The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-07-18
q Real Funny Story.

O,d Tim Linkns thn barber ofWabash Ave
nue.. Chicago is a great stndent OF provcrblal
rhiIosoDhT, and be sometimes cntert2lns hl3
crstomcrs. In the interval of 4 'Gcr&pc' or
'' haircut. by his apt Applications OF the well
known proverbs OF the pas: to the conditions
or requirements Of the present. Hia regular
customers know his strong point, and many
man who apparently goes i'll for shave, Is
really IN search OF rest in q cosy chair, and
has a desire to hear Tim" hold forth pro-
verbally. Ono day last week q stranger came
in for shave, and ss he stretched himself
wcarily in the chair. Tim prepared to lssher
him. The man incidontiy remarked that h9
had intended coming in earlier in the day bu'
had been prevented. "Wcll. it's better late
than never" said Tim. smilinsy. mot al
ways" replied the stranger. slowly. How
about losing your pocketbook l never lost
one until yestertiay-neyer did. but l would
sooner have kept 1t. Now, why was 1t better
for mo to loso it late than not at oil Tim
acknowledged that he was wrong and the man
continued Don't know what l would have
done in my predicamont. only an old acquain-
tsuce Of mine on the Lake front let me have
twenty to 60 on with. All, Clipped In
lin. that was good A friend in neei is q
friend indeed" mo. he isn't snappod tho
man who was being shaved. There you're
dead wrong again. How can friend IN need
be friend indeed? have good many friends
who are always in aced and thev arc a nuisance
tome. Always on tho borrow. Tim thought the
problem oYer in his mind aud reluctantly ad-
mittcd that the man YVES right. Hc had al
most made up his mind not to speak a%aIn
wncn the stranger consnaad, "Ics SIR, they
are nuisances. Why, one OF them fellows has
been calling on me for the past year and
threatens 20 &c: even with me som" way II |
90 not loan him fifty dollars. He threatens
ne u: every visit" "Oh. | wouldn't mind
rha. rcp!!sd Tim uncOnS"iCusly. ''you know
tle old ad:Se y barking dog never bEe,.
..,Ihera voU are again said the shavce " a.
hs wircG q little la:he- from the corner OF
his month. SAY. wha: GO You know a0out
,iogs anyway. that you talk in sn'h silly
s,rIir? Have You over vcp;urCd TO 60 too
c.osc TO a barxinG dor.-and i. You did, what
lid he do to YOU DID You ever know bark
az dog tina. d;dn t bits ii he got the chancc?'
sim said he con Gn't e.ac!ly call to Elind any
canine acquaintance tha: strictly fulfilled til"
lain in tao proYerb. and there was silence
,cr n few n NUTS while Ills razor was gliding
over the mans fa;a. Then the barber smiled
20 himself az no b"thouGht him o. a good JOKE.
Il suppose" he said aS lie applied III" bay
rum. u suppose yoa don't believe IN the bar
hers proyerb a. ail?" Whats that ?; asked
ne stranger rising. Two heads are better
;han one" answcred Tim. "0f course You
can l.ll(lcIolAhta NEN FhSy 49, ''. a.
but know you would like TO say they wouId
bc bad for man with the headnhe Or
Nothing OF the kind, put in tho other, sniIl-
ing. One OF your proverbs, at least, IL right.
happen TO know tina: two heads are better
than one" "Taen you don't object to that
I'D aiag2 2" Not u. all. 1t il dead right.
Aud | would THANK YOU very much Il yo1 have
any stray Lion heads at hand-those taken
rom tho Lion Coffee wrappers. Ny wife Is
collecting them and she il about six shy OF
rlc number required to &C: Ladg's Cold
Watch. You see in this case two heads ar
better than emo, and twenty are better thar
ten" Just So added Tim, checrfully, "bu:
YOU sce my wife Is doing the same thing. and
expects premium in a few weeks. So to her
also, two heads are bester than one. ''Nc!l.
in that case, said the stranger, rs he rald
Tim for tho shave and prepared TO depart,
you had better tell Four wife to do tho sams
as m.no IS doing. Save up the Lion heads
until after September lst next, when the new
Premium Lis: is issued. Then if che sends
them to tn, Wooson Spice Co., Toledo, Ohio,
she can have her pick of some very choice
OESsgutS.