Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-01
NAV AS A REFORMER
SHE UNDERTAKES TO CURE THE
ICEMAN OF DRINKING.

| tSEMAN Of OhiNhiN6.
And Poor Paw Is Compelled to Give
an Imitation of q Man Answering
the Query, How'd You Like to BE
the Icemans"
Awhile Ago the Dockter told NAV
She OF to Drink Beer to Bid up her sis
tum. But NAV sed She diden't bleeve
in Haven them kind of things in the
house Becoz thay mite git foxes in Bad
habuts.
SHAWL paw told Her. Don't Git
TO Be Crank. 1 Like to see peepui
gro old Graisful and not Have Lot Of
strange noshuns in thare he'd"
Nav looked Hurt But she Diden't
say nothing more, and the. next Day
the Beer Come. 1t Seemed to Do Nav
lots of Good if 1t only Would Of Lasted
longer, SO she told paw about it, and
He was madder than a purson what
gifts up to Let Bewtifull gurl have
bis seat and the man standin Behind
him sets Down Before she looks
around.
Nav thot it was the iceman or Sa-
dies Bo. and Sadie got mad when
nav spoke to Her about it and Sed she
wasen't agoin to Live at no place
WHARF people Didn't no How to Be-
have when thay was Talkin to ladies.
But nav rased Her wages q Doler a
weak and promised to make US ware
our Stockens and undershurts Longer.
so Sadie sed she would Give us anuth-
er trile.
Paw sed if he thot it was the iceman
He would make that gent Think a
fire was Bit under him. But thay
coulden't ketch him at 1t.
So nav got anuther case and, told
the Dockter about it, and the Dockter
says:
That's all rite. l no How to Stop
it."
So he give nav Some little white
powder to putt in Bottel what was
on the ice.
My grashus." NAV says, II Don't
want to poison nobuddy and Git in
trubble"
1T won't kill them." the Dockter
told her. They'll git Over it in Flu
ours, But after that don't think you'll
need to By so much beer"
Nav took it and put it In the Bottel
and thay was Cumpny come and She
forgot all about it till purity Late that
mite.
Then all of a sudden paw Looked
Shared and says:
Il wunder how it feels when people
Git the pendy Seetus?
Il Don't Know" nav says, II never
Had it Yit."
MY Hevvuns." paw Hollered. 81 feel
Like l Had Swallered Dunn Dunn
Bullet and it was beginner to Dum."
Nav run out to the ice Box anG
Looked in, and then She Come Back
and paw Looked Like if He was prack-
tasun to Be the Indy rubber man on
the stage, so nav says:
''Why, paw, amt you ashamed to act
that way Before yoor children? l al
ways like to see peepul Gro old grais-
full"
Paw unwound himself long enun to
look at nav purity sad, then he Dub
bled up agin and Groned and asst maw
why she Diden't Send fer the Dockter.
'Oh, Don't Bleeve thay are emmy
thing the matter with you," NAV says
whats the yoost purtendin that way?
l see thay are anuther Bottel Of Beer
gone, But Bet the one that Drunk
it'll Be sorry purity soon. The Dockter
give me sumethink to put in It."
WAS it poisen?" paw Hollered, with
the SWEET Hangin all over His forred.
'No," nav Sed, 'thay'n git over it in
a Flu ours. l wisht l new whether it
was the Iceman er not"
Paw he Crawled up Stares, given q
grone every time He took Step, and
when he was neerly to the top nav
says:
PAW
"What" paw asst.
"Ain't it nice to Gro old Graisful?"
Paw Diden't say nothin But give the
Dore Slam what neerly nocked the
olastern off.
Nav told the Dockter yistady that |
he iceman must Of sined the pledge
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