The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-04

he worked. Az the procession started !
Soas s;,s ss = s...ic os crSp: .: landing h /. sss,
funny mixture, hat I can't help feeling
.srry for him. cyc" while ! laugh at his
"Talkina OF strange characters" oh
served the dentist. did yoa ever SEQ a
who spend. most Of his time ambiina
about North Clark street? He never
seems tn be working. and ] fancy hes a
used to pass my office q dozen times q
day, nd felt u sort Of interest," i'm him by
"ProfcssionaI. mo- doubt. lecausc of his
lack Of teeth.' suRRcstesi the reporter I'm
anundertone.
"Hc has one distinguishing trait" pur-
sued the dentist: ''the worst temper you
could lind i'm a days march. He's the
most rantankerols, l~oud-vOiced. ugly. sui
eonseG',cntiy / WASH, quite pleased when
hc came into my office and told me he
wanted me tn make. him some teeth. l
could have dispensed with his patronage
HE said he'd had four ar Ave sets in
the course of a few years: but none OF
mouth. Now i'm such cases as this we have
a device for clinching the artificial teeth
and so keeping 'cm I'm place. L found a
couple of snags i'm the rece.sses OF the old
fellows mouth and when the plate was
way that il couldn't possibly drop down.
81 didn't explain the method To my pa
from, but simply told him he'd have no %
good humor and congratulated myself
.p1" having gotten along Nth him 20
returned, bubblinR over with wrath, and
II he didn't swear u blue streak round that
office I'm ~ duifer and no mistake.
yelle1. I'D like to know what's the mat
stick i" as IL they was bewitchcd. Me an
out an we came bulge 'eni, the biankcty
blank things! Did we glue 'cm I'm, say:
Have yc spiked 'e,n to the topof my head?
quick over Il, or IN break 'em,and won't
pay yc n single blank cent, either
And he actually, did grab up a little
before I could calm his wrath at all. Part
Of the teeth went down his threat. and I
CHOKING "S% / h"e% TO S DEATH cA1 a. FOR sne tn. H.s p pi"%.' 4 iIG re.
there yet, for lac utterly refused to let me
..This ceancc wouldn't be complete
without the STORY Of u woman," said the
Exporter, 'and I've just found the funniest
street and her distinguishing chnracteris-
tic Is "a deep and abiding hatred OF the
street cars: She never ride. On 'em, but
house. and she makes the fact known in
n very unpleasant manner
"Whenever she sees one approaching
the PUSHES out with murder i'm her eye,
scolding violently and footing upon n little
tin horn which she keeps for that express
purpose. Moreover she throws water at
the driver and makes the conductor q tar
get for all sorts of MISSILES, from pebbles,
old cans, and bOOtjacks tn stones, brOons,
sticks, and humps of dirt.
~ felt rather curious about her and de-
cided To interview her one day. I met her
in my politest manner, with my sweetest
voice and my lowest how. hut soon, very
SOON, I was glad to take my leave. l
complained tn a policeman. He heard
me with "a sad, sympAthetic far-away
smile. aud then turned to pursue his
heat. He. too, hal had some experience
with her.
~ soOn got over my ~soreness," finished
the reporter, 'sand recovered my peace of
mind; but I shall always pity the drivers
and conductors On the Van Buren, street
lime"
IBeecher's Little Joke.