Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-01-12
BILL NYEAND THE BARBER.
He Goes in TO His One Hair Trimmed and !
counters Misfortune.

He Goes in to His One Hair Trimmed and En-
counters Misfortune
To-day got shaved at barber shop,
where | begged the operator TO kill me
and put me out of my misery.
| have been accustomed to gentle care
and though.su,ness at home, and my
barber handles me with the utmost ten
deruess. was, therefore, poorly pre-
pared TO meet the man who this morning
filled my soul with woe.
know that have not deserved this,
for while others have beraled the poor
barber and swore sbout his bad breath
and never ending clatter and his general
heartlessness, have never said anything
that was not filled with childlike trust
and hearty will toward him.
I have called the attention of the pub
lie TO the fact that sometimes customers
had bad breaths and we're restless and
mean, while being operated on, and then
when they are all fixed up nicely they put
their hats on and light cigar and hold
up their fingers to the weary barber and
tell him that they will see him more sub
sequently.
Now, however, feel differently.
This barber, no doubt, had never heard
OF me. He thought was en- ordinary
plug who didn't know anything about
luxury.
| shall make a copy of this paper and
send it to him, Then while he is read
ing it will step up behind him with
pick handle and kill him. want him to
be reading this when | kill him, because
| will assist the Coroner in arriving at
the immediate cause of his death.
The first Whit took of this mans
breath | knew that he WAS runs maniac
10 had the jim. jams in an advanced
stage. Now, | don't object TO being
shaved by a barber who is socially drunk,
but when the mad glitter of the maniaois
in his eye, and | can see that he ia debat-
lug the question of whether he will cut my
head OF and let il drop over the back of
the chair or choke me TO death with
lather brueh, It makes me nervous and
hdgetty. He honed his razor on his
breath, in tact.
This man made up his mind three times
that he would kill me, and some one came
in just in time 10 save me.
His chair was near window, and there
was a hole in the blind, SO that whom he
was shaving the OFF side of my face he
would turn my head over in such a posi-
tion that could look up into the middle
OF the sun, My attention had never BIO
fore been called TO the appearance of the
sun as IL looks TO the naked eye, and l
was a good deal surprised,
The more | looked into the very center
of~the great orb of day the more ! was
filed with wondor at the might and power
that could create it. | began 20 pine for
death immediately, so that | could be lar
away among the heavenly bodies, and in
land whore ho barber with the delirium
triangleS can ever oRter.
This barber held my head down so that
the sun could shine into my darkened un-
Outstanding, until | felt that my brain
had melted and was floating around and
smashing about in my skull like warm
butter.
His hand was very unsteady, too. lost
faith in him on the start, whom ho cut of
mole under my chin and threw IL in the
cuspadore. did not care especially for
the mole, and did not need 1t much, but
| at the same time | had not decided TO take
ID off till the weather got warmt In
! fact had worn il 40 long that hao D.
come attacked to it. II had also beoOEle
attached 10 me- That is why could no.
restrain my tears when the barber cut 4
of and then stepped back 10 the Other
end of the room TO See how locked with
ont il.
BfII NYF AT LARGE