Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-29

fear to forget it, and write it down in
tho nowadays inevitable notebook
date, place and sensations-quite, order
| ly and meth odically, as we were taught
| to do at school; and then, If we do not
| forget tho notebook or crowd it out
under tho necessary accumulation of
| them, we are able at any time to resur-
rect any recollection, and, if we have
been prolix, sensation and other
ct c@tera of data, at best often the with
cred or whitening specimens of a herb
arium. Thus life flows, depositing
within us an ever-increasing "batture,"
a vague border-land, our limbo of
things we arc trying not to forget.
Per contra, an insignificant occurrence
| there is no getting rid of; it is q veri-
| table crooked bono in tho memory.
Madam" said the hotel-keeper to me
tho day aftor my arrival at the Green
wood" Springs, you are going to have
a fellow boarder-Prof. Tubbs, presi-
don't of tho Male and Female College at
| Olympus. Prof. Tubbs is what ace call
self-mado man, and, considering the ma
| torial, think he has made a pretty
good job of it,"
as there nothing unique in this
world? Not even taste for out-of-the-
season visits to remote little watering
places?'
lilo comes to drink the waters for his
health" continued the hotel-keeper.
"LIe has chronic dyspepsia. Here he is
now, ma'am."
Tho material" was, concretely, at
| least six fcct two in height, garmented
in black broadcloth, the ample frock-
coat of which swung open over very
| expansive shirt front, which carried on
it's uppcrmost billow patented satin
cravat with patented pin in it. He
| had long, thin face, with something in
the way of beard over it, and his abund-
ant hair shono with a gloss which was
| n credit to it's author, whoever he was
He bowed with an oratorical sweep of
tho right hand, and said: Il am very
glad to SEQ you, ma am" sat down in
his place with careful thought of his
coat tails, surveyed tho squadron of lit
Ito dishes, which contained fractional
portions of what was supposed in these
regions to mako whole meal, and pro-
ceedcd incontincntly to take the Office
of entertainer out of tho hands of the
waiter in this wise:
Fried mutton, ma'am? I never eat
mutton. Some people can, but my taste
is delicate. My stomach is my weak
point, maam. AS an organ, it gets out
of order very easily. My wifo's stomach
is much stronger than mine, ma'am. !
look strong, but l am not, ma'am. |
suffer from chronic dyspepsia. l may
say"
Tea or coffee, sir?'
Coffee! always drink coffee,
ma'am. 1t is my only stimulant. The
orctically and practically, ma'am, am
total abstaincr, but | sometimes need
as many as four cups of coffee at one
meal My vito makes elegant coffee,
ma'am. | do not drink milk generally;
it is apt to produce bile in my system,
ma'am."
Eggs, sir?'
Yes, eggs. Eggs suit my digestion
very woll, ma'am; eggs Oh, of course,
ma'am, you can go. Do not let me de-
tain you, l cat slow, ma'am. Some
people can cat fast, but l can not,
ma'am. l take my timo over my meals
My stomach Certainly, ma'am- GER
tainly, l will excuse you," with the
same oratorical wave of tho hand, which
now held his knife.
Sitting in tho quiet and darkness of
this out-of-thc-way night and place, it
was pleasant to listlcssly track the con-
stollations through the trec-tops, while
thoughts camo slowly drifting home,
thoughts which had been on furlough
for ages thoughts which
!. ''Ah! hero you arc waiting for me,
: ma'am. Don't rise, ma'am; l have
q chair. Looking at tho stars, Ell?
Arc you any thing of an astrono-
NOR, ma'am? Astronomy is a very
pretty science. l am very partial to
astronomy; in fact, l am considered
| viz oh sc e.
now, she knows nothing about the stars.
- AS for me, ma'am, l have dipped into
pretty much every thing. l am self
taught, entirely, ma'am. am what is
called in these parts, ma'am, a self.
. made man, and l am not ashamed of it.
What did you say, ma'am? Oh, certain.
lY! goodnight, ma'am. 1t does not agree
z. with mo to rctiFe early, ma'am. Brain
workers, ma'am, arc night-workers.
am not an carly riser either, ma'am.
have told the hotel-proprietor so. My
T wife, now, is an early riser. My wife rises
! pretty generally about daybreak; bu
tho morning nap seems to be necessary
k. for my constitution. My constitution
Of ma am"
Hurry up, maam!" he called to me
le from the break fast able, as l entered
tho door the next morning. 1--WE die
not wait for you, ma'am. Waiting doe!
not agreo with me, ma'am, as told the
proprietor Of tho hotel. l rested only
tolerably last night, ma'am; suffered
6 from an uncasiness Of the stomach"
- Chicken, ham, eggs, buckwhea
q cakes'-tho waiter recited his litany
G dropping tho littlo dishes on the tabl,
=, like beads from his fingers.
IL II do not caro- for chicken, ma'am
- Some people like chicken; find it nour
ishing. My labors seem to require
stronger food. My vito likes chicken.
generally make my breakfast, MAJ am, o
ham - smokcd-dricd ham - and eggs
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