The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-12-13
FUN IN BILL POSTING.
,hUMOR IN A BUSINESS WHERE YOU
WOULDN'T LOOK FOR 1T.

With Paste POt ana Brush-DeViiS anu
Angels Are Incongruously Mixed Up.
s.Post No Bills" Goes.
All trades have their droll aspects,
but that Of the billposter is one long
vista of fun. He may become an artist
comedian of the first order. 1t does not
require much brain weight either. An
old fence is his only arena, and his post
ers are his stock in trade.
His fun is but momentary, but it is
potent while it lasts. He acoomplishes
It by means Of the combinations he is
forced to make when he posts new bills
over the old ones. Some of the combina-
tions are very funny. Thus he is forced
to become a mirth producer whether he
will or no, but there are some among
the men who get their livelihood in
this manner who Intentionally place the
new bills where they will produce the
oldest if but momentary effects
The reporter watched one of these
knights of the paste pot while he pro-
ceeded to cover up rather flaming pic
ture Of his satanic majesty with bill
which portrayed a naval officer in full
uniform. The frst section put on was
the officers head. AS 1T lifted exactly
on to Mephlsto's shoulders the effect
was comical The next section brought
the naval man down to the bottom of
his coat. From short distance 1t APP
peared precisely AS though he was NIL
nus his neither garments and stood bare
Legged III the rislns flames winch en-
veloped him TO his knees Inc blllposter
chuckled as ne surveyed ms work at
,his polht anu ASKED th0 reporter Wil"O
ne e, 'liouSn0 u IL Wlill0 n' co''too 'i'o
o-l'oo- , ~ -,''i-o79 "1'-' {, p''-L u '-0~-
seLs ana SHOES.
Iho olliNosrer was Qo1Fo falkatlye III
ms way and sgoAs q It2 oroh slH9 OF
MS business. Lle 10 never occar 70
yoo' s@1o ne as ne l.c.-d ana sorted
so1-'o manning coIo-1o p@l-a -'L6plL1IoEy
10 p"SlihS lAelA CI 'l5 lehCe' u-u IL
never occE % Jou N-~V az Qua ana
amusing business inns Isl You 81" me
pu1 a un1iorln on 'he ooYll' onny'
WASH II! Wen IL WASH d patch 10
tne eHects proooceu sometimes. Ihese
Oils nave 10 DC chah9eo nearly every
week. anu the posters eeO hAeo up III
INC queeres' way. I've put Angels headS
on oeVlls anu ue'lls heaoS Oh Angels
I've put man Win dress coat on
~nere Dalie1 glri was SO Ina1 IL LOOK
90 as tnougn inc sklrts Drancned OUT
Deio" "here the coat was. -! le1t IL there
1or moment "hlie pasted other pllls,
ana quite a CROWD gathered around. "A
ponceman came along' ana nao TO Gov
OF IL up.
'Once had Salvation Army poster
TO put up, and when l pasted the top
portion of it over bill advertising the
play OF Julius Cesar the large blue
bonnet OF the Salvation Army girl tit
ted Caesar perfectly. 1t was too bad
had to spoil it."
You see that ballet girl on the fence
over there! l have got to paste this big
cat over it. Now watch me do it. p"
He took section Of a bill with the
head OF grlnnlng feline on 1t and plac-
ed it so that it fitted to the girls shout
ders. A halo surrounded the cats head,
and the whole affair had puss in boots
air about 1t that reminded one of early
fairy tales. Near by on the fence was
heroic size negro minstrel, whose i'm
mense teeth showed through lips which
stretched form ear to ear.
"Now see how will fix that fellow, %
said the man OF the brush as he got
ready bill on which q large tiger was
represented balanced on big blue ball.
Inc Tiger S position Was on the upper
part OF the poster. Inc hIst section fix
ed the ANIMALS head on the fence, and
with the next the body and feet were
pasted up. linen appeared curious ef-
1ect where the blue ball was to be
pasted the negro's face still grlnned,
but the tiger was now standing on top
OF the mans head.
"Ih@t, said the blllposter, lis what
call real artistic effect. 1t isn't often
an artist car create Samson IN almost
one stroke OF his brush ,
FOLLOWING his FASTING OF the tiger, the
man proceeded to put up bear. On the
spot where 1t was to go an overfat baby
held up package CT compound much
advertised Of late. The bear was built
up from the feet, which rested on
babv'e mock to77cbad the Same noint and