extra for curtain 81
Total sc. .$bI.U
ave might have charged dollar for
the curtain Just as well as not, but We
didn't. We believe in treating every
man honestly and fairly. Did he pay
the bill? Should say he did. He had
Just $1,000 in his pocketbook and thirty
five cents loose change in his pockets,
and we had his clothes. You see in
sizing him up we left him enough for
his car fare. That's more than the law
yer or the doctor or the dentist would
have done. Willyou come around some