Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-25

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Years ago, before the dapper
drummer nut in his appearance with
| his sample cases, those traders who did
not visit Portland, Boston and New
York, and purchase directly from
wholesale firms, We're accommodated
| by wholesale peddlers, who drove large
carts from which they supplied their
| customers. The driver of one of these
| carts. we will call Scott In those days
| at the good old-f fashioned country
| tGverns the food was put upon the
table in large quantities, and everyone
helped himself. At one of SCOTS
stopping places, the people were good
old-fashioned folks. but not noted for
neatness. There was always to be
found upon the table a large yellow
Happy, partly filled with fat and
several large slices of fried salt pork.
Scott got around to dinner late one
trip. The landlady sat down to the
table with him. Putting her elbows on
the table, she said: wall, Mr.. Scott,
how be ye?''
oh, nicely, thank you, Mrs. Smith,
Wall, what do We git fer news?'
on, nothing special. but l notice
some changes here since my last trip
I miss one old familiar form"
'Yew du? Who is it?''
We'll, Mrs. Smith, the last time I
was here there were eleven flies in
that fat. and now I can't count Blu;
ten"
Cen. Nelson A Miles was talking
about some of the phases Of the Civil,
War.
"One phase" he said. was the
frar,ir effort that some citizens made
to avoid CONSUMPTION. Hence, many
sWl?dlcS onsucd, for the man with a
rlan to defeat the CONSUMPTION could
get money much more easily than can
the man today who has Il sure tip on
the races.
There was one CONSUMPTION rakir
who made thousands of dollars before
the authorities restrained him. This
chap would send letters broadcast
wherein he said he would commute
cate for two dollars n sure means of
escaping the CONSUMPTION. Letters in
closing tWo-dOllar notes poured in on
him. and in reply to each letter he
would send printed slip reading:
" Join the nearest volunteer regi-
mcnt. "-Woman's Home Companion.
l. Speaking of exciting experiences on
me stage, Nine. Patti says: "On the
very night Of my operate debut some
thing of this kind occurred. 1t was at
The Academy of Music in New York.
on Thanksgiving day, in 1859. I sang
thc title part in DoniZett's Lucia"
i'iI%noli as EdgardO A man had hung
his coat carelessly over the front of the
gallery, and pistol in the pocket went
oil in the middle of the performance.
FOR an instant every one stopped still
on the stage; then we went ahead
again. and the audience was treasured.
Another accident, more serious in the
possibility of its consequences, hap
pened ut bucharest. A man had
climbed upon the irons at the side of
the stage to get sight of me. He
slipped and fell upon poor woman
who was standing in the wing. She
was badly hunt. and her cries resound-
ing through the house caused some
ono to call Fret In an instant the
excitable audience was in a panic.
The thought flashed through my mind
that n stampede for the doors might
bring death to hundreds. Tt is no fret
i called. 1T is nothingv And I con-
tinucd singing the cadenZa, with flute
accompaniment, in Lucia After
had sung n few bars the audience was
quieted. Another time. in Vienna, I
was again singing in Lucia and had
Just begun the caGenza. with the flute
in the mad scene. when my long flimsy
sleeve caught fire i'm the gas. Without
stopping | tore it off and finished the
aria. But that time, after I got behind
the scenes. and everything was over,
tainted. On another occasion, in San
Francisco. just at the close CT an act
in Lucia a man threw Il bomb. which
exploded on the stage. The audience
rose in terror and fearing n panic
might ensue. | stepped to the front of
the stage and began singing Home,
Sweet Home The audience resumed
their seats. and after a few bars quiet
was restored. Magazine.
Representative William SulZer, OF
New York, was on his way to the
| White House. A man net him on the
street and said:
Sir" can you tell me where the
White House is?'.
Right there" said Sulzer, pointing
to the historic pile.
can 1 go in and see it?''
Certainly" Sulzer replied. Go
| right along"
will they let me in to look 1t OVER"