Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-05-04
HOW He Does II
He is on the verge of desperation
fore he attempts IL.

He is on the verge of desperation
fore he attempts it.
He has tried all he expedient
known to civilized man, all having
failed, but the melancholy fact is fore
ed home upon his soul that he musi
sew on button, or lie abed for the re-
mainder of his life.
He mortally hates TO undertake il.
He looks around among his belong
ings for needle. and, after a long and
vigorous search, he finds one rusted in
the pincushion, with the point broken
off. Then he looks around for thread,
and resurrects snarl OF odds and
ends, and selects the finest, bee use ex-
perience has taught him that the finer
the thread the easier it will go into the
eye OF the needle.
Next thing is button, for Of course
ne has lost the one which has come of,
as Is usual with men. Women always
save all their loose buttons, and 80 dc
not have TO search for them.
He finds a good many buttons, bun
none of them are exactly what he
wants. Still, they will do. he thinks.
He gets the garment to bc operated
upon in position. and draws near the
window. II takes good deal of light
TO enable the average man to thread a
needle.
He prepares for the struggle. He
| throws back his head, feels his collar
button to see if it is secure, pulls his
cuffs up, loosens the strain on his sus-
penders, shuts one eye, screws his ton
que round into his cheek, and grasping
the needle firmly between the thumb
and finger of his left hand, and the
thread firmly between the thumb and
forefinger of his right hand, he pre-.
pares to do it.
The thread glides right by without
seeing the eye of the needle, and in his
excitement he drops the needle AND
gets down on bis hands and knees and
feels the floor over, and gets on hi
feet and stands of to see IL the Ugh
won't shine on il so that he can see 1t
and then he swears over 1t, and direct
ly. when he sits down TO get breath
discovers that the needle has dropped
blunt point upward. between him AMI
the place where he wanted to sit down
Then he springs to his feet, and rub
the spot where the needle was when b.
was gently reminded OF it's presence
and tries il over again. This time tn
thread hits the eye, but it seems to
large to go through.
.sConfound it all!'' says the man VIII,
is sewing on the button, why do the
make needles so much too small for tn
thread?n and he remembers that h
has seen the ladies Of his aquaintanc
bite of their thread before trying
!, get it into the needle.
.. So he tries it.
Did you ever see him try its If yo
never have, IL is worth your while, fl
there never yet was man living VIII
l could do that little trick, and do 1t su
!, cessfully.
= He gets little nearer the window
i He holds the needles eye so the igi
: will shine through it. He draws in b
o breath, shuts his teeth hard, draws b
& nose round toward his left ear, al
makes mighty effort The thing
l. donei The needle is threaded.
n He lays on the button, puts Il
needle through, and lays out so mu'
u strength that he stabs the broken poi
through the top Of his thumb. and q
button splits IN two, and the need
d breaks in the eye, and the man slim
a the garment he was putting in ord
G on the floor, claps his thumb in
u mouth and bowls with rage.
70 We draw curtain over tho scene.
g Kate Thorn, in New York Weekly.