Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-12-27


-nood ones. were Iney r asKru rtei0-
ing.
Three Of them were good In the ordi-
nary sense. and one of them might per-
hnps be considered gooi JOKE by ons
who was not vitality Interested Yon
know our old man Is good fellow and
treats ,is lhrruly. bnt still u IL 80 natu-
raj To Try to yet an increase NJ snlary on
the iirSt of The year that the hopkkpepcr
and the bend salesman aud | thought IL
would d. pu harm to try to get raise
ont ~ him. 81 we laid n little scheme.
Nhrn tho rNSli Of business VIVA over. we
wrut iniu his private room IN single hlr
mud snmtch in military form. 80 ms rs
show That what we were doing was half
q Joke and tie couldn't get mad about it
"'WciL what have you go' on your
minds 2 said the old man
1--WE have been making somc New
Yeuiis resolutions said !. and We
thought we would like 10 tell you abuut
them.
"'Firp away said rhP old man.
"'During the pust year, snhf :, ! have
managed To Introduce considerable Jisc-
oline into the management Of the 'Alire
staff. and have resolved To keep mp the
good work aud get things running Us
yearly perfectly as possible during thw
coming year.
-"'And l.. said the hnokkceprr, have SO
improved NY system Of working that
Nuvc resolved 10 keep the hunks during
,he next year without making single
mistake
"1'uring the past year said the head
salesman. T. have increased my sales ~
per cent and have resolved during the
next ypnr 10 increase them 10 per cene
more
"'Guod.' said the old man. Let us
shake hands ON 1t. and will make
New Ycnr resolution ton. In the past |
have frequently caused Dissatisfaction is
the office by raising one mans salary
without raiVing another and | have re-
solved that during the next year aud o
| villninous twinkle came into sts eyes
to refrain from raising any salaries
When She general laugh subsidized.
! Hague remarked:
Though | have heard Of many New
Year resolutions. have seldom heard OF
one being Kept. but one occurs to me
just now You know | WIS born and
brought up in a Scotch settlement, ana
you also Know that the Scotch have
many peculiar customs. Though they no
longer have chiefs in this country, they
/ have wise men who are looked up To by
| all the community and asked for advice
| In times of trouble. To one OF these n
poor woman went in great distress. Her
| husband WAS II famous wrestler. the
champion of the whole settlement, but he
had failing for strong drink. and when
the New Year came round, when Scotch
people are in the habit of making calls
and drinking to one hnothers health. shc
feared he might start out on one of his
terrible sprees. She took her troubles
a . NIt..
matter to me.
~ few ,Says later McNab, the wrestler.
received message Stating that great
wrestler had arrived from Scotland WHO
had overthrown every une with whom
he had ever commended ami that McNa5
'couid find him at the huuse of the wis"
man. McNah accepted The chalrngA,at
once and weht Ia seek lis opponent. =
"'Nhnur Is the wrastler?' he inquired.
Let me get hold of him. aud III break
his back
"rhc wise man smiled and set a bottle
of Scotch whisky On the table.
""Thpre. hp said is the only wrcstiev
know Of that can overthrow you. and
as | was afraid you might msr, him
while going around at the New Year
thought | would warn you.
AT first McNah was inclined 10 he an
SrE' pnt' ren'ih'ns ~ 'tu.n V. w
puN'' Ne picAeu UP wy u"'tn wii" "''''
on nnWeruu. t"'s' o'oSr III W."
lhcre' ne said; nave nr"Neu w
wrastlers back. .and no one can say t'us
he can ever overthrow me nsaln Ahu
that Sew ear reSol'I,ion Mas Arp',
were kept" said Fielding, land the con
sequences were sud. ! once had several
chums VINO we're AMBITIOUS on. lpu''isiN'
and talk about the great tn'hgs tney
nGpeu 70 ~" one Mn aS, un v,n INV, 'c coIi