The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-08

Was to make the right connections with
dry ur dusty throat.
oh, sure q man was Uncle Jim, when come
election day
Bill Wilson couldn't get wisp o Whop-
pin load o. hay!
Fur didn't Heyville voters ring his name
In many cheer?
An hadn't promises been given with eVry
glass o. beerP
But" sighed Uncle Jim, as he heerd the
last returns, 49,
PROMISES aln't allus kept, as a teller
sO''''''''''' ''"'"' ]. W.
The old-tlme printer is fast passing
away-or course, he would pass away
when the trumpet called him, but it's
the type-setting machine which started
him on the road to oblivion; yet, the
devil we have always with us. He is
here to stay even unto the end of time.
He was, Is, and will be.
The type-setting machine Is truly
curiosity. 1t amazes by Its mechanism,
so nearly human in its workings, The
local newspaper Offices, especially during
fair week, are besieged by visitors anX-
ious to see cold lead fashioned Into type,
but the rura!ities are always accustomed
TO the devil-no reflections Intended; lts
your dweller OF the city who Is taken
back. For there Aoated Into the lntelli'
gencer third floor the other evening two
young married women, chaperoned by
the husband of one OF the aforesaid, ana
after they were shown how the machines
work, by the individual who has become
an automaton Just from telling people
how 1t Is, they gave way to the usual
"Ohs," and "Ahs." and departed. But
no sooner were they outside than the
husband asked his wife IL she had seen
the devil" She was 30 shocked at the
question that an answer was like Sheri-
dan, twenty miles away" on the car
conveying them to their loved Garden
Spot, he repeated the question. she
glared at him as much as to say what
she'd do to him after they got home
would be a-plenty. Still, he persisted,
to the amusement Of their companion, to
whom the devil wasn't total stranger.
once again the husband asked his In
dignant wife II she had seen the devil. Z.
AREN'T you ashamed Of yourself TO go
on this way in publlc?" She was breath
ing fast,
"I'm not foollng you, my dear, there's
n devil In that Office. It's stranger yet
you didn't see him, or that he didn't set.
tie with you for the way you treat me-"
The last shot was cruel, and the tenn
perature fell TO the bottom of the tube
In the meantime the car had crossed Il '
bridge. At the next corner a woman or
dered a halt "Now, get off here" she
\ 1. h,,o 1,a NJ Nup1 laIfg fnFn the
next car back to that printing Office. II
the devil passed you by, I'm sure he
won't bother me Come along" He
came.
He tried to explain, but It didn't so.
Maybe women are curious, for she was
determined to see'the devil with her own
eyes. But even with the two lively imps
the Intelligencer boasts of she wasn't
satistfed-at least the way she raked him
over the Goals as they were homeward
bound for the second time, foreboded
squally weather in that household for the
next twcnty-feur hours.
Every druggist keeps some Of the Gu
rlous notes sent him for medicine by
parents who use their children as the
messengers. Bad spelling predomln-
ntes In the notes, yet the senders order
drugs with the equanimlty Of an old
medical practitioner once in n while
they copy prescriptions from Dr.
Chase's, or some other book In which
they place strong reliance, and when
they attempt to follow the Latin, the
result may be imagined And as the
spelling OF the names OF drugs IL no
easy matter, II Isn't strange that many
stumble thereof
"Please give this girl stamps" reads
one note, land cents worth OF red
perslplty" Samples Of others follow:
zone box OF cause me lean"
give cents OF potash troches foI
drought, or something to clear the
voice"
please give bearer qulnne enough to
shntter coming numonyu."
give cents worth of eycdlne for n
gwnllcd jaw"
rosiyc Hubifmhtc, such as cross OF
supllmcnt," rose Of sublcmcnt," "chlor-
ate of sulplimptc," etc.
A suffering customer wants 40 cents
worth OF balsem frew for drawn n An
ger" Another peach" Is for "5 cents
worth Of cnmnmllo to make tea for a
little young baby"
Probably the best in n South Side
drug store Ia the following suspicious
note: please give the boy % cents
worth Of good WhIslic for sickness
A Parent"
Another customer after the same turn,
asks the druggist to wrap lots OF paper
around the bottle.
All little boys like to stay out late, tho
same an the old boys Many tricks are
rcRortod to to fool the august parents
hence the BcllRlfc father and monthor
were loathe to believe that their young
hopeful wanted TO attend political
meeting during the recent campaign
The little follow atcadfnHtly maintained
that ho wanted Ia hear the speech OF