The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-16
STORIES OF PRENTIS.

STORIES OF PRENTIS.
IF. L vandegrift, in Kansas City start
b1 Pr wn did gGod business on n the side
orators. One day a Pythian event was
on in town and local high grand was
ed to do a good JOE, but could not trust
HIMSELF to write it. So he appealed to
Mr.. Prentis." he said. .Tve got to
make Pythian speech tonight, but am
write it. Now here is our ritual for point
ers- Suppose you write it and I'll pay you
"All right; have them for 81, 50, S. SO
and on up: What kind do you want?
Wei. give me one for about 49," and
he planked down the money.
Once busy lawyer called upon Prentis
to write a speech for him. 1t was an inn
70 report it. Gerow was not aware that
Prentis had written the speech and upon
his return he informed him that it had
been a great meeting and good thing
for the town, but that the speech was
rotten, .wretched grammar and schoolboy
Prentis was greatly amused, but he
never told Gerow that it was his speech
and that he had received SIS for writing it.
Old Col. H c. Bull. who founded the
town of Bull City. which became Alton
after he died, was a regular customer Of
PTp bi fer soo Fourth Hgr of Rg 9Ta9Rs an6
long as he was commissioner Of the
0 0a Pesnt 500 q yer or Mrt
ing his report
Prentis knew nothing whatever of finan;;
eial management, and it was not until
after he married Mrs. Anderson that he
before this marriage an uncle gave him
a comfortable home in Atchison, and at
taxpaying time he went up to the county
treasurer's office to settle. The treasurer
wrote out the check for Prentis to sign,
and to the surprise of the officer Prentis;
after having signed the paper, walked
back down to the bank. and, obtaining
and paid his taxes in cash.
DO you ever forget anything, Mr..
was frequent visitor in the old days
of his delightful company.
Sometimes don't know where 1 put
my hat" he replied, and can't find it
The time was in Prentis' editorial ca
reer when he had a choice of subjects,
and protested unless, he was given the
he became Indifferent 81 used to work
for glory" he once said to friend. Now
l work for Saturday night
When Philip Krohn appeared in Atchi-
town tow " was in the throes of a prohibition
fight and Prentis wrote for the new
preacher a series of lectures on this sub
a savage arraignment of the saloon keep
Violence yfo lo in Atchi 9% but the lectures
made such a great sensation that he de-
did not fare so well in that town. how
ever. There was a rough house the
first night and Krohn was personally as
That's what man gets for writing
GOOD lectures Premtls sag b 10 Mr0n' ,nt
his peculiar smile.
When the first proposal of marriage
came to Prentis' household it was in the
form of a letter, and his comment was:
10 mi Cn 10 fS M
and I guess it is safe to let him have
her.
Wen, my child he said, is this a
steady or only one of a series?"
When Prentis went to Atchison to live
his first wife was living, and the first |
Amy chiidren?' he would be asked.
Yes; two little girls.
Children are so destructive. you know" !
So he went about town, day after day, |
claimed: Yes, two; but we could Kill
Them
every turn of the road.
Noble Prentis was careless in money mat |
tiers and improvident was wholly erro-
methods, but he was prudent and eco
nonical: His. earnings were carefully |
Portable competence to his family. His |
affairs were in perfect shape when he |
any man to have left less behind him for
others to do than Mr.. Prentis did
"A man once told me he was going to
lick the editor. What do you think of |
& Oh says /, may be you can lick him
and get off with fine of 81 and get 1t !
RENTED, but my friend says 1, what's
!. Don't you know; SAYS / H. that the the
p paiadium sn of 'i berty p anu ''
q Don't you know, my friend, that this
lie highway. to the next town, with a
shirt full of type, and borrow an old
dom's Clarion? What's the use, my
friend of licking the editor. when he can
are not married to your wife and your
children are idiots from birth and you
laid the foundation of your future by rob-
bling your grandmother?
9" Remember, says 1, the press is the
Of liberty, and gets. in all the way from
a hundred to hundred thousand ticks at
once ="
They nominated old Bill Bangs for
Il went along the street and met the
q What do you think of Bill Bangs for
:. He amt able said the town idiot.
Then I met the most dishonest man in
of Bill Bangs for governor?'
:. He He amt honest says he: :,
town and says: What do you think Of
Bill Bangs for governors?
. He drinks too much. says he
I dropped in on another man who sat
his piazza in his stocking feet, work.
ing his toes, and wiping his face with his
Says 1; What do you think of Bill
Bangs for governor?
- His habits are too careIesSv says he
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