Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-10
Two Pictures by Sam Jones, at His
Saturday Lecture In Cincinnati.

/ can't see; to save my life, why young
ladies take so much after the dancing
and trivolous-minded young men Of the
country. You can bring sound, solid,
sensible church going young man out
and stand right by his side full tledged
dude and tell nine girls out of ten to take
their choice, and they will pick the dude
eleven times out of ten. I have seen q
dude start down the read and seen one
hundred girls start after him, catch as
catch can and the first shall have. him,
and l never saw such running before In
my life. Here il young man clerking
We will say he gets $40 month. He is
a magnificent sort of peripatetic, per-
fumed young man. You have seen and
smelled him, too. know him by smell
better than do by sight. He dresses
like a prince. HIS opera-house bill is
$25 month, his wine bill about $40, his
cigar bill $50, his livery bill about $40
And his board is about $40 more, for he
boards at frst-class place. can count
500 month it costs to run that boy, and
he is getting only $40. There was Que
of that sort down South in one of our
places. He had big time with girls.
Presently the proprietor found him out,
put his hand On the lapel of his coat, and
said; Young man, where arc you get
ting the money from to foot all those
bills?" He said his step mother was send.
ing it to him. Whoever heard of step
mother sending boy money? had the
best one any boy ever had, and she never
sent me any money. will tell you there
il many = young man in this country
who, if his stepmother amt sending hi m
money, he is dong downright stealing.
If such fellow was coming around nv
house and fell in love with my daughter,
and she with him, l would say to her,
6" Do You love that boyY' If she said
Eyes, cir" would ask, Are you'll going
to marry him. Yes. SIR" well,
daughter, hurry up, for that young man
is going to break INTO Jail before he gets
mulch further-that young man that is
having such 4 big time around you"
why, he is perfectly irresistible, per.
fectly exquisite" I reckon you have
reference to his perfume. Well, he is
king of kings and lord Of lords in the
community. The girl marries that
young man. Some time afterward visit
her home. At the table sec sad. de-
jected woman about twenty-five years
old She 10 introduced to me: she says
nothing, and after dinner the good old
mother says: That is my posr unfor-
tunate daughter. She married what she
thought was a nice Young man, but a
few months ago he left her. He had
some trouble-I never understood exactly
what it was-and he has run away"
Let me draw the other picture. Here
is little fellow seventeen years old now;
he comes to town to work - An Office
boy, with = wsel hat and jeans pants:
gees to Sunday school, and to prayer
meeting every Wednesday night. He
works on, until finally he is put in the
store. He still sticks to the wool hat and
jeans clothes. heard two girls talking
about him: Look at that old thing;
now amt he sights He is the greatest
bore ever saw In my life. Why. he be-
longs to the church and goes to prayer
Just leek ct that old hat and
coat. would not glve the Zip Of my I'm
ger for that suit. That yousg man clerks