The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-03-06
urrrFvo AZ FyrRoENcT.

a rather peculiar incident occurred
or. a ear in which I was riding out in
Iowa a few days ago" said one Of Chi
cago's commercial tourists. "On the
car was a lady and her four-year-
old boy. lie was u sweet, attractive
little fellow uud at once became the IA
vorite Of all the passenger. who be
slowed n great deal of attention upon
him. He wore a neat little fur-trimmed
overcoat. from which button had be-
come detached. As matter Of course
the button found its way 90 the childs
mouth. Suddenly the mother uttered
wild scream and the pae-eugsrs were
all greatly excited. The cLiLis face
lrrl.- pale. II had swallowed that but
ton The mother exclaimed that her
child was dying. There was no doctor
on the train What was TO be done?
In this emergency. as in most an others
there was some one capable Of meeting
it. While everybody else were wiring
ing their hands in helpless agony, one
man. who under ordinary circumstances
would not attract special attention,
was cool and collected. While the
other passengers told the mother TO
pound the child on the back. shake II,
stand II or its head, and other nom
sensical things, he told her TO calmly
wait a minute and all would be right.
Taking a piece Of string from his left
hand vest pocket he attached IL 20 "a but
ton-holc, which he inserted in the child's
mouth and induced it 10 swallow it.
There was q composed look on the
mans face that seemed TO assure the
rest Of us that ne knew what he was
about. and he certainly did, for when
he pulled the string and brought that
button-holc 10 our view again there was
the button IN IL, sure enough. In a few
minutes everybody was laughing and
chatting aEain. but the calm, quiet man
was looked upon as a hero for the rest
OF the Journey
WHY HE IUEs WINTER.
I'm glad winter is here" remarked
q ha1d-hcaGcd commercial man. ''GOu
can't imagine how the flies bother me
during the summer. IF II were not for
the fact that nay business keeps me
here believe Ia move to Labrador,
where the fly season is not so serious
an affair. ] am 50 constituted that ]
must keep my head cool. and in warm
weather 4 GO larc-lcadei as much as
possible. An artist friend Of mine said
be ecould paint spider On my bald spot
that would look SO natural the flies
Id not dare 20 come near 1t. At
fr-- ] laughed at the idea, but as the
season advanced and the flies became
more Troublesome 7 got desperate one
day and told him % paint it, He did
so. and you can believe II or not inst as
YOU like, but il fooled the flies every
time. The moment 7 would remove my
hat every fly IN the vicinity would start
for my head, but ilat as thcy were
about 10 settle down they would see the
spider and dart away IN the widest
alarm. But for all that the scheme was
not a success. for while IL fooled tho
flies L also fooled other people. Every
time I'd remove my hat everybody
would DE slapping my head with an
their might trying O. kin that awful
spider before IT had time to bite rae.
When Il lit my hat 10 ladies on the
street they would see the insect and
either shout murder or faint away.
And So / had b have II removed and
fight the 1lics rs before But ] tcll You
] enjoy winter weather and hope IL
win last 20 the middle ~ August"