Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-13


the Marshall Monument Commissioners.
was in Sacramento last week, and was
overhauled on street.car one day by a
reporter.
"Placerville is all right" said the Com
missioner, land so is the monument at Co.
iona. The country is looking lovely after
the rains"
II hear one of your citizens has invented
new style harvester" said the reporter.
Eyes, and it's good one, too. But say,
the harvester is not patch alongside of an
invention which another of our citizens
has hit upon. This one will take all the
wind out of Edison's sails Nothing like
it since the discovery of steam-power."
What is it-some new motive-power Pr
Nope. This is a drop pa.nickel. in. the
slot machine. He has not patented it vet,
but will do so shortly, and l tell you, sir,
he'll be millionaire in no time"
well, tell us something about it, What
does the machine do after you drop nickel
in the slot ?''
BLACKS your boots and brushes your
! hat"
You're not joking?n
"No-fact. In appearance the machine
looks like one of those weighing machines
that you see around the hotels and railway
depots. You drop in your nickel and i'm
| mediately door at the bottom flies open
and dlscloses foot-rest and series of cir
cular brushes. AS soon as YOU place
your foot on the rest little bell rings and,
with whirr, one set OF brushes daub your
boot with blacking, while others follow in
their wake, doing the polishing. While
all this IS going on another door opens
near the top of the machine. You observe
hook irside and upon this you must
hang your hat. In one instant set of
brushes tackle your chapeau, and in less
| than thirty seconds your hat is clean as a
whistle. Oh, it's wonderful piece of
mechanism"
Clara NJ. is an unusually bright little
girl. The other day she was riding in a
blue car with her papa and was taking in
the sights along the route from the window.
As the car crossed Eighth street the little
Miss called her fathers attention to lady,
whose first name is Mary and who is an
old acquaintance of Miss Clara and her
folks. The lady was evidently out shop
ping and was accompanied by her little
three year-old son.
Papa" said the little Miss suddenly.
what great actress does she remind you of
just now?n
why, l can't think. to be sure" said the
little lady's father. who should she re.
mind me Off"
Mary And her son."
"See that?r suddenly said the driver to
the reporter, who had come on the plat
form to enjoy smoke. The driver pointed
to well-oressed lady who was industri-
ously gathering handful of choice flowers
from the garden of an O-street residence.
What about it?" queried the reporter.
why, there's just this about it. The
people who live in that house have gone
out and this woman is stealing those flow
ers. see lots of that kind of business on
my route. It's petty kind of thieving,
but some women have mania for it. It's
only few flowers they say. OF course
but those flowers do not belong to them.
They represent care labor and thoughtful
tending. and nobody has right to despoil
garden without permission of the owner
1t ought to be stopped"
"Ha. hai ho! ho! ho That's pretty
good. The dime museum man must be at
the back of this proposition"
A well known attorney gave vent to this
explosion.
What is it?" asked an acquaintance.
The attorney handed him the San Fran
cisco newspaper, which he had been read.
ing, and pointed to the following advertise.
ment:
EfOR RENT-AN ELEGANT GRAND SQUARE
l. piano to responsible parties with carved
Manager Brush, of the New York branch
OF Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson's bouse was
in Sacramento yesterday and left last NIGHT
for Portland. A reporter had a talk with
him coming in from the ball game. Mr..
Brush, 1t appears, came out to California on
visit oven month ago, intending to stop
only few days and then return. 1t was
his first visit to the Golden State, and he
became so enthusiastic over the sselorious
climate and California customs.that tbe
few days soon slipped away and still he
fingered. The members of the firm tried
to get him home but it was in vain. Tel
grams came from the New York house
saying that he was wanted there, but still
he fingered.
Il don't know how I'm going to be
happy again until l get back here he
said yesterday. 81 would like to get Mr..
Enright of the Sacramento house to swan
places with me. This country beats any-
thing ever dreamed of. l expected to see
a sort OF nayseed country, or a wild waste,
but | was most agreeably disappointed.
But your climate is not all you have. l
took pains to look into your business
methods, and they are we'll up with the
times, l can assure you. The houses right
here in Sacramento carry as fine stock and
are run in the same style as the best New
York houses-only not on such big scale.
| am sorry that have to leave. | would
not want anything better than to locate
here for the rest of my Iife."