Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-10-08

important" and important as it is, we
fear to forget 1t, and write it down in
the nowadays inevitable notebook -
date, place and sensations-quite order
ly and meth odically. as we were taught
to do at school: and then, il we do not
forget the notebook or crowd il out
under the necessary accumulation Of
them, we are able at any time to resur-
rect any recollection, and, IL we have
been prolix, sensation and other
ct cetera of data, at best often the with
cred or whitening specimens of herb
arium. Thus life flows, depositing
within us an ever-increasing "batture,"
q vague border-land, our limbo Of
things we are trying not to forget.
Per contra, an insignificant occurrence
there is no getting rid Of; it is veri-
table crooked bone in the memory.
Madam" said tho hotel-keeper to me
the day after my arrival at the Green
wood" Springs, you are going to have
a fellow-boarder-Prof Tubbs, presi-
dent of the Male and Female College at
Olympus. Prof. Tubbs is what nee call
self-made man, and, considering the ma
t>Ttal, Think he has made q pretty
60 ID job of It,"
us there nothing unique In this
world? Not even taste for out-of-the-
season visits to remote little watering
placesT'
HE comes to drink the waters for his
health" continued the hotel-keeper
"He has chronic dyspepsia. Here he is
now, ma'am."
The material" was, ooncretely, at
least six feet two I'm height, garmented
In black broadcloth, the ample frock-
coat of which swung open over very
expansive shirt front which carried on
its uppermost billow patented satin
cravat with a patented pin in it. lie
had a long, thin face, with mething in
the way Of beard over IL, and his abund.
ant hair shone with a gloss which was
a credit to its author, whoever he was.
He bowed with an oratorical sweep of
the right hand, and said: II am very
glad to see you, ma am" sat down in
his place with careful thought of his
coat tails, surveyed the squadron Of lit
tie dishes, which contained fractional
portions OF what was supposed in these
regions to make whole meal, and pro-
ceeded incontinently TO take the Office
Of entertainer out of the hands Of the
waiter in this wise:
Fried mutton, ma'am? ] never eat
mutton. Some people can, but my taste
is delicate. My stomach is my weak
point, ma'am. AS an organ, 1t gets out
Of order very easily. My wife's stomach
Is much stronger than mine, ma'am. I
look strong, but ] am not, ma'am. 7
suffer from chronic dyspepsia. I may
say"
"Tea or coffee, sir?'
Coffee! always drink coffee,
ma'am. IL Is my only stimulant The
oretically and practically, ma'am, am
a total abstainer, but some times need
as many as four cups of coffee at one
meal. My wife makes elegant coffee,
ma'am. ] do not drink milk generally;
10 is apt to produce bile in my system,
ma'am."
Eggs, sir?'
Eyes, eggs. Eggs suit my digestion
very we'll, ma'am; eggs Oh, of course,
ma'am, you can go. DO not let me de-
tain you. l eat slow, ma'am. Some
people can eat fast, but I can not,
ma'am. take my time over my meals.
My stomach Certainly, ma'am-- GER
tainly, ! will excuse you,' with the
same oratorical wave of the hand, which
now held his knife.
Sitting in the quiet and darkness Of
this out-of-the-way night and place, IL
was pleasant to listlessly track the con-
stellations through the tree-tops, while
thoughts came slowly drifting home,
thoughts which. had been on furlough
for ages, thoughts N>ich-
"Ahl here you. are waiting fer me,
ma'am. Don't rise, maam; have
chair. Looking at the stars, eh?
Are you any thing of an astrono-
mer, ma'am? Astronomy is very
pretty science. ] am very partial to
astronomy; in fact, | am considered
right much Of an astronomer. My wife,
now, she knows nothing about the stars.
AS for me. ma'am. ] have dipped into
pretty much every thing. | am self