The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-19

, affects urban ways, fads and crazes, or
believes he does. He makes a strong
bluff at them anyway
The hotel proprietor and several others
are always glad when Mr.. Truax comes
20 town. Although he is sharp enough
| in trade or general business, he is not
near with his money, and manages, as he
expresses it, to hold his end up. He
loves to listen to good story concerning
city life. Occasionally he tells one
Necessarily the scenes of his narratives
are laid in the rural districts. During
MS late visit, which, by the way, had no
political significance, he said:
II caught up with circus chap last
summer In way that done me a heap of
good. AS rule they are pretty smooth,
you know, pretty smooth. I've got a
carriage shed which butts on to the road,
and the rear end O. it is pretty blamed
conspicuous to the travelling public. One
AFTERNOON l druv hum from Cap. Lar
son s and found a couple of circus men
gittin ready to bill stick the hull east
end o the shed what butts onter the
road. Fact is, they had the hindquar-
tiers of hippopotamus already plastered
up, and was jus preparin TO spread
more paste.
/ We'll, gentlemen, said 'whut YOU
tryin' to do to my shed?" Is that a bal
loon or a warshiP you've got there?
pipe of the circus push.
g You've hit it. 1 replied, with some
dignity. That air my shed and now
can't we come to terms about the price
for making a midway plaisance out of
my real estate? l don't know that
want any hoOchee-couchee girls on the
premises, and I'm pretty morally GER
tain the old woman would object
:" These haint hoochee-cOuchee pic
ho xy'To
logical pictures extaut. But speakin
about pay for usin' your shed, what's the
matter with half dozen circus ticke,s?
There's nothin small about Shout Ring
ers Mastadon European Shows and Gil
gantic Hippodronle.
9 Circus tickets won't do me-, / said
softly and bland like. Me and my old
woman don't never go to circuses. Shed
cut her right hand off fust'
. How does IS strike your he asked
after a few minutes reflection.
Il didn't say nothin' at once. hut kim
der Illuminated on the proposish. Mean
while the two men went ahead and
slapped on the fore feet and shoulders
of the hippopotanlus The big head, with
the red jaws, like dragons, was laying
In bundle on the ground. The men
made al bluff to paste that on TO the
aboGX. but-E stopped 'cn.
:: Hold on, gentlemen, l said, 1t don t
appear to me that l could let you have
space at that fgger.' ''--i's ',''.i
.. .Wh-a-a-a-t!' exclaimed the main
pipe, not for five d. p
III have to tax you $3.50 to finish
r that hippopotamus art gallery I said,
soft and persuasive like.
=" Then, b'gosh, we'll leave the hull
shootin match said the main pipe;
there's other just as good places for
show bills up the road
An, pull down what you've got up?'
replied.
Well, as to that, he said, its a
trif1e difficult to take down paper, be-
sides the waste. Do you insist on tip
I suttinly does, was my reply Sew
en- fifty or nothfn'
Then them two ruminated and the
upshot was the main pipe agreed to paw
the $3.50. So he went ahead and finished
up the hippopotamus. Then he siung out
lot of yellow paper and slapped on the
hind legs of spotted animal.
Hold on, my man. 1 again expostu-
lated; what's that animal?'
That's giraffe, he said in a kind
of surprised manner
Well, L answered, there wasn't any,
thing said about giraffes in our contract.
was there?
" That's the way 1 understand it, he
said
~ only mentioned the hippopotamus
art gallery
Well, perhaps we had better have an
understanding about this deal he said
petulantly. When | made a bargain
with you for $3.50 I meant the hull stand
or paper, or as much as this end of the
shed will carry
. Did, Ell? Well, my friend, was
only talking about APPROPRIATENESS
I've got some paper here of ladv
riders and female acrobats in tights
Likely enough you might object to them,
also
Then he laid out some red, blue and
green pictures of young ladies most scan
dalously dressed, and they made me re-
coil.
My friend, I said, while I might
not seriously object to them, what would
my old woman say If she was to come
suddenly out into the road and eaten
sight of them nude creatures?'
They are not nude, said the main
pipe.
They looR nude to me-, and L know
they'd look blamed sight Ahuider to the
old woman. Guess I'll ha@te F6Jtax you
SIS for the hull stand, as yek4s eeIfiit.i,.
" No. he said, positive like; wen go
back into some civilized country and
leave what we have put up for YOU to
do as you please with. Come. on, Bill
let's pack up and duck
You won't leave any of that paper
on my shed?' l replied firmly. at the same
time getting out of my buggy.
Il wont?' he replied in a hos lie man
mar; and who's going to stop us?'
am was my reply. This is nv
property you have been disf1ggerin' with
out my leave, and I'm a justice of the
peace. l can arrest you and have YOU
both In cote tomorrow mornin'. But n
you want to take all that paper down
clean off the shed and leave things inst
as you found them, well and good. Or
If you want to give me an order on the
circus treasury for fifteen John dollars
and dozen circus tickets, ali right.
You can go ahead and finish the stand
/ thought you folks didn't &c t. cir
cusos,' said the main pipe. sarcastic line.
Well, I've got neiehbors that do T
replied The upsbot was that the main
pipe drew me an order for the money and
tickets | knowed the order wc uld be
good for Shout Ringers Maste~don Eu-
ropean Shows and Gigantic Hippodrome
would never go to law with me over a
matter of SIS. | reckon tie main ripe
got turned down, however, by the man.
ayers, on account of the bargain he made
with me. Blu I never let's circus folks
or thea triral nepOle do me C5AotleC7eo