New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10
THERE VAS NOTHING DUSTYABoUT BILL.
SOME rAcrs wH1cH max o'RELn MISSED!

SOME FACTS WHICH MAX oRELL MISSED!
"Yess said a waiter in Park Row coffee and cake
saloon, as he brought my order and sank down In q
chair on the opposite side of the table for little
rest yes I've seen smart waters in my time. Sell
dom talk bout 'em, anything for that matter
I amt no talker-don't and on and converse
with my mouth when amt got nothing TO say-tain't
my style-but want to jess mention Bin Bushnell
smartest ever knowed.'
was at his mercy It was almost morning and
business was slack.
Bill used to work in coffee and cake saloon over
in Jersey City where / did and / tell you he was
hustler And intelligent and educated. Nothing
dusty bout Bill Very Independent man, was Bill.
II customer at a taDls that he want tendin' 10
called TO him. Bill would spot him right in the head
with a cake the first thing. Nights well Of throwed
pawn block at the man, you SEQ. But Bnl was
Independent Ho used TO work from midnight TO
noon He didn't believe in putin in no extra time,
neither. When the noon whistle blowed II he was
carryin' an order to man he used TO let right 20
of II. He said II want his fault cause tho dishes
didn't stick up In the air. He claimed he want
responsible fer the attraction of gravelation. lie
blamed It on a man named Ike Newton Said he was
an Fnellshman and claimed he used TO know him over
IN Brooklyn. They both worked IN the same place,
no said.
@Bm was very independent too, bout how he
done his work He wouldn't carry no dishes 'cept
for ham m bean dishes along HIS arms. Couldn't
no cups o. coffee get up above hf wrists and SIT there
aud themselves. II was bad enough. he told us,
when scientist like him had 10 carry around dlhes
in q cheap restaurant 'thout 'lown' them TO crowd
clear up to his elbow. BIZ al'ays claimed he
scientist. Said water composed OF oxyergen
and nightergcn and consequently was dangerous
mixed drink and he never took any Whisky
dtf'rent, he claimed. bein composed Of pure fIsel-
lle and so was very healthy and nvigoFating 10 the
system. specially when was bout petered out
by water-drindng
Bin had an idea that the same style o. man
orter aPays take the same thing. He arrays brought
fat man Boston beans and coffee in the
dark. II the man tried 10 kick, Bin used TO
put hand on bis shoulder and hold him down and
make lin eat 'em. He apays brought lean man
beef and cakes and coffee with plenty Of milk. 1t
built up their systems, he claimed He made 'em
eat II, too. Used to say It raade him sick TO
man act az II a scientist didn't know what good
for him. II man was pretty well dressed and car
rfed gold-headed umbrella, Bill alays took him the
whole llst-ham an, beef an, three off, white wings
bootleg foaters threes 10 comealong, and evry-
thing else He'd collect the bill, too, If he had to
fight the man for half hour and drive all the other
customers out of the ROOM II one of these we'll
dressed men tried any such dishonest trick as refusing
TO pay for what Bill brought him, you bet he made IL
hot for the gentleman. He hated dishonesty, BIZ
did, and II one Of these fellows acted cranky about
paying, BIZ would usually pick bis pocket of $40 and
place it TO the mans credit that be wouldn't have
the trouble Of having fight with him ev'ry time
he come in. 1t saved time in making change, 100
{" Bill was very fond OF tips 'mong other things
Sometimes when forgot TO give him anything
BIZ would follow him to the door and kick him
half way cross the street. He claimed that he was
eEtiued 20 ten cents and be believed In rebuE1ns
dishonesty wherever 1t showed its hydrant head
that's the way Bill put II. He said 1t had good
effect on the other6 at the tables, too-they seeh
honesty was the best policy. This practice USED 70
be very dangerous Tor people going along the seelS
and tho chief OF police tried TO stop u, Dut BIZ
throwed cruller al him and settled MIN. a.
BIZ great water-Tish he was mere %
liven up things but he amt 10 got dlscoursgea
and quit. He was having big hgit Win man lrOIn
Hackensack day trying TO paD' him eat SheesSS
sandwich when the man wanted glass OF mllh7 ara
had Just about got him subdued when anoher cusuoe
snesked up who had grudge agin Bill cause pc had
one day made him cat big dish OF Deans when he
wanted boiled eggs and pulled an ola IRON PpTumIP
handle out from under his coat ana cracned 1or
bead with H. They took him away 70 the hos ptal i1I
three months and when he got out nc sara ne WIua
never walt on folks no more. He saiu tIe ptnSS
didn't appreciate It when man OF Drains tooA nTia
Of the business. He went on saying ne was Boins
70 hunt up his old friend, Ike Newton, ana SET W
IN the science business guess proo'y They're oVor
In Brooklyn som'ers now