The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01
THE NONPARElL MAN

THE NONPARElL MAN
Short Sketch of the Memorable Day Spent
with the Roygrafters at Their Hand
some Shop at West Roarer, N. ~
The Blessed Privilege of Paying Our
Board Bill at Fra EIdorado's Hotel Is
cheerfuIIy Conceded to Us by the
Great One Himself.
West Roarer, N. Y.aDec. !. We'll here
we are on a IittIe.visit Ito the Roygrafters
at their shop, where we have enjoyed the
blessed privilege of seeing Fra Efderado
and of paying our board at his hotel, of
wandering thru his book foundry and OF
seeing this noble band of workers I'VE
first went into the basement where about
ten Thousand copies Of a hand made book,
strictly. limited to 10S copies, signed in
rubber stamp by Eli Barber, were being
threshed off by steam power. 1t is d
noble work for humanity and reform and
we were melted to tears as we thoughtzof
the thousands Of people who were being
benefited by this grand work Of self sac
rifce and loving trustfulness.
We found that the Roygrafters ate din
ner just like other people and seemed to
enjoy it, nightly. Instead Of a Chicken
croauette tied with blue ribbon and a.
tlilnble full Of nectar, each Roygrafter.
the day we were there, took ham and''
and q, cup OF coffee poured out Roygraftic.
The prince himself gave me copy of
his works bound in limping calf and booze.
leather.
1t was memorable day, one not soon
to be forgotten, and as the Fra held our
hand at parting his, eyes were moist as he
said in his pfauant and original vein:
ttWe11. come again, when YOU can't stay
SO long,
And we handed him back this brilliant
bit Of repartee:
eve don't care how soon we come again,
provided we are not.late to dinner"
And the train pulled out we saw his.
long locks hanging on his shoulders as he
cheerfuly waved his hat at us.
A Philadelphia jury has reached for J.
Edward Addicks Of senatorial fame and
awarded a dressmaker damages to the
extent Of 5000. Addicks confidenced her
into investing all her savings in some min
ing stock. OF course YOU know the rest.
James Tillman is going to move to
Texas. Some quick Texas man may see
him first some day. We hope for the
worst. -
Now that Chicago's young desperadoes
are in Jail we run no danger in stating
is inside OF idle young scoundrels who
carry revolvers and read Red Mike the
Avenger." ~. =.
sixteen-mile Pennsylvania railroad of
which he owns all the bonds. Anybody
i who wants good little railroad cheap
should write Princeton, n. j.
The Toledo Bee wants to know how
"A n Nov Hr1ril1 he
/ car comes along. Evidently the Toledo
bee has been busy waiting for his car.
! A headline in an eastern paper speaks
| of eggs at &C each When the biddy's
| little roosting palace is kept at a tenn
/ perature of below freezeout it has a
natural tendency to chill every generous
| impulse in the hens soul.
We examined Japan's horoscope to-
! day. Mars is in right ascension and wear
! ing brass knuckles. Minerva, the goddess
of wisdom is wearing binders. We pre-
l dict trouble.
/ Next year We intend to get even with
i the turkey trust by going to the vege-
/ tartan restaurant and buying vegetable
hen.
A man from Excelsior, Mimi, where
/ Will Dillman comes from, didn't know
| what he was doing to several excited
printers and proofreaders when he sent
in the exciting story of 'Otto's Auto" in
deathless Verse. The muse then started
| in on gallop as follows:
/ IT'S strange how fashion makes change the
| objects admire,
/ We used to sing the tireless steed, but now the
i steedless tire;
! So Otto bought auto, not to be
/ tique, 49, 49,
But the thing autocratic well as auto
| matte,
i And the auto wouldn't auto as it ought to, to
I speak.
4 He thought to get au auto operator for the
i work,
! And first he tried a circus man and then he
/ tried Turk
I For he knew the circus man drove fifty horses
| with success
And If man be shifty enough to manage fifty,
yes,
It's palpable enough he ought ito manage
AS for the Turk. it's also p1ain.t deny 1t il you
i can. Z 49,
He ought to run an auto since Turks an
Automan.
So far. the muse. worked along with
out throwing a shoe, but at this point
she took the bit in her mouth and jumped
the fence. Now We are not responsible
for what follows. It's given just as it
came in and a printer or two are now
holding down padded cells because of it.
The poet continues $3.50
Twas all no use., Otto moved to Alabama
purely
That he might say: I'm Otto from Mobile,
aud my motto %
"a Mobile Otto ought to run an automobile
surely
Then Otto sought to auto on the. auto as he
2 ought to,
!, But the auto sought to auto Otto never
&c. thought to.
So otto he got hot, oh, very hot. he ought
not to-
. And Otto said this auto ought TO auto, and it's
s got to; ..rsy--5~
. And Otto fought the auto aud the auto it fought
c Otto -
Till the auto also got too bot.:to auto as 1t
ought to;
And then Great Scott. the auto shot to heaven,
Z so did Otto,
: Where Otto's auto autos now, as otto's auto
e ought to.
Upper the cartoonist is a pretty good
: fellow as we'll as a good cartoonist. He
2, has recently written a letter to the editor
4 of Outdoor Life of Denver, in which he
: voices a vigorous protest against the
s bloody life His protest is so good that
d it is reproduced here. Speaking OF re-"
cent issue of the magazine Outdoor Lifas
he says:
It 81 glanced at the reading matter. One
If man relates with satisfaction how. she fol-
A lowed an elk that had a broken leg, AMI
d at last killed it. Later on he fired into
Z a herd of elk, 'wounding. some that got