Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-07-20
A MILLINER'S BILL
Saved the Breaking Up Of a Jolly
Gander Party.
'ne Joke on an Augusta Papa Professions
Represented in the Army.

Ihere was a bachelor who enter
tained a party of friends the other
night, and they INDUCED in a LITTLE
game of poker until it was very late
SO late that one married member Of the
party began to look anxious.
lie looked at his watch, debated
with himself for a minute and than
said, GO on with the game. I'll sit in
a little longer"
Likely to be somebody sittinp IN
1or you?" asked the dealer.
sure to be-" was the reply.
Possibility that the party who is
sitting up will be mad clear through"
inquired the player opposite.
Not only a possibility, but a GER
tainty," answered the man who had
looked at his watch, "and / don't mind
saying that if it was any other night
wouldn't dare stay another minute"
What is there peculiar about to-
right?' asked the dealer.
Ihe fact that | received this today"
replied the player, as he took an en-
Velope from his pocket and held it up.
Letter." they asked.
No; bill" he answered "Milljner's !
bill"
Il don't see---' began one of tn
others
Why It's simple enough" return "a
the man with the bill Cant yoG al
ways find something to kick abou; in
I: ,nilliner's bill?"
They admitted that they usually
could
Well. he went on, there's an item
for hat here that's all right. She
told me she was going to get it ana
what it would cost But there's an
other item of si35 for ribbons and
things that would give me a chance 10
make my roar. I'll turn loose the
minute | get in the house-before sha
has a chance tn say word
''Well?" they said.
We'll, he asserted, that will put her
on The defensive at the start, and then
III keep II up until 4 curtain lecture u
any kind Of a sarcastic reference to
TIE club is about as far from her
thoughts as We are from the Philip
pines. Just you show me man who
can't work out his own salvation when
ne once succeeds in putting a woman
on the defensive and l will snow you
man who has not been married long
Give me two cards, please"
y little crowd had gathered in the
recruiting office the other iI,', and n
tho crowd vas Captain H, W FAR
banks Of Bangor
Private LaFarrier was speaking Of
the matter of building steam engines.
business that he has been engaged in
to quite an extent.
so YOU are an engine builder are
YOU" remarked Captain Fairbanks
We'll there are men Of every profess
sion in the army. Perhaps you read
about the way that the Spaniards tore
apart one of their engines on the road
near Santiago. and threw the parts in
to the bushes. Our men needed the
engines. ana set about collecting the
parts. which they put together in a
very short time.
There are men oc every profession
represented. | remember during the
Civil War. when we were on the Red
River campaign. we arrived at a town
where We went to a printing office ana
got out paper during our stop there.
haven't copy of the paper but haV"
thought many times that | would give
a good price for one of them as a
curiosity"
Il noticed there was almost every
profession represented When the can
teen was opened there We're men who
had been bar tenders appeared from
about every company who wished to
secure the position" said one of the
soldiers.