The Opelousas courier., 1889-03-16
CHAPTER ON KICKING.
), o,adp Proves Himself to Be a
Useful Crank.

n nuad'' Proves Hlmse1 20 ne
Useful Crank.
!. liking against what you know
! fraud and an imposition isn't
.ss;ud ant to set you down for a
caakg - .aar.
FL \ I lornsr article on the subject
IFicsing. Mankind is not only apsto
!. Nm very thing. but dead certain to
~ Hence The hesitancy to raise a
s. Hence the reason that fraud and
,maosition flourish and grow rich. For
1900. Il d railway junction station
Z rsw Jersey one hot dag last sum
g there was not a drop of waite In
s. eoolsr in the waiting-room. There's
vs,a twenty-seven of us waiting for
IS evain. and there were seats for only
@-vanteeu. Every thing was covered
-aa aust. not a t~ime-piece nor a time
sNe III sight, and after q look around
fa,nd The station agent on a truck
Ann the platform talking baseball.
n the twenty-ssven passengers four
vi wsre men. / called their atten-
lid ii the facts I have given. and sug-
ssxsa 4 kick. It might not benefit US,
III i Would help those who came after.
gas reuIy Of each and every one was,
Ii substance:
aYes. this is an Internal shame, and
auebt to be exposed, but I don't want
sIass They'll call me a crank ii L
kick
Not one single person deed raise his
voice against the neglect and imposi-
siou. md i was all alone when I walked
agFn III the agent and asked:
D0 You know that the water-cooler
bmdry as b bone2'
III faint hired to fill it, he replied
sDo ron know that the waiting-room
hasn't been swept and busted for q
EsskF
) not my business.
s. Il any body's business to look
aus for the convenience of passengers
hersFs &
4 dnnno.n
sHHEsll. / will make it my business to
fnd out
took the names of half a dozen OF
ng iallow-trayelers. wrote directly to
HE superintendent of the road that
night mud two weeks later, as ] stopped
IA ton another change, ] hardly knew
hepIaee. There were seats for fifty;
shere was d clock, a lot of fresh time
Abges, i water cooler full to the brim,
With i new cup, and a station agent
sss bustling around and cheerfully
answering all inquiries.
What's become of the other man2
Iasked.
.sG0t the bounce last week"
What was the trouble?n
oh he let things run down"
How long had things been as they
FeFe Two weeks ago?'
ali ii two years"
ma some one complaint
Tes. IA crank came along and
node iii awful kick, and the superin
sepasBt stirred UP the whole line.
While roaming around Philadelphia
Isane upon a menagerie on exhibition
b astore- There were signs out read
ang that they had q boa-constrictol
sRentY-two feet long, an African gial1
sight feet high, and various othe
Alnga ] concluded to see the snak'
saa the giant. Twenty-Five feet 9
esFpe1t and eight feet of giant, makini
lAizis feet of living curiosity. is cheal
y ten cents. This is three feet for
cant When I got in ! failed to I'm
$40 tM0 curiosities, and / made ln
qulRies Of the mar with the deep. baa
peiee and the watch-chain.
Sorry To say that the giant is sic
~ ths snake got away last week. 3
replied.
But / paid to see Them ] pr
es5sd.
We'll, how are you going to do 1T
they are not here I want q
aazne back.
Do you take me for q foolqn
No, sir! / take you for q sharpe
how. chen. return my money cad tai
saWn the two signs or I'll go to q
agorF
Ely told me to 20 and be- be-
qA know what, and 7 went II 80
Ase about four dollars for hack hi
aasa messenger boys, but be had 90 =
AAaa my money and remove the slgl
asF penalty Of having his license 7
s5ksa.
nv owner Of the show said hs won
NaF The earth with me IL il cost 81
thousand dollars. and thst he won
~ Tor ne until ono or the other o
essd and never come home Of . 2 eve
s Nish-out keeping both eyes open
stood one evening at the corner
roadway and Wall street, New Tor
sAAsahg with d citizen of Grand kaple
apna I Aappened to meet The 20
~ Aen clock end there Was blG -
Kat WIN had bssn thers fhfss 80
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