Sharp County record., 1888-11-08
"Well. Won are a crank!N

anteed to deliver me and ny baggage IN
Jersey City at a certain hour all right
unless accident prevented. There was
no accident"
He stormed around for awhile and
then paid me, and l divided the money
between two cripples at the door. He
said was the meanest man he ever
saw, but it was a lesson he will never
forget.
At Elmira, once upon a time, | had
to wait for the western connection.
No one knew how long it would be, as
the other train was late, and to satisfy
a natural curiosity l stepped to the
ticket window and asked of the young
man inside:
"Will you please tell me how late
the Erie express is?"
He did not look up from his paper,
and l repeated the query. He moved
little this time, and was encouraged
to say:
81 hate to disturb you; but I'm very
| anxious to know"
He got up, came to the window and
pulled it down, as he said:
81 know nothing about it."
There were four men behind me,
waiting to ask the same question. |
invited them to kick. They refused.
| invited them to see me kick. They
accepted. There was door to the
office and l opened it, The young
man was waxing his mustache in front
of a glass.
isn't it part of your duty to an
swer civil questions?" l pleasantly
asked.
"You git or I'll put a head on you!"
he roared.
How late is the Erie eXpress?"
He rushed at me and | gave him the
neatest black eye you ever saw. Twas
wondering if shouldn't treat the other
after the same fashion, when an official
of the road stepped up and asked for
an explanation. When l had given
him one, he turned to the young man
and asked:
"Did you refuse to answer his ques
tion?"
The victim was silent
Every well; I'll see Mr.. Abbott to-
morrow and suggest the need of an i'm
mediate change here"
A change was made. l have seen
the new man, and he will answer ques-
tions even about Jonah, if you wish.
l get into street car now and then,
and discover that twelve of us are
packed in on one seat, while five wom-
en- spread themselves over the other.
A lady is picked up at the next cross
ing, and she looks at every man of us
as she holds to the strap. l bob up,
| point to the other seat and tell her
there is room for five more. The wom-
en- have to move along, then, but they
do it grudgingly, and hear them say
70 es'q tero 1s9'Ho7 o4o,he crank iur you!
I wish l were man for about three
minutes!"
l simply break up selfish plot on
the part of the five, and that is the re-
ward. 1 can go into grocery and
order and pay for ten dollars worth OF
goods. in five minutes. Is there
woman on earth who can order five
dollars worth in fifteen minutes? If |
find one ahead of me | leave the store.
| leave it because a man should always
be waited upon first, his time being
more valuable, and l know that she will
sit and gossip and ask prices and paw
goods over and finally leave the order
for her husband to bring in next morn
ing. The grocer gives it away on the
quiet that | am crank. A crank be-
cause | won't stand around on one leg
and wait the will and pleasure Of
woman who is simply making an ex-
cuse of trading, and who is not yet out
of the store when | have filled my or
der, eaten my dinner and returned on
foot. Detroit Free Press.