Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-11-04
BACH CLUB GOSSIP.

ne IIthcUH is " very kDDt sOrl liAu,
who always pays his bills, and as to taking
anything that Clint belong to him-avaunt
the thought. Blu. if the coed deacon buys
A half pound of peppe.mints to take home
to Tabi,hs, his maiden sister. he invariably
picks out of the scales before the weighing
takes place at last three of the pieces for
bis own delec.a,ion all the time narrowly
watching the merchant to see that he gives
exact weight. It's so wherever be goes to
trade and all the boys being aware of this
eccentricity. if such it may poll -ely--very
politely--te called, take delight in quietly
nagging him occasionally.
Lafe evidently had the deacon in mind
when be told the following story at the club
the other evening: 81 CHANGED one day
last week to be in news and general
variety store on TIE main street of N, one
Of the busiest little towns in Maine The
proprietor has besides his news counter one
whs re he dispenses candy and peanuts A
gentleman, evids ntly an old customer came
in while was there and the following con-
verssiion took place:
"'Good morning, Mr.. B.
Good morning, Mr.. L
The paper was baoded Mr.. L. and he
was about to depart ~hen the proprietor re-
marked
BY the way, Mr.. L, have a little
bill against you
"A bill against me? That must tie a
mistake
Il think not
Let me see it.
The bill wss handed to him.
For peanuts, 81 10 it read
How is thisT clustered the gentleman.
Well sir, every morriog for the last
four years you have taken two peanuts
when you left the store. That would be
twelve peanuts week, not counting in
Sunday, when your paper is delivered at
your house, 62i peanuts in = year and
2 49G peanuts in four years. | have fig
nrei there are fifty seven peanuts in pint
Fifty-seven into 2,i9G goes about forty
three times. Multiplying by ) cents, the
piic' of peanuts per pint, | make the total
50 Il. Are my ignres correct n
The gentleman was so dazed that he
pail the bill without a wori'
Rgh IN he midst Of the story the Des-
con walked over to another pat of the
room and pretended to be ALSO bed in a
magazine.
Il believe" said the Colonsl, that many
men affect to take little notice of small
., cuniarY matters but think it foolish
habit. To illustrate this will tell of an
incident which came under my own obser-
vatiou in Portland not long ago.
An individual who is in business on
Cougres, street net long ago wag-red a
asket of---tbat h. could hustle around
m ng his friends for a coupe of hours
and ia that time raise s25 BY max ing the m
believe they owed il to him. The tso
psrties to the wager, with several frier ds,
-ere seated in a do~n-town cafe. The
mau no made the wager said be would
ave to 60 alone and placed himself on his
honor ID act fairly and report truthful y
So of he started am had not gone half a
block before he met hi. friend Jones.
Hello. Iones! he exclaimed. Il saw,
Jones, it's awfully unpleasant for me to
ask for it. ut I'm little short and woul /
Ike t. have that tise loaned you about
NO weeks ago.
Jones Looked at him il amazement.
Five he exc AIMED, media lively, by
love, I've no rec lection of borrowing =
V OF you
well. as long as your memory is so bad
sell let it go. Good by. I'll see you
No, 70; no, at all. Here, old boy, is
your five. Seem, u NE now that did
borrow of you, bat pom my soul, old
low. Id quite forgotten it Should hare
paid il long ago. Awfuliy obliged for the
a c .mmodation doncher know. Ta-ta.
Ard 50 the b, tt went Cd. From Smith
he secured ten. from Brown Ave. from
another man two dollars, and from still
an thar three dollars, all in half an hour or
so. He went back to the cafe. displayed
his III gotten wealth, helped TO make gay
wlib the wager. Ga the fJlloving even ng
he invited his victims 10 dine with him
When the coffee and cigars w1rs BROUGHT
on Jo-es yer tured the opinion that the host
hsd made big winning. Tbi' the host
d, nied, ard then explained that he was
goir to pay the bill with the money he b I'd
ex.oltsd from hi, hearers, snd told the
story of his peculiar wager.
.'rhete are people. observed the Decor.
swho wouldn't have been 50 easily duped
into believing they owed fses and tens
which they hsd forgotten or else would
have seriously OF c;ed to having their