The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-05-22
a REMARKABLE NOSE.
The Long and Short of 1t Was They Formed
Partnership.
From the SAN Francisco Post.

From the San Francisco Post.
There lived in Saco Me-, many years ago,
man named Jerry Coldridge who had an un-
earthly long nose. This extended proboscis
troubled him so much that he made vow that
when he met man who had longer one he
would present him with silver half dollar,
with the proviso that the man who got the
half dollar would do likewise when he came
across man who was superior in this line than
himself
When Jerry appeared in public he was
greeted with all kinds of compliments upon
the size of his nose, and it got to be a common
thing for HIM to be sa]uted with "Hello,
Jerry how's your figure-head?" or "Well,
pump-handle, how do you wag today?'' or
kindred remarks.
When the cold north wind came down from
among the Maine lakes it took particular de-
light in careSsng the end of Jerry's proboscis,
painting it garnet red and making it Jingle
like carpenters thumb hit with hammer.
Jerrys friends advised him to have fur muff
made TO carry his horn in, and told him that
he should take service with the government as
q fog signal.
One day jerry went to Portland, and when
he returned he was greeted with cold Plough
share, what have you turned up today?"
"Well, said Jerry, quivering with excite
mont and joy. 81 have seen man in Port
land who had a longer nose than have"
Impossible" said his friend there's isn't
another such nose on the face of the earth"
can right" said Jerry. "If you don't be-
it." At this he produced a receipt which
read:
Received from jeremiah Colbridge fifty cents in
consideration Of having longer nose than he has.
JOHN BALLARD.
"That half dollar" said Jerry, "has gone to
Smyrna on n merchantmen, and will tell you
how it happened. l went to a hotel to get my
dinner, and as j sat down at the table L saw
man sitting opposite me who gaZed at me with
what l took TO be an ihsolent stare When
got good look at him forgot my deformity
and immediately reached my hand across the
table and said
"'Shake, neighbor; 1 believe owe you fifty
cents. ~
elbows that?'" said he.
"'Wel,' says I, II have made a VOW that IL
/ ever met man who had longer nose than
have would give him fifty cents, provided he
would do the same when he met a man whose
nose discounted his AT once the whole din
ingroom was in an uproar of laughter, and tho
stranger said: It's q bargain Pulling out his
note book he wrote the receipt and gave him
fifty cents. l afterward learned that he was
captain of q packet ship outward bound for
Smyrna, Syria"
After this Jerry had peace about his long
nose and the silver half dollar was taken by
Captain Ballard to Smyrna. There it was
turned over to an English mate of an East In
dianman, bound through the Suez canal to
Madras. The Englshman carried it for sew
eral years and landed in San Francisco, where
he, having hard streak Of luck, enlisted in
btAp ChllCu btdtto regular dElllSy anu WChG
mp among tho Blackfeet Indians near Fort
Benton, where he was made prisoner.
After being tortured IN every conceivable
way by the Indians they cut off his nose and
set him at liberty. He finally drifted TO Bos-
ton, and rs he was walking one day on WASH
ington street whom should he meet but jerry.
Having heard from Captain Ballard how he
came in possession of the silver piece, he recog
nized Jerry.
"Hello," said he. SIS your namo Jerry
Coldridge?"
That's my name" said Jerry.
81 am happy TO meet you" said the Eng
lishman. Allow me to return TO you the half
dollar you owed Captain Ballard five years
ago. / carried 1t around the world with me.
and never found a man with q nose as
long rs mine was, but have, as you see, lost
mine now, and l think the clinker belongs to
you"
Jerry and the English mato became fast
friends and went into business together, and
when you go into q little store ON Dock square
in Boston you will see the funny spectacle Of
one OF the partners with nose as long as your
hand, and the other partner with no nose at all