Connecticut western news., 1895-03-21
CANAAN, CONN, THURSDAY, MARCH 21,

Snaggs Ioftily. By the way, Bremner, did I tell you what my boy said the other day when I took him to have his hair cut?'
 "No," said Bremner enthusiastical- ly. "Tell it to us, Snaggs-
 "Girls, put in Gregsby, 'don't have to have their hair cut. My little girl has the most beautiful of golden hair you ever saw. You've seen it, Sommers. Every one turns to look at her when she walks out with her mother. :"
 "Humphr' said Snaggs, with i'll concealed contempt. II was saying that took my boy to have his hair cut, and it was the first time that he had ever been to a barber's shop. A man was be- ing shaved, and his face was all over .ather. Without word the boy drew his hands from mine and bolted for home, running so fast that didn't over- take him until he was at the door. What did you do that for, you young rascal?' said
 "'Oh, papa he answered, if my face is going to break out like that, I don't want to have my hair cut Fun ny, wasn't it? He thought the lather was the result of the hair cutting. He's awfully quick at reasoning, that boy. ]"
 "Well, it seems to me that he didn't reason to a very correct conclusion. Now, my little girl was having dress fitted the other day, and she asked the dressmaker where the dress orchard was She thought that dresses grew on trees"
 ''I must confess that can't see much reason about that" said Snaggs spite fully, Eff you are giving it as an in- stance of reasoning against what my boy said of the man at the barber's. D
 "Reasoning?" hotly replied Gregsby. 1T never said anything about reasoning. It was poetical She thought dresses grew on trees, and that ribbons were the blossoms She told me so herself. And then another time she and her mother were conversing"-
 You'll have to excuse me-" said Snaggs, rising. 1T remember now that have an appointment at the club. l forgot it, Bremner, when I promised to come here with you"
 "Oh, don't go yet" said Bremner.
 
 said to the organ grinder.
 'Ah, yes," said Snaggs eagerly, ap- parently forgetting his appointment in the joy of narration. "Mr. Sommers didn't hear that one, did he? Well, one day an organ grinder stopped in front of our house.
 "I don't wish to interrupt" put in Gregsby, also rising, "but I promised Mrs. Gregsby that would be home al- most directly. I merely came over, Sommers to tell you that I could not stay tonight D
 "Oh, well," cried Sommers md Bremner simultaneously. rising and holding out their hands, eff you really must go, why, you must. l suppose.
 ''I am very glad to have made your acquaintance, MT. Gregsby, said Bremner as he shook hands and wished him good night, and he added: 1T wish you would come over some night and see me. My friend Mir. Snaggs here often pops in, and we will all get better acquainted.
 "And you, MT. Snaggs, drop in and see me, said Sommers. "You will be nearly always sure of meeting Gregsby here Come in often and have a chat. I have lot of boys myself, and I like to hear about them.
 'That man Gregsby is a blanked idiot" said Snaggs to Bremner few days after, "and give you notice that if he comes to your house won't"
 And as Gregsby said almost the same thing to Sommers let us hope that the acid of one neutralizes the alkali of the other. .-Idler.