Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-22

one ct aud then take tckels st the door
the rest Of the time offered him once .
strop 70 bold In his hand 10 reign with, but
he would not have It."
"No, he IL quiet In the chair, and winks
perfectly natural. He is . real good fellow,
I think, II he would only try 70 forget that
he In sitting for Q lithogrnph. When he
gets his hesd out Of the iron head rest and
:s not having bis photograph taken ne Is
"Whoielse did you ever shaver"
have shaved Chauncey M. Depew
once, but he did not know about II, or ut
least did not tell him who was, and 50
perhaps he would not remember me now.
He was very nice and quiet, and didn
make me any trouble. He kept looking
at the clock while he was being shaved,
and said something over softly 20 himself
Judged he was going out 70 dine some
Where. Iasked him ifhe wasn't Mr.. Depew,
and he said he was. Then I asked him if
he ever heard about the tramp that called
ata farm house on Fith avenue 70 get
eonaething to eat. He said no. he had not.
that once poor tramp, with clam shells
IN his rich Rembrandt beard aud chicken
fba.hers in his nut brown hair, called at
gu ct farm house on upper Firm avenue
an l asked for food. Odds bodkins, ex-
claimed the farmers wife, - he came 70
y y
And how long since you tasted food
go Four days said the tramp, catching
madly at the waist band of his trousers
just Ia time, for he had no saspsnders,
-four days have been without food, ana
four nights have slept in railroad culvert
second mortgage and right of way.
have college education and an angel
mother. Give me q crust, lady, or little
plum duff, lady, and God will reward you.
For three days wandered aimlessly
around on the site for the worlds fair
On the fourth day came upon habitation
and tried to get a bite. There Was only
one bite at this house. and Q large mauve
colored bull dog got that. Lady, will you
give me of your bounty, or must ask you
to look the other way while pass out at
the gate and go awayf'
"The good woman could not resist this
appeal, and SO she got some crullers and
cold cabbage with vinegar onto 1t, Also
glass of milk and cold sausage. The
poor tramp took 1t and was about to con
ceal the whole thing in his whiskers, when
ask grace and give thanks before you eat
blessing before you eat.7 'That is all right
in theory, lady, exclaimed the tramp as
he absorbed the sausage and drained his
glass, but 1t docs not work well In pratice.
Me ana CnaunCey DepeW always Aiks
better afler we've ct.
"who else have you shaved?"
"Well, I've shaved Mr. Evarts.. He is
a kind hearted old gentleman, with skin
that hangs around his throat like the seat of
an elephants trousers around baby
elephant. He Is gentleman, every Inch
ofhim. He does not talk much with
BARRIERS, though. He Is u thouhtful man,
but does not dress we'll. One day he wanted
me to brush his hat. brushed II tho
wrong way for him. He did not know the
difference, but gave me quarter and
went out. One day tried to show off to
him, and whilst / was shaving him spoke
of the beautiful spring weather and coated
from the poet:
'Oh, what is 80 rare as day in June?'
He said that some days in March was
good deal rarer, for he'd seen 'em when
they was almost raw. He is a wag, Mr..
Evarts is. He can think of more puns
than anybody. He Is reallya wit of tho
old school, but he is hard to shave, and
when you get lather up his nose his
remarks are almost cruel at times.
One day I was shaving a foreign noble
man i'm New York. and being in great
hurry ! rather suddenly lifted his nose,
when to my surprise it came off and fell
in the cuspidor. It was wax nose. such
rs Is frequently worn by the nobility of
some countries where the royal blood
contains other ingredients besides royalty,
and so had to put pink pomatum nose
on him till he could get up TO the Eden
Musee and have another one made. BY
my carelessness l learned afterwards that
l come mighty nigh breaking up the
match betwiXt him and real sweet little
American girl with good breeding and lots
of means but no noble blood.
The historical barber then powdered my
high, intellectual Adams apple and came
away.