The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-11-13
One Kind Of Fool.

Make lllGt the harvest OF orr NasS
10 ta!l within thy ways.
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One Kind OF Fool.
A Young 1aan with q plated watch.
chain that would do to Tie up q sacred
elephant, came into Denver b other
day from the East on the JnlesburS
Short Line, and told the hotel clerk
that he had just returned from Europe,
and was on his way across tae continent
with the intention OF publishing a book
of international Information. hehand
ed an oilcloth grip across the counter:
registered in q bold, bad WAY. aud with
q flourish that scattere the ink all over
the clerks white shlrt front.
He was assigned to 4 4Hiet room On
the fifth floor that hat bean damaged
BY water "a Few weeks before by tn:
Fire Department, Altar an hour O.
two spent ia riding IL an. down tho
elevator and ringing for things that
didn't cost any.li1g, he DIED his hair
and stroiled into the dining-roon With
a severe air and sat down opposite q
big cattle man who nev-r oiled his hair
or stuck his nose into otler peoples
busiue.a.
The European Traveller entered into
conversation with the cattle man. He
told him III about Paris and the con-
tinerit, meanwhile polishing his hands
TN the ts4olecioth AM eating everything
within reach. While he att another
Slau's dessert he chatted on gayl.v about
Cologne and pit Ell tha cattle man who
had t. stay ont Oh The b.e&k plains and
watch tha COWS while others padded
around Serice aid acquired mforma-
ton ii It foreign land.
At first TIC cattle man showed some
interest IN Eutors, bas after awhile he
grew quiet and dian'5 seem to en- .oy It.
Later o. the Ii. o3ctla tourist. with
soiled cliIs and auburn name. ordered
the walters around i'll 4 majestic way to
impress people with his greatness, tip
ned over t9e vinegar crIet INTO the sail,
and ate a slice # boiled egg out of
another mans salad.
Casually. q tall Kansas man, strolled
in. and asked the European tourist
what he was doing in Denver. The
cattle man, who, by the way, has been
abroad five or SIX times, and IS as much
at home in Paris is lie is il Omaha, IN
vest;gated the matter, and learned that
the fresh French tourist had been herd
ing hens on a chicken ranch in Kansas
for six years, and had never seen blue
water. Ee then took q few personal
friends to the dining-room door, and
they watched the alleged traveller. He
,ad Just taken a long refreshing drink
tom the finger bowl of his neighhor on
.ae left and was ct that moment trying
to scoop up a lump OF sugar with the
wrong end OF the tongs.
There are a good many fools wht
drift around through the world and
dodge the authorities, but the most dis
astrous ass that | know is the man who
goes West with $40 in his pocket
without brains enough to soil the mos
delicate cambria handkerchief, and trie'
to play himself for a savant with 81
much knowledge that he has to shet
information all the time to keep hi
abnormal knowledge from hurting him
Bill Nue.. in Detroit Free Press.
The Hog Ate Dynamite.
A gentleman remarked: "Talk abou
dynamite: / can tell you q true story O
What nitro-glycerine once did in on
State. It was out near Prairie dl
Chem, where they were blasting q Gu
on the Prairie du Chem division of til,
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Road
The contractor had several kegs Of til,
stuff in an underground place. On,
day q workman went to get some an,
Jeff the place open; by and by SOM
hogs came along, and one Of them slip
ped into this place where the combusti
BILE itself was kept, The hog found
keg open, and as glycerine is as swee
almost as honey the animal filled him
SELF. He came out by and by and 500
wandered into q stable near by belong
ing to the contractor. Tie hog 60
fooling around among the horses lin,
legs, when one 81 them drew 81
and gave Mr.. Hog a cool one. Til
conclusion started the business, an.
not a vestige. was ever discovered OF I'll
hog, Or a SINGLE horse, ot the stable
And where the stable once stood tllef
was a hole II the earth fifty feet dee,
and not more thar 40 feet jill e.resln7
ference" There is q gentleman il Hi.
city kneH.ae - t..iese facts. Nails.
(IFiS. 43etHttt. III.