The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-10
Philosophers Both,

A couple Of men who looked as though they
had never been on the water before. met for
the first time on the deck Of one OF the Fall
River boats, says the Detroit Free Press
where are you going tor" asked the first,
I'm going to Newport, where are you goinRf"
"rm going to FAN River to look for a job, and
IL don't find one there I'll try my luck at New
Bedford, " said the first man.
II never knew you could 20 to Boston bv
water before" murmured the second man, do
sickY"
81 guess not. " replied the first Individual "but
what are you going to do in Newport
I'm going to TRIP TO get the position Of bath
ing master at one OF the big hotels. weigh
| 900 pounds, and naturally float like q cork.
You see, the weight that enables me 70 earn a
living during winter is just the thing 70 pull me
through the summer on the crest Of the wave Of
fortune"
What do you work at during the winter that
makes your weight tell in your favor?'
II drive coal cart, and am always weighed
with the coal. What are you going to do in
Fall Riverf"
20, I'm Just going to look around to see
what can find in the way Of light employment,
Do you know about Fall River?"
Nothing at all. but if you want to know any
thing about Detroit l can pour out the iDforma-
tion Wholesale"
II suppose if l was going to Detroit, and
wanted to know something about it, it would
be Just my luck to run up against a man who
could tell me something about the White noun
JAlLls! L suppose you are IrO n D6CFOlLs
II used to be when l drove Woodward ave
nue. car"
You are pretty stout for car driving, broke
IN the other. II should think when going down
nil 1t would be necessary to have a conductor
as heavy as yourself to stand at the rear end
horses
Please don't talk in that unkind way, for I
am so sensitive. had to weep a little willie
ago when heard man down stairs ask a
friend If he thought the Fall River line weighed
me when bought my ticket and charged me 50
much a pound for my passage. 1 am very
easily mortified about my weight; at the same
time would not care to be as thin as you are. g"
1T is a mere matter Of taste, said the other.
you can stand cold weather better than can,
and can beat you all to pieces crawling under
bureau to pick a collar button out of a crack.
WHAT are you going to do il you can't get work
in Newporti"
Il dunno. What are you going to do if you
cant get work in Fall River or New Bedford"
II dunno"
"The outlook is dismal Suppose we listen to
| the music and drown our sorrow In It,"
''All right; but I could drown mine better in
a couple OF good, hot. greasy crulers.
wouldn't ask for coffee"
And If l could got cup of coffee wouldn't
ask for the crullers. But I'd rather have plate
OF beans than both. It's awful to be broke in
such place as this. amt it!"
Yes! but it isn't half as bad as being broke
IN the far west aUd having TO walk home
through snowdrifts on the railroad track"
fed, is theTef"
Nothing"
Then let's be satisfied"
IAN right"
And we II go and get drink Of ice water
and try to imagine it's champagne, eh?"
That's just what well do"
And away they walked and drank each 9TH
err health at the cooler; and, in imagining the
water champagne, proved that they we're pos
sessed of the happest imaginations on all that
floating palace.