Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-13
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Those Who have raeked their brains IN
vain 10 ee,leeige Of some remedy for the
persistent ploisIer On the musical instra-
ment next door will appreciate the very
neat nsanuer IN which hist As broad As 4
bill board was thrust upon one OF those an
noyinz would be-niasieians-
II vas IN a thriving MaEne village that a
harness shop rear door reiterated aln'cst to
the rear threshold of drug store. AROUND
the csrner if you walked by the street In
tf,at drug store xas a clerk with ambitions.
He hoped some day TO bid farewell to pills
and powders and hetake himself to The
pleasant ,,asiin,s Of playing the eorhet in a
country band His bump of persistehey
pse,Iaminstad over that of discretion.
Every bile moment he sought tine back
sioor-is was in the summer season-to
practice on hi. cornat. Tie workmen 10
TN. harness shop became sorely tried with
the din. Finally one OF them called out to
the drug clerk, Hare you any p'llEerizins
rosin2T
No, said the clerk.
We'll, / wish you'd palYerize half
pound for me-
The clerk laii dos that mali anani cor
net and repaired To the store To pnlNerize that
rosin. which By the way all paiserized re-
tails for an insignificant sum. consider ng
the labor involved.
In half hour or so that cornet was heard
again.
How much rosin did you palyerize, IN
CURED the harness man.
What vou said, half pound
Well guess, YOU may fix NE pound
Again 4 cessation of that eornet- In less
than half an hour II rasping whiezes we're
again heard.
fellow harness maker called ont. u
wish YOU a puIyerize half pound of rosln
for me, while you're about it" When the
proprietor of the drug store came back and
found that clerk sweating over the process
of pulverizing rosin, the clerk said I'D
like 10 know what in thunder those fellows
over in the harness shop want OF so much
paIverizcd rosin The proprietor knowing
the clerks would -be-nnsical prospensity
comprchended what was up aud told the
clerk. \ blissful freedom from sounds
that alright was enjoyed i'll that neighbor-
hood for some time to come, and the CLERK
could not venture upon the street without
being asked the price of pulverized rosin
They tell of a wcll-known citizen of Au-
gusta who got into conversation with one
of the leading lawye of the city over a
case that be thought of bringing in the
courts. The lawyer was very obliging aut
gave lots of good advice. A few days after
the man with the case went to another law
yer and when the case was tried in cour;
the facts leaked out. They male SO much
fun of the lawyer who gave the advice
gratis that he sat down and wrote letter
To the man charging him 5 for advice. By
some inadvcrtancy he omitted the decimal
point and the recipient of the letter thought
it was bill for 500. To say that he was
agiiated would be- drawing it mild. He
went, it was late in the evening when hi
got the bill. and woke up legal friend OF
his to consult him. He said why, that
was good advice and I'm willing to pay SIC
for it but think 500 is pretty stiff don't
YOU"
The friend comprehended the mistake
but kept quiet and told him to settle witt
the lawyer. "Go right to him and fix il
up" The dunnlng lawyer says he got
paid for his advice but whether it was 81
or so he received has never been di
vulged.
4 Young lady in this city wanted to leave
for Boston on the 6. so A. NJ. train one day
last week She lives quite distance from
the station 40 was called ut 30. ON arrir-
ing at the station bright ami early she
found she hal forgotten her gloves am
back after them she went She returned
to the station in time to see the rear of the
train going out With all her good byes
said she was obliged to wait till the 10 AN