The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-26
Log Of the ex-Jin TANNERS.
By Ell. ]. NuMRER oNE.

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While I was sfiH on earth several
years ago bunch Of US used to meet
in a place kept by German, where
we could drink few bowls and play
little cheap poker every day We
usually met there about two hours be-
fore dinner time and would stick Il
out until about S o'clock. Gne of the
gang, whom I will call Tom, was some
thing Of a joker and occasionally he
would get of something on Fritz, the
proprietor, Fritz was afflicted By fali-
ing out of the hair a circumstance
which caused him much misery. He
bought new kind OF shampoo one day
and was 50 tiekled with it he could not
help telling every body who came in
al about il. Tom concluded to try
this thing one day. and. sneaking the
bottle out of FFitz's bed room ia
little room back of the bar. gave Fritz's
cat an elegant shampoo. turning the
critter loose In the bar room, where it
raised great disturbance Il made
FRITZ pretty hot. He was that kind Of
German who can't understand q Joke
and he sWore he would get even. 4
few days later Tom came in with four
dozen eggs, which he was taking home
20 his wife. He put the eggs down
behind the bar and broke into the
game. Fritz watched his opportunity
and put all the eggs into the hot water
can on top of the stove. He left them
there about half an hour and then put
them back in the sack To coOl of. Tom
Was not on TO the thing at all, and so
Innocentiy took four dozen hard Boiled
eggs home for his wife to make cake
WIN Tom, Of course, was wise 20
the thing but he never chirped The
next DAY ne came into the saloon, and
While Fritz Was busy at the bar Tom
slipped back into the bed room again.
He poured all the shampoo out of the
bottle and filed the bottle up with
some shellae he had brought with him.
sheliao, you know. is the stuff they put
on the stocks OF guns. SO you know
now 1t hardens. Well Tom got his re-
yenge. The next day when he stuck
his head IN the door he had to run a
foot race with full beer bottle Fritz
started at him. Tom broke for safety,
Fritz after him. The chase lasted for
TWO blocks, IL took Fritz six weeks to
get the sheilac out Of his hair Their
friendship was never renewed. but the
gang always felt that Tom got the
good end Of the Joke proceedings.
Inc Hon Ezra Thompson. who also
had q city council on his hands. is re-
ported 10 be smiling quietly so himself
these days.
u. BuEau-YariIla has again demon
stFated his great modesty by publicly
explaining that there would never have
been Panama canal had he not given
some of his time to the matter.
It would be interesting. in this same
connect ion 10 have n punaV- 1=s4rfII.l
reveal what Influence he brought 10
bear upon the United States serate to
induce that august body TO pass the
canal treaty because mauifestly, the
senate would not have presumed to
take action without learning "a. Runau-
Yarilia's views.
The fact that-the supreme court of
the United States has held that the
heirs Of a man killed while riding on q
free railroad pass cannot collect dam
ages is not likely to make any ore re-
fuse 10 accept q pass hereafter. Death
is not sufficient TO cure the pass habit.
The case OF those railroad lsborers
at Caiientes who had their savings tax
en- from them By hold-ups teaches US
that people should spend their money as
fast as they get it.
Justice Hill of Sunnysi6e finds that
the Utah fuel camps are quieter when
Demolli is in jail, 50 he sent DemOlli
and his friend up for thirty days each,
This is right. The peace and quiet of
the fuel company is OF far greater i'm
portarce than the liberty of an individ
ual or two.