The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-23

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On one occasion when he and Riley were
IN Indiana. they met a minister Of the
local Congregation church, who was car.
rying large clock under his arm. Lemon
stopped him and asked what he was going
to do with it. Why" said the minister,
1T is out OF order and am taking it to q
jewelers. to be- repaired" That isn't
maker and will be glad to fix it for YOU,
free Of charge. Isattend your church and
would like to DO my part in maintaining
divine service. ''s
Well, brother said the dominic, 'I
Will consider 1t a personal favor If you
Will fix It. Ed fixed 1t, put 1t up in the
church and the next Sunday morning,
when the reverend gentleman had gotten
down to his secondly in asNery impressive
sermon. the clock went off and 1t had Its
innings for about ten minutes.
The "BIlnd PaInter.''
II business was dull in the sign paint
ing line IN localities where Riley was not
known, Lemon stimulated 1T. by having
MIN appear to be blind, and together they
worked the sympathy dodge until their
treasury was replenished. Rfley's special
" On such occasions was painting signs
on store windows. Lemon would tender
~ lead him up to the. window and leave
MIN there. Then Riley carefully spaced
out the surface with his IF hands,
reached around in a sort Of uncertain
manner for his brushes, and began to
work s I'D +. sssfgfE rs 8 ., 5Ssl D.
Before the job was half done crowd
Would pc watching the @"blind painter
and the novelty of the situation would so
appeal to&oWners of other store fronts as
to result in his getting all the work he
could do.g Ihe two conspirators ON Riley's
blind days usually spent but one day
IN a town, for obvious reasons. ~
A Horse on the General
Ed seemed to take particular delight
In playing practical jokes on the Reynolds
brothers, the general and his brother, the
major Their business was the handling
or the Little Giant Middlings Purifier and
next the police alley
Inc general was in the habit of driving
a horse, which believe belonged to the
OF the major, that could get up about as
much speed as four poster mahogany
Dedstead On one occasion Ed went up to
the generals barn, Second avenue S and
Ninth street, probably with several boon
companions, took the horse out of the
stable. painted 1t green, fastened a pla-
card on 1t, which bore the inscription
Little Giant Middlings Purifier and
then put 1T back in the stable, where the
general found, but did not recognize it in
the morning. So
On another occasion Lemon got a stout
pail OF hemp Irvine and stationed him
sell IN front of the generals office. at
about the hour he knew the general
would drive home. Just before he came
down stairs accompanied by his brother
and a lady, Lemon fastened the cord to
the horses bit and was gazing uncon-
cernedly out into the street with a large
section of the cord in his hand when the
trio got into the buggy. The horse
started on his up and down, four feet
a-minute-gait and Ed allowed him to go
ABOUT three blocks, meantime following
up the rig along the sidewalk and unob-
served in the dusk, holding tight to the
cord. When Ed began to pull on the
cord the horse started for and came up
on the sidewalk. despite the efforts of
the general to make him keep to the road.
When Ed released the strain the horse
went back to the middle of the street.
Four times on the trip Ed, the horse
and the general went thru the same per-
Torrance, Finally Ed dropped the Irvine
and the horse plodded home
Trouble for the Tax Man.
At one time when Lemon was EN-
ployed in Wells & Chamberlain's jewelry
store, opposite the Nicollet house, a
brother Of General Halleck, who was. the
toll tax collector here, made his head
quarters in the store.
One day Lemon got hold of the tax
books and counterfeiting. Mr.. Halleck's
handwriting marked the word paid
after the names of about fifty citizens
whe-were still IN debt to- the county. Then
he erased the wordntpafdS from the book
opposite the enames of as many more
Next morning when Mr. FIalleck started
on his collection tour; he encountered
some trouble and before the day was over
| began to think that life was scarce worth
the living. ~
g: An Ethiop Who Changed Color.
One day when Ed was painting a sigr
On the front of a building, only few fee
| from the ground, and was putting on 6
heavy coat of white paint. colored- mar
came down the street and passed ,undel
the ladder, on which Lemon was working
He was a colored man, dark colored
| when he reached one side Of the ladder
when he went out from the other side hi
was white. Lemon had simply lifted {
big key of white paint and dumped
its contents on him as he went under the
ladder At the same time he kicked the
ladder aside, fell off and with every ap
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