Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-29
ABSENT MINDED PEOPLE.
An Affection That is Suffered by the old and
the Young.
Denver Tribune R publican

Denver Tribune publican.
Among the many eccentric and some
times aggravatlng people of this world
the absent-minded folks take front seat.
All people are more or less absent-minded.
although some have the popularity to a
greater degree than others.
All old people are absent-minded in one
| respect, If not in any others. That one
respect is the ancient custom of pushing
their spectacles up on their fOreheads and
then looking all around and keeping
! everybody else In the house upon grand
! search for the articles, until the owner
scratches his or her head in perplexity
and the glasses slide down into place upon
| the nose.
Many old chestnuts are passed around
about absent-minded people. Among
them is that of the man who started down
town for Broadway, and half way to his
destination suddenly remembered that he
had left his watch at home. As he doubt
ed very much whether or not he bad time
to go back after it, he pulled the watch
from his pocket to ascertain.
Another olive, which when read will
call forth a shout of ''rats,; is that of the
guest of the American house who started
for the postoffice in search of a letter
When he had arrived at the corner of
Sixteenth and Larimer street he met
friend with whom he stopped to chat. As
is usual in such cases, the two when they
met swung around so that the man who
was going to the pOstOtfice stood during
his chat facing North Denver. When his
friend left him, the first man resumed his
walk and soon found himself back at the
American house.
A few years ago the reporter who was
assigned to look up the subject of absent
minded people was acquainted with a
young physician of Hebraic birth. The
doctor often said that he was very absent
minded, and very frequently caught him
self walking out upon the street without
his hat. After short residence in Den
yer this young physician, in a fit of alb
sent-mindedness, committed a crime in
which one of his patients was interested,
and the little doctor is now resident of
Canon City penitentiary.
There are many absent-minded men
who can never take letter to the post
office until they have carried it in their
pocket for several days after their wives
have put the letters in their husbands
hats so that they will be sure not to 90
away and forget it.
Many people are absent-minded about
the payment of little bills and the small
change which they borrow. The man
who tries to unlock his door with match
and to light his cigar with his latch-key
may be considered absent-minded, or he
may be suspected of Observation-Disclosures.
1t has been said that a young man once
went home and put on his best cloths and
forgot to take the money out of his every
day pantaloons. In the evening he met
the lady of his choice and invited her to
take lunch, which included ice cream.
After the supper had been eaten, the
young man discovered that he had left his
money at home, and scene of confusion
ensued. That was the case in which alb
brought about unpleas-
ant results.
All mothers Of growing children are
proverbially absent-minded They will
promise the little ones a trouncing in five
or lust as soon as get through
ironing" or tomorrow and forget all
about it as soon as the neighbor women
come in to complain, when the absent
minded lady viii forget all about the
thrashing, and declare that her child never
did wrong thing since it was born.