The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-11
THE JOYOUS PLUMBER.
For Once Only He Ran Against "a Very
stubborn BOY As slant

For Once Only He Ran Against "a Very
stubt orn BOY Ass stant.
From the Kansas City Star.
This Is the story of the tanning of the
Journeyman plumber. The journeyman
plumber was the best of his kind in
town, and was much sought after by
boss plumbers. AS one of them de-
scribed his talents: He can sling more.
material into a job in the greatest
length of time than any man in the
business" But the tourneyman plumb
er was. with all his talents, a hard
man to keep employed on account of
his Feasibility. His temper was short.
er than a rabbits tail, and he TOOK
out his Indignation and his headaches
and rows with his wife on helpers.
"A helper to a journeyman plumber is.
youth who lays out tools, holds pipes
hands the journeyman his solder and
his soldering iron, and who carries
back and forth the journeyman's bag
of tools and his furnace. He is a Jour-
neyman in embroyo, and the first thing
he learns is implicit obedience to his
journeyman and not to be too swift.
Plumbers call him "cub" and kid"
This particular journeyman abused
his helpers. When things went wrong
he usually caught his helper by the ear
and swatted him. The result was that
the helpers returned to the shop andl
told the boss they lacked the talent for
plumbing and quit. As a result the
available helper timber was rapidly be-
coming exhausted.
The boss plumber did not wish to lose
! his journeyman. but he was almost at
the end of his list of helpers. Conse-
quently he thought. After much labor
he produced an idea. He went down to
resort kept by professor" II was
dingy place. with a sloppy bar and
hy-specked mirror on one side and a
row of barrels on the other The walls
were covered with boxing gloves and
highly-colored pictures of men in fight
ing attitudes. AS the result of a con-
ference between the boss plumber and
the professor" a stunted youth, very
broad across the shoulders, was called
, up.
| Il want a boy to learn the plumbers
| trade" said the boss plumber. ,I1t..
well, you'll have to guess again."
said the stunted youth. There amt no
money in it. Maybe four of five a week,
Ell? / can knock that out of the punch
in bag in here see?"
He meant that he could earn IS a
week teaching half-baked sports to
punch the bag.
TN give you $3.50 a day to see how
you like the plumbers business" said
the plumber.
IN go ye." said the stunted youth.
The next morning the stunted youth
4 appeared at the plumbers shop in over
f alls and a little round cap with a peak
He was told to go out with the jour
neyman plumber. Together they went
to big vacant building to set up an
iron pipe. They were sent to the va
cant building that there might be no
family there to be shocked should any
thing occur. On the car the stunted
youth endeavored to become acquainted
with the tourneyman, but the Journey
man was sullen and the acquaintance
stopped.
When the building was reached the
journeyman said: Scatter them tools"
The tools were scattered about, so that
when one was NEEDED some little time
i was consumed In picking IL out. The
pipe was several inches in diameter
and the game was to pile one joint up
on another and solder IL there and so
TO the top of the building. The pines
were heavy and four times as tall
as the stunted youth. AS a result il
was difficult for him to hold them up
straight. At last the journeyman, who
was on a ladder soldering. looked down
and said:
"Gol darn We. If you don't hold that
pipe up straight I'll come down and
bend your face"
At this the stunted youth dropped the
pipe and said; IAN right Come down
and bend me face" The journeyman
had never been talked TO like this be-
fore. and he came down
When IL was all over the journeyman
went home in a carriage with a man
holding his head in his lap. The stunt
ed youth walked back to the shop.
Say" n said 10 the boss. I'm too
strong for the plumbin' business. Guess
I'll quit"
why. what's the natter" asked the
boss.
"oh, that guy We sent me out wild
started TO bend me face. De docs