The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
TESTING A MAN OF CAB.
The Cute Drummer Made Him Think Lin
coin Served Three Terms.

The Cute Drummer Made Him Think Lin
coin Served Three Terms.
Well down toward the front end OF
the smoking car sat four or nve men,
and one OF them was a man OF CAB
Not only that, but he was posit.y We
man, an aggressive man, decided
man. He was free with his opinions
and beliefs and one listening TO him
got the idea that he was the sort OF
IA man who believed he was dead
right and was wiling TO put mp his
cash in defense o. his opinion. OPP
posite me, SAYS writer In the Detroit
Free Press, sat a drummer for Gin
,cinnati house, and as saw him look
Iing over the top OF his aper and
apparently trying TO 81 c the man
observed:
"Dou't you like TO meet with a
positive man."
"Positive he blurted out. IL
can make him take water in five
minutes"
"Well, / don't know about that"
"Then I'll show you. Lend me
your handkerchief, please. Now, II
you can trust me, let me take what
small bills you have"
He took his handkerchief and mine
and made a wad." Around IL he
wrapped about $40 In greenbacks,
making roll OF doodle which he
could hardly put into his po'Ket
Then he nodded TO me and we went
forward, and alter minute he said
TO the man OF CAB:
Il have little wager with my
friend here. How many times did
Abraham Lin oln serve as Presi-
dent:'
Two OF course" was the reply.
'Are you positive?"
Certainly / am"
"Didn't he serve three?"
mo sir. What's the matter with
your"
The matter is, l think he served
there terms, and am II ng To bet on
1T. Come, now, how much have you
got that says he only served two
tefms?"
"How much? Why, man, I'll bet
you hundred TO onew
Put 'er up" said the drummer,
as he pulled out his roll / don't
want no such odds as that, just say
two or thret 10 one"
II don't want TO rob YOU" replied
the man OF CAB, with his hand in his
po ket
"Put 'er up? Here's a thousand
TO two thousand that lays you're dead
wrong!"
"Tll-l'll take you even for $500"
"Put 'er up. Money talks" howled
the drummer Il say three terms,
and here's the long green"
why, man, we all know that"
I'VE don't. either! You say two
terms and say three. 1 offered you
even money but I'll do better
Here's a thousand TO five hundred.
Select your own stakeholder"
lit doesn't seem as IL / could be
mistaken" mused the positive man.
"Put up / say" shouted the
drummer, as he waved his Doodle In
the air. "I'll go you thousand to
two fifty that he served three
terms"
"Well, it may be possible, OF course,
but Pm so sure OF il that"
"Then put up! Here's thousand
to two hundred!"
IL guess | won't bet We are all
liable TO be mistaken. you know, and
perhaps IL was three terms
/ The drummer and | walked back
and sat down and lighted fresh gars,
and aS he returned me my property
he said
"You see, you don't want to size a
man up too quickly. There are posi-
tive men and there are men OF CAB
There are aggressive men and there
are men OF rag When you can't
tell the difference try my way. When
you shake a big roll at man one or
two things Will happen. Ii he's a
positive man down comes his cash.
II he's only wind mill on legs he'll
crawtsh. / could have blufIed that
chap over stone wall with a ten
dollar bill"
A Cleansing Fluid.
Two solid bodieS-one yellow, sui.
phur and the other black carbon-