Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-09-25
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*x PERSONS AND THINGS xA
As Seen by Gath.

MY hrFt Impressions OF the mar
were not very good and l have not
changed my opinion said a gentle
man when talking of a stranger he
had recently met. We cannot analyze
those mysterious influences which
creep into our minds in spite of our
disbelief in spiritualism, w~itchcraft,
second sight, and lots of other things
of a similar kind. 1t is impossible to
tell why, but many Of us are inhuen-
ced largely by first impressions.
There is something in the face, in the
~countenance, in the soul looking
through the eyes, that tells us what
the character of the person is. In
business. life it often determines the
fact Of an applicant receiving at posi-
ton or the reverse. The man who
constantly comes in contact with
strangers and is compelled to do bust.
ness with them, will be able to tell
from the face just the kind of man he
has to deal with. He will become
so accustomed to these things that he
will act according to these impress,
sions and nearly always be right.
~
"Say, I saw the fellow with the
case of big head which you described
the other day and you certainly de-
scribed him pretty WE'LL said a
reader recently. Continuing, he
said: "There is no class of people
on the face of the earth I have such
profound contempt for as those colos-
egotlsts who imagine they know all
is to be known, and swagger
around like newly made million
They are certainly a nausea
ing set, and are but a few degrees re-
moved from the species of animal
dudes. When it comes to deliv-
ering silly goods the egotistical crank
can do about as large a business as
the fellow who chews the end of his
cane and says doncherknow. The
swelling, pompous actions of an egotist
make a horse laugh, were it
not for the fact that he would be
laughing at some Of his near rela-
tives.
One Of the most comical remarks we
have heard for sometime was made
by n of u prominent young men
on the street corner the other day.
A young lady was passing up the
street with an armful of bundles, and
in the strong wind that was blowing,
she was compelled to hold them firmly
in her arms to prevent their blowing
away. II wish I were those bun
dies remarked the young man,
and the laugh of the young lady
made him think he had SAID some
thing smart. Meeting a friend she
told the story and opened the parcels
and the inventory was as follows:
Half a pound of limte:ger cheese,
II pound of frowy butter, one dozen
eggs, all of which proved to be
stale, when broken. The young
lady is wondering why the man
wanted to become the bundles.
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W. saw n of the prosperous mer-
chants passing up the street the other
day, and from his appearance, we
concluded he had been on All Egyptian
tour, and a reporter was sent out to
ascertain the facts. He was carrying
two telescopes, to the handle of one
of which was tied a backing brush,
a razor strap, two round Bottles with
long neck filed with a liquid, and a
bundle of pieces of card boards on
which were printed pictures and some
hearts and diamonds. In Il pocket
he carried a tooth brush, a nail brush,
four soiled collars. and a couple OF
pairs of drawers. Across his shoulder
was slung by a string, twelve pairs Of
dirty hose, two pairs Of gun shoes
and something else which we could
not tell. The reporter returned in ;
short time and said the merchant hat
not been away from home, but thai
his wife had been absent for severa,
months, but had just returned and thu
husband was taking his things from
his room to his home.