Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-26
TALKS By The WAY.

telL Tie touca CT 4OktAc4el Ua1s-
sad dry goods man yesterday: we
shall 90 very large business tbs spring
u all the I'D cations are not Iiiuslse.
For the past Ies Gays tie sunshine las
llyltsd the shoppers out N fail force
and taey have s.s.Led the store, not "a
tGo's. bat u tours and sHarms. shop
peFs do not buy freely. They do not
come with that end IA ylew. they
come 10 get the styles. the cOlOrs, the
ne. Hear4ngs aud the novelties. Tie
newspapers give them an idea OF what's
u be seen, and when once their curiOs-
ny Is satisfied, they become valuable
advertisers for u.s. On, yes; Ne take ex-
ira pains 10 snOw the profess onai shop
per everything she desires 10 see, and
count il no loss. It's rather an invest
ment. To illustrate: Yesterday lady
came n and asked Ia see the latest N
spring sultlngs. BY actual count We
unto.ded aud opened seventeen bolts OF
dress goods. Did she buy? Not yard.
After critically examining them all she
bought q spool Of twist and departed.
IL was a good investment for Us, for she
will certainly tell her Immediate friends
what beautiful line We show, and
possibly she herself will call later and
make a purchase. on, yes, indeed, we
welcome The shoppers" Everybody Is
IN touch with the qulckened tone OF
trade. The grocer, the baker, the ice
men aud peanut yender all bear BEAM
Ing countenanees. Even the under
taker smiles grlmly As be notes the
spread Of the "grip" and may be heard
TO exclaim business IS booming"
NIsIrAriox.-A crowd had collected
| excltedly about the gates At the union
depot yesterday afternoon when the
/ blaze was discovered on the roof.
Calmly and unconcerrsdly the old
| lady who vends metropolitan papers
strolled along crying, Chicago Papers!
New York papers,
"Say, old lady. don't you see that the
| depot IS ali on nre?' sala bystender,
seeking 10 excite her.
THAT don't worry me any. my good
man." she replied. The whole
world IS gong TO burn up one of these
| days. It's visitation of Providence.
l Chicago papers. New York papers"
| she called out in her weak, trembling
| voice, and passed along.
at would be good thing if the old
! trap did burn down" SAID another,
''and then perhaps new depot would
be built that would be credit TO the
| town."
Chief Engineer Johnson, of the G.. r.
q l., was questioned about the new
/ depot idea. "Well, II would certainly
be good thing if we did have a hand
somer one, but we are not ready TO
| have it just yet. We have talked
about 1t for some time, but just how
near to realization the plan IS, 1t is I'M
| possible TO state just now"
REFoRMArIoS-Two plainly clad men
were INDUCING themselves in that COM
| plant which has grown TO be very
much OF chestnut about the difficulty
OF poor man entering into the King
| dom OF Heaven, as the churches are
now run, when Il third one joined them.
| After listening silently for a while, the
| last mentioned man exclaimed: al
| think you hardly know what you are
| talking about. notwithstanding the
universal opinion To the contrary, there
Is not u church in this city IN which a
rich man enjoys single advantage
| over poor man. The church is the
ideal and actual democracy Of the worli.
| IL the poor man abdlcates his rights III
the church, he mas no more reason to
complain OF the way things are run
than has the rich man who abdicates
ms rights n the caucus AID in the state
/ The riches; man III the city has no more
! power TO rule 81. Marks Church, for
instance, than has the member who
works IN the factory. All that the
/ poor man has to do is to go and take
what belongs to him. For instance,
/ the annual parish election at St. Mark
| Church Wi. occurnext Monday. Ii safe
To say that not more than 20 votes will be
east, but they all Will he the votes OF
the elite OF the church. Now il you
poor men are honest in your complain
lngs, what should hinder twenty-slx of
you from gong up and taking posses
SION of the church and e!ecting your
own vestry? The qualifications fol
electors IN the church are much SIM
pier and less burdensome than those oil
| the citizen. Reforms are never accom-.
pllsbed by talk only" The two work.
| ing men admitted that they had never
looked ut this matter IN that way.
| REsTGSATIoS-Sweet and clear as the
tones of falsetto foghorn came the
1 1oN4sh VI Ihtlhiicl sweeps NdiOtt.
| 1t was borne on the balmy spring
breezes and fioated through the open
window 10 the ears OF q thrifty house.
wife who had just finished house clean.
| ing. The house vas IN order from eel
/ lar To garrett and il needed but the hand
of the chimney sweep to complete the
| work. She was at the door IN an in.
slant and the man stopped. lie was 4
foreigner and could not understand heI
orders, and before che could stop him
| he bad mounted to tEe roof. She i'm
! plOred him To descend and stop up the
| Hue holes IN the rooms below, but dis
| regarding her appeals ne commenced
! operations and went through the
| chimney like dose OF castor oil. The
SCOT poured out into the rooms Just
cleaned. sitting over the freshly painted
| wood work and new laid carpets, unit
| the iady's rage knew no bounds. She
| rushed out INTO the yard aud began &c
screech ct the sweep, but his soul wa,
| entranced with his own muse; his eyes
| were rolled hesvenward and he neithei
/ saw nor heard until nc was ready L
/ descend. Then the walls OF her wrath
/ were uncoTked and she poured forth A
/ flood of scoTn that would have scared
! any ordinary man out of the ward
The fellow viewed tho wreck and run
I he had wrought, with a placid smile
and held out hls hand Tor his pay
/ Just then rival sweep came howlInc
down the street. TINS one could talk
United states, and he was engaged e
clear away the wreck. He did 40 and
! received pay for the whole job, snc