Daily Kennebec journal., 1890-05-20
BACH CLUB GOSSIP.

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.Appearsncs often eauss gfeAt intusoee
TO he dene.- vss the RaEson's comment -
the remarks which sevefsi nenbefs Of -
club had been mskisa. The talk ~ beea
about . certain fellow in toss tbs was con-
sidsxed under the average - fegsrds com
non sense till few days pfevious vheu il
was learned that he hsd received . per
tent on m inventi3n Of much merit
A. be sss known to nary Of our Bach
Club the matter vas naturally mep'iooed q
their meeting the other evening when the
Psrson found occasion for his aphofism.
These long arns Of mine once psssessed
siness Haa these hands nave ssen ssil ttlas
di.tn's come altogether rom e1pnUnding
Gospel texts and then poasding them into
the heads Of my bearers" continued our
brother Of the cloth Before | e.tered
the misissTy and vas rich Ia heath and nns-
Gle but poor in pocket. hired ont To drive
logs on the Maehias river. had been
brought ap to knos vhas such work vss
snd though By no means an expert. could
nevrrheisss do sork worthy Of good pay.
Just before leaving for our drive, the boss
being little short handed, bired . great.
sham bling fellow Who veuid weigh ss h asst
$50 lbs aad who was 30 awkward and
harmless looking that he very soon became
the but of the crowd. He took it all In
good part, however, but this only seemed
10 ine te The men 10 more mischief. When
the SCENE Of operations 10 reached and the
.aols are unlaaded all the men make rush
to get tie tool each likes best On this occa-
sion our big fellow STOOD looking on in
open-mouihed vondef while the scramble
sent on and after il wAs all over naturally
the only tool left was such . heavy and
poor one that no one wanted IT, Dan thst
vas the big fellows name. shouldefed this
without = murmnr and followed behind.
He looked 90 utterly unsophistica;ed that
the boss asked him il be knew how TO drive
logs WAL he replied, I've done more
or less on it in my life and guess can earn
my grub
During the Whole day be stood
thing and then he would do II but in such \
way that 1t seemed as though he didn't just
know how to 60 about 1t. The drst night
the boys made him sleep on the 'deekin'
seat but on the second he was given the
middle position in the long bunk With the
men on either side. 1t was evident that
mischief was intended. Pretty soon the
BIZ. fellow callsd OUT, i say, lay over
there you're cfowdin' me- That wAs
what was intended and still harder they
squeezed him on either side. Dan re
mon strated in vain. Finally he rolled over
like . huge porpoise and grabbing one of
the men next TO him threw him clear out
over the bunk and followed that up with
tossing out the man on the other side. He
was q veritable giant and the men apprecist-
ing the fact ceased from teasing.
The next day we were running some
rapids when = jam caught on . big rick
The men cleared it all away but the three
last logs but so far only did the men dare
20. The boss than turned with . laugh to
Dan who was standing in the background
leaning on his cant-dog and vigorously
ewing tobacco.
Hello. there, Dan, will you 60 out there
and clean o6 those logs?'
To the sstonisnment of all the great
clumsy chap ran nimbly out on one of the
logs, sad putting his immense strength to
use, quickly pry ed two Of the logs away.
when the one on which he was standing
whired around to the other side, and shot
down the rapids. But what Of Dan? Well,
believe me, that fellow rode that log %
calmly and easily as farmers boy would
the old cart horse to water. When the quiet
water below the rapids was reached, big
Dan turned his head and waved his hand
derisively to the men on the bank who
didn't dare and couldn't, if they'd dared.
During tie res of the drive there was no
more sleeping on the 'deekin' seat for big
Dan"
Your story Parson reminds me" said
the Doctor, ,"of a little incident that happened
in the town of ID where As young ph ST.
clan first practised, or rather spent slee pless
nights and anxious days longing for a
chance to practise. At the same hotel where
stopped was wealthy New Yorker who
took considerable interest in astronomy.
He often slept dsytimes Sud prospected
nights. Some of the citizens became
alarmed, thinking he might be New York
burglar. At length the selectmen Of the
town determined to interview the stranger
The landlord Of the hotel objected, saying
that he seemed a perfect gentleman, but
the selectmsn insisted, and at length he
up, and told him the selectmen insisted on
seeing bim. Show them up said the
gentleman. The selectmen came up. and
the chairman said they would like to know
Whist he was about and why he had come
to ID i have not the slightest objection
to telling you,' said the gentleman. The
fact is that committed an offense in New
York City end was sentenced by the court
q az months in Sing Sing State Prison or
two weeks in d. thought would rather
take ID. but, having been here a week, have
changed my mind aud concluded to go back
to New York to- morrow and tell them will
take six months in Sing Sing"
Taking of decetful appearances and
modest manners recalls little affair once
witnessed in a Chicago salooD," remarked
Sandy when the Doctor had finished. you
see, gentlemen, that being in bar room in
Chicago 10 much different from being in q
bar room in Maine. Well, the centre of
attraction that evening WAS Chicagoan who
his chin. being withal = little ugly, though
desirous of treating every body in the place
There we're seven men in there, and six
came promptly to the bar in response to the
call. The seventh was an old bum who was
half asleep, and the man with the red paint
slapped him on the back and yelled:
DO you intend to insult meT
.NawI
Then come up and drink with mel
Don't want any,
But you've got to drink or fight. Which
is III?
II guess I'll drink, but I've got q
headache and don't want it,
No matter about that; get up here
There were six glasses Of beer on the
counter waiting to cause untold misery, and
ss the old bum got up he reached for the
frst And Rnlped il down And then Aid along