Telegram-herald., 1888-07-08
The Raven.

- sits IA the doorway haif 10 US
.aass. half IA shs sanshine- Every
VI brighf norning Ga my ~ay % ne
~ Oefies sss him there. h.s nee
.f.riaklss and yst wearing peace
al loax- His EYES are too Old % read ana
indeed. it xoald seem that nothink n Pfih'
eoa.d interest," hisa. or his mind las Eons
- % ne simplest thlags and al that :
-, n. him Of earth Is ne sunshins and tns
ar. ~Oaly waiting. say 70 myself IS
not. tbs Old man sittipg there. hsif Ia ths
,hads. half ia the sunshias. "oniy Walt
inr and for whasl VIII that summons
.an.tinss 80 dreadful sometimss snen
bi...lnz. ehsnxs his contitlon mcenf Tie
xood men OF the pulpit viii teii as lnS
morninx. And YET. each one VII have an
almost totally dicerent opiaion.
As -intls Joe" said; They al prays eii-
fsesnt. tssy mostly all said as how totnsF
ones prayed wrong. and l cant make
nothlnk cut Of Il all
but hope al Of Us may, when that
.-eul .ammons comes to ioia the
ianumsrz0ls caravan" have that calm.
peaceful ly-waiting look that the sssd
.nd srlnklsd face wears sitting in the open
door. hAlfin the sanshins, half in ths shade
7 TT
Among the Strangers N our midst at pre-
sent ls Col. W. W. Fowler, an oid-nme. way
back theatrical agent and manager Col.
Fowler. nov that bis hair and moustaehe
.ud great buNhy eyebrows ressmols the
dress OF a sifver-gray squirrel Ia October, Is
eomsartably OF for this world He has a
eexx aome down At Niles and . number OF
those blessings that nearly always marx
h.opy marriages to cheer his pathway ss
he Iogs on toward that "lkst scene Of all
that shuts ont the begzsr and the prines-
Been broke. have r." hs exclaimed one
day in answer 10 q question, "Oh, yes,
many tlms in the old days. mind one
tine out Ia Independents. No.,-let me see,
thst was away back somewhere IN the
dfies-I bad been lsft behind-or ahead
.uywsr Z w.s lea. .nd without cent.
We'll. I went 10 . drug stors and gos the
druggist 20 mix me up some furniture
polish after . formula thsE bad seen some
where. had twenty cents and he made
me two bottles Of The stuff and started out
% sell Il. l sold them in short order and
came back and ordered ten more sold
an al the frst day for dollar bottle and
ths next morning put in my appearance
With dozen bright dollars in my pocket.
I ordered half dozen bottles made 40 from
the formula Ths druggist looked me over
and rssnsr quizzicslly and said:
Look hare, young man, I'll make you
up all this stutf you order 81 ten cents .
bottle. but do object TO your selling IL TO
my wife AZ dollar bottle
We compared notss. and found that on
tss previous day bad sold the chemists
vifs Two bottles At dollar each. OF course.
this sort O. broke up tAs combination but
got out Of Independence very much better
than struck ths town"
The ABOVE story Colonel Fowler tails on
himself bus soms Grand Rapids people
know quite ss good a one on him. About
Gfteen years ago. when Is Grand Pierce
frst vent into the show business. he oksd
Col. Fovlsr 10 come and visit him. The
Colonel did so. took supper with the family.
slept az the house and brsskfssted with
them next morning. Then Ls Grand and
Fowler walked down town. and the formsr
having some business 70 attend 70 lsfk the
theatrical man TO smass himself about the
~Fear Corners" Nov, whlsCoL Fowler is
neither shssnt-nindsd nor unosservins. be
is cursed with a fault that many Of Us are
afflicted with. the inshility 20 remember
taces. About 10 o'clock The debonnairs
Fowler stroilsd into cigar store where he
vss greeted by grave. elderly gentleman
Who s.id Heller 70 him. Fowler knew
be had seen the face OF the gentleman some.
where bat not Wishing % let the old party
kncw he had for gotten him hs rushed AZ
extended bis hand snd said;
"Heliol When did you get here's
we'll came here sbout % yesrs ago
yoaag man. Yoo don't appear 20 have the
-sry h>ss memory. You took supper with
ne lsst nixht slept at my house and csrvsc
yonr besf steak fer yoa this morning
Il wss Pierce Prrs.
uis said that Col Fowler took The mex
train Cor Kalamazoo and ssksd 10 hsv. hi.
head examined
The ether dsv female ion tsrnsr bad
on- of ser hsnds bitten OF and swallowed
hr sevocious tiger.
~Nv Goii-' shrieked shs husband. who
rushed - he scene IN = ststs Of inde.crib
sble agitation. wss it he band on whict
see were ne diamond ring
80 that there hss been an Effort aswr
East - introsiace erosa six srarss aarins
the heated term ss substitute for vests q
~rstcosts. - tie E.stern society pare~
o.il thera. ssw enc sf thsse Bread bin.
hsnds sn Chics<o duie the ether ssy. sns
I confess e siin't lock bali ssa
wn. Fesrinx Gili. ne Nev Yerk Journal
ia erestsi = sensation he csker ssv % n.
sinznlar nsnner m ~hich he s~ccu..,
pr~ftv Ms G~vnne. ths ssster-fn-lsw q
the vsrGsfriifs Il Ell - nbs~s.
rhsi M GiB and Ess e~vnne stscd 4,
befors xitness srd snply sosk ssrl
ether sor mar md wffe. AZ tie narrsasr
avs sf Ne- York and sirhix.n srs usurl
sifke 1uofe r-sa rs1ses' sxvlsnafsan q