Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-05-18


Especial Correspondence
SAC HARBoR, May 18.--This Is n very
easy place to live In. II Is an adage in
Sag Harbor that everybody gets along
somehow whether they work or not.
There Is one gentleman here who runs
weekly paper II Is one of the oldest
papers In the country. Sometimes the
editor is here, sometimes he is not for n
year or more. Sometimes his son runs
II. Sometimes the printers do. Some
times II runs itself or seems to; but II
gets there all the same And IL is not
bad paper either. II n man here makes
up his mind when young that he won't
work for living and keeps II 30 made
up he gets along somehow, though how
nobody exactly knows, and it's doubtful
II hc does himself. There's a positive
genius here for getting along in an easy.
informal, dont-care-a-cent sort Of way.
] was In n paint shop here the other
day. The proprietor was boosted up
on the top Of an empty box near the
store. II was half past 10 in the morn
ing. Around him were several Of the
towns people who rarely have much
else TO do at half past 10 uf a spring
morning save keep themselves easy,
talk the thing over, tell how the uni
verse ought properly to bc wound up
and kept in running order or how many
cells were caught in tho "covc" yester-
day, or who il going TO get married and
why they should not get married A
man entered I'm n hurry quite an I'M
usual thing here), and said: sis my paint
readyT' "What paintY' asked tho pro-
prietor. without moving from his box.
why" said the customer, 81 came here
at half past Z this morning and told
your clerk oil about IL and how wanted
II mixed"
You did. heyf replied the proprietor
"Well, I should like to know what bust
ness my clerk had to open this shop nj
such an unearthly hour as half past 2 in
the morning." BY this time he had got
off his box and commenced leisurely to
bestir himself regarding his customer
"What kind Of paint do you wantF he
asked. Red" replied the customer
"What do you want red paint fors" "To
paint carriage wheels" "How many2
Ono carriage wheel" mo, four Wheels"
said the customer.
"You sce.' said the proprietor, ad-
dressing himself to me, 1--WE do busi-
ness In Sag Harbor with dignity. We
don't jump around and hurry from our
seats Us they do in New York when a
customer comes In. We wait, and IL
he's in hurry give him time to cool Off"
by this time the customer had fallen
in with the chat of the party and seemed
TO have forgotten his hurry. As turned
to leave the proprietor followed me out.
He hadn't finished mixing the paint and
seemed in no hurry TO finish. He stood
by the front door and discoursed in this
vein: "That man I'm putting this order
up for was off his center when he came
in here. He was In hurry. That's a
state Of mind we don't encourage in this
town. You see how easy and comfort
able he Is now. He thought when he
camc in he wanted to paint that carriage
today. But he doesn't He won't paint
II today. He's got too much sense, now
that he's got some company and il com
fortably fixed in the store, to do any
painting today. Nobody acts in that
way II we can help 1t.
NOW was born here; haven talways
hved here; wish had. lost twelve
years OF my me by gong away' was
Tor part OF that time boss Of the paint
ing department IN one OF the biggest
carriage factories IN New York city. l
got big wages, worked early and late,
was i"ii OF care and responsibility, took
each year found myself no better Off
than at the end of tho last.
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