Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-19
INSTANCES OF GALL.
Samples of Nerve with q Wire Edge ant
Solid Brass Tips.

samples OF Nerve with q wire Edge ana
Solid Brass Tips.
A restaurant man Of lincoln was looking
gloomy yesterday as he gazed from the
window at the dusty landscape, says the
Nebraska State Journal. Being surrounded
by representative of the lever which
moves the world he commenced to unbosom
himself. ''There came in here this morn
ing" he said, "a stranger of distin guished
appearance. He was naughty in his bear
ing; yes, very naughty. The days of
the years of my journey in the land have
been many, but don't think ever struck
more commanding looking man. He took
seat at table and glanced over the bill
OF fare very critically. Finally he ordered
a porter-house steak, with innumerable
vegetables. He asked me if had any new
cucumbers. hadn't any. well, said this
naughty gentleman, 'send out and get
some. And tell your Internal waiter that /
don't want to become q centenarian before
the meal is brought me- j was deeply i'm
pressed by his imperious manner and
rustled around and hurried the cook, and
IN very short time the meal was placed
before him and it was q nice one He
seemed 10 enjoy 1t. He ate slowly, slipped
three cups Of coffee, and repeated several
OF his vegetable orders. Finally he con-
NAuNNu Gduc " Tue
desk where was on duty. He picked his
teeth calmly, and then said; i am ready,
Ready for whatP inquired. Ready to DO
fired. l haven't 9 red cent Now, how
Wes that for unlaundered, double and twist,
fast dyed gall How does it strike you as
sample OF nerve with ygiFe edge and brass
tip! 1 was too paralyzed to fire him. Just
invited him to go and told him that If he
ever came to my fashionable rendezvous
again would sweeten his coffee with sui
phuric acid. He smiled blandly and went
his tortuous way" And the proprietor of
the hash emporium sighed YEARLY.
81 can recall another instance of gall" be
said, after awhile. when l was boy
worked in a butcher shop, flashing out
sausage and stuff to intelligent patrons.
The urbane butcher had an old hound which
had outlived its usefulness, but for which
he wouldn't have taken $1,000. The dog
used to lie on the sidewalk in front of the
shop from morning to night, and, as every
body knew him, he received many q caress.
Well, one day was in the shop alone, when
a genteel and handsome stranger entered
My boy he said, in the most pleasant man
ner in the world, would you be as good as
to lend me a cleaver for q momenSl Flat
tered by his politeness to me, Immediately
handed him the toy asked for He went out
of the shop, and heard duh, sickening
thud. He returned in minute or two,
carrying the cleaver, which was dripping
with gore. Now, my little man. said he,
as pleasantly as ever, tell your master
when he gets another dog be should keep il
where people went stumble over it, This
pleasant stranger had hacked the poor old
dogs head on, The proceeding, / think, was
as cool as the Arctic regions. don't see how
such men can have hearts, lungs or Iivers.
l should think the gall they carry areund
would occupy all the available space
The restaurant man. filled with dismay al
his own experiences with human nerve.
had probably never heard at Colonel