The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-06-20
HUMOR OVERHEARD.
Little Stories Of Some Well Know,

HUMOR OVERHEARD.
Little Stories OF Some Well Known:
Folk In New Tor,t.
| New York Times: A few nights ago
Mark Twain told to some flSsnds a story
| about himself, which he failed to incor-
porate in Life on the Mississippi" On
one occasion when he started on trip
| down the river on a fiat boat he was ad-
yised never to answer the questions asked
by rivermen on other boats and never to
| handy with them, as he would be sure al
ways to come out second best. He fol-
lowed the advice relfgiously for time,
but one day he thought he saw chance
ITO get the better Of a riverman who called
| |out:
Hey thar, what yer loaded within"
| Jackasses. Don't you want to come
| aboard?" yelled back Twain.
That's whut reckoned, SEEM as how
they let Their biggest donkey hev Their run
| Of the deck" came back. Twain made
! neighborhood set up derisive laugh at
his expense.
J. Pierpont Morgan was walking down
Broadway the other afternoon with q
friend. and near the Astor house his at
tention was attracted by the bulletin
board Of news stand that contained the
current numbers of the illustrated week
lies. The flnancier, who seemed to be in
p studious state of mind, paused in front
of the bulletin board and looked at the
pictures, while his friend stood at his ell
bow. After a careful inspection Mr.. Nor
gan turned to his friend and said:
They maketthose things very interest
Ing, don't they? You know I sometimes
4 tt,1r i H. IL ~.
around the country getting photographs
Of things for publications like these? It
strikes me as being very entertaining
sort Of life to Lead
Harry Lehr, the popular Squire Of
Danes" was importuned by a young
woman from the west for an Introduction
to Mrs. Aston.
What excuse can give for introduce
ing your" objected Mr.. Lehr, II don't
know you"
20 course not. persisted the other.
Therefore it may make a hit and be q
big card for us both.",
L Couldn't dream of it." smiled Mr. Lehr,
III 1 favor Mrs. Aston may offend 9TH
er ladies, and can't afford to take the
risk
Miss Helen Gould was standing in front
at the display in the window. An ac-
quaintance approached and said:
There must be something unusually
attractive in there to cause you to stop
and look, when you have SO many beau
tiful flowers in your own greenhouses
Miss Gould looked very self-conscious
for moment, and almost blushed when
she replied:
There are several pots of ferns in there
from our greenhouses at Irvington and
tended the transplanting of them myself,
because they We're so dainty and so nice.
was waiting by that window to hear
any chance remark about them"
"A young lady acquaintance Of mine
conducts kindergarten purely for the
delight she takes in the work. said Sen
ator Depew. II was present not long since
on an occasion Of showing off, The
young lady wished to demonstrate how.
successfully she had taught the children
the meaning Of words by appealing to
their imaginations. She had taught them
according to a system OF symbols which
she had herself arranged. OF course, the
little people were much terrified by the
presence of stranger, and refused to
corrrscate for tho glory of the ambitious
teacher, as usual. At last she resorted to
q question which she hoped would retrieve
all;
Can any OF the children tell me what
happens during the season of winter?'
The silence was not broken for a long
and desperate interval. Then one brave
tot blurted out:
Please, ma am, me and Willie sleep
very close together when it's winter
We all encouraged him. What else?'
tbeamed the teacher.
THE child thrust his hands into his
mouth and thought awhile. Then he an
nounced, triumphantly:
: 'Willie's feet are always cold.'
The teacher was disappointed, but am
of the opinion that the youngster had the
winter season very accurately symbol
lied, indeed
Not one OF the theater crowd knew
Thomas Bracket Reed. The plays were
over and the car crowded. The big man
was seated, thinking perhaps, Of the
days when he was known as the car, and
the cartoonists gave much of their talent
and time in caricaturing his ample curves
and round face. Perhaps the ex-states-
man wondered that there was not one
friendly nod or respectful bow for him
among those typical, well-dressed and
happy New Workers. The conductor knew
the man from Maine, and intended to stop
the car near 100 Central Park south, for
Mr.. Reed does not like to be carried be-
.yond his destination. 81 r
!. But with the many duties Of his crowd
ed car: the conductor missed the chance to
be courteous. The car had passed the
corner when the conductor noticed the
big man reaching to ring to the motor
man. He hurried to the ex-speaker and
expressed his sorrow at not stopping at
the right place s;. f @
Don't you synpathize with me- SIR
said Mr.. Reed. with the twinkle in his
eye. which used to mean danger to pre-
sumptive congressman. You must not
sympathize with any one. It is out OF
style, 5and the only place you can find
sympathy now is in the dictionary"
She Knew.
Detroit Free Press: Seems to me
that the rising generation is rising
pretty fast, said the bachelor, who ex-
poets soon to become a benedict, after
his friends had given him up has hope
less. II was out walking with my in.
tended the other day, and her small
niece, girl of not over z years Of, age,
accompanied us. Naturally the CONVEX
sation, owing to the near approach of
our wedding day. took a turn that was
interesting to two OF us. but not to the
third. "A, S3 NJ "a " 54SS g e q
4. Finally Z turned to the yo,,ns- il 4 u