The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-25
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A Grand Forks photographer tells
this as having actually happened. A
woman entered his studio.
Are YOU the photographer"
YES, madam"
DO you take children's pictures?"
Yes. certainly"
How much do you charger"
Three dollars dozen for this size,"
holding 4 card up to her view.
Well" said the woman sorrowful-
~. I'll have to see you again. I've
only got eleven"
There is story now going the
rounds In Grand Forks. An inveterate
poker player died and went to heaven.
The longing for quiet game made
him discontinued, but st. Peter de-
clined to listen to his suggestion to
allow him to get one up.
But st. Peter at last took compass
sion on the former poker player and
told him he would give him round
trip pass to the lower regions where
such things were allowed. The poker
fiend accepted the proposition glee-
fully and went his way with his round
trip pass. He soon found game, but
could not get in because he had no
money. The imp who was running the
game laughed scOrnfully at the pill
grim from the regions above. The
man wandered about for short time
and soon presented himself at the
game once more.
Give me 500 worth of chips" he
said to the imp. Il thought you had
no money" said the imp, showing over
twenty blue ones. II didn't when I
came down here, but I've sold my
round trip pass"
The person who is too ready to butt
In and put others right as regards
statements they may have made comes
to grief sooner or later and not in
frequently. An example of this was
found last evening. Several persons
were in the Council cigar store, when
theatrical matters came up for dis
cussion.
Il see Uncle Toms Cabin is play
ing the northwest this season." said
one man.
Must be a new play" responded the
rounder. The cigar man was wise and
only grinned, but the man who sets
people right was there and overheard
the conversation.
New, nothing!" he exclaimed.
That play is one of the ancient chest
nuts, and is SO old 1t has to get in and
out of town on crutches."
rs that possible!" replied the round
err. Nov, have been around some,
and never heard of it before. It must
be some kind of a labor play, isn't
it,"
mo. no, no." said the man who
elected to enlighten the rounder. ut
is a play that came out just after the
war, and was written by Harriet
Beecher Stowe, and -"
oh, you mean Uncle Toms Cab
in.'" said the rounder, a great light
showing in his countenance. Il
thought the cigar man here said the
play was Uncle Tom Scabbing,' and l
thought sure 1t must be labor play.
Yes, yes, have seen Uncle Toms
Cabin"
The man who butted in looked long
and earnestly at the rounder, and
walked out without word.
A certain farmer living east of Ar
villa and not noted for his resemblance
to Apollo, has son of seven years
who possesses more wisdom than rev.
erence. One day last week stranger
came to the farm, and, seeing the lad,
asked:
Sonny, where is your father?"
In the pigpen," was the reply.
In the pigpen? Thanks" And as
the man moved in the direction indi-
Gated, the boy shouted: say, you
will know him cause he has hat on"
Many fond mammas are at a loss to
know what to do with their little folks
when wrong doing has been manifest
ed. Some mammas tremble for the
fate of their children when they think
of what the little sins may lead to il
they develop with the child.
A wee little tot on South Third
street has weakness for dipping into
good things in the grocery when the
grocer Is busy weighing out sugar to
customer. Her excursions to the
grocery have grown to be matter of
almost hourly occurrence, She has
plenty of nice things to eat at home,
but they are not quite SO good as she
could take for nothing when the
grocery man is not looking.
One day this week she saw some
pretty red things in basket. They
were as PRETTY as candy-and just as
sweet, she thought. She grabbed up a
handful, and crammed one of them in
to her little Cupid's bow of mouth.
Her mouth burned terribly, and the
next moment she went screaming
home, and after while the skin came
of of her lips.
She has been cured of her habit, and
the grocer wonders why he does not
see his tiny customer any more. Per-
haps the red peppers, ii they could
talk, would tell him something.
May Lengthen Mans Life.