Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10

stoiy Nv ILLS lIlScreenIS cHaTdCtsT DIS
completely as If they were written.in
so nanny wurruds, while tn artist
with wonderful malice has painted
onto tn face smile iy sickenin' silf-
complacency that is positively dis
gustin'. No artist iv our day has sue
ceeded so well in shown up tn name
ness iv tn people he has mugged. We
understand that tn atrocious Higbie
paid wan hundherd thousan' dollars
f'r this comic valentine. 1t is worth
tn money to ivrybody but him.
But Higbie don't see tn pa-aper.
He's over in Paris. TIL chimes are
rung, bonefires are lighted in tn
sthreets on tn Pannyma comp'ny de-
clares dividend whin he enters the
city. Theyse such demand FIR paint
that tn supply runs out an nanny
great imprishonist pitcher factories
is forced to use bluein Higbie ordh
ers pantins by tn ton, tn r-rilnnin'
foot, tn foot pound, tn car load. He
insthructs tn pitcher factories to wur
is satisfied. We follow his coorse in
tn pa-apers. TIL cillybrated Gains
borough that niver wud be missed has
been captured be Misther IIigbie, tn
American mllyioaire. TIL price, paid
is said to be wan hundred
thousan' dollars TIL pitcher
riprisints lady in a large hat
fondlin' a cow. 1t is wan iv tn finest
Gainsboroughs painted be TIL Gains
borough Mannyfacthrin' 'compny iv
Manchester. At TIL last public sale it
was sold FIR thirty dollars. Misthcr
Higbie has also purchased tn cilly-
brated Schmartzmeister Hobooma, wan
iv tn mos horrible EXAMPLES iv this
delightful painther's style, He is now
negotyatin' with til well-known dealer
Moosoo Mortheimer Fl tn intire out
put iv tn Barabazah school. Yister-
dab in a call on tn jan'al dealer, the
name iv tn cillybrated panther,
Mooney, was mintioned. How many
pitchers has he painted?' -Four hun
dhered an forty-three thohsan' at II
O'Clock today says the dealer, but
four hundherd thousan' iv thin ARE in
America Git tn r-rest iv thin f'r
me-, says the connysoor. What did We
say tn gintleman's name was?' We
understand that Misther Mooney has
had to put in two new four-deck ma
chimes to meet tn ordhers, which in
clude thirty green an mauve hay
stacks, forty blue barns or childher at
at pay. an no less thin ninety ripre-
situations iv mornin' at sea. moonlight
avenin'. flock of sheep, or whatever ye
may call thin.
AN whin he comes home, he hangs
thin in his house, SO that his frinds
can't turn around without tallin off a
pasthral scene on their coats, an he
pastes tn price on tn frame an whin
he dies, he laves his pitcher to some
deflnceless art museum, An there We
ARE.
so | tell We, Hinnissy, if I was a
young an ambitious American paint.
rer, I'd go to Europe. Whin Hanni-
gan was over there, he met young
man that painted that fine head iv
Murphy that looks SO much like Casey
that hangs in Schwartzmeister's back
room. ARE We still at tn art?' says
Hannigan. L am says tn young
man. How does it go?' asks Hanni
gan. I've more thin l can do says
tn young man. Since steel rails got
so high, I've had to hire an assistant
Ye see. I didn't get on in Chicago
Me Bridgeport ips "a Fog" was TIL on'y
pitcher | sold, an. a sausage nanny
facthrer bought that because his fac
Ithry was in it. I come over here, an
SOS me pitchers will have fair show
sign annywan'sH name ye want tc
thin. Ye've heard iv Michael Ange
| 10? That's me. we've heerd iv Gains
borough? That's me. we've heerd i,
Millet, tn boy that painted tn pitcher
give away with tn colored supplimint
iv tn Sundah Howll? That's me. Yis
sir, tn rale name iv near ivry distin
guished panther iv modhren times is
Remsen X. Smith. Whin We SO home
if We see a good panther an glaziel
that'd like job as assistant Rim
brandt f'r tn American thrade, sine
him to me- FIR he says. TIL on.
place an American artist can make ;
Twin is here. Charity FIR artists, HI
says, begins abroad he says.
We'll" said Mr.. Hennessy, perhaps
la bum European pitcher is betthe
thin good american pitcher"
perhaps So said Mr.. Dooley. :"
think it is SO. Anyhow, no matthe
how bad panther he is, 'annywal
that can get money out iv an Ameri
can millyionaire is an artist an de
sarves it. There's tn rale art. I wisl
it was taught in tn schools. I'd lik'
. to see an exhibition at tn Museen
WIN Check iv American Gintleman