The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-09-30
THEIR PHILOSOPHY.
It's Easy Enough to Get Along In the
World If You Only Think 30.

It's Easy Enough to Get Along In the
World if You Only Think so.
A couple of men who looked as though
they had never been on the water be-
fore, met for the first time on the deck
OF one of the Fall River boats.
"Where are you going to-" asked the
first
I'm going to Newport; where are
you going to-"
I'm going to Fall River to look for
job, and if | don't find one there TIL
try my luck at New Bedford" said the
first man.
Il meyer knew you cou Id go to Boston
by water'before, murmured the second
man. do you think there S any chance
of getting sea sicl<?'
81 guess not" replied the first indi-
vidual, but what are you going to do
in Newport?"
'l'm going to try to get the position
of bathing master at one of the big
hotels. | weigh 500 pounds, and natur-
ally float like a cork You see the
weight that enables me to earn living
during the winter is just the thing to
crest of the wave of fortune
what do You work at during the
winter that makes your weight tell in
your favor?"
81 drive coal cart and am always
weighed with the coal What are you
geing to do in Fall River?'
so, I'm just going to look around to
see what can find in the way of light
employment DO you know anything
about Fall River?"
Nothing at all, but if you want to
know anything about Detroit, can
pour out the Information Wholesale.
81 suppose if was going to Detroit,
and wanted to know something about
it, it would be just my luck to run up
against ma n who could only tell me
something about the White mountains.
| suppose you are from Detroit, eh?''
81 used to be when | drove a Wood
ward avenue car"
''You are pretty stout for car driving
broke in the other: 81 should think
when going down hill it would be nee
essary to have a conductor as heavy as
yourself to stand at the rear end of the
car to keep it from topping over the
horses"
please don't talk in that unlsind
way, for am very sensitive. ! had to
weep little while ago when heard
man down stairs ask friend if he
thought the Fall River line weighed
me when | bought my ticket and
charged me so much pound for my
passage. | am very easily mortified
about my weight; at the same time
would not care to be as thin as you
are"
at is mere ma tier of taste" said
the other You can stand cold weather
better han can, and | can beat you
all to pieces crawling under bureau
to pick collar button out of crack.
What are you going to do if you can t
get work in Newport?"
81 dunno What are you going to do
if you can't find work in Fall River or
| New Bedford?'
81 dunno"
"The outlook is dismal Suppose we
step in and listen to the music and
drown our sorrow in it."
IAN right: but | could drown mine
better in a couple of good. hot greasy
crullers. wouldn't ask for coffee.
"And if could get a 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 a place as
this, amt it?'
eyes. but it isn't half as bad as being
| broke in the far west and having to
walk home through snowdrifts on a
railroad track
That's SO: there's nothing like being
satisfied is there?"
Nothing"
| 'Thcn let's be satisfied"
IAN right
| And wen go and get drink Of ice
water and try to imagine it champagne,
| ch?"
That's just what wc'll do"
And away they walked, and drank
each others health at the cooler, and,
in imagining the, water champagne,
proved that they were possessed of the
happiest imagnations on ali that float
| ing palace Detroit Free Press.
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