Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-09-05
VERY HARD TO FIND.
An Enthu-iastIo Man From Cleveland Runs
Against a Man From Buffalo.

An Enthu-iastIo Man From Cleveland Run.
Against a Man From Buffalo.
A tall, solidly built man. wearing a
checked suit of clothes, wide brimm"'l
traw hat and look of serene content,
stood leaning against the desk in the lobby
of ali up town hotel
After a time he began to talk to the clerk
He had loud ra-ping voice, and what he
said could be henrd all over the lobby. I'm
from Cleveland he rasped, Cleveland,
Ohio. the city that is knocking the sp' Is
off Of Buffalo. Greatest city in this com
try, with more natural and artificial aivan
tages than any other town in this country
Cleveland -
Excuse me- broke in little man with
n percale shirt and n rel band around his
hat. Nv hat place did you say you're FROM
"ClevelHud. replied the solidly built man,
turning 10 the little man-"Cleveland,
y hi o, the ,ovelest and the best place in
lhe United States"
'Clevelands" unused the little man,
"ClevelandS Some little place named after
The president. don't doubt"
Named after the PRESIDENT" snorted the
solidly built man. Not on your natural
existence. Was there before the president
got through wearing short clothes VIII bt
there after he's been dead a million years
Greatest town in this country"
strange" unused the little man again.
that | never heard of it. Name seeing kind
of familiar too"
"Sayl' gasped the other, "do You mean
to stand there and say that you never heard
of the biggest city in oh 10, the city named
Cleveland, capital OF Cuyahoga county ard
The most prosperous place of its size on the
footstoolp"
Cant recall it now, and I've had pretty
good education in geography too"
why, man, it's only $50 miles from
here"
"Aw, come OFF, said the little man, scorn
fully "You can't make such bluffs as that
around here. Any of you gentlemen evei
heard Of place called Cleveland, or he
asked, turning to little crowd of bystand
ers.
Everybody looked serious, and each man
said that be knew Of no such metropolis a.
that referred to by the solidly built man.
By this time the Cleveland man was hop
ping about in frenzy. Why he shout
ed. ''you blamed Buffalo men let your IN
fernal prejudice against our city go so f,r
that you forget it is the proper thing to tell
the truth"
Huh" said the little man. you make
Us tired Coming around here and making
bluffs about A town called Cleveland
There's no such place on the map"
Nv hats thatt" gaspcd the solid y
built man. NO such place as Clevela' i
On the map' I'll just bet million ceti
dollars that Clevelaud'a on every map tha,
can be produced in the city of Buffalo. N1i
IN the map? Why, you people are simTi,
doddering idiots"
The little man laughed In an irritating
manner. Say" he said, ''I'lI tell you whit
III do. I'll just bet you s25 that Cievg~
land amt on the map"
The solidly built man lived down IN biz
pocket and pulled ont a wad Of bills. Is
peeled off two tens aud five and laid then
down on the counter The little man Coz
cred the deposit.
Now" shouted the solidly built man
prancing about like bowling dervish,
''produce your map! Bring on your map
Show it to me. I'll make you think Cleye
land ain1 on the mapl I'll just abort
swipe that 81 Fetch on your map
The little n'an pulled a map out Of hi.
pocket and spread it down on the dess
Find Cleveland. A." he said simply.
The solidly built man looked at it for q
minute and then blurted ont: why, yoA
sneaking little reprobate, this is map q
Africal OF course Cleveland amt on it,"
Well said the little man As he scooper!
in the money, you didn't specify whist
map you meaat, did you?'
And the sniidly built man had to az
knowledge that he didn't. Buffalo ES
press