, 1903-03-03
SKETCHES OF EVERYDAY
LEE AND AEEAIRS

preventative Foster of hat state tells
an anecdote about an old farmer who
never had al ache or a pain, but who
nevertheless, thought he ought to have
a doctor because he had never had one
The interview vas to the point, the
farmer asserting that he could eat as
far as he could see on both sides of the
table and that he slept so well he did
not get up till 1t was time to do the
milking.
You are in perfect health" said the
doctor to the farmer, after making a
physical examination, but perhaps
you ought to take a tonic, something
like a little rye whisky"
oh" said the farmer, Il could never
do that. have a son and that would
never do
Who is your b~arber?" queried the
doctor.
Il shave myself" replied the farmer,
Well" rejoined the doctor, could
not you have a bottle in your room and
take the tonic whenever you shave?'
This was agreed to, and it was some
time before the doctor one day met the
farmers son and inquired about the
patient.
He is getting along very nicely
said the young man. He is more &C
tive than ever, but he is losing his
mind
Losing his mind.' exclaimed the
doctor in surprise. What is the evil
dence of it,"
Well" said the young man, he in
sists on shaving himself six times a
day."-Washington Post.
Il was in London a few years ago
with a Northern Michigan resident"
said a Detroiter the other day, and we
had many a laugh over the English
fop and masher as he minced his way
UP and down Picadilly of an evening.
At length my friend, whose years had
not given him any s~edateness, rugged
himself out as a parader. He had the
clothes, the hat, the cane, the eyeglass,
and the kangaroo gait, and off he went.
l could see nothing lacking in 'Cholly,
but there must have been something
wrong, as he had not gone for when a
policeman stopped him and said:
Come, now but you must let up on
this
SOP drawled my friend as he
looked Bobby up and down.
Eyes, you'd better get off,
but why should l. we knaw?'
because you are making yourself
a hobject of ridicule, and Ii3:Sule is
next to misdemeanor.'
eff l am a hobject of ridicule, then
what do you say Of that thing?' asked
my friend, as he pointed % a masher
ahead of him
That? Why, he no hobject of ridi.
cule?
VIVA is he a hobject off
Hes a hobject of the son of a lord,
and worth 10000 pound a year. and if
you don't get hoff the street in five
minutes my hobject will be to take you
in. '"--Detroit Free Press.
Frank Rockefeller, a brother Of the
NforI,rJ ni1 rnrpotn and thn nnccoc
sor of enormous cattle ranches in Kan
sas and Texas, has been visiting a
nephew in Emporia. And this is the
pleasant little notice given of this visit
by the Emporia Gazette:
"Mr. Rockefeller came in from Kan
sas City last night. He paid a visit tc
the Sunny Slope fran and afterward
went down to Simon Harker's and
bought some of his wild ducks and
geese which he sent to his ranch in
Kiowa county. When he returned he
took off his coat and ate a big supper
and complimented Mrs. Rockefeller on
her cooking. He said it had been SC
long since he had eaten such a big
supper that he had forgotten about it
After supper he sat around in his shirt
sleeves n chewed tobacco and spit
in the stove and was as agreeable and
common as If he was worth only $40,
900 or less, instead of being worth SO,
O0O, 900 or more"
Occasionally Senator Tillman uses
other weapons than a pitchfork in
chasing his colleagues in the upper
branch. For instance, he walked up to
Senator Beveridge in the chamber q
few days ago and shook hands and
then slapped him sharply on the right
wrist.
And that's for your sassy statehood
speech" he said.-Baltimore Herald,
WakefuI Children.
For a long time the two year old
child of Mr.. P. L. Mcpherson. SO N.