The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-09
MORE ABOUT KICKING.
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"In kicking against what you know to be
fraud and an imposition isn't mankind apt to set
you down for crank"
So queries congressman in referring to
former article on the subject of kicking Mankind
is not only apt TO do that very thing, but dead
certain TO do so. Hence the hesitancy to raise
Hence the reason that fraud and imposition
flourish and grow rich. For instance, at a railway
junction station in New Jersey one hot day last
summer there not drop of water in the
cooler in the waiting room. There were twenty
seven of US waiting for the train, and there were
seats for only seventeen. Everything covered
with dust and not time-p piece nor time table in
sight, and after look around found the station
agent on truck down the platform talking base
ball OF the twenty seven passengers fourteen
men. l called their attention to the facts
have given, and suggested kick. 1t might not
benefit us, but ii would help those who came
after. The reply of each and every one was IN
substance:
''Yes this is an internal shame and ought to he
exposed, but don't want fuss They'll call me
a crank if / kick"
Not one single person dared to raise his voice
against the neglect and imposition, and | was all
alone when l walked down to the agent and
asked:
"Do you know that the water cooler is as dry as
a bone?"
az amt hired to fill it," he replied
"Do you know that the waiting room hasn't
been swept and busted for week."
ats not my business"
lis it anybody's business to look out for the
convenience of passengers here?"
II dunno"
"Well, l will make it my business to find out"
took the names of half dozen of my fellow
Travellers, wrote directly to the superintendent of
the road that night, and two weeks later as | stop
ped off TOR another change, | hardly knew the
place. There were seats for fifty; there was a
clock, lot of fresh time tables, water cooler full
to the brim, with cup, and station agent
was bustling around and cheerfully answering all
inquiries.
Whats become of the other mann" l asked.
"Got the bounce last week"
"What was the trouble?"
ooh, he let things run down"
Chow long had things been as they were two
weeks ago?"
Gall of two years
did some one complaint"
eyes. crank came along and made an awful
kick, and the superintendent stirred up the whole
line"
While roaming around Philadelphia, l came
upon a menagerie on exhibition in a store. There
were signs out reading that they had a boa
constructor twenty two feet long, African giant
eight feet high and various other things. / con-
cluded to see the snake and the giant Twenty two
feet of serpent and eight feet of giant, making
thirty feet of living curiosity, is cheap cents
This is three feet for cent. When / got in
failed to find the two curiosities, and / made
inquiries of the man with the deep, bass voice and
the big watch chain.
"Sorry to say that the giant is sick and the
snake got away last week. he replied
"But paid to see them," protested.
"Well, how are you going to do it?"
off they are not here want my money back"
'Do you take me for q fool?'
''No, siri take you for a sharper! Now, then
return my money and take down the two signs or
I'll 60 to the mayorP
what, and went 1t cost me about 81 for hack
hire and messenger boys, but he had to refund my