The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-10-26
ODD ACTS OF gvgNG


90 oY W8N 9Wo WoVNSNs
From pearson's Weekly.
There Was much ado In a provincial.
town n year or two when Mrs. Field
Ing. the wife OF tho leading draper. came
across n packet OF her husbands billet
doux accidentally dropped by one Of tho
young lady assistants.
A. Mrs. Fielding Was emphatically not n
woman TO be trifed with, naturally the
YOUNG lady had at once tn go" Nor was
poor Fielding Ions In following. The next
step taken by the energetic Mrs. Fielding
Vas 10 exhibit all the letters In the shop
window. This caused such a crowd TO as
sembie that the police had TO threaten the
lady with q for obstruction"
Eventually. however. a sadder and a
wiser Mr.. Fielding was rcadmitted into his
own house and his wifc's good sraccs
Another curious act OF r~evenge-tht
time on the part OF a barber-was brought
Ia light recently In the course of a county
court action by a hairdresser's assistant
named Pye. who was suing for wages In
lieu OF notice. IL was proved by the as-
sIstant trat the rszson OF his dismissal
was his refusal to rough shave" n certain
customer, whom his employer regarded
with disfavor as being guilty Of exchang-
ing smiles with his uhe employcrts) wife.
Not exactly caring 20 create a scandal by
foTbidding the customer his shop. the bar
her had instructed his assistants to shave
the gentleman In a manner that would IN
sure his keeping away after a few expert
cnces. The employer had to pay Pye his
wages.
A French method OF taking Il u { OF
m opponent had been invented By the
Marquis de Dion, the well known manu-
facturcr OF automobiles and a prominent
member OF the Frcch chamber OF deputies.
The marquis got annoyed with the French
government, and In order TO embarrars ~
n much as possible recently advised his
constituents IN Brittany 20 withdraw their
deposits from the National Savings hank.
Large Withdrawals from the savings bank
took place In consequence. and the fact
has n direct bearing on the French ma
tional hnanc.r today.
But this was nothing to the elaboration
with which n German boy of fourteen
named Alfred Schimpf set about n schcm"
OF revenge on an old Berlin gentleman
named Bitten. who had complained Of
the boy annoying him.
The boy bought az india rubber stamp
with the signature "Dr. Lang" upon IL.
and amended his ma ne TO a large number
of open postcards full OF gross insults to
Herr Bitten.
soon afterward Herr Bitten was sum
moned by the district court to- answer to
an action instituted by 'Dr. Lang to re-
cover n debt OF II shillings. but when no
appeared on the appointed day the plain
tin was not there. Three days later an
ambulance drew up and four staiwart men
entered Herr Biitzen's apartments and
placed him by main force Ia the ambu-
lance for conveyance TO the nearest lunatic
asylum. whence. OF course. he was libcr-
atcd when the doctors discovered him to
bc perfectly sane.
Elegant carriages aftcrward drove up 10
take Herr and Frau Bitten for drives.
The boy afterward sent a band OF music
20 play before the house at 4 o'clock In
tn. morning. The climax was reached
when a hcarse drawn by six horses and
ollowed by eight mourning coaches APP
reared before Herr Blltzsn's house. They
had been ordered by DIR. Lang" for Herr
Bntx.n's funeral. Nor would the young
villaIt. have been discovered and sent TO
jalI had he not betrayed himself by boast
lrR OF his deeds TO another lad.