The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-19
VERY HARD TO FIND.
An Enthusiastic Man From Cleveland Runs
Against Man From Buffalo.

An Enthusiastic Man From Cleveland Runs
Against a Man From Buffalo.
A tall, solidly built man, wearing
checked suit Of clothes, wide brimmed
straw hat and look of serene content,
stood leaning against the desk in the lobby
of an up town hotel.
After a time he began to talk to the clerk.
He had loud, rasping voice, and what he
said could be heard all over the lobby. I'm
from Cleveland" he rasped, Cleveland,
Ohio, the city that is knocking the spots
off of Buffalo Greatest city in this coun-
try, with more natural and artificial advan-
tages than any other town in this country.
Clevelandh-
Excuse me-" broke in a little man with
percale shirt and a red band around his
hat, what place did you say you're from"
cleveland, replied the solidly built man,
turning to the little man-"Cleveland,
Ohio, the loveliest and the best place in
the United States"
! "Cleyelaudf" unused the little man.
tCleveland? 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 Will be
there after he's been dead a million years
Greatest town in this country"
STRANGE" unused tho little man again,
that never heard of it, Name seems 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 Ohio, the city named
: Cleveland, capital of Cuyahoga county and
/ the most prosperous place of its size on the
. footstoolf"
+, Cant recall il now, and I've had a pretty
good education in geography too"
why, man, it's only $50 miles from
here"
= law, come off" said the little man, scorn-
i fully. you can't make such bluffs as that
around here. Any of you gentlemen ever
: heard of place called Cleveland, or" be
asked, turning to a little crowd Of bystand
ers.
Everybody looked serious, and each man
! said that he knew of no such metropolis as
that referred to by the solidly built man.
BY this time the Cleveland man was hop
ping about in a frenzy. why" he shout
ed, "you blamed Buffalo men let your in
fernal prejudice against our city go 30 far
that you forget 1t is the proper thing to tel
the truth"
Huh" said the little man, "you maxi
us tired. Coming around here and making
bluffs about q town called Cleveland
There's no such place on the map"
"w-h-a-t-s that!" gasped the solidl!
built man. mo such place as Cleveland
on the mapi I'll just bet million colo
dollars that Cleveland's on every map tina
> can be produced in the city Of Buffalo. No
on the map2 Why, you people are simpl.
doddering idiots"
The little man laughed in an Irritating
manner. Say" he said, ''I'll tell you wha
I'll do. I'll just bet you SIS that Clevt
land amt on the map"
The solidly built man dived down in hi
pocket and pulled out wad Of bills. II
10 peeled off two tens and five and laid then
down on the counter. The little man COY
cred the deposit.
Now" shouted the solidly built mar
10 prancing about like n bowling deryisl
produce your mapl Bring on your MAJ
l. Show it to mel I'll make you think Clev'
" land amt on the mnpi I'll just abou
swipe that s25l Fetch on your mapl"
le The little man pulled map out of h
al pocket and spread it down on the desl
"Find Cleveland he said simply.
O. The solidly built man looked at 1t for
j. minute and then blurted out: why, 20
sneaking little reprobate, this is map
u Africal OF course Cleveland amt on it"
WELL" said the little man as he SCOPE
in the money, you didn't specify whG
8 map you meant, did your"
~ And the solidly built man had to a
= knowledge that be didn't. Buffalo e.
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