The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-10-09
Wards Words

J, The structures given in last Weak's TLsskDS
9relative to The Portrait and BiogroRicaIS
, Albums of Shiawassee and Clinton countess
was mildly put and tho the dog may be
dead. propose, ike the lrlshman who was :
found pounding dead dog, on inquiry as;
10 his object said that he proposed to show
iiim ''that there was punishment after
DEATH"
On coming into my Office one day fonn,J
white ljvered, slim legged young chan
sitting at one of my tables with writing
material la hand. j ought to havetaken
him then by the slack of his pants and coat
collar and flung him into the street for his
nlpudence. He inquired if answereypto TO
my name, WHICH | admitted that 5i<i.,
Then he began popping questions at ME
and was fool enough to answer them with
out fee or reward, and he began to tear off
page after page of my family history. gOjnv
back to the third and fourth generations of.
myself and wife's family until he absolutely
covered the table with manuscript. He
wanted. to know If itch was prevalent i'm nv
grandfathers family and il he was subject.
to fits, shortness of breath, or chronic diar--
rllo@, or if he fought i'm the war of 1872
If not. why not? Did my great grandfather
land on Plymouth rock and if had piece,
Of the rock9 Then he traced my wife's
family history back beyond the revolutions
they fought on. That graveled me some
but | had ''come to be amused" at the impu-
dent devils gall. The he ceased from his.
laDors and gathering up his Ms. commence
cd to inform me OF what an elaborate and
magnificent work they were about to put
out respecting Clinton and Shlawassee
counties.
''Do you expect to print any such mass of
as you have here written in every
casew ''Oh, yes, more too"
Well, Of course the little boy lied. That
was what he was here for. Not one-eghtlr
OF his talk with me ever came out and what
did reach the surface was mixtlre of a
few Facts and the balance was drivel. Why,
when | read it the first time, l blushed So
that it sci the book on fire and ! had to- put
it out. Enough was printed however, such
as it was. Oh. shade Of Lindley Murry.
A few weeks after, q fat faced, oleagen-
Ous, sleek LOOKING liar slipped iuto my Office
for the purpose, he said, of having me COR
rect the proof Of my biography, and he was
supple about it too. Instead of giving it me
10 correct he ratified off that scraNl with
more than lightning a!acriIy and when he
got through there was just a buzzing sound
left i'll my ears-nothing else and had to-
think that it was correct.
Then he began to talk portrait and the
honey and butter seemed to drip from his
mouth. He was in no particular
hurry then, and he told lies enough about
the people who were going to have their
portraits included in the work to make the
book burn from spontaneous combustion.
Well as / had q weak desire to have the
people OF Shiawassec and Clinton counties,
with whom had been acquainted so many
years, have something in their homes that
would frghten the children into quietude,
| cOnScnted--under the repeated declaration
of the man that fifty dollars charged for the
portrait should include the book, but there
was no writing to that effect. There is
where the Chinese cheap labor came in.
Well, he went away with honey dripping
from his raimCnt aud the other day man,
whose face reminded me OF the portraits of
Capt. Kidd found his way into my Office
and presented me with the book and a.
couple of notes. There wasn't any honey
about him. lie apparently was of the earth,
earthly and smelling of the material. He
meant business. lie was stranger and
knew nothing OF the liars who had preceded
him.
II was evident that | was like the man
who went down from Jerusalem to Jerico,
so paid the extra Sl5, with as good grace
rs could muster. 1t was not the amount
but it was the manner of being defrauded.
Like the fellow WHO did not object to being
kicked, but hated to have man go behind
him TO do it,
Those books at $50 including the portrait,
would leave a large margin for the publisher,
so that subscribers can understand about
what their profit is. However IL they are to
be written up in such q detestable manner
as This one. who would want them?
About twelve years ago similar drop
was come on these two cotnties; eau IL be
that we are especially gullible? There is q
horrible suspicion hoJering around the
thought
Iaingsburg, Oct. 3, 1891.
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Mrs. Geo. Sprinkle invites you and your 4
friends to call and see her fine millinery
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