The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-09
TEE NONPAREJL MAN

How HezekIah J. Andrews and His Three
Wives from Salt Lake Caused slIqht
Diversion In the Gallery at the Demo-
cratic Convention When Hez Peeled His
Alpaca Coat and Revealed His False
Front to the JeerIne Multitude.
Hezekiah j. Andrews, who took three
OF his five wives from the Salt Lake re-
gion to st. Louis to see the fair, man
aged to get tickets to the gallery at the
democratic convention. There he caused
slsht diversion during the Thursday
afternoon session of the convention by re-
moving his alpaca coat. Inasmuch as the
move disclosed the fact that he wore
a celluloid shirtfront over red under
clothes of decollete cut, "holler'' Of joy
arose from those in his immediate vicin-
lty and domestic difficulties at once de-
Veloped' the wife triplet making earnest
attempts TO get him to recoat a demand
that Hezekiah stoutly resisted The dis
turDance brought out demands from the
audience Of shut up!" "set down therer'
go chase yoursef!'' keep quiet!" .'git
ax!' and such other pleasant remarks
that crowd loves to make on occasion.
whether Hezekiah recoated or not the
story carried by the telegraph neglects
uncomfortable the incident made the
three Mines. Andrews. Drat a man, any
now! lie has no sense Of the conven-
lions Of life
See If you can say: mix batch
OF o1scu1ts,' three times running as fast
as you can talk. If you are not able to
DO this you will know just how mad the
russian feels when he thinks Of Port
Arthur. -
A play called 'Mrs. Wigs" is doing 4
turn in Chicago. No sugs!
It Is estimated that less than one in
a thousand Of the rifle balls fired IN a
modern battle hits anybody, but the poor
fellow that this particular ball HINTS
down Is not interested in these statistics
Goethe's last words were Light more
light. A hotelkeeper in the CITY Of
mexico VINO felt the same inspiration for
illumination has been condemned to a
years imprisonment and has been fined
$3.50 for stealing from the electric LIGHT
company the current with which his hotel
was lighted.
It was dry at Zion City when DR..
Dowle returned and he prayed for rain.
Now look at the country!
George johnson, the brilliant Fargo ora
tor, says the Forum Is a man Of pre-
possessing appearance and the DISPOSE
ton Of q Sunny JIM He also has the
unfortunate knack Of looking like a. LOT
Of other people.
Last winter, when George was visitine
San Antonio, Texas, he met on the yer.
anda OF the Hotel Menger a distinguished
looking gentleman in evening dress, who
said: How are you, doctor?'' Now
George is a natural born orator, not 6
doctor, but he shook hands and went In
At the table he unfolded his napkin
the waiter beamed on him. "Gwine change
yo' table, doctor?" he said Oats al
right sub. What yo gwine hab?'
George was staggered. Several peopl
bowed to him, and one man stopped
looked at him evidently puzzled, and wen
on. At last he went out to smoke. I
was getting late when he heard a foot
step behind him and two hands close,
over his eyes.
Guess who,' suggested a feminin
voice.
!, at can't he gasped, telling the truth
''Then somebody kissed him. 'Yo
: scamp said the voice, don't know you
own wife. Come on in, it's getting late
J, Then he got up.
Madam he began. She yelled an
! ran indoors, and he waited until every
one else was in bed, sneaked in paid hi
t bill and went to the other hotel.'
But If you call him doctor" to thi
day George Johnson hangs out q, dimpl
or two and bushes.
The Bugg family was brought int
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