Telegram-herald., 1891-04-10
TALKS BY THE WAY.

ian yesIcflAs. iAc sASe - PS-
man telling a good story seemed stun
alng, bat attentive ears took Il N while
be talked. "You- see I don't want 10
give the name OF the hero, but you all
know him. Everybody does around
here guess. Well. a few days ago ne
mad a Tree shower bath. He Is mar
ried man, but Tor al that Is lover OF
the beauties OF nature as embodied IN
enhancing femlnlty. There'sseoaple OF
girls on JeffersoD-aye-, that he has been
admiring for little while past, and the
other day, Monday 1 think Il was, he
drove ap 10 see them tie got there IN
style behind his stopper, tied the MORSE
brushed ny on his silk tile, aud went
10 the door. IL seems that the man of
the house had taken a tumble as
they say, and resolved 10 do him up
As our dude pulled at MS door bell and
then pulled Al mis- whlskers 10 squeeze
the wind out or them, the man called
cut from an upstairs window Hello,
what do you wanE' Well. | don't
know a. It's any OF your business was
the reply. oh, didn't know but you
wanted this was his answer as he
turned Jar OF dirty water over the
visitor. The window slammed, the
victim Odd, you know, and left, and
he hasn't done anything SINCE"
| SHOE TRIcKs-"We have a new trick
of the trade" remarked shoe dealer,
yesterday, just as u lady customer swept
| lUftily from the shop, land | just
caught her on it," and he chuckled u
| low musical gurgle OF triumph. What
Is III Well, MS long story, but III tell
| IL To you short. In the first place, that
woman you just saw leaving, Is labor
! ing this minute under the innocent de-
fusion that she is carrying home A.
| shoe. She has plump and pretty tool,
| but there is no known process by which
| she can squeeze Il IN = shoe less than
| IN size. She demands A.. III we
| don't show 4! she leaves. We get
around the difficulty 10y privately
| mark ing all our shoes for sucn emer-
| gencIes, with a number that may mean
| SIZE or width ar both. For instance,
| her shoe WAS marked 49, which means
| Al III size and ID III width. When she
called for - It Was easy enough 10 give
I her the number, and after satisfying
! herself that IL was correct, no difficulty
was experienced IN making the sale.
| She couldn't wear a ~ shoe If she tried
and TO crafty that peculiar whim COM
mon to all women, We give her the cor
rect, glove-like tit, under the impression
that she was actually buying size
smaller"
| DIsGRACEFUL-IIon. f. NJ. Barnard
while talking over matters at Lansing
the other day said: Senator Wlsner
remarked the other day that the peo-
pie of Michigan do not pay the respect
TO their officials that is due to them. A
State officer is abused and branded as "A
liar on the floor of the Senate and harsh
things are said concerning the Official
! actions OF the States servants Why,
| over in Canada the commonalty dot
their hats to justice OF the peace.
| The people don't show as much respect
for the highest Office IN the State as j:
accorded to the humblest position over
there. It's disgrace"
ExGISE HOUSE WANTED-While the
crowd was looking over the ruins OF
the VanV orheis block the next day
after the fire one of the residents of the
South End remarked that the resident:
of that portion of the city ought to pc.
tltion the city council for an engine
house to be located in that locality and
he thought one would soon be started
A fire IN that portion could get con
siderable Roadway before the fire de
partment could reach the remotest
parts, and result IN an immense loss OF
property. This IS the greatest fire We
have had and it has set us to thinking
said he.
BARREL MAKING.-"Cooperin aim
what il used TO be-" remarked prac
teal barrelmaker Yesterday. "Time
was when we used to get up bar
from the rough. Hewed our stave.
from the bolt, got out hoops from the
log anu hewed and fitted our heads, bu
nowadays it's different. 1t used to bt
FER trade. now it's little better'r
common labor. The slaves are all cut
dried and jointed by machinery. Head:
are done the same way. Hoops come
already to slap on, SOS all man IA!
ter do IS to set up the bari, work it Of!
and put on the hoops. Yes; takes some
skill. but right kelly boy'l get tc
make BARI in three months tirle. WI
use nearly all kinds OF timber. Fol
sta-es elm and cottonwood are in the
lead, but we use oak. ash, cherry
maple, pine and sometimes hemlock
Heads are made of bass, pine and hem
lock and sometimes elm, but mostly
Eastwood. Hoops are made of ash fol
fiat hoops, hickory, maple and chest
nut for half-round and elm for THESE
ere new tangled patent hoops. What:
il worth TO make a barrel? Well, III
worth more'n we git. a man who
| makes twenty flour barrels IN day j,
dom well. lie ought To get shillin
apiece; but nc don't. How many's the
most n man can make? Dunno. Heard
that little fellow in York state made
2l0. l2-hoop, oak flour barrels IN 81,
days, 10 hours day. but that's pretty
lsg. They claim he made go frur
barrels. patent hoops. IN the same time
but guess that's "A lic."
| HkT-FrrTxG.-"it - utterly impos
sihle for person to place n hat on an
others head so tnat It will set satisiac
torily to tho owner" observed a hatteI
Yesterday ~ q customer was lcavn.
his store. "You may place his hat o.
his head with all the precision possible
and be will invariably give il an extr.
adjusting witch" The reporter az
sured hisn that he never had noticed
the fact. aud the batter proved h
statement &C. % true beyond doub
b. an actual Illustration. using to-
scribe as an example. The ha: can no
re placed on the head by another ;,
that IL viii TT comfortably TO to-
wesrer. He will move lt. and perhap
put L IN exactly the same position j
was before, bat # adjusted by his owT
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