The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-04
JIM HAMILTON WON THE bets.
Old Circus Man Sacrifices His Whis-
ISers and Hair for 100 Dollars.
From the Chicago Tiroas

~N GUS ""h S"cffhces HIS Whfs-
kers and Hair for 100 Dollars.
From the Chicago Times.
Cincinnati, o., Jan. 27.--When Jim Ham
ilton. the circus proprietor, went to his
Fairmount home Saturday night his wife
who came to the door, refused to let him
in and telephoned to the police that there
were burglars in the neighborhood. 1t
was ali on account of his whiskers. When
he left the house in the afternoon he
sported his well known coal-black mus
tache and imperial. When he rang the
door bell on the return trip his face was
as smooth as his hand, and his head as
bare as a goose egg. His own dog tried
to take a sample bite out of his leg and
the hired girl declared that he was a bad
actor she had seen at an entertainment
at Cumminsvile Even the wind on the
Liberty street viaduct, which had been
moaning and signing through the bunch
OF hair on his chin all winter, shrieked
and whistled in impOtent rage. Col. Ham
ilton and his business partner, Willie Sells
of Columbus. closed a number of contracts
Saturday, and in the evening sat down
to a bird and bottle" at the Stag Mr.
Sells jeered at the shining imperial and
scofIingly declared that Mr.. Hamilton was
afraid TO come out from behind the hair
and let people see what he really looked
like
TN give you $50 if you'll shave off the
Gilligans," quoth he.
Get the barber! shrieked Hamilton
"the $50 is mine"
In response to a telephone message a
barber came over from the Arcade shop
with a LAY out of TOOLS Squari1g him
self in his chair Col. Hamilton prepared
for the ordeal. The whiskers were soon
overlaid with an immaculate coating of
soft, creamy lather
"a hOffTa Of xt-fpa ha ,rvJ,fu
pered Sells to Col. George Campbell and
John i. Regain.
Splitting out Tnouthful of foam Hamil-
ton sputtered: Bring on the bot"
The occupants of the cafe laid down their
knives and forks and stood up to witness
the tonsorial operation. TFA barber
stropped his razor and catching hold of
Col. Hamiltons nose, deftly whacked away
the hair. In two minutes the circus man s
face was as smooth as a boys. Then he
reached out his good right hand and closed
it over the yellow-baeked $50 note. Next
he tossed off a glass of wine.
Bet you the cigars you won't let him
part your hair in the middle wagered
Sells. A wave of the hand set the barber
at this task and a fat and rotund per-
fecto was soon burning between Col.
Hamilton's lips.
amy other coyote around here want to
make any more bets on my hair?" de-
HldHQSu the WluueT dS ne LOyeu WIN a.
beaker- Of champagne. II have a little
money left, gentlemen. Make your bets"
Sells held a. consultation with his friends
and then came forward with a bet that
Col. Hamilton would not permit the bar
Der to shave his head.
Hell quit like a Gutenberg dog" said
the Columbus man as he reached for his
roll But he was mistaken.
rs the money up? 1t is? Then, bar
ber get to work 1 reckon old Jim Ham
ilton can stand off the weather with a
bearskin cap for week or two for S50'
Ten minutes afterward the gay and
dashing circus man looked like convict
No. 2167 in the Ohio penitentiary. But
he didn't forget to reach out and get the
crisp bill in the referees hands.
who says times are hard when man
can get a bunch of money like that for a
clean shave and hair cut?' he demand
ed
Then the other side realized that he had
the best of the contract But it wasn't
until he got home that he wasn't winner
all the way through. Il will take the fam
ilv dog at least a week to get on familiar
terms with him, and the policeman on the
beat will have to be instructed not TO
hold him up at nights.
The whiskers and hair were boxed up by
Mr. Sells, and to-day will be shipped 10
their mutual partner, John Hummell, in
Chicago. the parcel being marked 500
G O D." In the meantime Col. Hamil-
ton will receive sealed proposals for UNI
limited quantities of hair restorer' the
onlv stipulation being that it must give