Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-11-18
AN ODD FRIENDSHIP.
i Sprung upin a Most Amusing Man
ner.
4 Hint on Arranging ior Alter Dinner Speeches
Other Items.

An odd friendship once sprung up il
Augusta between local doctor and
| travelling man. There was nothing 8.
very odd about the friendship. as ther,
I; was in the way that it was formed.
The travelling man was a cigar run
| ner, and he was in a drug store on,
| day with full line of samples in thei
boxes. spread out upon the showcas,
of the druggist. In walked the doctor
and, in his deliberate, off handed man
ner, looked at each brand Of the cigars
and after smelling and feeling of them
selected one which he proceeded t
light and smoke, without a word Il
anyone. The drummer was at first as
tonished, and then he grew angry. HI
did not swear and have a great timt
over it, but he endeavored to make the
doctor feel his madness by the way Of
sharp words.
Il hope you got good cigar, sir
he said.
Yes, it is fairly good one Not toe
good, though. Still.' unused the doctor
tasting between every word, Il have
smoked worse ones.''
The drummer was rather mettled
He produced box Of very high priced
cigars, and holding them out said in a
bitter tone: Here, try this kind, and
see if it suits you.''
The doctor coolly took out several
and put them in his pocket, thanking
the man and saying he would try them
at some other time.
The man was almost furious, yet he
controlled his temper.
All the while the druggist had been
watching the little scene with amuse-
ment, and at this point he broke in.
DIR. allow me to introduce you
to Mr.. Smith, a travelling man for the
So-and-So Cigar Company"
The Mr.. Smith bowed stiffly, while
the doctor as coolly as ever said, II am
glad to meet you, Smith. have no.
ticed that you have quite a little tenn
per in your make up"
Il will tell you what it is, DOCTOR
said Smith, who had now become
somewhat cooler. Il have met many
h,rf Of oil 7 hax
most GALL
They began chatting, and though so
very different in temperaments, soon
began to take an interest in each
others work. After the sales were
made the travelling man went to the
doctors office. where he passed few
hours.
Thereafter when he would visit the
city, he would go to the Doctors Office
as soon as business would allow, carry
ing the doctor a handful of his choicest
cigars, and no matter how busy the
doctor was, he would close his doors to
the world, while the young man stayed
with him.
According to local after dinner speech
maker, there is good way for arranging
the tables and the property of the room
on an occasion where there are to be
many speakers. At a banquet recently
one of the speakers complained that three
of the speakers, himself being one of
them, were subjected to very en-
barrassing circumstance. They had a
cock on a mantel over the toast masters s
head, and thus they knew how much time
they were taking. On the other hand the
other speakers were back to the clock,
and had no clock to face them and re-
mind them like a conscience. that they
had said enough.
'When / was a boy 1 was laughed at
and called countryman,' said an Au-
gusta man, at a banquet recently, "but.
l saved little money by putting it in the
savings bank, and l have now buried all
those who once made fun of me.
earned that first money by selling straw
berries and that first S. went into the
savings bank. 1t stimulated me to get
more, and country boy though was, 1t
was a great thing for me-this savings
bank.
'.Never make fun of country boy who
is doing his best to get along in the
world 1 was of a poor family who had
to have a tailoress come to the house to
make our clothes. l once had to wear a
suit whole year, that tne woman made
a mistake on, and made the suit wrong
side before When I started out, / could
not tell whether l was going to school or
going home"
Wesley Means is q steady, honest, hard