The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-21
ABARBEROuS EPISODE.
uow a Broad Street .Tonsoriai Ar''''
Was FIoored.

n. os one of those phonographic
,.hors' he Is very loquacious, anu
when he gets chatty customer g'i.hb
ont every thing that he heard LOT 'Ie
,ueIye months previous. Inc snop
s;,uated on East Broad street, a stone
,hrow from Morgenstern's and many Vi
,h h newspaper men frequent II, con,
ssa ao he Is we'll up in the news Oh
,he dav. He knows all about the history
~ The CITY and the people for the iass
Ss,v years. The great race horses vi
,be mast. their owners, &c. lie was
zoe rider. when young, OF reho"I.
Seldom touches on war topics. ne
nover fails to ask man II
~ wants his hair cut. lie
hos hair reiuvenator and tonic ana pay
10, Lon, etc His scrubbing-brush is always
ready and spelling for shampoo "a
ronorter strolled into the studio on SAT
DAY last. The place was Iull, and."eie
araiting the ever welcome OF Next!
Among the number was one whose race
lied az II II had been innocent OF a
,,,o,ver for weeks. His hair was az
bristling as our new street 'sWeePlns
machine. and looked as If 1t had Deeh Gu, Uul
the last time with knife and iork. lils
,urn came. As he took the CHAIR ne saiui
" Hair cut and shave" The professor
rommed the previous end of the tower
down between his collar ana necA'
@rssned the scissors and comb, ther
looked at that head.
"Wbew :" he CALCULATED "who cut
vour hair LAST 1t looks like you nau IL
frozen. fell out of bed, and broke II
oil ar H.,
"Look here" said the victim. IL don
want any remarks passed on that plmpie'
That's the best head I've got just now,
and until some relative dies and leaves
me a better one I'm gwine to perfect IL.
Didn't mean any oifense, SIR saiu the
shaving man; "but the man that cut llla'
hair ought to get six months III tue
chain gang. Who did ity'
"You did it yourself, about elgh'
months ago. Shet up and perceed.
The hair fell thick and fast and was
soon scattered over the floor
In half an Shrewsbury time
the lob was finished, and the candidate
was ready for shaving. There was SIX
cuts to the square inch on every foot Of
/ his face.
"Wll take it all OIL W
Eyes
: "Moustache and all
eyes"
shampoo
SAY. barber, if you don't shave me be-
fore YOU speak another word, III razor a
row in this lather shop, and therell be a
strip of black calico hugging your door
knob"
The barber put on look that would
melt pickle, and he lathered the victim
face. He strapped his razor and began
10 shave. Pretty soon he came across
an old cnt, then he stopped. lie wanted
to say something. but didn't know
whether il would be safe or not. lie
looked around the room 10 ascertain II
he had ANY sympathizers. Not an eye
lash in the room gave an indication that
he had a friend, as the words came mp IN
his throat and he tried to choke them
down II was no use.
"Who, for goodness sake, shaved you
LAST The man what did 1t Oughter have
the siifln kicked outer him. ! know II
wasn't me. lie oughter be kicked TO
death
"The last man that shaved me, cut me
kicked him to death, and sw0re that the
next man what cut me I'd do likewise
Now you look out.
The silence after that was so dense
that il could be heard.