The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-08

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his health was not very good and the
room was very close indeed, but he
spoke on bravely till, like the Clover
club, Erin Prairie had made all the
remarks it had to make, and then it
simmered down. When he closed he
got a hand or two, and old nan
with thick red fur down the outside Of
his throat and a medicated flannel
lining to his mouth said as he shook
hands with the young speaker:
Mr.. NOye, ye done dom well wild a
dom poor chance, and be CORY ye
must not judge the town by the dom
hoodlums and roof skoof and Hoon We
Hoons and ragtag and bObtail that
was here tonight, for be CORY it was
not what We moight call a riprisinti-
tive audience at all. livery mon in
Airin Prairie that had a dom bit of
sinse Staid at home"
IN Ohio We had to wait over at rail
road crossings several times for two Or
three hours in order to connect. This
is a very tiresome job, and so we must
always hunt up a billiard room and
wear out the time by playing pool and
billiards. Pool in Ohio is not an ex-
pensive game, especially at the
ings and functions. We had to wait
two hours at one junction, so we went
to the hotel, got u coats, checked
and then went to a temperance billiard
hall, where at the cigar counter they
used a natural gas we'll for cigar
lighting.
The tables were rather old and had
been slept on a good deal too much,
and the cushions moaned when the
ball struck them, and the cues needed
new tips, and the floors needed concen-
trated I've and a freshet.
We played eight games in two hours,
for which we were required to pay
forty cents, or five cents per game.
When this was done the proprietor
gave us sixteen cigars.
"They are pool CIGARS" he said.
1--WE give them, two for a game, here.
They amt imported cigars, but u
fellers smokes 'em quite a good deal"
So we got sixteen cigars, eight games
of pool and went away. There being
three of us, it came to 49, cents apiece,
and no charge at the hotel for check
ing our o~vercoats. The cigars were of
the salaratus blond type, with real
iute filler. If one is careful not to tip
the cigar up SO as to let the works fall
out he can smoke one almostu up. They
are domestic cigars, and have
had the benefits of travel. A few more
of them would cure me of the appetite
for tobacco and put me on the platform
as a worker against its use. But later
I find that they are not composed of
tobacco, so we must not be unjust.
Noticing recently that Manager j.
N. Hill is getting or his broken leg
again, reminds me of a. incident which
took place some years ago when a
young man in the balcony at the
Standard theater seemed to be just
full enough to court investigation and
call for his enemies to come forward
and get killed. You have seen that
style Of jag which yearns for some
thing to crush and mutilate. It gener-
ally finds several of those before it gets
through.
This young man sat with his hat on
and rested his broad, intelligent feet on
the seat in front of him. When the
usher asked him for his check he told
him to get out or he would beat out his
brains with a damp towel. Oh, he was
a coarse, bad man, and the usher was
a pale, slight girlish figure with pompa-
dour hair and an Eden Musee dress
suit.
The bad man looked around over the
house and babe the show to open up
and turn loose. He was temporarily
in possession of the house, and glad of
it. Let her go; we're all in! Ring
her up, and damn be the first Teller
that says 'Nuffr"
Pretty soon a visiting pastor from
Maine sat down in the seat in front Of
the tough gent from Avenue A and
gently asked him to take down his
feet, as they annoyed him and sort of
chafed him under the arms.
The bad man smiled at the good man
and sort of tickled him under the arms
with the toe of his boot. I'm here,
elder, you bet your sweet life; ats
swat's matter. / come in here and I
set where l just by gosh happen to
want to-. Reserved seats no object to
me. Where [ set down in my reserve
seat. Seer"
Just then the visiting pastor from
Maine gathered the massive feet, n