The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-06-18
; :ICopyright. 1891. BY Edgar W. Nye.l

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is good town, but the hall where we
'sobligedr was not ysry pleasant one in
some respects. r. vas q partially re-
formed rink, with an oyershot stage en-
trance. We entered BY means Of little
side door, about eight feet above the
street grade, In q burglari0us way
stood on Mr.. Burban1a shoulders, and
after saving of the bolt Of the door we
managed to break IN Anybody who
can get into the stage entrance Of q
theater win generally have very little
trouble in getting into most any secret
Carthage is a very handsome and
thrifty town, with almost every indus
try contributing to It, from the seden-
tary methods of agriculture to the
healthful toll of life insurance The
rock ribbed earth is filed with marble
and beautiful building stone to which
there seems to be no limit. The quarries
are not even able to ELL their orders for
St Louis alone, and every farmer has q
zinc or lead mine back OF his barn. ]
have been told that half the lead and
more than half the xinc output Of the
United States comes from this region,
and yet above it all the earth is rich in
waving grain, the sky sheds health and
vigor, the climate is cooler in summer
than Minnesota, and In winter warmer
than many southern localities. This
opinion is given without hope of stock
I'm zinc mine or n choice corner near
the postofice at Carthage. Carthage is
the most versatile town have seen for
many a day. also showed there. The
popcorn privilege was sold at this point
for good price, and when the lecture
was over the floor was white with this
cheering bat Notwithstanding vegetable.
Il was also at this place that we had the
singular stage escape, which consisted of
q scuttle hole ut the back of the dais.
ence, dodge rafter over the door, and
scoot down o chute behind the American
flag, which served as dressing room.
IF You have never tried to look pleasant
at an audience while You had lump on
the back Of your head as big as the
bump of self esteem on the brow Of a
bantam, you cannot well understand the
effort required at such q time in order
to "oblige.
Yesterday met thrifty travelling
man with silver trimmed sample case.
I thought ] had seen him before, and 80
I had. He spoke to me. Yes, he said.
''you and met in Cleveland last month. |"
remembered it then. was sitting in
the reading room Of the Weddell House,
and this man was there. He was writ
ing letter. Finally he raised his head
and said, Glow do you spell choir-a
church choirr
I knocked tho ashes from my fragrant
cigar and said, "C-h-o-i-r."
'Thanks," he said; ''but Is it not also
"Oh, no. You are thinking of quire
OF paper" said. as T wiped my nice
new high hat with my elbow.
Possibly; but. you know, had the
idea in my blame fool head that q-u-i-r-e
was also correct for church choir. Are
you sure that q-u-i-r-e il mot admissible
for church choir?"
'sOh, yes, sir, said, as I wrote few
autographs for delegation waiting in
the anteroom- IL would stake my ex-
istence on it.
"WeIl, sir. am probably wrong, but
I am headstrong. and ! don't mind
losing twenty dollars--for lam Stand
ard Oil nan-just 10 find out, and we
will leave it to Webster"
s'Ali right, said /, wishing to buy q
spring overcoat, Of which was greatly
In need, Twenty dollars goes" / did
not notice the grammatical construc-
ton, however, at the time.
We got Webster. and then / saw
what had not saw before-that "quire"
was correct. I wish that I could sell the
knowledge have got for what it has
cost me. would take much needed
rest In Europe for eighty-five years. and
live well all the time.
Well, this man il now I'm the business
be told me. He has quit the road and
gone into this orthography business.
which nets him fifty dollars per day,
with the aid OF q young man who helps
him start the argument At least 1t did
net him fifty dollars per day. Possibly
after this ad. is published he may not
do so well. His idea, however, was,
when saw him, to make shout Sc, 900
in three years, and then live in large
feudal lime kiln on the Rhine.
At Dallas q travelling man the other
day almost broke up the hotel where
stopped He secured raw potato as he
passed by grocery store, and when he
got his dinner order he concealed his