Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-05-03

fear to forget it, and write it down in
the nowadays Inevitable notebook
date, place and sensations-quite order
~ and methodically, as we were taught
TO do at school, and then, If we do not
forget the notebook or crowd it out
under tho necessary accumulation of
them, we are ablo at any timo to rcsur-
rect any recollection, and, If wo have
e1een prolix, sensation and other
at cntera of data, at best often the with
ered or-withering specimens of herb
.arium. Thus lifo flows, depositing
within us an cver-increasing "batturc,"
n 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 the hotel-keoper to mo
che day after my arrival at the ''Grocn-
wood" Springs, 'you are going to have
a llow-boarder-Prof Tubbs, presi-
dent of tho Male and Female College at
Olympus Prof. Tubbs is what ace call n
seif-mado man, and, considering the ma
tcrial, Ithinl he has made q pretty
good jobof it."
'FIs there nothing unique in this
world? Not even a tasto for out-of-the-
season visits to remote little watering
places?'' a&1. Be-. -
E.Ho comes to drink tho waters for his
health" continued the hotel-keeper.
-'lIe has chronic dyspepsia. Here no is
NOW, ma'am." ...
Tho material" was, concretely, at
least six feet two in height, garmented
In l,Iac1y hrnodclnth tho aro,o1p frnpk-
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. Ho
had :. long, thin face, with something in
Shc way of beard over it, and his abund-
ant hair shone with q gloss which was
a credit to its author, whoever ho was.
He bowed with an oratorical sweep of
the right hand, and said: 81 am very
glad TO see you, ma am" sat down in
ais place with careful thought of his
coat tails, surveyed the squadron of lit
flo dishes, which contained fractional
rpGrtions of what was supposed in these
ss.rgions to make q whole meal, and pro-
.ccedcd incontinently to take the Office
of entertainer out of tho hands of the
rwaitcr in this wise:
Fried mutton, ma'am? l never eat
mutton. Some people can, but my taste
IS delicate. My stomach is my weak
point, ma'am. As an organ, it gets out
0G order worry easily. My wife's stomach
IS much stronger than mine, ma'am. !
sook strong, but am not, ma'am. /
suffer from chronic dyspepsia. may
cay" -,
s'Tea or coffee, sir?" n
Coffee! ,,- l always drink coffee,
ma'am. 1t is my only stimulant. The
oretcally and practically, ma'am, am
n total abstainer, but sometimes need
AS many as four cups of coffee at ono
uncal. My wife makes elegant coffee,
ma'am. / do not drink milk generally;
it is apt to produce bile in my system,
sna'am." .....-r
Eggs, sir?"
"'Yes, eggs. Eggs suit my digestion
very we'll, ma'am; eggs Oh, of course,
.zna'am, you can go. Do not let mo de-
aain you.a / eat slow, ma'am. Some
people can cat fast, but | can not,
zna'am. / take my timo over my meals.
.My stomach Certainly, maam- GER
ssainiy, will excuse YOU" with the
ssnae oratorical wave of the hand, which
NOV held his knife, g.l,E ...a..
Sitting in tho quiet and darkness Of
1his ont-of- the-way night and place, it
was pleasant to listlcssly track the con-
sseiiations through tho troe-tops, whilo
thoughts came slowly drifting home,
thonghts which had been on furlough
foc agos thoughts which
"Ah! here you are waiting for mo,
sna'am Don't rise, ma'am; have
n chair. Looking ut the stars, eh?
Arc you any thing of an astrono-
TDer, 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
1aught, entirely, ma'am. / am what is
called in these parts, maam, self
made man, and am not ashamed of it.
aNhat didyou say, ma'am? Oh, certain.
9v! goodnight, ma'am. 1t does not agree
with mo to retire early, ma'am. Brain
ryDrirers, ma'am, are night-workers.
aam not an carly risor either, ma'am,
Riavo told the hotel-proprietor so. My
wife, now is an early riser My wife rises
pretty gcnerally about daybreak; bu
tho morning nap seems to DO necessary
FOR my constitution. My constitution
a'am-" rr u.
"Hurry up, ma'am!" he called to me
from the breakfast table, as i entered
che door the next morning. I'VE die
mot wait for you, ma'am. Waiting doc
not agroo with me, ma'am, as told tn,
proprietor of tho hotel. rested onl,
aoicrably last night. ma'am; suffered
from an uneasiness of tho stomach" %
"Chickon, ham, eggs, buckwhea
caiIes"-the waiter recited his ltany
dropping tho littlo dishes on the tabl'
like beads from his fingers
T-L do not caro- for chicken, ma'am
Some people like chicken; find it nour
fishing. My .labors seem to require
stronger food. My vito likes chicken
generally mako my breakfast, rna' am, o
ban - smokcd-dricd ham = and eggs