Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-06-26
THs LAUNoRYMAN's VICTIM.
How a Humorist's Hose Were Branded
His Sensitive soul Harrow

His Sensitive soul Harrov"d.
r. J. Burdettel
do wish the washee. washee people Of
the United states would call a national
convention Of launders and laundresses,
and adopt uniform style Of marking
the linen that passes through their hands.
have suffered much from the diversity
Of talent displayed in the private marks
of Anglo, German. Franco, llibcrnian,
Chinese, and American laudries am
man not given TO novelties, | like variety,
but want il TO be the same kind Of variety.
do not like TO go round the country lee.
turing in the guise Of the lattooed man OF
Borneo
Now, when put on my war paint and
sashaed forth TO see whom might gather
the lecture committees in, l had my
scanty store Of linen marked with the
real initials Of my own hOnorcd name
that Mrs O'Mahoney's husband might
know whose shirt he was wearing to
church, and Nile Celeste might know
whose handkeTchiefs she stole, and that
Wun Lung might be able to swear that
the collars he offered for sale were given
to him by his deceased friend, Ram Jam
Bang. tut did these simple marks con-
tent the wash ladies and the laundry gen.
tlemen? Nay. not So The first laundry
gentleman marked everything had with
a big black \ in indelible ink. save only
my--eXCuse my blushes-hose. These
dainty little fabrics Of silk and worsted,
with faint traces Of cotton, he labeled by
sewing a large white patch about midships
on the after part of the veal of the
same. left all these marks on, hoping
that, in connection with the regularly or.
dained initials, they would content the
next washer gentleman. But he was
Trojan, and be put on mark something
like the Greek letters phi, psi This was
in Philadelphia
At Pittsburg had roundup of my
linen at the Great Western Satin Gloss
laundry, where the man with the indelible
ink labelled everything No, big aud black,
and sewed additional patches on my
ahem.-hose. next corraled my things
at the establishment of Ping ring, in
Columbus, ohio. who stitched in fire.
cracker Joke in red thread.
Wei and my herd of linen and manu-.
script-drifted slowly to the northwest
and the wardrobe watered at a French
laundry in kalamazoo, and branded OLA.
At Minneapolis il went 10 the hotel
laundry, and came back bearing the new
legend 1t. with lozenge around it. and
with red tags on my SKIS This was
growing interesting, and when brand of
blue ink came into the plot at Council
Bluffs and was cast for XOA. sat up
half the night reading my things
am fond Of literature, anyhow, and
when the mental pabulum on my linen
was reinforced at Concordia han by the
addition Of w 10 black circle to the bill
Of fare, began to look about for pub.
Usher
At Kansas City Hang Hi worked in a
crazy-quilt slit on me- aud at Decatur,
Ill. the launder had rubber stamp, the
design whereof was valentine heart in.
closing the letters MN do not know
The meaning of the symbol unless il refers
10 my age, which certainly has nothing to
do with the age OF my wardrobe This
man sewed white tags on the ears Of my
Stockings with the same design printed
on them. At Terrc Haute, Ind. they sewed
tags on everything. from withers 10 hook.
and at Valparaiso they stitched NNH on
the entire -, and at Upper Sandusky
/ got NlN linked on everything from col.
lar TO crupper At Beaver Falls Pa,
Chinese gentleman embroidered on all
my things portions OF strange, weird
alphabet wherever he could find room for
il, and at | bricbsville, Ohio. my linen
was returned TO me stating that all arti'
Giles must De plainly marked before they
could be received at the laundry.